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It must be a lot. Think about it: by hiring Bruyneel you are guaranteed a TDF win and no positive tests.
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quarterpounder said:It must be a lot. Think about it: by hiring Bruyneel you are guaranteed a TDF win and no positive tests.
craig1985 said:In Johan Bruyneel's book he claimed that when he signed Dutch sprinter Max van Heeswijk who was on the cycling scrapeheap (what happened to him BTW?) for USPS, there was no money left to pay for him, so Bruyneel at the heat of the moment paid van Heeswijk's salary out of his own pocket, which was 10% of what Bruyneel earned per year. This was for the 2003 season.
Fair to say he was good money then, and is now.
craig1985 said:When he signed van Heeswijk he talked about 'getting a quality rider on the cheap' so that left me to think it was between the 30-50k mark.