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  • http://inrng.com/2011/07/how-much-does-a-rider-earn/
    [URL="http://inrng.com/2011/12/cycling-pay-comparison/"][/URL]

    Who's this 'Phillippe Gilbert' guy they mention and why does he earn so much?

  • You forgot the key thing, he's French.

  • Ulrika Greenedge

    You are UKCyclingExpert AICMFP

  • It IS a world apart , yes, but bear in mind those figures are just for stage finishes and sprints etc. The GC also carries a large-ish prize fund - but they aren't racing for prize money, they are getting paid to be there by the teams. A rider that does well in the TdF ( stage win) can expect a hefty increase in salary for the rest of the season, and probably the rest of his career.

    Plus they get invites to all those fake races after the end of the Tour where they get hefty appearance fees

  • What did you just say about the Tour of Britain?!?

  • You forgot the key thing, he's French.

    ^
    Racist.

    regardez
    nous sommes une bad ass ici

  • tsk!

    "Attention! Il y'a un bad ass ici!!"

  • "what's that Jack? Speak English!"

  • Probablement "Attention! Nous avons un badass ici."

  • What did you just say about the Tour of Britain?!?

    Repped

  • Probablement "Attention! Nous avons un badass ici."

    Yes but I was striving for a more colloquial translation rather than a formal one. Ya Hoser.

  • ^Canadianist

  • It's not even proper French.

  • Voila un mal cul?

  • fenc talk pls. >>>>>

  • where is oliver when you need him

  • i bet he's on pigeon fixie correcting their french

  • ha!

  • Goodbye Omega Pharma Quickstep, hello Etrixx - Quickstep :/

    Belkin and Giant futures are secured too; Belkin is getting a national lottery sponsorship gig a la FDJ

  • wemo

    :-(

  • Etixx are an Omega Pharma brand anyway, aren't they?

  • I've cracked it! Wemo is a perpetually shocked relative of B-mo!

  • Etixx are an Omega Pharma brand anyway, aren't they?

    Yes. They, Omega Pharma, have been doing this for years, initially with Lotto - Silence-Lotto, Davitamon-Lotto, Predictor-Lotto - and now with Leferve's mob.

  • Reminder!!!

    The annual midweek slackers watching of a mountain stage of the TDF is set for Tuesday the 22nd. Stage 16. http://www.letour.fr/le-tour/2014/us/stage-16.html

    TDF. Mountains. Beer. Talk utter bollocks face to face instead of on the thread.

    At The Prince Regent

    Table booked starting at 12:30. They are supposed to be getting back to me on whether they can get ITV4 (although they have done it in the past). The backup plan is to run it off an iPad and stream it on Eurosport.

    Table booked for 10 people so if there will be more that would be great to know. Which of you are joining the Slackfest?

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