Putting Shoulder Pads on Schleck: How the Business of Professional Cycling Could Be Improved Through a More American Structur

By Chris Deubert[1] of Ginsberg & Burgos, PLLC   (Editor’s note: This article originally appeared at 37 Brooklyn Journal of International Law 65 (2011))   In August 2010 it was announced that three-time Tour de France winner Alberto Contador, less than a week after his latest victory, was leaving his Kazakhstan-based team, Astana at the end of the season.[2] Contador reportedly rejected a two-year, nearly $13 million deal from Astana,[3] instead choosing to sign with Bjarne Riis’ D