▲ 498 ▼ Environmental protester halt the world championship in cycling... one of the best alternatives to fuel driven transportation.... (lemmy.world) submitted 3 years ago by cosmicrookie@lemmy.world to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world 160 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 15 points 3 years ago* (1 child) "One of the riders in the lead group was Britain's Owain Doull. British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell." https://www.reuters.com/sports/cycling/protesters-halt-mens-road-race-2023-08-06/ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] woelkchen@lemmy.world -6 points 3 years ago (2 children) British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell.” Visit https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ and scroll to the bottom. Neither Shell nor Ineos are on the list of sponsors, only lotteries. On Twitter the group claims that Ineos is fielding a team, now British Cycling is allegedly sponsored by Shell and yet visiting any of the official web sites does not list any of those sponsors. Must be very shy sponsors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Greengreengreens@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/partners Shell is the first one listed on this page. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago Dunno what to tell you bud. Reuters, BBC etc all report it so either they're all lying or they see it where we don't. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] woelkchen@lemmy.world -6 points 3 years ago (2 children) British Cycling is sponsored by oil company Shell.” Visit https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/ and scroll to the bottom. Neither Shell nor Ineos are on the list of sponsors, only lotteries. On Twitter the group claims that Ineos is fielding a team, now British Cycling is allegedly sponsored by Shell and yet visiting any of the official web sites does not list any of those sponsors. Must be very shy sponsors. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Greengreengreens@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/partners Shell is the first one listed on this page. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago Dunno what to tell you bud. Reuters, BBC etc all report it so either they're all lying or they see it where we don't. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Greengreengreens@lemm.ee 15 points 3 years ago https://www.britishcycling.org.uk/partners Shell is the first one listed on this page. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Oddbin@lemmy.world 11 points 3 years ago Dunno what to tell you bud. Reuters, BBC etc all report it so either they're all lying or they see it where we don't. permalink fedilink source parent
