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Pogacar dominates Tour de France as budget gap widens, team managers say
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Pogacar dominates Tour de France as budget gap widens, team managers say
Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates have won three stages and broken the climb record on the Col du Tourmalet, as team managers highlight a growing financial divide in the peloton.
- UAE Team Emirates asked for help chasing breakaways on the stage to Ussel; Netcompany Ineos contributed, with sports director Daryl Impey saying his team helped because they believed in rider Filippo Ganna.
- Pogacar shattered the record climbing time on the Col du Tourmalet.
- EF Education EasyPost manager Jonathan Vaughters said the World Tour has five “haves” with budgets of €50-55m and 13 “have-nots” averaging €32-33m.
- Vaughters added that a decade ago there were not four or five mega-budget teams, but now bidding wars have pushed up salaries.
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