Evans in top 50 highest paid Australian sportspeople list

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Cadel Evans (BMC) waves from the podium(Image credit: Tim de Waele/TDWSport.com)

New professional cyclist Caleb Ewan has been flagged as one "to watch" as a contender for Australia's list of highest paid sports stars by the Fairfax Media site BRW.com.au ('Business Review Weekly') in its Top 50 sports earners for last year.

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#	Name (Sport)	Income (AUD millions)
1	Andrew Bogut (basketball)	16.2
2	Adam Scott (golf )	15.5
3	Jason Day (golf)	10.65
4	Marcos Ambrose (motor racing)	5.68
5	Tim Cahill (soccer)	5.5
6	Grant Balfour (baseball)	5.18
7	Patrick Mills (basketball)	4.61
8	Shane Watson (cricket)	4.5
9	Dante Exum (basketball)	4.34
10	Mitchell Johnson (cricket	4.1
11	Michael Clarke (cricket)	4.0
12	David Warner (cricket)	3.8
13	John Senden (golf)	3.43
14	Steve Smith (cricket)	3.10
15	Marc Leishman (golf)	3.07
16	Mile Jedinak (soccer)	3.0
17	Brett Holman (soccer	3.0
18	James Faulkner (cricket)	2.8
19	Mick Fanning (surfing)	2.7
20	Aron Baynes (basketball)	2.7
21	Daniel Ricciardo (motor racing)	2.6
22	Ryan McGowan (soccer)	2.5
23	Cadel Evans (cycling)	2.5
24	Brad Haddin (cricket)	2.5
25	Glenn Maxwell (cricket)	2.4
26	Matt Jones (golf)	2.31
27	Mitchell Starc (cricket)	2.2
28	Geoff Ogilvy (golf)	2.17
29	Steven Bowditch (golf)	2.8
30	Julian Wilson (surfing)	2.0
31	Mark Bresciano (soccer)	2.0
32	Mark Webber (motor racing)	2.0
33	Craig Lowndes (motor racing)	2.0
34	Joel Parkinson (surfing)	1.8
35	James Courtney (motor racing)	1.8
36	George Bailey (cricket)	1.8
37	Aaron Finch (cricket)	1.8
38	Stuart Appleby (golf)	1.77
39	Stephanie Gilmore (surfing)	1.75
40	Jamie Whincup (motor racing)	1.6
41	Taj Burrow (surfing)	1.5
42	Josh Kerr (surfing)	1.5
43	Israel Folau (rugby union)	1.5
44	Will Power (motor racing)	1.5
45	Brett Lee (cricket)	1.5
46	Alex Leapai (boxing)	1.5
47	Gary Ablett (Australian Rules Football)	1.5
48	Zac Purton (horse racing)	1.4
49	Michael Hussey (cricket)	1.4
50	Karrie Webb (golf)	1.28

Rupert Guinness first wrote on cycling at the 1984 Victorian road titles in Australia from the finish line on a blustery and cold hilltop with a few dozen supporters. But since 1987, he has covered 26 Tours de France, as well as numerous editions of the Giro d'Italia, Vuelta a Espana, classics, world track and road titles and other races around the world, plus four Olympic Games (1992, 2000, 2008, 2012). He lived in Belgium and France from 1987 to 1995 writing for Winning Magazine and VeloNews, but now lives in Sydney as a sports writer for The Sydney Morning Herald (Fairfax Media) and contributor to Cyclingnews and select publications.

An author of 13 books, most of them on cycling, he can be seen in a Hawaiian shirt enjoying a drop of French rosé between competing in Ironman triathlons.