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He is old so he wants to buy the only rider able and available to give him big wins in the future. Jonas and Tadej have long contracts.
If Bora doesn't buy Remco, they aren't competing for anything in the future. WVA and Jonas will not leave Visma, MVP has a long contract with Alpecin, Tadej the same with UAE. So only Remco is available and they are paying big money (in fact they are overpaying) desperately to have him. In my opinion, a smart move from a rich team.
For Remco this is good too, he would be better surrounded in Bora.
What does overpaying mean in a sport where there is more and more money going around? How much was the latest new contract of Pogi?
well there is a difference in paying someone 5mil who is 35? at the start of the contract...or paying someone insane money but is 24.
Well of course it would have been tricky with Roglic this year but they plan to compete for x years, not only for one right. So if you have the chance to lock up one of the sports brithest stars who is in his mid 20`s...you have to do it.
Maybe it was worth it for brand exposure, although his brand isn't what it used to be. I would need proper comparisons of other riders to know if Evenepoel is being overpaid at 10M
Apparently Ralph Denk wont be getting a Xmas card from Lefevere but what's happening with QS supposedly going kaboom! (from last year) and the OneCycling hoopla?
Primoz Roglic does not rule out beating Tadej Pogacar at 2025 Tour de France "but my palmares will be fine if I don't get it"
Primoz Roglic rode the traditional Saitama Criterium
cyclinguptodate.com
There you have it, Rogla would not trade, on top of that Rogla acknowledged he is not dead yet, as some seem to suggest, prior to that it was BS like he wheel sucks and similar. The usual suspects.
I'm sure Denk is just exaggerating the $10 million a year for Remco. In my opinion, if Remco could equal the sprint wins of either Kooij or DeLie or Phillipsen in a given season + if he could easily win 2 GTs back-to-back + if he could win at least 3 monuments within a year, then he is worth $10 million + bonus. But as long as Pogi and Vingo are still around racing against Remco, then Denk should better use his money for his favorite charity.
They have no other choice, they need someone like Evenepoel since Pogi and Vingegaard are already signed to other teams. Which means Evenepoel can do what he wants, and Bora needs to pay the big bucks.
So, Remco was apparently offered 10 million per year by Bora. Everything has gotten way out of proportion, even if that's not true. Pretty soon they'll arive at football scales, for something as dumb as suffering like a dog on a bike, however beautiful.
Apparently it was 4 million per year + bonuses.
I doubt anyone would turn down 10 million...
https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/th...-million-contract-by-red-bull-bora-hansgrohe/
I think, generally speaking, we live in a misguided world in which athletes get paid millions and millions a year, while teachers get barely a living wage.
This! Entertainment > Education. Keep the people entertained, cheering for the home team and wearing stupid hats, they won't even notice that some 2700 individuals out of a world population of 8,100,000,000 have all the wealth.
Just to be clear; "They" meaning Bora?
Strange that they obviously couldn't go for Pogacar or Vingegaard - for reasons stated above - but apparently could go after Evenepoel, even though he's also signed to another team.
Yeah, Lefevere might be controversial, but I can definitely understand his annoyance with people's inability to accept that...
Should teachers earn more, yes, although depends a bit on the country, but the role of teachers is hugely important. But this isn’t a special talent that no one else can do. Evenepoel is one of the best in the world at something, combined with that being an entertainment sport which’s a whole business around it. This he earns more. It’s just capitalism.
Oh I think being a really excellent teacher requires a hell of a lot of talent. To be world class in anything does, but not everything generates high market value the way sport does. Yet education serves society more than sport entertainment. The problem is that the discrepancy between what athletes now earn and so many useful and necessary low-income occupations has become obscene and indicative of the perverse system that the markets have generated.
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Yes Bora. It's "cheaper" to buy out Evenepoel out of his contract compared to Pogacar and Vingegaard. Also those two are less likely to change teams because they have an amazing environment and great teammates, while SOQ isn't at that level. I think Evenepoel from the start made the mistake to make his father his manager, and secondly to sign a contract for so long. Has a lot to do with his arrogance when he was younger thinking he would roll up everyone and wouldn't need the same environment as a Visma could give him.
Duas tantum res anxius optat:
panem et circenses. "Only two things the anxious people long for: bread and games".
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