It occurred to me yesterday that it was a bit odd that Di Luca would be racing for free given the UCI states a minimum wage for World/ProTour teams. Shane Stokes has pressed the UCI on this and they have confirmed this and he must be paid a minimum of €33,000 by Katusha if he gets a contract.
Nothing wrong with that, seems like the UCI are doing the right thing and protecting riders from being abused.
However it occurred to me earlier that when Armstrong came back in 2009 a big thing was made about how it was all about cancer. Astana were not going to pay him a dime to ride for them. We all know that the UCI then bent the anti doping rules to let Armstrong race a month early and ride the TDU.
I see three possible scenarios:
1. The UCI bent the rules again for Armstrong and he didn't get paid
2. Armstrong got paid and lied about it
3. Armstrong got paid and donated the money to Livestrong
I'd discount the third because if he did he wouldn't have said he wasn't getting paid. It would all my money is going to Livestrong. So either we have Pat bending over again or Liestrong in action again.
Source: Velonation
Nothing wrong with that, seems like the UCI are doing the right thing and protecting riders from being abused.
However it occurred to me earlier that when Armstrong came back in 2009 a big thing was made about how it was all about cancer. Astana were not going to pay him a dime to ride for them. We all know that the UCI then bent the anti doping rules to let Armstrong race a month early and ride the TDU.
I see three possible scenarios:
1. The UCI bent the rules again for Armstrong and he didn't get paid
2. Armstrong got paid and lied about it
3. Armstrong got paid and donated the money to Livestrong
I'd discount the third because if he did he wouldn't have said he wasn't getting paid. It would all my money is going to Livestrong. So either we have Pat bending over again or Liestrong in action again.
Source: Velonation