UAE Team Emirates has in the men's peloton become one of, if not the most heavily financed team in the peloton. In the women's peloton,
UAE Team ADQ start to make moves in the market, and reportedly have made a millionaire offer to
Demi Vollering.
“I heard the story from different sides in recent months. My ears were popping. A million! The most recent amounts circulated for female cyclists at the absolute top in the world were about half of that," Marijn de Vries said in a column for NRC. "Perhaps what surprised me most was that no one really seemed surprised. And honestly, it doesn't surprise me either.”