Put your hand down the sofa and have a rustle round for some the loose change – how much have you got?

Anywhere near €15 million? Brilliant, perhaps you can invest in a new WorldTour team – there is, after all, a space available after Team Europcar failed to gain a license on economic grounds.

IAM Cycling are newcomers to the sport’s top table after agreeing to step up when it became apparent there were spaces available from the merger of Garmin-Sharp and Cannondale.

It will cost the Swiss team some €15 million for the season – double the budget they initially had in mind when planning for another year at Pro Continental level.