weisan
10-04-2016, 08:10 PM
For one last time...yeah right, maybe.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oleg-tinkov-the-final-interview/
No regrets on spending 50 million
Cyclingnews: Do you think you got value for money in dollar terms for your sponsorship or was it more a personal investment for the pleasure of it?
Tinkov: If you say I threw 50 million Euro away, that isn’t true. People know the Tinkov brand in Europe now. Just the other day I bought some clothes in Milan’s Via Montenapoleone shopping street and when I gave them my credit card, they recognised my name and gave me a special discount. The brand is known in Europe. Is it worth the kind of money I spent? Unfortunately not. In many ways it was my toy and that’s why it ended, there was no direct financial benefit for Tinkoff Bank in Russia.
If I had a time machine I’d go back and spend the same money again because the emotions and the enjoyment I got in the last four years cannot be compared to any amount of money. As MasterCard says, there’s some things in life that money can’t but. You cannot buy something like riding with Peter Sagan, riding with the guys on the climbs and drinking champagne with them after a victory. That was priceless for me.
Cyclingnews: Do you think you will miss being involved in professional cycling?
Tinkov: Maybe in two or three years' time I will but not now. At the moment I’m tired of it all.
I think the serious reforms that are needed will all take place in the next two or three years and so that could mark the right moment to come back. Plus the bank may have grown globally and Chris Froome will be tired too and so be beatable in the Tour de France. Winning the Tour de France is the only reason to come back. It’s the one thing we haven’t won. We’ve won the world title, the European championships, the individual world ranking. Unfortunately we were ****ing second in the WorldTour team ranking but that was because of Contador.
I have to monitor things and then decide. For now if I want to come and visit a race, I can call a race organiser and they’ll put me in a VIP car. If they don’t I’ll just buy a place and enjoy it. I can do whatever I want. If I want to ride with the pro riders I can do it when I’m on holiday in Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany. Basically everything I’ve been doing I can still do it. For now I’ll just have to sit back, watch the racing on Eurosport and decide when I come back.
http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/oleg-tinkov-the-final-interview/
No regrets on spending 50 million
Cyclingnews: Do you think you got value for money in dollar terms for your sponsorship or was it more a personal investment for the pleasure of it?
Tinkov: If you say I threw 50 million Euro away, that isn’t true. People know the Tinkov brand in Europe now. Just the other day I bought some clothes in Milan’s Via Montenapoleone shopping street and when I gave them my credit card, they recognised my name and gave me a special discount. The brand is known in Europe. Is it worth the kind of money I spent? Unfortunately not. In many ways it was my toy and that’s why it ended, there was no direct financial benefit for Tinkoff Bank in Russia.
If I had a time machine I’d go back and spend the same money again because the emotions and the enjoyment I got in the last four years cannot be compared to any amount of money. As MasterCard says, there’s some things in life that money can’t but. You cannot buy something like riding with Peter Sagan, riding with the guys on the climbs and drinking champagne with them after a victory. That was priceless for me.
Cyclingnews: Do you think you will miss being involved in professional cycling?
Tinkov: Maybe in two or three years' time I will but not now. At the moment I’m tired of it all.
I think the serious reforms that are needed will all take place in the next two or three years and so that could mark the right moment to come back. Plus the bank may have grown globally and Chris Froome will be tired too and so be beatable in the Tour de France. Winning the Tour de France is the only reason to come back. It’s the one thing we haven’t won. We’ve won the world title, the European championships, the individual world ranking. Unfortunately we were ****ing second in the WorldTour team ranking but that was because of Contador.
I have to monitor things and then decide. For now if I want to come and visit a race, I can call a race organiser and they’ll put me in a VIP car. If they don’t I’ll just buy a place and enjoy it. I can do whatever I want. If I want to ride with the pro riders I can do it when I’m on holiday in Forte dei Marmi in Tuscany. Basically everything I’ve been doing I can still do it. For now I’ll just have to sit back, watch the racing on Eurosport and decide when I come back.