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ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
For all the environment virtues that cycling boasts, professional racing is
another thing entirely. The sheer amount of equipment and energy used by
each team to support dozens of riders and staff to race in locations around the
world doesn’t come without an environmental cost. Deceuninck-QuickStep,
one of the biggest and most successful WorldTour squads of the last few years,
decided last year not only to calculate what went into their racing operation
but also to offset their carbon usage. This will be done through two projects:
the first will provide a safe water supply to an area in Uganda so that people
don’t have to burn wood in order to boil water; the second is a conservation
project in the area surrounding Mont Ventoux. The region is a habitat for
wolves, obviously a cause close to the ‘wolfpack’s’ hearts.
Days
272
Race days
79
Countries
20
Tonnes of CO 2
Brussels > New York return flights
1,288 equivalent > to 539 > or
Football pitches needed to capture CO 2
3,000
Bottles
27,000
Helmets
180
Groupsets
300
Gels
12,500
Caps
2,500
Wheels
400
Bikes
280
Chains
600