Mario Jr. wrote:And you know how much Shimano pays for Sky to use their wheels, groups and cockpits, right?
It's a lot, which makes them perfectly able to say that "we pay, you use our stuff". You don't see Wiggo TT'ing on a Speed Concept or a Shiv, even though those things are most probably faster than the Pina's.
No, you see him tt on a bike that BC had to get designed alongside Pinarello.
You see them using Speedplay pedals, Enve wheels, UKSI bars and stems, Castilli rain jackets,
They'll be using q rings later in the season too.
Shimano can say what they like. Sky will still do what they think they need to in order to win. They don't need the money.