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> "Dan Connelly" <d_j_c_o_n_n_e_l@i_e_e_e.o_r_g> wrote in message
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> > B. Lafferty wrote:
> > > "Charles Hizark" <
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> > >>Lance's race start fee.................????
> > >>
> > >>I was wondering if anyone has heard what Lance charges to start a race........?????????????
> > >>Ullrich was asking 50,000 euros recently.
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> > >
> > > This is really a non-issue considering how few races he does each
year.
> >
> > Huh?
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> How many days of racing did Armstong do last year?
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> >
> >
> > > Also, I doubt that the TdF is paying him, or anyone, a start fee
> >
> > So what?
> >
> > We're talking Georgia. Post-Tour crits. Not the Tour.
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> Georgia is paying him to ride?? OK, he does maybe two post-Tour Kermesses for a start fee. Ya
> think Algarve's organizers are paying him or did they give him a time trial in lieu of a
> start fee?
The point should be that is will vary according to the prestige and prizes available for actual
places and is usually zero. I doubt there is much if any standard that any of the riders will
have except that in a given season (and I mean the post Tour appearance races) they will have
an objective to get a given amount but it is always negotiated. Your mileage will vary and so
will theirs.