'You can't even buy a hotel room' - Sarah Storey says that it is extremely difficult to earn a living from cycling

Sarah Storey has said that there was a time when she earned nothing for competing in elite cycling. “When I won the able-bodied national series in 2012, there was no prize money for that. Nowadays, that series attracts a prize pot of about £10,000.

So there has been progress, but when I won it, it was zero. Within parasport, every single race I've ever done has been a big fat zero. Ad/> “[L]iterally, the prize pots of the races that I do start at…well…you're lucky if it's 120 quid for the winner.

You're literally talking expenses, not even that, because you can't even buy a hotel room." /> UCI Track Champions LeagueBack On Track | Episode 12 HOURS AGO The lack of funds means that Storey has had to commit to other projects over the years. She is the principal of the SKODA DSI Cycling Academy — founded to help further opportunities for young female cyclists. She also helps develop emerging talent through the women’s cycling team, Storey Racing, which she launched ten years ago alongside her husband.

Somehow, she also finds time to speak about her experiences within sport at schools across the country, having taken up public speaking lessons at 14 years old, around the time she was gearing up for the 1992 Paralympics in Barcelona, her first Games. Opinion: Why Kopecky and SD Worx are winners who could take it all in 2022 Fifteen days after comeback, Van der Poel proves he is a ‘level above everyone’ Pogacar’s 'anger' over blunder only further proves his quality – Wiggins «I have so many fingers in so many pies because there hasn't been an opportunity to earn a living through my sport. So I have to earn a living through the additional bits of my sport, which is obviously more time consuming,» she told The Telegraph.