Re: Two "Wiggins" to support : Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:38 pm  

LovesToSpooge wrote:

Watching a video on the BBC site where Wiggins interrupts the football last night, Bradley was wearing a Panerai. Perhaps I was a little quick denying him a Knighthood.

Anyone currently watching BBC1 will see Mark Cavendish sporting a rose gold Audermars Piguet Royal Oak Offshore.(Correction - it's a steel rubber clad ROO). Who say's cycling doesn't pay.

I don't know who DOES say that?

Even before his TDF victory, Wiggins was earning a reputed £1.5m p.a. I would imagine Cavendish would be on similar.

So almost the entire Communist Cap for an RL team then......

Re: Two "Wiggins" to support : Thu Aug 02, 2012 5:53 pm  

It pays at the very top, not many in the earning league of Cav and Wiggo. 60K per race for the couple of crits that Cav has done since the Olympics, sponsorship opportunities will be huge now. I rode The Etape a few weeks ago, cycling is all over the papers in France and Europe in general, way bigger than here. Wiggins was probably not known by all that many until the last couple of weeks in UK, hence he could go to the rugby un spotted. Bet that won't happen again! Good on him.

Re: Two "Wiggins" to support : Thu Aug 02, 2012 8:38 pm  

endoman wrote:

It pays at the very top, not many in the earning league of Cav and Wiggo. 60K per race for the couple of crits that Cav has done since the Olympics, sponsorship opportunities will be huge now. I rode The Etape a few weeks ago, cycling is all over the papers in France and Europe in general, way bigger than here. Wiggins was probably not known by all that many until the last couple of weeks in UK, hence he could go to the rugby un spotted. Bet that won't happen again! Good on him.

He stands outside school picking his lad up, goes to the Farmers arms in Eccleston and walks around Tesco in Chorley with ease. Dont think that will be the case when he gets back. His school run will not be the same, but it will soon calm down. I know the school cant wait for re opening, all the kids whished him luck when they closed for summer as part of a doccumentory on him.

Re: Two "Wiggins" to support : Fri Aug 03, 2012 8:09 am  

Said on Daybreak this morning (i know its cr@p but our indoor aeriel wont pick up BBC) that Wiggo is worth about £20M

Not bad for a scruffy get on a bike