Juan Manuel Garate will file a suit tomorrow against Belkin Pro Cycling as he claims that under Dutch law, the team must continue to pay him even though he has no contract with the team.

He initially signed with them in 2009 and he will go to the Harleem court and argue that he is entitled to one and a half months salary for every year he was with the team since the team did not start dismissal actions with him and due to spending 5 years with the team, he is entitled to 2 and a half years salary.

When a contract is not renewed, the rider must be given a three-month notice. Garate’s lawyer told the Dutch paper De Telegraaf: “When no new contract is signed, you can continue using the old contract.”

The team is reported to have offered the 37 year old a contract which he agreed to verbally but never signed. It was reported that the contract was only worth 40% of his previous salary. It was announced last month that Garate did not have a contract but he had attended the team’s pre-season training camp.

Garate has not yet disclosed why he has not signed the contract. 

“My reasons are private,” he explained. "If Belkin needs me, I am ready to come back. But at the moment I am not welcome with Belkin. It's a personal thing and has nothing to do with money. And no, it’s not to do with doping either."