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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 eve
by skeeter2020 2y ago
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.
- jeroen 2y agoThe 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-events-in-the-world/ https://www.roadtrips.com/blog/the-most-watched-sporting-eve...
- borroka 2y agoThe number, which by the common person is to be interpreted as unique viewers, is blatantly absurd.
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- jdietrich 2y agoIt'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.