He's so young and has such incredible lung capacity. His recovery must be top-notch, too.
"I think he could handle another Grand Tour!"
After hearing the sports director's question, Denke's brow furrowed. He didn't answer for a good while.
In truth, he had an answer the moment he heard the question.
It was just that the team had spent a fortune poaching Roglič from Visma Team for a top-tier annual salary of 4.5 million euros.
And Roglič had competed in pitifully few races this year. Aside from his victory at the Tour de Dauphine, he'd had basically no other results!
As a businessman, he was undoubtedly uncomfortable with Roglič earning such a high salary with such a low completion rate.
But after careful consideration, Denke's rational side won out. He spoke in a low voice:
"You know the team's situation. It's completely different from before.
I sold all of my shares to the Red Bull Group.
And they're the ones footing a large part of the bill for Huang Chong's salary.
