Tadej Pogačar’s UAE Team Emirates-XRG team took home €832,750 (£712,500 / $945,900) in prize money from this year’s Tour de France, more than a third of the entire pot.
A total of €2,300,600 (£1.97m / $2.61m) was distributed among the 23 teams at the race, and awarded based on performance. UAE Team Emirates-XRG earned the most, while Picnic PostNL received the least – €12,770.
A large part of UAE’s winnings came from Pogačar’s overall victory in the general classification, which earned the team €500,000 (£427,800 / $567,900).
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The team also received €100,000 for Isaac del Toro’s third place, €20,000 for his victory in the young rider’s classification, and €11,000 for each of their six stage wins – five for Pogačar and one for Del Toro.
As such, UAE ended up hauling 36% of the total prize pot at the race. The next best team in the prize money ranking was Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, who took home €288,160, thanks mostly to the €200,000 Remco Evenepoel claimed for finishing second overall.
The full prize money allocation, officially released by race organiser ASO, is below.
|
Team |
Prize money (€) |
|---|---|
|
UAE Team Emirates-XRG |
832,750 |
|
Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe |
288,160 |
|
Lidl-Trek |
204,870 |
|
Decathlon CMA CGM |
165,530 |
|
EF Education-EasyPost |
124,160 |
|
Alpecin-Premier Tech |
87,840 |
|
Bahrain Victorious |
86,820 |
|
Visma-Lease a Bike |
71,210 |
|
Soudal Quick-Step |
65,810 |
|
Uno-X Mobility |
45,660 |
|
Jayco AlUla |
44,020 |
|
XDS-Astana |
39,920 |
|
NSN Cycling |
37,100 |
|
Lotto Intermarché |
35,690 |
|
Pinarello-Q36.5 |
31,350 |
|
TotalEnergies |
23,920 |
|
Netcompany-Ineos |
23,760 |
|
Movistar |
18,790 |
|
Tudor Pro Cycling |
16,760 |
|
Cofidis |
15,440 |
|
Groupama-FDJ United |
14,700 |
|
Caja Rural-Seguros RGA |
13,570 |
|
Picnic PostNL |
12,770 |
How is the prize money allocated?
Prize money at the Tour de France is weighted heavily on each rider’s placing in the overall standings. The yellow jersey winner receives €500,000 – almost a quarter of the entire prize pot – while second place earns €200,000, third earns €100,000, and the winnings diminish down to €3,800 for 10th place.
There are also large sums on offer for the winners of each of the other three jerseys – green, polka dot and white. Mads Pedersen (Lidl-Trek) took home the green jersey as the winner of the points classification, and netted €25,000. The same sum went to Richard Carapaz (EF Education-EasyPost) as the King of the Mountains.
Carapaz also received €20,000 for winning the overall combativity award. Del Toro’s white jersey victory, as the best young rider, yielded the same amount.
Likewise, the team classification, awarded to the team with the best cumulative time of its top three-riders in the GC, carries a significant pay-out. Lidl-Trek earned €50,000 for winning the competition, while UAE Team Emirates-XRG received €30,000 for second, and Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe €20,000 for third.
Prize money is also awarded after every stage based on each rider’s placing: €11,000 for the stage winner, €5,500 for second place, €2,800 for third, all the way down to €300 for 20th.
Riders also have the chance to win between €200 and €5,000 for being first over certain climbs. Carapaz, for example, was awarded €5,000 for winning the Souvenir Henri Desgrange, the award given to the rider who summits the highest peak of the race, in this case the Col du Galibier on stage 20, which topped out at 2,642m.
Meanwhile, Pogačar earned the same sum for winning the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, having been the first rider over the top of the Col du Tourmalet on stage six.
All prize money is traditionally shared around a team, rather than going to the individual winners.
