SA's Tour de France hero honoured

[awesme]

Semi high jack, we were talking about the swimmers earlier.

 

http://www.sport24.co.za/OtherSport/Swimming-SA-needs-sponsors-20130804

 

G

That was reversed - at the time the assoc couldnt pay but then the adminstrators realised they could get a nice trip tp Barcelona so they paid up

 

I see it like this - the are professional and these are bonus's like you and I would get in our 9-5. So is Caster and Le Clos (love them) get a R1m a medal (I know olypics) he should have recieved more.

 

R15k might be the cost of hie group set ....

 

Bafana Bafoona got massive bonus just for a scoring a goal let alone winning ......

[MTB_Roadie]

I dont really think they realise the effort in cycling....Impey had to cycle every stage to stay in the top there, he had to defend his title....4-5hours of hard cycling a day....and the others only play for 90min or swim for 1min...

 

To be honest I think having a SA rider wearing the yellow jersey in the Tour de France is like Bafana winning a world cup...probably one of the best achievements for a long time.

Edited August 5, 2013 by MTB_Roadie

[betaboy]

I didnt know if I'd ever see a South African in yellow in my lifetime. When that moment happened it took me right back to standing on the pave in Paris awaiting the peleton. Well Done. This is history in the making, been the first is ground breaking!

[JGR]

Semi high jack, we were talking about the swimmers earlier.

 

http://www.sport24.c...onsors-20130804

 

G

Im not playing down their plight but I was referring to the 'award' each respectively recieved. Im also quite sure Impey struggled with sponsorship starting out. My issues is the R15k he was given .... it was a joke - on par with adminstrators flights to the FINA event

[awesme]

Not arguing, agreeing.

 

G

 

Im not playing down their plight but I was referring to the 'award' each respectively recieved. Im also quite sure Impey struggled with sponsorship starting out. My issues is the R15k he was given .... it was a joke - on par with adminstrators flights to the FINA event

[JGR]

Not arguing, agreeing.

 

G

I guess all main stream sports receive the lime light ..... To think Elton Jantjies got over R2m for his 'season' at the stormers and lets not talk about Wayne PArnell getting over a R1m for a 4 week tournement and then getting injured and not bowling a ball.

 

Either way he is a legend!

[Bat-ass]

Dont even get me started on this...... Look at athletics....

No money to send University athletes to athletic meets in europe, and then it comes out in the wash that a group of fat cat "observers" went to the meet.. business class and 5star hotels? Ate all the chicken drumstiks europe could offer!!

 

Then...... when an athlete pays his own way to europe and medals at a meet... Athltics SA bang their chest... "loook at our atleets"

 

The Brits have every right to claim Froome.... they threw big money at developing him and the Great Britian Cycling build up to london 2012. Would be interesting to find out from Chris if Cycling SA ever helped him with 1c to get to where he is?

 

Would also be interesting to know indirectly how much daryl has benefited from Australian Government cycling projects. probably quite a bit.... Wonder how much support he got from our governing body to go cut his teeth in Europe back then?

 

BTW... sorry about the rant.... and my eyes welled up every time i saw the SA flag and Daryl in yellow... just wish our government would throw all these up and coming athletes a lifeline...

[awesme]

I know fame does not pay accounts, and it's sad that ASA is not there to help.

 

But I also think nothing can replace, be worth more to him than the first South African to wear Yellow.

 

G

 

I guess all main stream sports receive the lime light ..... To think Elton Jantjies got over R2m for his 'season' at the stormers and lets not talk about Wayne PArnell getting over a R1m for a 4 week tournement and then getting injured and not bowling a ball.

 

Either way he is a legend!

[awesme]

I'm gonna take a bet and say naddy, zero zulz,

 

ASA likes taking credit, but not quick to invest anything, other than a 5star hotel or a first class ticket for themself.

 

G

 

Dont even get me started on this...... Look at athletics....

No money to send University athletes to athletic meets in europe, and then it comes out in the wash that a group of fat cat "observers" went to the meet.. business class and 5star hotels? Ate all the chicken drumstiks europe could offer!!

 

Then...... when an athlete pays his own way to europe and medals at a meet... Athltics SA bang their chest... "loook at our atleets"

 

The Brits have every right to claim Froome.... they threw big money at developing him and the Great Britian Cycling build up to london 2012. Would be interesting to find out from Chris if Cycling SA ever helped him with 1c to get to where he is?

 

Would also be interesting to know indirectly how much daryl has benefited from Australian Government cycling projects. probably quite a bit.... Wonder how much support he got from our governing body to go cut his teeth in Europe back then?

[Daideron]

Well, I think R15k is a bit of a joke when compared to other sports have paid athletes. However, with all due respect to other sports, being able to say you wore the Yellow Jersey at the Tour de France, thats priceless! No international news agency will look back at the 2010 world cup and praise SA for the single goal they scored in the first round, as their performance was anything but historic. But this years Tour, the 100th edition, everyone will look back and say "that was the Tour with the first South African to wear THE Yellow jersey"

Daryl is now a part of Tour history. Sad that our sports minister and his bootylicious mates cannot see it for what it is. And besides, if they gave Daryl a larger amount, there would be less cash available for the big sports awards party that he wants to put on. Because lets be fair, all our athletes deserve a performance from Beyonce!