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Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Calling It Quits: EP Done Due to Lack of Interest, Editorial Drive

Well, to all the naysayers out there, you were right. Back on January 24th of 2008, EuroPeloton launched with the hope of being able to bring an alternative perspective to the sport of cycling. Not only that, but to become a familiar place for cycling fans to go to hear new and differing perspectives on the sport of cycling. But it was not meant to be.


Unfortunately, more than 400 posts later we at EP have realized that the desire to continue contributing to the site has vanished. From doping scandals in the sport to general lack of readership, EP sees no reason to continue posting articles. Instead, we have decided to follow other sports known for being decidedly cleaner than cycling.

It has been a good ride, but the time has clearly come to hang it up.  Sure, there were some decent interviews, some funny pieces and even some controversial conversations, but at the end of the day EP was unable to spark enough interest in cycling fans to find a reason to continue. With thanks to all of those that did support us over our brief foray into the sport, EP thanks you from the bottom of our heart. Adios, and good night.

9 comments:

ajm said...

april fools?

Erico Vinicius said...

WHAT?????? =/ I LOVE YOUR SITE. EVERY DAY I CAN TO YOUR PAGE TO READ YOUR POSTS! PLEASE, DON'T STOP!
UNFORTUNATELY THE READERS DON'T INTERACT, BUT IT DON'T MEANS THAT THEY AREN'T READING OR FORWARDING YOUR SITE FOR OTHERS PEOPLES. I USE THE GOOGLE ANALYTICS IN MY BLOG, AND I CAN SEE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE THAT READ IT EVERY DAY. I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT YOU WILL BE SUPRISED FOR THE NUMBER OF FANS THAT YOU HAVE ON THE CYCLING WORLD.

ERICO

ant1 said...

Good one!

3ditorial said...

What day is today ? :D

Erico Vinicius said...

hahahahaha... You scare me!!

Stephen said...

I assume this is a joke, but not necessarily very well executed. I actually deleted the feed from google reader before I figured it may be a joke. So I added it back...

I wonder how much traffic they will lose due to this foolish prank.

Tom said...

I hope it's a joke. I've really enjoyed the site and been extremely greatful for the links you've thrown my way via Twitter.

If not, good luck. If so. Sweet.

Jenni said...

EP is the one blog I read everyday - prank or not - hope you know your posts are very enjoyable and you would be missed tremendously if you quit writing.

Anonymous said...

Phew, scared me too!

I really enjoy your blog, please do keep up with the great work!