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\u201cIf everything comes from one source, there\u2019s less perspective\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The Dutch executive believes the relationship with ASO is the exception rather than the rule. He stressed that most organizers maintain an excellent relationship with PCS, even inviting them to collaborate on data projects and fan engagement.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf everything comes from one source, there\u2019s less perspective\u201d<\/p>\n
The ProCyclingStats CEO\u2019s main concern centers on the possibility that major players in cycling try to centralise all the sport\u2019s information. In his view, that would be the wrong path.<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t think the future of cycling lies in centralising everything,\u201d he said bluntly. \u201cIf everything came from a single source, there would inevitably be fewer perspectives, less innovation, and less independent analysis. That wouldn\u2019t be healthy for any sport.\u201d<\/p>\n
Van der Zwan argued for coexistence between official sources and independent platforms, saying both models can complement and strengthen each other. Fans, he said, deserve choice, teams need independent analysis tools, and journalists must be able to verify information without relying on a single source.<\/p>\n
The entrepreneur also addressed criticism of the PCS business model, which blends free services with premium subscriptions and data analytics products for professional teams. Far from hiding its commercial nature, he defended the project\u2019s economic sustainability.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t sell cycling, we invest in cycling\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLoving cycling and building a sustainable business are not contradictory. In fact, one makes the other possible,\u201d he said. \u201cWe don\u2019t sell cycling; we invest in cycling.\u201d<\/p>\n
Another live issue involves the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI) and its Andorran development team. He said the conflict arose after the squad\u2019s exclusion from the Tour of Bosnia and Herzegovina, an episode that led PCS to question how certain regulations were applied.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re not asking for special treatment; we\u2019re asking for consistency, transparency, and predictability in enforcing the rules,\u201d he noted. At the time the team was pulled out last minute after making the international trip, creating an episode that brought the event to the spotlight – for negative reasons.<\/p>\n
Beyond institutional clashes, Van der Zwan highlighted the community roots of ProCyclingStats, a platform born from fan passion that, two decades after its creation, still defends an open, plural, and accessible model of cycling.<\/p>\n
In a sport increasingly shaped by the strategic value of data, the PCS co\u2011founder\u2019s words serve as a clear warning: the future of cycling, he argues, should not be built on absolute control but on the coexistence of official structures and independent innovation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Dutch executive believes the relationship with ASO is the exception rather than the rule. He stressed…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":793556,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,63,165534,784,85,2845,39556],"class_list":["post-793555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-christian-prudhomme","tag-cycling","tag-sports","tag-tour-de-france","tag-uci"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=793555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/793555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/793556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=793555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=793555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=793555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}