(Procycling.no): Former Rosenborg player Vidar Riseth is currently on a cycling tour with among others Thor Hushovd in the Tour de France.
Friday slammed TV2 bomb that Grimstad man goes with plans to occupy the Tour de France 2017 with a Norwegian pro team.
Sponsorship boss in Rema 1000 Norway confirms that he has been updated by Southerner about the ongoing process.
– What do you think about plans to form a Norwegian pro team from 2017 season?
– I know all that because Thor has an agreement with us. It is fantastic news. Sooner or later there must come a Norwegian pro team, and the best ambassador they can get, is Thor Hushovd. He has an unrivaled understanding of the Norwegian people, and those who join the bandwagon there, as sponsors, will make it very well, says Riseth to procycling.no.
– Could this be a project for you?
– I can not comment anything about it today. When we are at home after the Tour de France, it’s Thor to be present who will be with. But he has talked to us about this, we all realize. I will not say anything more than that.
70 mil with Hushovd
Riseth has followed the tour since July 13, and has already elapsed ascent towards La Toussiere, as Tour de France stars will teeth into during Friday’s leg.
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– I think that close to 70 mil in the saddle all in all now. It’s getting a bit tiresome. We ride on the trail, and takes parts of the legs. At worst it was 42.5 degrees. When we motivate us to see for ourselves that it is a cold beer and waiting on top of the mountain.
With the bandwagon has been Hushovd. Along with Riseth the former top cyclist rode around in Norway since March. But now they have taken France.
– How do you his standing down in the Tour de France?
– It’s crazy. All stops him and will have a chat. We are delighted to have Hushovd our team. He is down to earth and real, and I think the Norwegian people watching. Should anyone do this, it is Thor Hushovd.
Will extend with Hushovd
Rema 1000 was former title sponsor in Rosenborg, but has now moved sponsorship to the sport.
The agreement with Hushovd runs out next year, but Riseth want already now to extend it.
– He has worked for us for a year now, and better ambassador could we not received. We have already started to discuss an agreement with an option beyond biennium. We are going to have much with Thor to make future promises Riseth.
About Rema 1000 joins the new pro team is too early to say, but it will likely cost a three-digit million amount annually to keep the team within bike finest company.
– It talked about sums 100-1000000 class. How does that sound for Rema 1000?
– It is clear that it costs a lot to run a pro team in the NFL, but it is seen in a football club, too. It costs over 100 million to operate Rosenborg, and it is a team that plays most of their games in Norway. The cycling team will be traveling around the world, and then there is the large costs such as travel. But there are many sponsors who are on the road right up to the main sponsor. Unless I know who Thor’ve talked to, it will give big companies like Staoil or Hydro good marketing beyond both Norway and Scandinavia. So perhaps it is even more applicable to them, without my knowing who he talks to.
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