Deutsche Telekom AG has elected to end sponsorship of professional cycling with immediate effect. This decision was taken by the Board of Management of the Bonn-based telecommunications group, which had been a sponsor of professional cycling since 1991. Sponsorship of both the men's and women's teams is ended with this action.
[editor's note, by chris] I wrote a longer editorial companion (next post), but so as not to split up the forum, keep using this thread for general comments unless you're reacting to something in the other post.