The stability of Zaaf, the Spanish cycling team, in trouble

The current situation of the team Zaaf It has become a mystery after several media highlighted that the team had not paid its runners for several months. Doubts about the Spanish team have been increasing after the french Audrey Cordon-Ragot, his star broker, denounce these delays in payments to the staff in an interview with the French newspaper West-France. “We have spoken with the responsible entities to recover our money, but they have not paid us since January 1 nor have they reimbursed us for the travel expenses. These conditions are not worthy of a professional team and thus it is very difficult to compete and carry out our profession. They promise to pay us, but they have told us every week for almost three months. Money does not arrive and without money we cannot live. We do not know what to do”

Team sources consulted by AS assured this newspaper that the Zaaf has “the budget we said, we do not lack money and we are not looking for it”. From the Zaaf they also confirm that they are “one of the few teams that are running everywhere with double activity. that costs a lot of money And we are paying for it all.” At the moment, in sports, they keep on their calendar as upcoming appointments, as guests, such important races as the Tour of Flanders and Paris-Roubaix. It should be remembered that, among other races, they would also have their guaranteed participation in the first edition of The Women’s Tour

AS also contacted the Royal Spanish Cycling Federation after learning that the Zaaf could take advantage of the bank guarantee deposited by the team, which would allow the cyclists to be compensated with three months’ salary. From the RFEC they point out that “nothing has arrived, they have not filed any type of complaint, nor have they provided any type of documentation that shows that they are not paying.”

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This newspaper also contacted the sources of Ouest-France aware of the case, and they transferred Cordon-Ragot’s discontent to AS. “In the Zaaf, the working conditions are not worthy of a professional team”while stating the real problem with the structure: “The team has money, but there is a logistical problem that blocks the money in the account.”

While this controversy is resolved, the team competed last Sunday in Ghent-Wevelgem, where the Canadian Maggie Coles-Lyster was very close to the top-10 in the massive sprint that disputed the second place. Some races in which the Zaaf wants to continue to be the protagonist with some runners who, in turn, want to be paid for their performance on the asphalt.

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