Budget for EuropCar 2011
Bluebeard said:
'AMEN'
2011 budget of 5-6 million € for Europcar
According to
L'Equipe, Europcar should provide between 4 and 5 million euros to the structure of Jean Rene Bernaudeau his team. If we add the 1.2 million of the regional council of Vendée, we can estimate a budget of 5.2 to 6.2 million for the 2011 season. This season, BBox had a budget of nearly 7 million. This will be slightly lower, but compensated by the fact that we are dealing here with a car company, so what is most important for a Pro Cycling Team ... Yes, Cars, Fuel and covering the costs of Taxation and Insurance all might add up to another million a year, and no hassle to look after.
Size of the teams roster was announced between 18 and 20 riders this season growing to 25 during land eading up to next years Tour de France.
Given six transfers so far announced, the staff should not accept more new faces.
So we should find in Vendée training 2011 a substantially equivalent of private riders like Yuri Trofimov, Johann Tschopp, Steve Chainel, William Bonnet, Nicolas Vogondy and Pierrick Fedrigo.