Post Tour Crits

pb21

Are there any this year, what with the olmpics and stuff.

Hope Wiggins gets a chance to show of his bunch sprint and breakaway skills, whilst earning a few bob at the same time.

Crozza

pb21 wrote:

whilst earning a few bob at the same time.

the papers have been reporting he's on £1.4m a year at Sky, how much do these races pay?!

though I suppose he is having to appear at the Olympics for nothing

pb21

Crozza wrote:

pb21 wrote:

whilst earning a few bob at the same time.

the papers have been reporting he's on £1.4m a year at Sky, how much do these races pay?!

though I suppose he is having to appear at the Olympics for nothing

Not sure, but I understand they're pretty lucrative.

iainf72

They pay a lot. Riders could quite often make more at the post Tour crits they they could with their salaries.

FJS

Boxmeer (NL) and Aalst (B) are traditionally the first, the day after the Champs-Elysees.

Nibali and Sagan won yesterday

http://nos.nl/video/398239-van-agt-geef ... -wint.html
http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1377993

rick_chasey

FJS wrote:

Boxmeer (NL) and Aalst (B) are traditionally the first, the day after the Champs-Elysees.

Nibali and Sagan won yesterday

http://nos.nl/video/398239-van-agt-geef ... -wint.html
http://www.sporza.be/cm/sporza/videozon ... /1.1377993

60,000 spectators at Aalst. They all pay for the privilege too.

dsoutar

Really ? That must be a shock for those who believe the website when it says "gratis inkom" then