caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Ag2r sign Colombian talent Carlos Bettancur from Acqua & Sapone + Italian sprinter Davide Appollonio from Sky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albertz123 598 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 What sort of money do these guys get? Wiggins will be worth a fucking fortune now. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RFCstuart 317 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Said today there bikes are worth just under 20 grand!!! WHAT THE FUCCCCk Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 What sort of money do these guys get? Wiggins will be worth a fucking fortune now.This is the best I could find:80% on average €100k [range 50-150] 10% on average €250k [range 150-300] 7.5% on average €500k [range 300-750] 2.5% more than €1m The top riders getting anything between €1.5m and €3.5m. Wiggins on about €2m. These figures are salaries and don't include any endorsements. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Said today there bikes are worth just under 20 grand!!! WHAT THE FUCCCCkSaid today there bikes are worth just under 20 grand!!! WHAT THE FUCCCCkTeam Sky spent £1.4m on 'bikes and performance equipment' in 2011, just under 10% of their total budget.You can now buy 5 grand bikes in Halfords. Nuts. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 3, 2012 Share Posted August 3, 2012 Jérôme Coppel (Saur-Sojasun) has signed with Cofidis for next year Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Olympic team pursuit silver medallist Rohan Dennis has signed a two-year deal with Garmin-Sharp.Kessiakoff signs new deal with Astana. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 If that was Victoria Pendleton's bike I'd be more than happy to be that dobber! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dan_ger 1,454 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 This is the best I could find:80% on average €100k [range 50-150] 10% on average €250k [range 150-300] 7.5% on average €500k [range 300-750] 2.5% more than €1m The top riders getting anything between €1.5m and €3.5m. Wiggins on about €2m. These figures are salaries and don't include any endorsements.Not a bad living, lots of hard work but it would be an enjoyable lifestyle for a young man. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Not a bad living, lots of hard work but it would be an enjoyable lifestyle for a young man.Agreed. Like everything rlse the glamour at the top doesn't reach too far down the scale. Many of the riders in the lower Tours more or less ride for expenses and free bikes. They do get hotels, meals etc. paid for. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamFyfe 1,438 Posted August 4, 2012 Share Posted August 4, 2012 Shove yer bike up yer arse! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Wiggins and Cavendish to lead Team Sky in the Tour of Denmark. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 Manchester velodrome to remain British Cycling HQ and National Cycling Centre.http://bbc.in/N3Zwp9 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 8, 2012 Share Posted August 8, 2012 UCI to request additional medals for 2016 Olympic Games By: Daniel Benson Published: August 7, 19:39.Will cycling  be allocated additional track medals for the 2016 Olympic Games ? Well, if the UCI has its way it will, with the governing body set to petition the IOC for another medal ahead of the Rio de Janeiro Games. Cycling  currently has an allocation of 10 track gold medals, with five for men and five for women. They are then split, with three sectioned off for sprint events and two for endurance. However, the UCI would like to see parity, with either the points race or the individual pursuit brought into the fold as an individual race for both men and women. Cyclingnews understands that the Madison, an Olympic event in 2008, is unlikely to be put forward. However, the UCI's thirst for medals could also see the omnium 'tweaked' with the pursuit or points race dropping from the current six-event Omnium programme. "We'll evaluate how the programme has worked here," Pat McQuaid, president of the UCI told Cyclingnews. "Obviously we'd like to have more medals and more events, even if we can use the same quota of athletes; the IOC also evaluates the international audience for the cycling events. We'll put a proposal to the IOC for more medals." "The four events that are there will stay there. The fifth event, the omnium, well that we'll evaluate how it's working and maybe tweak it to improve it, but in principle from what I understand from the technical team, it's a good event and it's worked very well."McQuaid and the UCI want to appeal to the professional road cycling  ranks, whose riders have only two events to consider under the current format. The return of the individual pursuit would likely be the most popular decision amongst athletes and under the quota system, they would be allowed to target two endurance events . "At moment we have three sprint events and two endurance events. I would like three sprint events and three endurance events and that way we keep the attraction for road riders to be involved in track racing, which is important," McQuaid told Cyclingnews. "But we then have to go to the IOC and ask for another medal. It would be coming from within the quota of athletes we have, but it's up to them. There are other sports as well looking for other medals. Up to now the IOC has resisted but we'll try and make a strong case based on the success here." "It could be the points race, individual pursuit or the Madison although I doubt the Madison because it's very difficult to follow on television to a world wide audience." "You use the athletes that you've got but it makes it more attractive for the road riders because they have the chance of three medals and would get to take part in three events. We don't want to take any events out. We've currently got 10 medals. We want to keep it like that and make it possibly 12."http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-request-additional-medals-for-2016-olympic-games Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 Froome leads Team Sky for the Vuelta . Team Sky squad for 2012 Vuelta a Espana: Chris Froome (GBr)Juan Antonio Flecha (Spa) Sergio Henao (Col) Danny Pate (USA) Richie Porte (Aus) Ian Stannard (GBr) Ben Swift (GBr)Rigoberto Urán (Col) Xabier Zandio (Spa) Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 9, 2012 Share Posted August 9, 2012 American Tyler Hamilton will be stripped of his 2004 Olympic Games time trial gold medal after admitting to doping during his career. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) will announce on Friday that it has stripped Hamilton of the title, and will award it to former silver medallist Viatcheslav Ekimov, according to a report filed by the Associated Press. American Bobby Julich will move up to silver medal position, with Michael Rogers of Australia gaining bronze. The move comes before the IOC's eight-year statute of limitations expires at the end of August. Hamilton failed a test for homologous blood transfusion at the 2004 Vuelta a Espana whilst riding for Phonak, the same year that he won the Oympic TT title. At the time, Hamilton claimed complete innocence but came clean in May 2011 when he admitted to doping  during his professional cycling career during an American television interview.http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/latest/534310/hamilton-to-officially-lose-2004-olympic-gold.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 10, 2012 Share Posted August 10, 2012 Olympic Legacy.http://www.ridelondon.co.uk/Newsroom/Mayor_Announces_World_Class_RideLondon_Event_to_Take_Forward_Capital_s_Olympic_Legacy_s1_p11772.htm Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 World champion Lucy Garner wins the European junior road race in the Netherlands.Rio bound in 2016. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duncan 23 Posted August 12, 2012 Share Posted August 12, 2012 UCI to request additional medals for 2016 Olympic Games By:Â Daniel Benson Published:Â August 7, 19:39.http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uci-to-request-additional-medals-for-2016-olympic-gamesWould love to see them bring back the individual persuit! Love that event. Would also like them to increase the rider quota and get rid of that awful 1 rider per nation rule they introduced. Anything to stop GB cleaning up! Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Jurgen Van Den Broeck to lead Lotto-Belisol at Vuelta. With no Andre Greipel to look after, Australia's Adam Hansen will start his third grand tour of the year with the job of super domestique.Full team:Jurgen Van Den BroeckBart De ClerqOlivier KaisenGianni Meersman Jens DebusschereFrederik WillemsJoost van LeijenVicente Reynes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Would love to see them bring back the individual persuit! Love that event. Would also like them to increase the rider quota and get rid of that awful 1 rider per nation rule they introduced. Anything to stop GB cleaning up!How did that go, UCI? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Eros Capecchi and Sylwester Szmyd are leaving Liquigas-Cannondale and will ride for Movistar in 2013. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ryankyleakin 31 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Absolutely loved the track cycling at the olympics, was incredible to watch. But is it actually shown on TV other than the olympics? anybody know?would quite happily watch it regular. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jelavic191 4,413 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 Absolutely loved the track cycling at the olympics, was incredible to watch. But is it actually shown on TV other than the olympics? anybody know?would quite happily watch it regular.I think the European Championships are not too far away....? Not sure.Probably on Eurosport or something. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
caseyjones 3,009 Posted August 13, 2012 Share Posted August 13, 2012 I think the European Championships are not too far away....? Not sure.Probably on Eurosport or something.October. Given the recent successes and the rise in the use of digital channels, it would be good if the BBC started covering more of these sports in-depth.Eurosport provide very good coverage. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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