Tour de France family control under assault as race teams rebel

[Tumbleweed]

Interesting read on the ASO:

 

http://www.standard.net/stories/2012/06/13/tour-de-france-family-control-under-assault-race-teams-rebel

[Capcha]

Well its true. The guys cycle their asses off. We know that and Im sure Andy knows that too.

[Longbarn Killer]

Do the cyclists and the teams give the ASO a share of their sponsorships, endorsements etc?

 

A sponsor is likely to pay so much more to a team that gets international exposure on the Tdf. A rider who wins the Tdf will get huge endorsements from his personal sponsores for this. Does he share this with the ASO?

[Boobear]

Wow that's all I can say u make 30m from a tour and spend let's say close on 2m great profit who would want to give that up the greed