60,000 Euros or a no-show at the Giro

Pay up or else: 60,000 Euros for each and every ProTour team or we won't turn up to the Giro d'Italia, says Patrick Lefevere.

This is the latest ultimatum from AIGCP president, who, after a long meeting in Maastricht the morning of the Amstel Gold Race, told Giro race organiser Angelo Zomegnan he has 48 hours to agree. If he doesn't, then the first Grand Tour of the year will be filled with second-string teams, Lefevere threatened.

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