Bob Roll comment & prize sharing

[Tim McNamara]

In article <5k7qa8$7...@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, Doug <do...@bookstore.ucsc.edu> wrote:

> In the latest Velonews Bob Roll makes the comment that he was on the
> only team in the history of cycling whose leader kept his prize split
> after winning a major Tour. Although both Greg LeMond and Andy Hampsten
> are mentioned in the articile I believe he was refering to Hampsten. Does
> anyone have the story behind this ? If it is common practice to split the
> prize money why did Hampsten, if it was him, keep the money to himself?
> It seems like it would kind of make it hard to find teammates willing to
> work
> for you if you keep all the money to yourself. If its not the winner who
> decides on the split then who does?

I only skimmed the article so I missed this. The only major tour-winning
team that Roll was in was 7Eleven, when Hampsten won the Giro in 1988.
But from everything I have heard about Hampsten I would think it HIGHLY
unlikely that he would treat team members that way. He sounds like a
genuinely nice guy and in fact I've never read or heard anything critical
about the man (except his time trialling... but let's face it, he had to
TT against Hinault, LeMond and Mig).

Bruce H would know more about this...

Tim

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[Doug]

[Baird Webel]

> In article <5k7qa8$7...@darkstar.ucsc.edu>, Doug
<do...@bookstore.ucsc.edu> wrote:
>

The way I read the article, and understand typical practice, teams have
a "standard" way to split prizes among everyone including support
people. It is customary in big tours for the stars to forgo their split
of the prize money and let everyone else have a little more. Since the
stars make so much salary money and get the criteriums and endorsements
from winning the race, the prize money does not mean as much to them.
When Roll said Andy kept his split, I took that as a sign that Andy was
underpaid and he needed the money himself. I thought it was a comment
on what Andy was paid, not a negative comment on his character.

baird

[FFGale]

i don't know the answer on this one, but it does bring up a memory of a
related dispute involving hampsten. when armstrong won the million dollar
trifecta in the u.s. a few years ago (1994?), he refused to share the
winnings with the part of the motorola team (including hampsten) that was
riding in europe rather than the states. this caused a major rift among
the team and may have been a factor in andy's jump to banesto.

[Andrew Albright]

In article <19970502144...@ladder01.news.aol.com>, ffg...@aol.com
(FFGale) wrote:

> i don't know the answer on this one, but it does bring up a memory of a
> related dispute involving hampsten. when armstrong won the million dollar
> trifecta in the u.s. a few years ago (1994?), he refused to share the
> winnings with the part of the motorola team (including hampsten) that was
> riding in europe rather than the states.

Good for Lance! It always pissed my off that we never got to see a
Hampsten (in his prime) in the Tour duPont or CoreStates.

Andrew Albright

[Bruce Hildenbrand]

In article <19970502144...@ladder01.news.aol.com> ffg...@aol.com (FFGale) writes:
>i don't know the answer on this one, but it does bring up a memory of a
>related dispute involving hampsten. when armstrong won the million dollar
>trifecta in the u.s. a few years ago (1994?), he refused to share the
>winnings with the part of the motorola team (including hampsten) that was

>riding in europe rather than the states. this caused a major rift among
>the team and may have been a factor in andy's jump to banesto.

No, it was not.

Bruce Hildenbrand

ps - and that is not my opinion, it is fact.

[Ghost]

I heard that Hampsten only shared with the people who helped him win the Giro.
Unless I am mistaken, and I often am, the 7-11 squad was split in two
parts. One contested the Giro and the other contested another race in the
US. It makes sense then that only those who rode the Giro should share the
pot, no?

[LAUDIEN]

Bob Roll did participate in the GIro that Hampsten won and was a help in
the legendary Gavia Pass day, where Roll finshed in the top 25.

As for Hapsten not participating in the US races. I find it hard to
begrudge a rider for team decissions. He did participate as a USPS member
last year.