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I think Gesink signed a five year deal at Rabobank once. Can’t recall any others of that length.
Will he win the Tour? Who knows, but he clearly has the talent and he is at a team that know how to win it.
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He'll only be 26/27 at the end of the contract, by which point the current big salary leaders will be retired, so budget available to pay him a GT contender wage.
If he wins a tour during the 5 years, big bonus.Thinking cynically, locking in a 5 year contract during a period when off during a serious injury makes good business sense, though I expect he is to be paid pretty well...
Acliff
I've not heard of a five year contract in cycling before, that's crazy. I wonder how much the odds on him to win the tdf at some point would be