There are only losers due to the cancellation of the Cyclo-Cross World Cup in Sardinia. It is also a bitter pill to swallow for Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal.
Many rounds of the World Cup are no longer available outside Belgium and the Netherlands and a new organization such as in Sardinia also remains a major financial blow due to cancellation.
But the teams are also left with a financial hangover. Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal, Jurgen Mettepenningen’s team, had also incurred a lot of costs to be present in Sardinia with their crossers.
Heavy financial hangover for Pauwels Sauzen-Bingoal
“Logistically this is not easy. There are people who have been away from home for two weeks and then you get this,” says Mettepenningen at Sporza. Even though the team manager understands that this was simply force majeure.
Still, it will cost the team a lot of money. Both in terms of logistics and hotel costs. Mettepenningen expects around 1,500 per person. “All in all, I think we are talking about a cost of around 10,000 euros.”
Mettepenningen will now see how they will solve this. Because he is also the organizer of the World Cup in Dendermonde, Mettepenningen knows that the biggest loss is for the organizer. He sympathizes with them.
