Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by skeeter2020 on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @09:32AM
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Maybe mainstream sports, but not when you spread it across the number of fans and account for their intensity. The Tour de France is likely the only cycling event most people can name. It's an awful lot of money for a very niche sport.
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Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by jeroen on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @10:00AM
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The TdF is apparently the 2nd most watched sporting event in the world, with 3.5 billion viewers. That's not very niche.
-- https://www.roadtrips.com/blog/the-most-watched-sporting-eve...
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by borroka on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @11:06AM
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The number, which by the common person is to be interpreted as unique viewers, is blatantly absurd.
Re:Fuelling the Tour de France: Secrets of the team kitchens
by jdietrich on Wednesday July 03, 2024 @11:36AM
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It's a niche sport in the US, but it's huge in lots of European countries. Conversely, most Europeans would struggle to name a single baseball or American football team, but they're far from niche sports in their domestic market.