Rookie mistake. I cleared my diary.
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Every time Cav wins I got up two places in the rankings!
Massively impressed with Alaphilippe and the rest of the team.
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One more stage sprint to equal the record, and then a sprint on the Champs dāElysee to become the most successfull TdF rider of all timeā¦. fairytale stuff!
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Cavās on a minimum wage contract with win bonuses, isnāt he? The bargain of the century for Lefevere is starting to look quite expensive 
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You mean, his team getting a load of stage wins. Iām sure they can find the money.
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Bit of a shitter if he doesnāt make it over the double Ventoux tomorrowā¦ā¦(and rain/storms forecast).
Helped as well (not Cavās fault) by the others being a bit shit.
As I understand it, heās on a proper wage ( what ever that is ) for TdF not minimum wage as earlier in the season.
Stuck on a zoom call for the last 10k of that. Funny how I lost connection with 1k to go 
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Yeah, there was some shit about āother teamsā trying to put him out of the cut.
WTAF?!?!
Who doesnāt want to see records being broken?
Bizarre.
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Itās a race you try to winā¦
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But does anyone remember what team won the green, polka or white jerseys?
Riders? Yes.
Teams? No.
But thereās prize money
And obviously people remember who wins stages, as youāre only wanting Cavendish to win 'cos of all the stagesā¦
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Pales to insignificance compared to the Richard Mille watches most of DQT are wearing.
The RM67-02 he was wearing today is approx Ā£268k
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I really donāt understand how itās been monitised so badly. The TV rights must be significant compared a couple of mil in prize money. The riders are being taken for mugs
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ASO, and if you think they take the riders in the TdF for mugs, see how they treat Dakar Rally entrants!
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Theyāre really not.
See above.
The prize money is secondary.
(For the top riders, for the rest of them, ā¬47 per day 
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I get that the teams pay them a salary but in most sports, the teams take a cut of the TV rights in order to pay players. Unless thereās some other way that money is distributed through to teams, staff and riders, is it just the ASO keeping wads of cash?
Take F1 for example, the rights holders gives out prize money at the end of the year to teams which is used for budgets/salaries, football is next level for obvious reasons. Golf and tennis are more individual and the players earn money through performance. Cycling appears to exist purely on sponsorship.
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