What is the salaries of pro cyclists ?
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J1780
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The article is from 2012 but I would have thought that Bradley Wiggins would have net worth of more more than 3 million.
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Im aware of the date of the article as would be anyone who reviewed the data. My intent was posting relevant figures and I selected Cav and Wiggo as they are both top of their game and popular on the forum.
I think this years earnings will be interesting as Cav has his money from his 'fst as fck' brand association with Specialized and Wiggo will have his Fred Perry shirts.. It will be interesting to see how endorsements impact their earnings compared to prize money imho.
I have no doubt though that Wiggo is by no means on the breadline.
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That wasn't my point at all the date of the piece is there for all to see in the first few lines. I meant that even though the article is from last year I would have thought Wiggins to be worth more than 3 million.
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J1780
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My bad really I should have articulated myself better in the original post!
oldroadman
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The wages vary a lot, as has been said. At the top end it's into 7 figures for a select few, and generally div. 1 riders are well looked after. Though compared with very average premier footy players, they earn in a week what the average domestique might need up to a year to make. Go doen the levels (compare div 2 - pro-conti) with championship footy and the proportions are not much different from the top, just lower maney. Getting below that there are some conti (div 3) teams that pay OK, some who pay a pittance, and under that at domestic level, most riders are a la musette (expenses and equipment only) any money coming from winnings, so that's a very hard life. Toughens them up if they make higher grades, though.
Compare that with footy again, even non-league teams pay players and managers quite well, although a few are part timers, like most domestic team riders.
Moral, if you are not a top star, cycling can give you a decent enough living for a while, but you won't make your fortune and when it's all done there had better be some other way to make money.
Compare that with footy again, even non-league teams pay players and managers quite well, although a few are part timers, like most domestic team riders.
Moral, if you are not a top star, cycling can give you a decent enough living for a while, but you won't make your fortune and when it's all done there had better be some other way to make money.
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Cycling is the most watched live sport but that's because it's free. If people paid to watch cycling then the wages would be higher like in other sports.
The biggest crime is that women tennis players get equal prize money..... Disgusting.
The biggest crime is that women tennis players get equal prize money..... Disgusting.
Froome with a view !
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But most pro footballers couldn't trap a bag of cement and are millionaires,even the ones that you have never heard of are seen pictured lying in bathtubs full of £50 notes.
All you have to do in modern football is score a goal or two, and bingo you have made it !
All you have to do in modern football is score a goal or two, and bingo you have made it !
Archie_tect
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When do all these people find the time....
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not really emile heskey 
Hip Priest
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They earn more than me and less than Gareth Bale.
