Pro Team Finances
https://inrng.com/2023/08/groupama-fdj-finances-2021/
The team budget is around €20 million, with approximately three quarters of that going on wages. The Lapierre bike sponsorship costs them €1.5 million, along with supplying upwards of 150 frames.
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Am I being a bit thick here (haven’t had a chance to read the article yet)? What is the point in having a ‘sponsor’ if you’re paying out €10k for each bike frame they supply? Isn’t the idea that they give you money (or at least the bikes FOC / at a heavy discount)?0
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Lapierre pay the team 1.5m, not the other way around
"Helpfully buried in the accounts is the line that Accell, owner of the Lapierre brand, paid €1.5 million for sponsorship"0 -
That was my poor use of English, what I meant was that the bike sponsorship costs Lapierre €1.5 million, not the team. Sorry, I could've made that much clearer.Pross said:Am I being a bit thick here (haven’t had a chance to read the article yet)? What is the point in having a ‘sponsor’ if you’re paying out €10k for each bike frame they supply? Isn’t the idea that they give you money (or at least the bikes FOC / at a heavy discount)?
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Ah, that makes sense should have realised. I was thinking of buying a load of cheap Chinese frames and trying to get a World Tour sponsorship deal.0
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Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.0
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Fairly sure I've seen some on my travels, not so much here.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
You could be right about the continent.The above may be fact, or fiction, I may be serious, I may be jesting.
I am not sure. You have no chance.Veronese68 wrote:PB is the most sensible person on here.0 -
This is really interesting. Wish all teams had to release their annual figures!
Would also be interested in seeing (what I assume would be estimates) financial figures from the sponsors showing the return on their investment. Shame this tends not to be published/ made available.0 -
My mate has them in his shop. Before that one of the climbing walls in Hull started doing Mountainbikes and one of their main brands were Lapierre. They did road bikes, they lent me a bike to try out and it might have been a Lapierre.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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It was a memorable bike to ride then.webboo said:
My mate has them in his shop. Before that one of the climbing walls in Hull started doing Mountainbikes and one of their main brands were Lapierre. They did road bikes, they lent me a bike to try out and it might have been a Lapierre.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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What I remember is it had SRAM gears and I kept trying to change gear as I would with Shimano and never really happy with them. Also it was about 12 years ago.andyp said:
It was a memorable bike to ride then.webboo said:
My mate has them in his shop. Before that one of the climbing walls in Hull started doing Mountainbikes and one of their main brands were Lapierre. They did road bikes, they lent me a bike to try out and it might have been a Lapierre.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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Yes a friend has had a few but he is French.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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They are more common in MTB I think, as ddraver says they were "the" bike at one point.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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We Love Mountains at Rock Citywebboo said:
My mate has them in his shop. Before that one of the climbing walls in Hull started doing Mountainbikes and one of their main brands were Lapierre. They did road bikes, they lent me a bike to try out and it might have been a Lapierre.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
"Unfortunately these days a lot of people don’t understand the real quality of a bike" Ernesto Colnago0 -
I've had a carbon one for 12 years, bought whilst living in France. It has been fabulous. I still ride it now but it has recently developed an irritatingly undiagnosable creak so will be replacing it soon.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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Yes.gsk82 said:
We Love Mountains at Rock Citywebboo said:
My mate has them in his shop. Before that one of the climbing walls in Hull started doing Mountainbikes and one of their main brands were Lapierre. They did road bikes, they lent me a bike to try out and it might have been a Lapierre.Pross said:Out of interest, has anyone ever seen a Lapierre bike in the flesh? I don't think I've ever seen anyone riding one so it doesn't seem like money well spent but I guess they could be popular on the continent.
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