wingguy wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2019 7:38 am
That’s a little odd, a 4 or 5 year contract is massive for anyone in road racing, and there surely no way Corendon could have offered at the start what he’ll be worth at the end. Sounds like it’s designed to be bought out.
a) a smart agent and his dad could quite easily have put in significant win bonuses/salary hikes. Reigning CX WC might net him an extra 50k or more, Olympic Gold 100k, CX series win 25k, major classic 10k. I don't know, but i do know many rider's who have had that sort of thing in their contracts.
b) corendon are an airline, they can afford it
c) Canyon are almost
certainly paying him.
d) Don't underestimate the amount you can negotiate year on year for personal sponsors. Some pros were making more than their salary from that. How much was pharmstrong making from Oakley/Giro/Nike/Trek?
e) Don't dismiss the ability to write your own race calendar. That's worth a lot, especially as he is so good at so many disciplines. Most others who have switched have generally had a period of time where they've had to learn the ropes. MVdP seems to have skipped this step completely.