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The Tour de France returns in all of its glory on Saturday, June 29, with no shortage of major storylines going into cycling’s most prestigious race. Can Jonas Vingegaard, winner in back-to-back years, become history’s ninth cyclist to win at least three Tour de France races? His primary competition, Tadej Pogačar, aims for the same feat and the yellow jersey after finishing second in 2022 and 2023. Elsewhere, Primož Roglič seeks the elusive Tour de France victory that has eluded him.

Before cyclists embark on their massive trek, get up to speed with everything you need to know for the 111th Tour de France, which is streaming on Peacock on NBC.

How does the 2024 Tour de France work?

This year’s Tour de France is unique for several reasons. It will begin in Florence, Italy, for the first time in the event’s history. This starting point honors the 100-year mark since an Italian won the Tour de France, achieved by Ottavio Bottecchia in 1924. With the Paris Olympics starting in late July, 2024 features the first-ever Tour de France that won’t conclude in France’s capital city. Instead, it will finish in Nice, France. Riders will complete 21 stages across three weeks, starting in Florence, Italy on Saturday, June 29, and ending on Sunday, July 21. The entire Tour De France will cover a total distance of 3,492 km (2,170 miles), with riders competing in one stage per day and receiving one rest day at the end of each week.

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Who is riding in the Tour de France 2024?

The favorite to win the 2024 Tour de France is Tadej Pogačar , a member of the UAE Team Emirates . At 25 years old, he already has two Tour de France wins (2020, 2021) and one Giro d’Italia victory (2024). After dominating the Giro d’Italia in May, the phenom aims to become the first cyclist since 1998 (Marco Pantani) to win both the Giro and the Tour de France in the same year. Already considered one of the greatest talents cycling has ever seen, the Slovenian has won four out of five events he’s raced in this year, finishing third in his only non-victory. He’s finished second place in the last two editions of the Tour de France.

Pogačar will look to defeat two-time defending Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard of Team Visma-Lease a Bike, another popular pick to win this year. The 27-year-old has bested Pogačar the last two years, but the Tour de France will mark his return to racing since a severe crash at the Tour of the Basque Country in April, where he broke his collarbone and ribs, suffering a collapsed lung in the process.

Another intriguing challenger is Tour veteran Primož Roglič of Team Bora-hansgrohe, who seeks his first Tour de France victory in what will be his sixth appearance. At 34 years old and well into his illustrious career, it remains the major title he has yet to win, having already secured victories across the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España, Monuments, and Olympic Games.

How many teams are in the Tour de France?

The Tour de France is made up of 22 pro cycling teams with eight riders each, amounting to 176 total competitors.

How do teams work in the Tour de France?

Each team has one rider who is their main contender, commonly referred to as the team’s leader. Teams may have several leaders throughout the race, determined by each group’s individual race strategy. Other members of the team are known as domestiques . These key figures support their team’s leader in the race by shielding them from wind and other cyclists, bringing them water, and even offering to switch bikes in the event of mechanical failure. Team members typically take turns acting in these support roles.

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Who are recent Tour de France winners?

2023: Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) 2022: Jonas Vingegaard (Denmark) 2021: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) 2020: Tadej Pogačar (Slovenia) 2019: Egan Bernal (Colombia) 2018: Geraint Thomas (United Kingdom, Wales) 2017: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2016: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2015: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2014: Vincenzo Nibali (Italy) 2013: Chris Froome (United Kingdom) 2012: Bradley Wiggins (United Kingdom) 2011: Cadel Evans (Australia) 2010: Andy Schleck (Luxembourg) Alberto Contador was initial winner, but was stripped of victory in 2012 after he was found guilty of doping

How many points do you get for winning a stage in the Tour de France?

Points are awarded throughout and at the end of each stage, differing based on the type of stage. Here’s the point distribution for first-place finishers across stages (Individual time trial and intermediate sprint winners are also awarded 20 points each):

Flat stage finishes: 50 points Hilly and medium mountain stage finishes: 30 points High mountain finishes: 20 points

How do they determine the winner of the Tour de France?

The rider with the shortest overall combined time from every stage is declared the winner. This year’s race will feature an individual time trial from Monaco to Nice as the final stage. Though there is only one overall winner, there are three other individual awards granted to cyclists for various accomplishments. Throughout the race, the leaders in each category wear specific jerseys to differentiate them from the rest.

The coveted yellow jersey is for the rider with the fastest overall time at the end of each stage; the race leader. A green jersey, also known as the points jersey, is awarded to the fastest sprinter. Riders collect points for finishing stages quickly, winning sprint sections, and performing well in mountain sections. A white jersey with red polka dots, also known as the “King of the Mountains,” is awarded to the best climber. Mountain points are distributed based on the difficulty of individual climbing sections throughout various mountain stages. Lastly, a white jersey is awarded to the best young rider, the highest-ranked cyclist under the age of 26. Winning just one Tour de France stage is considered a huge victory for most cyclists.

How much money do you get for winning the Tour de France?

The overall winner of the Tour de France will receive €500,000, equivalent to $533,915. Second place earns €200,000 ($213,566), with third place getting $100,000 ($107,062). Each stage win is worth €11,000, equivalent to $11,746. The rider with the most sprint points at the race’s conclusion walks away with €25,000 ($26,765) as the green jersey winner.

Is there a team prize in the Tour de France?

Yes, there is a team prize in the Tour de France. The top five teams at the end of the race receive cash prizes, which are then calculated by adding the cumulative times of each team’s three fastest finishers from the stage. The winning team receives €2,800 in prize money ($3,001). Team earnings are often split among the team instead of just one rider.

How is the Tour de France time cut calculated?

The Tour de France’s time cut is a Grand Tours ruling that ensures riders don’t reduce their workloads in certain stages to conserve energy for later stages. Time cuts in stages are determined by two factors, primarily the stage’s difficulty and the winning rider’s average speed. Every stage in the Tour de France is given a difficulty coefficient, numbered one to six. For example, a stage where minimal climbing is involved may be granted a one or a two, but a stage with high climbs through mountains may be granted a higher difficulty coefficient, like five or six. If the stage maintains a fast pace, time cuts will be more forgiving. If races produce a slower pace, the time cut will be harsher.

What is the name of the British team in the Tour de France?

The INEOS Grenadiers are Great Britain’s professional cycling team that competes at the UCI World team level. The team is based out of Manchester, England with a base in Deinze, Belgium. Previously known as Team Sky, the name changed to Team INEOS and then the INEOS Grenadiers in 2019, when INEOS and Sir Jim Ratcliffe became sole owners. This year’s 11 British riders throughout the field are the most ever in Tour de France history.

What are the stages of the Tour de France 2024?

Saturday, June 29: Stage 1 , Florence - Rimini (206 km) Sunday, June 30: Stage 2 , Cesenatico - Bologne (199.2 km) Monday, July 1: Stage 3 , Plaisance - Turin (230.8 km) Tuesday, July 2: Stage 4 , Pinerolo - Valloire (139.6 km) Wednesday, July 3: Stage 5 , Sant-Jean-de-Maurienne - Saint-Vulbas (177.4 km) Thursday, July 4: Stage 6 , Mâcon - Dijon (163.5 km) Friday, July 5: Stage 7 , Nuits-Saint-Georges - Gevrey-Chambertin (25.3 km, individual time trial) Saturday, July 6: Stage 8 , Semur-En-Auxois > Colombey-les-Deux-Églises (183.4 km) Sunday, July 7: Stage 9 , Troyes - Troyes (199 km) Monday, July 8: Rest Day Tuesday, July 9: Stage 10 , Orléans - Saint-Amand-Montrond (187.3 km) Wednesday, July 10: Stage 11 , Évaus-les-Bains - Le Lioran (211 km) Thursday, July 11: Stage 12 , Aurillac - Villeneuve-sur-Lot (203.6 km) Friday, July 12: Stage 13 , Agen - Pau (165.3 km) Saturday, July 13: Stage 14 , Pau - Saint-Lary-Soulan Pla d’Adet (151.9 km) Sunday, July 14: Stage 15 , Loudenvielle - Plateau de Beille (198 km) Monday, July 15: Rest Day Tuesday, July 16: Stage 16 , Gruissan - Nîmes (188.6 km) Wednesday, July 17: Stage 17 , Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux - Superdévoluy (177.8 km) Thursday, July 18: Stage 18 , Gap - Barcelonnette (179.5 km) Friday, July 19: Stage 19 , Embrun - Isola 2000 (144.6 km) Saturday, July 20: Stage 20 , Nice - Col de la Couillole (132.8 km) Sunday, July 21: Stage 21 , Monaco - Nice (33.7 km, individual time trial)

Who is the only American to win the Tour de France?

The legendary Greg LeMond is the only American man to win the Tour de France, capturing victories in 1986, 1989, and 1990. In the process, he became the first non-European professional cyclist to win the historic race.

What happens if you have to go to the bathroom during the Tour de France?

Cyclists can stop on the side of the road if they must use the bathroom during the Tour de France. However, they must be out of view of spectators to avoid getting fined. Riders often will take collective breaks as a group to individually go to the bathroom.

Do riders sleep during the Tour de France?

Yes! Tour de France competitors do indeed get rest. The race is three weeks long and athletes are exercising intensely, so sleep is necessary. Cyclists typically sleep in hotel rooms that vary in accommodations and location.

What are the Tour de France rules?

There are many rules within the Tour de France, among them include:

• All riders must wear their team’s official outfit: shorts, jersey, socks, shoes, gloves, and a helmet to begin the race (aside from special jerseys).
• Other classifications can be identified by a rider’s uniform or race number, including colored or special numbers for the highest-ranked individual rider on each team, the most aggressive rider as determined by a jury, and stage winners.
• If a cyclist wins a stage or is one of the first three finishers, seconds are subtracted from their overall time as a bonus. First place subtracts ten seconds, then six and four for second and third. At various critical points like passes and summits, the first three riders can also receive time premiums of eight, five, and two seconds.
• There is a time cut calculated depending on the type of stage using the time of the winner. In most cases, riders will be eliminated from the race if they do not finish under the time cut. There are cases where a rider will finish after the time cut and still be allowed to start the next day, but they lose all of the points they had accumulated to that point.
• Various cyclists are drug tested at every stage, with over 180 drug tests distributed throughout the race.

Other specific rules for the Tour de France include:

• No littering
• Cyclists cannot push off cars, motorcycles or other riders
• Team cars called caravans may follow riders, but must maintain a distance of at least 25 meters.
• Spraying liquid, like water used for cooling purposes, from team cars is prohibited.
• Teams cannot help eachother.
• Riders may only eat in designated areas.
• No indecent behavior towards spectators.

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How much prize money was on offer at the 2024 Tour de France?

There is around €2.3 million up for grabs in the 2024 race

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The Tour de France 2024 has just ended. After 21 days of racing at the biggest race of the year over, it's time to take a look at just how much money is on offer for those who do well. Despite inflation, none of this has changed for this year.

The overall victor, Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) will earn €500,000 (£423,000) for winning the Tour - that's around 20 per cent of the €2,301,200 (£1.95 million) prize purse. Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) earned the same prize money last year.

Second place - Vingegaard - earns €200,000 (£169,000), with GC money extending all the way down to €1,000 (£845) for 20th-160th overall 

Stage wins are worth €11,000 (£9,518), with prize money offered to riders who finish in the top 20 on each day. 

You also get money for leading the classifications each day, with €500 per stage given to the man in yellow, and €300 to the other distinctive riders.

Intermediate sprints each day are worth €1,500 for the first rider across the line, while second gets €1,000 and third €500.

The green jersey winner - the rider with the most sprint points at the end of the race - secures €25,000. This year that was Biniam Girmay (Intermarché-Wanty). Jasper Philipsen's (Alpecin-Decueninck) four stage wins, one intermediate sprint victory, 18 days in the green jersey (€300 a day) and points classification victory, therefore, saw him earn €70,500 (£61,000) last year.

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As with the points classification, the mountains winner - Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) receives €25,000, with €200-€800 available on categorised climbs throughout the duration of the 21 stages. The harder the climb, the more money is available for each rider who passes the summit first.

€20,000 also goes to the rider who finishes as the best placed rider under the age of 25, the person in the white jersey. This year that was Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step).

The overall combativity award, given to Carapaz. gifts an extra €20,000 for the overall prize and €2,000 per day with the gold numbers. 

UAE Team Emirates, the winners of the team classification, netted €50,000, calculated by the cumulative time of each team's three fastest finishers. The same rule is applied on each stage, with €2,800 prize money awarded to the fastest team each day, too. 

Traditionally, prize money is shared around a team rather than going to the sole winner, so domestiques might end up winning as much as their leader who wins overall.

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Tour de France: Pogacar claims €610,770 in total prizes

UAE Team Emirates take home the biggest piece of the prize pie

Tadej Pogačar ( UAE Team Emirates ) spent two weeks defending his lead in the Tour de France , finishing off the 2021 edition in Paris on Sunday as the rider with the lowest overall time – 83 hours, 56 minutes and 36 seconds (41.165kph average) across the 21 stages and 3,414.4 kilometres to put his name in history as winner of his second Tour. 

His prize is more in prestige than cash, however, as the young Slovene earned a total of just €610,770 during the race, compared with tens of millions in prizes for other sports such as Formula 1 and €700 million for the FIFA World Cup.

Pogačar won three stages, each worth €11,000 which, along with prizes for each day in the yellow jersey, leading the best young riders classification, winning the overall, young rider and mountains classification, bonuses at the top of various climbs and stage placings. His prize for winning the entire race was just €500,000 - a fraction of what other professional sports champions earn.

The haul will be added to the rest of what riders from UAE Team Emirates won from the overall purse of €2,288,450. The team earned a total of €621,580 – including €200 picked up by Mikkel Bjerg for the last classified climb of the race, the category 4 Côte des Grès, taken as the team were celebrating at the front of the peloton in the first kilometres of the final stage.

Jumbo-Visma's Jonas Vingegaard earned €220,000 for his position as runner-up in the final classification, and along with €15,000 for second-best young rider and his stage prizes, he brought in €246,470.

Thanks to Wout van Aert's trio of stage wins and Vingegaard's podium placing, among other results, Jumbo-Visma claimed the second-most of any team, earning €358,270.

Richard Carapaz was the rider with the third-most earnings at €112,800 - €100,000 of that for the final podium.

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Bahrain Victorious, with three stage wins, second place in the mountains classification with Wout Poels and the €50,000 bonus for best overall team brought in the third-most of any team at €211,410.

Fourth-placed overall Ben O'Connor (AG2R Citroën) brought in €88,550 for his placing in the final standings and stage win, among other minor prizes.

Points classification winner Mark Cavendish (Deceuninck-Quickstep) earned €80,240 thanks to his three stage wins and the near miss on the Champs-Elysées, and the €25,000 for winning the green jersey.

Franck Bonnamour (B&B Hotels p/b KTM) won the €20,000 prize for most aggressive rider in the race.

The ASO can pocket €20,000 of the advertised purse since they award €1,000 to each rider who finished 20th or better up to 160 places, but only 140 riders finished the race. Teams share their prizes between riders and staff.

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Tour de France prize money: how much did Jonas Vingegaard win in 2023?

There's more than the yellow jersey up for grabs in the Tour de France

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While the Tour de France yellow jersey is one of sport’s most fabled prizes, there is more than just prestige up for grabs at the 111th edition of the race in 2024.

Alongside the yellow, green, polka dot and white jerseys , the Tour de France had a €2,295,200 prize pot to give out in 2023.

This included a €500,000 overall prize for champion Jonas Vingegaard (Visma–Lease a bike). In total, the Dane received €535,220 through the course of the race, including prizes for stage wins, placings on stages and climbs.

Riders can earn money from all the main categories, as well as on categorised climbs, intermediate sprints and for finishing within the first 160 classified riders in the race.

All Tour de France teams have different formulas for sharing the prize money, but usually it's put into a pot and divided between every rider (and often staff) on the team at the end of the race. Cycling is a team sport with individual winners, after all.

Here’s how the 2023 Tour de France prize money was broken down.

Tour de France stage winner prize money

The winner of each stage earned €11,000 in 2023, as well as a place on the podium at the end of the day.

Second place was worth €5,500, while the rider in third raked in €2,800.

In fact, every rider down to 20th place (€300) earned a share of the €28,650 on offer each day.

Here’s the full breakdown for each individual stage.

Tour de France yellow jersey prize money

If winning the stage also put a rider into the yellow jersey, there was an extra €500 up for grabs, with the same prize on offer for each day a rider wore the maillot jaune.

That, however, is small fry compared to the main prize pot for the general classification.

The rider in the yellow jersey on the final podium in Paris in 2023 won €500,000, with Vingegaard taking the spoils. The prize increased back in 2016 and has remained the same since.

Second place went to Tadej Pogačar, earning him €200,000, with Adam Yates taking home €100,000 in third.

Each rider from fourth to 19th on the general classification steadily receives less money, and everyone from 20th place to 160th is awarded €1,000 for completing the roughly 3,500km course.

Here’s a full breakdown of the prize money awarded to the 10 overall fastest riders in 2023.

• €500,000 (Jonas Vingegaard)
• €200,000 (Tadej Pogačar)
• €100,000 (Adam Yates)
• €70,000 (Simon Yates)
• €50,000 (Carlos Rodriguez)
• €23,000 (Pello Bilbao Lopez)
• €11,500 (Jai Hindley)
• €7,600 (Felix Gall)
• €4,500 (David Gaudu)
• €3,800 (Guillaume Martin)

Tour de France King of the Mountains prize money

A day in the King of the Mountains jersey was worth €300 in 2023, while the top eight in the final mountains classification were rewarded at the end of the race.

The overall winner in 2023, Giulio Ciccone, received €25,000, while second place got €15,000.

Here’s a full breakdown of the prize money awarded to the top eight finishers in the mountains classification in 2023.

• €25,000 (Giulio Ciccone)
• €15,000 (Felix Gall)
• €10,000 (Jonas Vingegaard)
• €4,000 (Neilson Powless)
• €3,500 (Tadej Pogačar)
• €3,000 (Simon Yates)
• €2,500 (Tobias Johannessen)
• €2,000 (Jai Hindley)

Tour de France climbs prize money

It’s not all about the general classification and the polka dot jersey – each climb at the Tour de France has a prize on offer at the top.

For hors catégorie and first-category climbs, the first three over the summit earn prize money; on second-category ascents, it's the top two, and on third and fourth-cat climbs it's just the first rider over.

The 2023 Tour de France contained 30 climbs categorised as second category or above – with six HC ascents and summit finishes.

The HC climbs and summit finishes were worth €800 to the first across, €450 to the second and €300 to the third. The 10 category-one mountains offered €650, €400 and €150 respectively.

For second-category mountains or hills, the first rider across received €500 and the second €250, while it was €300 to cross a third-category climb first and €200 to be the first over a fourth-category ascent.

Riders can also boost their pay packets further by being the first across the highest point of the race. In 2023, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange , as the prize is known, was awarded to the first rider to crest the 2,304m Col de la Loze. That added €5,000 to the kitty of Felix Gall (Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale) last year.

The Souvenir Jacques Goddet (€5,000) is given to the first rider to reach the top of the Col du Tourmalet in the Pyrenees. The prize went to Pierre Latour in 2021 (the Pyrenean peak didn't feature in the 2023 Tour de France).

Tour de France points classification prize money

As with the polka dot jersey, a day in the green jersey in 2023 was worth €300 – so that’s a lot of prize money that has headed Peter Sagan’s way in his Tour de France career.

Even more so when you consider the €25,000 top prize for winning the points classification overall, which Sagan managed in seven of the eight years from 2012 to 2019.

However, Irish sprinter Sam Bennett ended Sagan's run in the green jersey in 2020. Mark Cavendish made a triumphant return to green in 2021.

Wout van Aert topped the classification in 2022 and Jasper Philipsen won the green jersey last year.

The top eight in the final points classification all win prizes. The 2023 ranking looked as follows:

• €25,000 (Jasper Philipsen)
• €15,000 (Mads Pedersen)
• €10,000 (Bryan Coquard)
• €4,000 (Tadej Pogačar)
• €3,500 (Jonas Vingegaard)
• €3,000 (Kasper Asgreen)
• €2,500 (Jordie Meuss)
• €2,000 (Matej Mohorič)

That’s exactly in line with the mountains classification.

Each intermediate sprint – one on each of the 19 road stages – was worth €1,500, €1,000 and €500 for the first three riders through.

These prizes are often swallowed up by the breakaway, with the sprinters keeping their powder dry for the stage finishes – the prize money for the top 20 on each stage is detailed at the top of this article.

Tour de France young rider classification prize money

A €300 prize is also up for grabs for each day in the white jersey of best young rider (in other words, for the 2024 race, those riders born on or after 1 January 1999).

In addition, the highest-placed young rider on each stage can claim a €500 daily prize.

The top four riders in the final young-rider classification also win prizes. In 2022, €20,000 was up for grabs for the winner, with the prize money decreasing by €5,000 for each position in the top four.

In 2020, at 21 years old, Pogačar became the youngest Tour de France winner since 1904, as well as securing the white and polka-dot jerseys. He won the same three jerseys in 2021, but was only the best young rider in 2022 and 2023.

• €20,000 (Tadej Pogačar)
• €15,000 (Carlos Rodriguez)
• €10,000 (Felix Gall)
• €5,000 (Thomas Pidcock)

Tour de France team classification prize money

The top-placed team on each stage – calculated by the cumulative time of each team’s three fastest finishers – claims a further €2,800 in prize money.

Those daily times are all added up to form the overall team classification, and the top five teams at the end of the race also win cash prizes.

Here’s a full breakdown of the prize money awarded to the five highest-ranking teams at the end of the Tour de France in 2023.

• €50,000 (Visma–Lease a bike)
• €30,000 (UAE Team Emirates)
• €20,000 (Ineos Grenadiers)
• €12,000 (Bahrain Victorious)
• €8,000 (Groupama–FDJ)

Most aggressive rider classification (combativity prize)

There is one final prize at the Tour de France, with race judges picking their most aggressive rider in each of the first 18 road stages (so every stage except the two time trials and the final stage) to win the combativity prize.

The previous day’s winner can be spotted by their red race number on the following stage. They will also be €2,000 richer.

At the end of the race, a Super Combatif award is handed out – worth €20,000.

Wout van Aert added the most aggressive rider award to his green jersey in 2022 and Victor Campanaerts won the 2023 combativity prize.

How does Tour de France prize money compare to other sports events?

While €500,000 (approximately £432,500) for winning the yellow jersey is nothing to be sniffed at, the amount on offer for winning cycling’s greatest race is low compared to other sports.

Wyndham Clark earned $3.6 million for winning golf's 2023 US Open.

In horse racing, the Saudi Cup winner is awarded $10 million. Most of that goes to the horse's owner, but the winning jockey can expect a 10 per cent share.

The men’s and women’s singles tennis champions at Wimbledon received £2 million each in 2022.

At sea angling's 2022 White Marlin Open, Jeremy Duffie netted a world-record-setting $4,536,000 for landing a 77.5lb white marlin.

Still, the most fabled prize in cycling is not something to turn your nose up at – prize money or not.

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Tour de France 2024: Prize Money Analysis for Week 1

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• Published on July 8, 2024
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The 2024 Tour de France has already delivered a spectacular Week 1, with thrilling sprints, breakaways, and mountain challenges. As teams battle not just for the coveted yellow jersey but also for substantial prize money, we take a closer look at how each team has fared financially in the first week of this prestigious race.

Prize Money Breakdown

What prize money is awarded for.

In the Tour de France, prize money is awarded for various achievements throughout the race. Here is a breakdown of the different categories for which prize money is awarded:

• Stage Wins: Each stage winner receives a significant prize. For instance, winning a stage earns the rider €11,000.
• General Classification (Yellow Jersey): The rider with the lowest overall time at the end of the Tour wins the general classification and receives €500,000. Second place earns €200,000, and third place gets €100,000.
• Points Classification (Green Jersey) : Awarded to the rider who accumulates the most points from stage finishes and intermediate sprints. The overall winner receives €25,000.
• King of the Mountains (Polka Dot Jersey): The best climber in the Tour earns points on designated climbs, and the winner receives €25,000.
• Best Young Rider (White Jersey): Awarded to the highest-ranked rider under the age of 26, with the winner earning €20,000.
• Team Classification: The top five teams receive prizes based on the cumulative times of their best three riders each stage. The best team at the end of the Tour wins €50,000.
• Combativity Award: Recognizes the most aggressive rider, typically given to those who frequently attempt breakaways. The winner receives €20,000.

Week 1 Tour de France Prize Money Total by Team

Quick analysis of week 1 performance, top earners.

Intermarché – Wanty leads the prize money standings with an impressive €43,880. These significant earnings reflect consistent high placements in various stages and including winning intermediate sprints, holding the green jersey and winning 2 stages.

UAE Team Emirates follows with €38,460, showcasing their strategy and strength in both individual stages and general classification positions. Their prize haul is buoyed by Tadej Pogacar’s performance, aiming for the yellow jersey.

Mid-Tier Performers

Teams such as Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL (€25,010) and Uno-X Mobility (€24,860) also had noteworthy weeks. Their earnings suggest solid team performances and potential podium finishes in various stages.

Underperformers

Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team sits at the bottom with €2,390. This low amount indicates a tough start to the Tour for the team, largely due to crashes, tactical missteps, and simply being outpaced by stronger teams.

Comparing Prize Money to Stage Winners

An interesting aspect to explore is how the prize money compares to actual stage winners. Often, winning a stage can significantly boost a team’s earnings due to the large prizes associated with stage victories.

• Stage 1 Winner: Romain Bardet (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) – This victory has certainly contributed to DSM’s notable earnings of €25,010.
• Stage 2 Winner: Kevin Vauquelin (Arkea-B&B Hotels) – Arkea’s total of €15,540 reflects Vauquelin’s win and consistent team performance.
• Stage 3 Winner: Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty) – This victory has significantly boosted Intermarché’s leading earnings of €43,880.
• Stage 4 Winner: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) – His stage win is a major contributor to UAE’s substantial €38,460 earnings.
• Stage 5 Winner: Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) – Another win for Pogačar consolidates UAE’s strong financial position.
• Stage 6 Winner: Mark Cavendish (Astana Qazaqstan Team) – Cavendish’s win has helped Astana to €15,420.
• Stage 7 Winner: Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco Alula) – This victory is reflected in Jayco Alula’s total of €13,500.
• Stage 8 Winner: Biniam Girmay (Intermarché – Wanty) – Another win for Girmay consolidates Intermarché’s top position.
• Stage 9 Winner: Anthony Turgis (TotalEnergies) – Turgis’s win is mirrored in TotalEnergies’ earnings of €20,350.

The first week of the 2024 Tour de France has set a competitive tone, reflected in the prize money distribution. While Intermarché – Wanty and UAE Team Emirates lead the financial standings, the correlation between prize money and stage wins underscores the importance of consistent team performance. As the Tour progresses, it will be intriguing to see if the current leaders can maintain their momentum and how the prize money standings will evolve.

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Tadej Pogačar stood atop the Tour de France winner’s podium Sunday in Paris with a €500,000 check in his pocket.

The Tour’s first-place purse is the largest in cycling but remains relatively paltry compared to the tournament payouts that elite golfers see for a week’s work, let alone a month.

The total purse for the entire Tour, including stages, jerseys, and special primes, totals €2,269,450. Again, tops in cycling, but that’s equal to a middling golf or tennis tournament.  

Prize money is much like other financial aspects of cycling — things are not always what they seem.

Where does the prize money come from? How is it allocated? And who gets what?

Let’s take a deep dive into some of the numbers:

Riders make money on contracts and bonuses

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Of course, €500,000 is nothing to sneeze at. Even if it’s a low number when compared to golf or tennis, it’s still a good chunk of change.  

It’s a long-running tradition that the Tour winner divides the prize with teammates. Staffers also see a chunk (see below). After all, cycling is a team sport with an individual winner. The victory goes to one, but the spoils are shared by all.

A Tour winner will sometimes buy their teammates a special gift, like a luxury watch, or invite everyone on a special trip with family.  

Also read : Pogačar signs deal to stay with UAE through 2024

So the other UAE-Team Emirates riders arriving in Paris should be seeing a nice Tour “bonus” at least in the middle five-digits on top of their salaries, not bad for three weeks of hard work.

Compared to the $150,000 payout to each team member on the winning team of the Super Bowl, it’s peanuts, but cycling doesn’t have a huge stadium or massive TV rights.

It’s no mystery that today’s top racing pros make the majority of their income from salaries.

Pogačar is on a five-year deal, one of the longest in cycling history, and though his wage is not public knowledge, he is already among the best paid in the peloton, with a salary likely close to or above €3 million per year.

Performance bonuses are also part of many contracts, especially for a rider like Mark Cavendish, who likely was on a low salary, but with bonuses written in. Tour winners and other top stars also will receive bonuses from sponsors and team ownership.

As rider salaries have steadily increased in the past 20 years or so, sharing out the winner’s prize money isn’t nearly as important as it was in the 1980s or before, when a rider might only be earning $20,000 or $30,000 a year.  

Also read : Peter Sagan is peloton’s best-paid cyclist

Most established WorldTour pros today are earning well into low to middle six figures, with neo-pros already racing on a minimum wage of $40,000 per season. Top-end domestiques and co-leader riders can earn up to high-end six figures, and even into the low millions.

Top Tour riders also make money on post-race criteriums, but that tradition is slowly dying out, and the COVID-19 pandemic hasn’t helped. But a top name can still earn five figures, perhaps even low six-figures, in a few high-end criteriums that still exist.

Of course, it pays to be on a team that’s successful. The bottom six teams in the Tour made less than €25,000. That payout will be paltry per rider, and even less for staffers.

So are top Tour-level riders making millions like an NBA or MLB   star? Not even close. Yet today’s pros are better paid than ever before in the sport’s history.

Is the prize money a nice bonus? Most definitely, but they’re not paying the rent with it, and it’s not why they’re racing.

Who gets the prize money, and how much?

The Tour’s prize money list fills two pages in the official roadbook.

Not only are there payouts for GC, but there are also cash prizes and primes littered across the Tour route for stage winners, jersey-holders, the most aggressive rider, and those who top out first on iconic climbs.

Prize money runs deep into each day’s results sheet, and is tallied up at the end of each Tour and divvied out by the team.

Also read : Ineos Grenadiers has cycling’s biggest budget 

This year, UAE-Team Emirates topped the team’s list, earning €619,580. Last was Qhubeka-NextHash, with €11,650, while sixteen teams earned less than €100,000 in prize money during the 2021 Tour.

A stage victor earns €11,000, rolling down to €300 for 20th, with €28,650 in prize money per stage. Times that by 21 and it’s more than €600,000 for stages alone.

For the GC, there’s €200,000 for second and €100,000 for third, with €1,000 for anyone who makes it to Paris from 20th place on down. The total GC purse is €1,158,800.

There are prize money awards at intermediate sprints (€1,500 for first) and €25,000 for the winner of the green jersey. The same goes for the King of the Mountains jersey, with the best young rider winning €20,000.  

The top team wins €58,000, each day’s most aggressive rider wins €2,000, with the “super-combative” rider winning €20,000 in Paris.

There are two primes exceptionnelles  for the first over the highest point in the Alps and Pyrénées, each winning €5,000 each.

Big bonuses for (some) team staffers

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Where the prize money really sees an impact is among staffers.

Soigneurs, bus drivers, mechanics, and other auxiliary team employees will usually see a share of the pot.

Though the system varies from team to team, the traditional way of splitting up prize money is to award team staffers a “share” of the winnings, and then split that up by how many days a staffer worked.

Also read : Meet Peter Sagan’s personal soigneur

So at the Tour, if the squad is eight riders, a team might add one or two more “riders” during a race, and then divide out the prize money among up its many staffers. A bonus for a top team can be several thousand euros, up to low five-figure numbers.

Many of the back-room staffers are on relatively low salaries, but benefits include weeks and months of paid expenses when they’re on the road. Prize money is typically added up during the season and paid out quarterly or at the end of the year.

Sport directors, managers, coaches, and trainers will also see performance-based bonuses, which are often written into contracts, or paid out as part of the winner’s pie, depending on the team.

Also read : From race hostess to VIP coordinator at Trek-Segafredo

How much do these staffers make?

A lot depends on the team. With teams now boasting backroom staffers that can top 60 people, many are full-time employees, with health insurance and other benefits in addition to a full-time salary that can range from middle to upper five figures, higher for a big-name trainer or coach.

Other teams hire out helpers on a contractual basis, usually on a per-need basis, so a mechanic or sport director might have a contract for 90 race days a year.

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For any team staff, bonuses and extra payments are indeed welcome.

Of course, if a team has bad luck or under-performs, the end-of-Tour bonuses might be just a few hundred dollars. Yet the work hours are the same.

It is what it is

The takeaway? Riders don’t race for prize money nearly as much in modern cycling, but it’s a nice bonus for teams with a lot of success at the Tour de France.

In what’s a long-running tradition in a sport with an individual winner in a team sport, most teams divide the prize money among riders, sport directors, and staffers.

Again, the total purse for the Tour is €2,269,450. That’s the biggest in cycling, but relatively small when compared to larger, more mainstream sports.

As is often the case in the peloton and in life in general, a few get rich, and the rest work hard for their money.

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Here's how much are the jaw-dropping efforts of the 2023 Tour de France athletes are actually worth.

The Tour de France , the biggest cycling event in the world, features some of the best riders from around the globe. Over 21 stages, riders push their minds and bodies to the limit over hundreds of miles in pursuit of stage wins, sprint points, and the coveted yellow jersey. But how much are these jaw-dropping efforts worth?

Before we break down rider payouts, it's important to note how much money was up for grabs: with a total purse prize of $2.8 million, the lion's share goes to the top riders and teams.

Please, show me the money.

The top 20 general classification riders received the highest rewards. The overall winner and yellow jersey for the second year in a row, Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo Visma), earned $540,000.

Second-place GC rider Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) earned around $200,000, while his teammate and third-place GC finisher Adam Yates earned about $100,000.

Tour riders who finish between 21st and 160th place receive €1,000 (around $1,097).

In addition to the GC win, stage winners earn a separate payout. The first rider to cross the finish line for each stage earns about $12,000. Payouts decrease incrementally, with the 20th-place finisher making around $329.

Riders lucky enough to earn a color-specific jersey get an additional payout. Green (sprinter's) jersey winner Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceuninck), aka "Jasper the Master," and the polka dot (King of the Mountain) jersey winner Giulio Ciccone (Lidl–Trek) both took home $27,000. Payouts extend to second and third-place contenders, with each earning almost $16,000 and $10,900, respectively.

Contenders under age 25 are eligible to win the white jersey. Pogačar wore the white jersey for a historic fourth time during the 110th Tour. His payout was approximately $22,000. With the top four young riders compensated, the fourth-place rider earns roughly $5,400.

Additionally, riders known for attacking the peloton can earn the distinction of "most aggressive rider," which comes with the red jersey and a $21,900 payout.

Finally, the top three teams of the Tour get a piece of the pie. This year, Jumbo-Visma took top honors earning over $50,000. The UAE Team Emirates squad finished second with about $30,000, and Ineos Grenadiers finished third and collected almost $22,000.

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Tour de France 2024 prize money: How much does the yellow jersey win?

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The 2024 Tour de France is coming to an end and Tadej Pogacar is poised to win a third yellow jersey after staving off competition from Jonas Vingegaard and Remco Evenepoel – and the Slovenian will be well rewarded.

Riders secure bonuses from their teams for their exploits on the bike during the Tour, but there is plenty of prize money on offer from race organisers ASO too.

Pogacar will take home a healthy winners’ cheque for his efforts, along with plenty more for stage wins, combativity awards and his King of the Mountains points.

Tour de France prize money

The total prize pot of the 2024 Tour de France is €2.5m and the overall winner of the general classification receives 20% of that figure, taking home €500,000.

Every other finisher receives €1,000 in Paris.

Individual stage prize money

Winning a stage of the Tour nets €11,000.

Green & polka dot jersey prize money

The winner of the points classification for the best sprinter takes home €25,000, as does the King of the Mountains.

White jersey prize money

The best young rider at the end of the Tour (aged 25 and under) takes away €20,000.

There are other prizes to be won throughout the Tour de France. The daily combativity award comes with a €2,000 purse, and the overall combativity award earns the winner €20,000.

There is €800 for the first rider over the top of each hors categorie climb , €600 for category one , €400 for category two , €300 for category three and €200 for category four ascents.

The leader of each classification receives €300 per day, except for the general classification who receives €500.

The winner of the Souvenir Henri Desgrange – the first rider over the top of the highest point of the race – earns €5,000. This year that was Pogacar, who also went on to win the stage, collecting a healthy pay day.

The winner of the team classification , which is decided by the cumulative time of each team’s three fastest finishers, is awarded €50,000, with the fastest team on each day also earning €2,800. This money is traditionally shared around the team.

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Tour de France Prize Money: A Comprehensive Guide to the Riches of Cycling’s Biggest Race

• June 28, 2024
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The Tour de France. Uttering its name immediately brings to mind cyclists pedaling at the very edge of their capabilities, skirting through the beautiful French countryside and, of course, the golden fleece that is the maillot jaune. But buried beneath the glamour and arduous physical effort is another essential component that provides the dreams and motivation for hundreds of riders and teams: prize money.

Scrypt(The Bailey)] In pro cycling, little is more awe-inspiring than the Tour de France. It is the epitome of prestige and calls out to the A-listers in the world of cycling all over. Still, the importance of prize money cannot be overemphasized. It drives both participation and strategies, team dynamics, and career trajectories. Well, let us find out how much this journey will pay those who dare to be a part of it and race through the world-famous stages of cycling races, namely Tour de France prize money.

The Grand Prize: How Much Does the Tour de France Winner Earn?

Alongside “Tour de France” itself, the maillot jaune (or yellow jersey) is perhaps the most evocative term in cycling for fans and participants alike. In 2023, that race proved particularly lucrative for the winner. Meanwhile, the rider who finished in yellow on the final podium in Paris bagged a whopping €500,000. This sum is not only a statement of the physical and mental toughness it takes to win but serves as a testament to what being the champion of the Tour de France actually means.

Tour de France prize money over the years Historically, they were very small amounts, which is what you’d expect from the old obscure beginnings of cycling as a professional sport. But as the race became more profitable, the prize money increased. There are also some images in the Twitter thread showing just how much the sport has changed, comparing the figures to similar measurements from the mid-20th century. The prize for the outright winner went up to nearly €20000 in today’s money in the 60s. Today, the half-million euro prize payday is a stark reminder of how much of a commercial event the Tour has become.

But with the Tour de France being the richest of the Grand Tours, it gives an intriguing insight into how its prize pot compares to that of the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. The winner of the Giro d’Italia will receive about €265,000; the Vuelta a España hands out roughly €150,000. While impressive, these numbers are as drops in the ocean when compared to the Tour de France, which retains its mantle as road cycling’s most prestigious event.

Stage Wins and Classification Prizes

In addition to winning the yellow jersey, each Tour de France stage comes with its own bonus of cash. Taking a stage win is an impressive feat, typically showcasing developing talents and strong racing know-how. Victorious riders receive €11,000 for each stage win While this may seem like a drop in the ocean compared to that overall prize, with 21 stages making up the Tour then, potential earnings for any stage-to-stage consistency can add over time.

There is a similarly sizeable payoff tied to the green jersey, presented for the points competition leader. That clearly plays into the hands of a sprinter, with consistency bonuses for high finish places and less disappearance possible. The holder of the green jersey earns €25,000. Points Classification Excels Sitting alongside individual stage victories this prize purse is one of the most financially rewarding, so riders who have a specialty in sprinting will push for it.

The red polka dot jersey represents the acme of success for climbers. The honor, but also the cash of the king of the mountains classification. And €25,000 for the overall best mountain stage racer. Indeed, the significance of this prize serves as a nod to both versatility and climbing in general – key characteristics required when dealing with the highest climbs that accompany stages throughout the Tour.

The best-placed young rider under 26 years old is also honored at the Great Loop of France with a special price in the form to white jersey. Accordingly, the white jersey winner prize money €20,000. The award is intended to attract the best young talents and thus also guarantees a fiercely fought race at all age levels.

But it is not all about individual glory with many other special prizes awarded to honor teamwork and the best individual performances. The race’s combativity prize is worth 20,000 euros and is awarded daily for stage winners. This is an award that recognizes those riders who light up within the race and aren’t afraid to take daring risk in order to achieve a higher reward. A prize of €50,000 is awarded to the team classification leaders at each stage, indicating how important teamwork and tactics are in road racing.

How Prize Money Impacts Rider Strategies and Team Tactics

This setting is more relatable for smaller teams and so, this offers a great chance to the Tour de France. It is not just a matter of national pride because stage wins are essential for economic survival, something to attract sponsors. The prize money for each stage win is definitely a turning point in the budget of smaller teams that can now enter more races and reinvest revenues. Consequently such teams often use aggressive tactics are become known for sitting on the front and trying to play defensively by being in breakaways or near the head of affairs.

Indeed, the overall win is central to the strategy for front-runners and their respective teams. The yellow jersey pays out the greatest financial reward with massive kudos. These teams will meticulously plot their stages, concentrating on key breakaway opportunities, time trials and mountain terrain. The prize money on offer is huge and serves as motivation to win the Tour not only for glory but also for financial reward after days of intense physical and tactical work.

The money prize is also crucial in the dynamics of the team It dictates decisions on race tactics, rider roles and team selection. Team splits are common where the prize money is divided among everybody involved: riders, support staff, and a “shared vision” ideal. This team-centric manner means that everyone is vested in doing the best they can, with success benefiting all.

The Tour de France is not just the ultimate test of skill and endurance; it’s also the most lucrative fixture for professional cycling. From the grand prize of having on a yellow jersey to stage wins and special classifications, the money you win is emblematic of how much this race means and what’s at risk. The more one understands the economic underpinnings of those movements, the better The Tour de France itself can be appreciated as an observer – a sometimes moving spectacle indeed.

Tour de France Prize Money: How It Stacks Up Against Other Major Sporting Events

The Tour de France – the world’s most prestigious and sought-after cycling title. Although it is often regarded as the single greatest race in all of sport, this event means everything to people when they are racing for something that big also: Revenue! But how does Tour de France prize money compare to other major sporting events? We take a deep dive into the numbers and show how they stack up in comparison to sports overall.

Firstly lets compare what the Tour de France prizemoney is like on its own against some of other major races in cycling. Other Grand Tours with large rewards are the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España. The winner of, for example, the Giro d’Italia receiving in excess of probably €265k and around another €150k or so on top to boot if they triumphed along at La Vuelta. The Tour de France, by contrast, even when it comes to overall victory, lands an order of magnitude higher with €500,000.

It’s not only in the overall classification that the Tour de France shines, though. The Tour pays €11,000 to each stage winner (of 21 stages) What this means is that a rider could potentially pick up quite a large sum on wins of stages alone. Obviously, there is cash rewards across all classifications the green (points) and polka dot jersey plus others, which makes a big amount too.

So now taking a minute to look at how the prize money offered by Tour de France compares with that of other individual sports like tennis or golf. Major tournaments within these sports have very rich prizes to win.

Take tennis, for example. Winners of Grand Slam tournaments, such as Wimbledon and the US Open, pocket approximately $3m apiece. That is a far cry from the prize money at stake for Tour de France. But consider this: tennis players usually make that kind of money by winning just one. By comparison, Tour de France athletes are racing and being rewarded for three hard weeks of cycling.

In golf, there are also a lot of money to be won. The winner of the Masters Tournament takes home up to $ 2 million, and prize money for major tournaments can reach over $10 million. This once again makes the Tour de France’s amount of about €2.3 million look really very small in comparison to this offer, doesn’t it? In cycling, it is somewhat similar to a 5-day test in cricket and tennis where the winner will get all grab of (essay) Points in Road Cycling, while most of other sports that hand out prize money – team side or sports hospitality such as golf -athlete gets the lion’s share.ON THE OTHER HAND, you can usually see much difference between Tennis & Golf compared with road race results. After big Mountain stage ends, they have to be responsible for winning teammates so they SHARE their take while Flatout Italian-styled Sprints around some part-valuable points discussed above in Giro d’Italia today. Almost always full price-money shared between support staff-not only splited among like singles.

What about sports as a team like, football (soccer) or basketball? This a whole different stratosphere compared to the prize money in these sports. Take the FIFA World Cup, which handed out $38 million to the champion in 2018. In the same time frame, 2023 NBA champions Derm and Ry shared in over $20 million in bonuses.

In these sports, the financial ecosystem is wholly another. Huge revenues from broadcasting rights, sponsorships and ticket sales mean larger pools of prizes and wages. Yes, despite cycling teams receiving sponsorships that those in the NBA or with the largest football clubs can only dream of, it is hampered by still having to run its business on a much smaller scale.

Perspectives from Riders and Teams

Let those who work in and around the sport of cycling provide greater insight into how much prize money truly effects their industry. Riders and team managers give revealing answers about how prize money affects their tactics, attitudes to the Tour de France and motivations.

Most top riders see prize money as both an incentive and a check that they deserve for their dedication. The money means little to many of the riders, who are desperate for a bit of glory and honour by winning stages or finishing high on general classification. But the size of the prize money can have quite a bearing on how they make their living, especially those not earning at the top end.

Riders such as 2023 Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar received €500,000. A part of this amount (most times) shared among the team. In interviews, Pogačar has explained he appreciates the prize money but that it is not his primary motivation; rather, love for cycling and honor to have won are on top.

Team managers also have a huge say in where the prize money goes and how it is used within a team. They need to balance rewarding an individual performance while also keeping team moral high and vis-a-versa support staff / domestics (riders who are in the service of lead rider).

Take how this often comes through from managers of the top teams like INEOS Grenadiers or Jumbo-Visma, for instance: prize money is a key component to keeping their large budget rolling. This covers training, equipment and travel costs as well it provides bonuses for riders and staff. Many of these managers justify the prize money distribution as necessary to maintain a sense in unity within team and achieve loyalty from everyone.

Riders, particularly from the smaller teams with less financial backing than bigger names squads, can be spurred on thanks to prize money For such riders, winning a stage or classification jersey can be life-changing in terms of financial security and opportunities for better paying contracts as well as endorsement deals.

In addition to this, prize money could also encourage people to race too hard. If riders know there is a significant amount of money on offer, they will be more willing to take risks in pursuit of stage victories or breakaway successes. That can make the racing more exciting for fans and boost competitiveness of an event festooned with bonuses.

Additional Income Sources for Riders

While it is true that race wins like the Tour de France have significant prize money, as with most professional sports, cycling pays more than just from prize winnings. Most riders have different income sources that add up to the overall total.

Many of the pro cycling teams give bonuses to their riders when they obtain certain results. Those bonuses may come from the team or sponsors who pay to see their brand beaming out over a crowd-packed podium. That could include a stage win, the overall lead in the yellow jersey or place within 10 racers on GC.

Apart from these, sponsors are also really important when it comes to the rider’s revenue. Given the clout some of these athletes pack, endorsement deals can turn lucrative. Typically bonus-funded, these types of deals often pay riders more than the salary a team would have been able to offer based on its own budget with potential performance bonuses offered by additional financial incentives for results.

On top of that, many of the best riders command high appearance fees and even earn substantial money from endorsements. Appearance fees are as the name suggests fees paid to riders for racing at certain races or events they would not normally do just because of money. This can easily run into the millions, especially for headlining events that draw a large live audience.

Another MAJOR income stream is endorsements. Riders often announce them in partnership with companies that make cycling attire, energy drinks as well other products relevant to the sport. Depending on the agreement, these endorsements can include anything from what brand to wear in clothes and gear (equipment) for publicity- whether it’s products they are using or a product sponsored by that team.

Although the Tour de France is the biggest race of all, it’s not alone in paying riders to leave blood on its parcours. Smaller, both gross and for the rider’s annual earnings.

Major paydays are on offer at races such as the Giro d’Italia, Vuelta a España and one-day classics like Paris-Roubaix or Tour of Flanders. While these amounts are usually only a fraction of what the Tour de France offers, it’s still an important part of a rider’s income.

The Tour de France is renowned for its prestige and grueling challenge, as well as the significant prize money. If we compare it with other cycling races, individual sports like tennis and golf, or even team sport events the financial rewards of being successful in Tour are at least as competitive, although they generally do not reach such astronomical sums exists nowadays.

Prize money is seen by the riders and teams as both a powerful incentive element but also one that forms an essential financial pillar. But before you start writing that big check, there is a factor more important than the others: prestige – because of this reason alone other teams will compete harder as they refuse to be beaten by Mateschitz’s two-team empire. And it shapes entire race strategies and team dynamics!

That is before the multiple revenue streams professional cyclists have, including bonuses and endorsements, through to start money as well as winnings from other races. It’s a multi-faceted earnings that [allows them to] be making enough money to support themselves and compete at the highest level – continually.

The sport of professional cycling evolves and there are likely to be changes in terms of how prize money is distributed over time as the global popularity and commercialization of pro-cycling grows. At least for now, the Tour de France is one of the touchstones of competitive success and serious wealth, encouraging legions to stake their place as world beaters and aim a knee into glory.

The Tour de France women’s stage winner will receive €500,000. This is the reward for winning overall – wearing yellow by Paris But that prize money is usually shared amongst the team and support staff who were a large reason behind the victory.

Tour de France is one of the UCI (Union Cycliste Internationale) that fetches colossal revenue returns, mainly from broadcasting rights and sponsors, as well as advertising. Exact figures vary depending on the year, but it is estimated that Tour de France revenue runs over €150M annually. This is largely because of a television rights deal that rewards the tournament-wide exposure, with TV cameras covering many courts beyond those featured during main coverage hours.

Most of the financial rewards for Tour de France teams come from prize money, sponsorship deals, and bonuses. The primary income comes from sponsorships; companies pay to have their brand put on the kits and bikes etc. Teams also receive additional income, including performance bonuses (from sponsors), entry fees paid for racing outside the Tour and revenue from prize money earned throughout the season, such as in other competitions.

Tour de France riders are paid anywhere from minimal to exceptionally well, based on their experience and skill level as well as other individual circumstances – for each rider the situation is different. The best riders pocket between €2 million and €4 million annually directly from salary, but can also receive extra prize money this year along with sponsorship bonuses. Domestiques (support riders) are generally paid less, with salaries from €100 000 to about €400 000 per year. Prize money from victories in races or competitions such as the Tour, including stage wins and classification jerseys will also be added to this.

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Here's What Each Player Will Earn From 2024 Tour Championship's $100 Million Jackpot Purse

Jeff ritter | aug 29, 2024.

The 2024 PGA Tour season wraps this week with the Tour Championship at East Lake, and the finale is also a huge-money week for the 30 Tour pros who advanced to the playoffs' final round. A staggering $100 million in prize money is up for grabs.

The winner this week will claim a $25 million bonus, which is a $7 million jump from Viktor Hovland's first-place prize from this event in 2023. Second place this week will bag $12.5 million and third will take $7.5 million. Scottie Scheffler started the event as the betting favorite , no surprise given that he also started at 10 under par, good for a two-shot advantage thanks to his status as the top-ranked player in the standings. Xander Schauffele, second in the standings, began at 8 under, while third-place Hideki Matsuyama started at 7 under. Players ranked 26-30 began the event at even par. The Tour Championship has used this staggered-start format since 2019, when the winner received $15 million.

Every player in the field who cracks the top 12 this week will earn at least $1 million. Last place pays $550,000.

Despite the staggered start, there's usually room for players to make moves at East Lake as the course traditionally yielded low scores. But this year it could play much differently thanks to a massive redesign .

Here are the final payouts from the $100 million 2024 Tour Championship

2024 Tour Championship Final Payouts

Win: $25 million

2nd: $12.5 million

3rd: $7.5 million

4th: $6 million

5th: $5 million

6th: $3.5 million

7th: $2.75 million

8th: $2.25 million

9th: $2 million

10th: $1.75 million

11th: $1.075 million

12th: $1.025 million

13th: $975,000

14th: $925,000

15th: $885,000

16th: $795,000

17th: $775,000

18th: $755,000

19th: $735,000

20th: $715,000

21st: $670,000

22nd: $650,000

23rd: $630,000

24th: $615,000

25th: $600,000

26th: $590,000

27th: $580,000

28th: $570,000

29th: $560,000

30th: $550,000

JEFF RITTER

Jeff Ritter is the managing director of golf content for Sports Illustrated. He has more than 20 years experience in sports media and has covered more than 30 major championships. In 2020 he joined Morning Read to help spark its growth and eventual acquisition by SI in 2022. He helped launch Golf Magazine’s first original, weekly e-magazine and served as its top editor. He also launched Golf's “Films” division, the magazine’s first long-form video storytelling franchise, and his debut documentary received an Edward R. Murrow Award for sports reporting. Ritter has earned first-place awards for his work from the Society of American Travel Writers, the MIN Magazine Awards and the Golf Writers Association of America. He received a bachelor’s from the University of Michigan and a master’s from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. A native Michigander, he remains a die-hard Wolverines fan and will defend Jim Harbaugh until the bitter end.

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2024 Tour Championship purse, winner’s share, prize money payout

The 2024 Tour Championship purse is set for $82.925 million, with the winner's share coming in at $25,000,000 -- more than the standard 18 percent payout according to the PGA Tour's prize money distribution chart .

The 2024 Tour Championship field is headed by Rory McIlroy , Scottie Scheffler , Xander Schauffele and more of the world's best players.

The 30-player field competes in the final playoff event on the PGA Tour schedule, with players earning their way into the field based on the PGA Tour's FedEx Cup standings through the FedEx St. Jude Championship and BMW Championship.

A cut is not made after 36 holes to the top 65 players and ties. All players who qualify for the tournament will earn money.

The prize-money payout is based on exactly 65 players making the cut and finishing the tournament. However, in PGA Tour events with a standard 36-hole cut to the top 65 players and ties, the payout formula is adjusted to account for the exact number of players making the cut and will often include adding money to the stated purse to account for additional players.

The event is played this year at East Lake Golf Club in Atlanta, Ga.

This is the third and final playoff PGA Tour event of the 2024 PGA Tour schedule .

What else is on the line: FedEx Cup points, OWGR points, exemptions

Beyond money, there are important points, perks and benefits on the line for the field -- in particular, the tournament winner.

The winner of this event is the player who has the lowest combined total from 72 holes of golf and the starting strokes assigned based on FedEx Cup standings position heading into the tournament. The winner gets 47.6 Official World Golf Ranking points, with the points available based on field strength.

The champion will enjoy the benefits of winning PGA Tour event, including a five-year exemption on the PGA Tour and an exemption into next three years' majors.

2024 Tour Championship purse, winner's share, prize money payout

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Ryan Ballengee is founder and editor of Golf News Net. He has been writing and broadcasting about golf for nearly 20 years. Ballengee lives in the Washington, D.C. area with his family. He is currently a +2.6 USGA handicap, and he has covered dozens of major championships and professional golf tournaments. He likes writing about golf and making it more accessible by answering the complex questions fans have about the pro game or who want to understand how to play golf better.

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Scottie Scheffler takes huge step towards $25 million prize at Tour Championship

ATLANTA — Scottie Scheffler started the Tour Championship with a two-shot lead based on his dominant season. And then he looked dominant as ever Thursday, posting the best round at 6-under 65 to build a seven-shot lead and take a huge step toward the FedExCup title.

Scheffler had five birdies over his last seven holes on a sweltering afternoon at renovated East Lake to pull away from Xander Schauffele and everyone else.

He made birdie from the bunker on the par-5 18th hole with an 8-foot putt and took his spot in the PGA Tour record book with an asterisk. No one has ever led by seven after 18 holes as far back as the tour keeps such records.

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The asterisk is because he was only one shot better than Collin Morikawa and four others who each had a 66.

This is the sixth year of the “starting strokes” format at the FedExCup finale. Scheffler was the No. 1 seed based on his six PGA Tour victories, which includes the Masters and The Players Championship. He started the tournament at 10 under par and with a two-shot lead over Xander Schauffele, the double major winner and No. 2 seed.

This is the third straight year Scheffler has started with the lead. He has yet to win the FedExCup and its $25 million bonus . And by the sound of it, that wasn’t on his mind.

“I wasn’t thinking about the lead out there today. There’s no reason to. It’s the first day of the tournament. It’s 72 holes. It’s a long time out there to be playing with a lead,” Scheffler said. “I was just focused on staying in my own world and continuing to just try to execute.”

He got a quick reminder that a two-shot lead on Thursday — or even on a Sunday — is nothing to celebrate. Schauffele made up that deficit on the opening hole with an 8-foot birdie, while Scheffler made his lone bogey by having to play short of the green from behind a tree.

Scheffler, on the strength of a 35-foot birdie putt at No. 7, led by one when they made the turn and then left his fellow Olympic gold medalist in the dust.

Schauffele missed an 8-foot birdie chance at No. 10 and a 5-foot par putt on No. 11. Scheffler made birdie on the next three holes as Schauffele couldn’t find a fairway, which led to him not having any reasonable birdie chances.

“I think I scored OK actually for how bad I hit it,” said Schauffele, who headed for the range when his round was over. “Overall it was kind of a ‘meh’ day. Wasn’t something I was proud of or disgusted by.”

The difference between golf’s best two players this year was clear — Scheffler was able to control his distance from the fairway, Schauffele was guessing on shots out of the rough.

“Scottie was almost in every fairway, it looked like,” Schauffele said. “It looked like he was going through wedge practice while he was out there.”

Indeed, Scheffler missed only two greens and putted for birdie or better on his last 14 holes. The world’s No. 1 player poured it on at the end, and with the head start, he was 16 under par.

But this chase for the $25 million bonus is far from over, and Scheffler is proof of that. He was the top seed and led by five shots after the first round of the 2022 Tour Championship. That also was the year he took a six-shot lead into the final round and lost to Rory McIlroy.

Only one other top seed led after the first day since this format began in 2019. That was Patrick Cantlay, who led by two and went on to win the FedExCup by one shot.

The most compelling part of the Tour Championship might be the potential picks

Presidents Cup hopefuls are looking to impress U.S. captain Jim Furyk one final time at East Lake.

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Morikawa has a history of great starts. He made up a nine-shot deficit in one round last year with a 61. On this day, he ran off six straight birdies on the back nine, and his 66 will put him in the final group with Scheffler on Friday.

Morikawa and Schauffele (70) were at 9 under par. Another shot back was a large group that included Adam Scott (66), Hideki Matsuyama (70) and Keegan Bradley, who went from No. 50 to No. 4 by winning the BMW Championship last week.

Scoring was not terribly low on the new-look East Lake, with its heavily contoured greens, closely mown areas instead of thick rough and the absence of trees. But then, only one player was over par — Billy Horschel at 73.

Schauffele at least extended his astonishing streak at East Lake even with the redesign. He lost a lot of ground on the back nine, but his 70 was the 26th time in 29 rounds that he was under par. He has never shot over par.

That wasn’t good enough to keep pace with Scheffler.

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