babysaph38
07-19-09, 01:24 PM
How much does the average cycler make. Not Lance but a guy that just makes his money from riding and no endorsement.
Professional Cycling For the Fans - Professional Cyclers-how much to they make
Bikeforums.net is a forum about nothing but bikes. Our community can help you find information about hard-to-find and localized information like bicycle tours, specialties like where in your area to have your recumbent bike serviced, or what are the best bicycle tires and seats for the activities you use your bike for.View Full Version : Professional Cyclers-how much to they make
Laggard
07-19-09, 04:44 PM
Anywhere from $15000 to $1,000,000.
bigfred
07-19-09, 07:51 PM
The average salary of professional riders rose from 70,000 euros a year (2002) to 136,000 euros (2009).
From:
http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NjQzOQ&MenuId=MTY5Mw&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMTY5Mw%26LangId%3D1
From:
http://www.uciprotour.com/Modules/ENews/ENewsDetails.asp?id=NjQzOQ&MenuId=MTY5Mw&LangId=1&BackLink=%2Ftemplates%2FUCI%2FUCI5%2Flayout.asp%3FMenuId%3DMTY5Mw%26LangId%3D1
sch
07-19-09, 08:14 PM
I spent considerable time a few yrs ago tracking down prize money in the T d F and some of the numbers
are a bit soft, such as stage wins good for E 5000 or so, primes on certain mountain tops of E 1k but most
are less. More solid and surprising were the the other prizes: GC E400,000 Team E 50,000
Green E 50,000 Polka a bit less, and Youth about half, cant recall now. Only the GC amounts to real money. No info on 2d 3d etc prize levels, and these amounts are about 5-6yrs old. US Pro team members
make considerably less than the majors in Europe. The real money for a lot of these guys is in appearance
fees for criteriums in small towns all over Europe where the crits are part of some town festival. These can
be $10-25k depending on the name recognition. Track guys used to have similar sources of income. Staged
track races (runners, not cyclists) get appearance fees for showing up. Carl Lewis got rich doing this back in the '80s.
are a bit soft, such as stage wins good for E 5000 or so, primes on certain mountain tops of E 1k but most
are less. More solid and surprising were the the other prizes: GC E400,000 Team E 50,000
Green E 50,000 Polka a bit less, and Youth about half, cant recall now. Only the GC amounts to real money. No info on 2d 3d etc prize levels, and these amounts are about 5-6yrs old. US Pro team members
make considerably less than the majors in Europe. The real money for a lot of these guys is in appearance
fees for criteriums in small towns all over Europe where the crits are part of some town festival. These can
be $10-25k depending on the name recognition. Track guys used to have similar sources of income. Staged
track races (runners, not cyclists) get appearance fees for showing up. Carl Lewis got rich doing this back in the '80s.
kuf
07-20-09, 01:17 AM
Some domestic US Pros make little more than minimum wage.
bigfred
07-20-09, 02:02 AM
Some domestic US Pros make little more than minimum wage.
Really? That much? Before or after they deduct costs and training expenses?
Really? That much? Before or after they deduct costs and training expenses?
USAZorro
07-20-09, 03:37 AM
Here's (http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2009/02/pro-team-structure-what-does-it-all-mean/) info on salaries for UCI professional riders.
The prizes for the TDF are found in the middle pages of this (http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf) document.
The prizes for the TDF are found in the middle pages of this (http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf) document.
babysaph38
07-20-09, 05:27 PM
And I was going to turn pro. Heck with that.
Hezz
07-20-09, 06:25 PM
What are common salaries for US continental teams. Not pro continental. There is no UCI minimum salaries but I would think that the bigger continental teams would have to pay 20,000 a year salaries or so. Small teams probably only pay for some travel expenses and race fees.
kuf
07-20-09, 06:30 PM
Small teams probably only pay for some travel expenses and race fees.
If you don't get paid, you're not pro. (I don't know if USAC has a definition for pro or not, but if it's not a job, you're not a professional.)
If you don't get paid, you're not pro. (I don't know if USAC has a definition for pro or not, but if it's not a job, you're not a professional.)
Jordan_Cyclist
07-22-09, 04:06 PM
Here's (http://www.cyclingtipsblog.com/2009/02/pro-team-structure-what-does-it-all-mean/) info on salaries for UCI professional riders.
The prizes for the TDF are found in the middle pages of this (http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf) document.
Do you have this article in English please ?
The prizes for the TDF are found in the middle pages of this (http://www.letour.fr/2009/TDF/COURSE/docs/reglement_fr_us.pdf) document.
Do you have this article in English please ?
chrisvu05
07-22-09, 04:30 PM
Do you have this article in English please ?
scroll down
scroll down