AJS914 wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2019 12:00 am
Does any rider get direct sponsorship from a bike manufactuer? I wonder if Canyon is kicking in on MVDP's salary. I guess he went with that small team so that he could have the flexibility to whatever he wants to do. Right now, his priority seems to be an Olympic medal.
Canyon obviously sponsor the team that employs him, but it also appears he's got some sort of personal arrangement too:
I wouldn't be doing it for free. They're trading on his name, his family name and his family history, I hope they were all remunerated handsomely.
If the 2023 Corendon contract is true, suposedly they want to step up as a world tour team by then. I could see Canyon pulling its support from one or both WT teams to faciliate this. But they only stepped up to Pro Continetial this year, ambitions are one thing, would they really want to have to field a team at the Vuelta in August so their star rider can ride one day races in April?