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Old 08-23-09, 11:00 PM
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Originally Posted by nitropowered
"Pro" is for riders on a UCI Continental, UCI Professional Continental, or UCI Pro Tour team. Those riders are the only riders considered true "Pro"s

However there are many Elite Cat 1 teams that may use the designation Pro and may in fact even pay their riders. Getting a UCI team license is big bucks and for smaller budget teams, its more worth while to spend that license fee on paying for races or riders. You only really miss out on a few Pro only races.
I know of several amateur teams that pay their racers.

And the funny thing is, some of those amateur teams are better than the "pro" teams they race against.

Take a look at the NRC standings at the end of each season; I guarantee you you'll find several amateur teams who would beat the tar out of the bottom feeder "pro" teams, and are ranked ahead of them in the NRC standings.
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