And to put a point on this, the top professional road cycling teams in the world only have annual budgets of about $50m (covering 30 cyclists, all the coaches a

And to put a point on this, the top professional road cycling teams in the world only have annual budgets of about $50m (covering 30 cyclists, all the coaches and directors, mechanics and any other crew they may need - physical therapists, chef, etc). Barely the top ten of the top road cyclists earn >$1m/yr. Compare that to mainstream sports that might have a just salary cap of $250m/yr.