While the jerseys of the Tour de France, such because the well-known yellow total chief’s jersey, often is the most seen of the prizes on supply through the Grand Tour, there’s lots extra up for grabs in July.
Riders will spend the three weeks battling it out for the yellow, inexperienced, polka dot, and white jerseys, in addition to a number of minor competitions. But there’s additionally over €2 million up for grabs all through the race, unfold throughout the quite a few competitions.
To be exact, the prize pot totals €2,301,200 at this yr’s race, to be doled out among the many jersey competitions, stage winners, workforce classification, and essentially the most aggressive riders.
By far the largest portion of this pot – nearly half – goes to the GC race for the yellow jersey. All riders ending in Paris will take residence at the very least €1,000, although the general winner will obtain €500,000.
Add to that the €200,000 and €100,000 for the remaining podium locations after which the sharply descending awards on supply additional down the rating (solely the highest seven finishers win over €10,000) and the entire prize cash on supply for the GC battle quantities to €1,128,000, with the day by day race chief additionally taking residence €500 per day.
Daily prizes for the stage winners, runners-up, and actually all of the placings all the way down to twentieth (fifteenth down take €500 every) complete €601,650 via the race. Each stage winner is awarded €11,000, whereas second and third place every day get €5,500 and €2,800.
Rather than the opposite main jerseys, it is the workforce prize which is the subsequent richest competitors within the Tour with a complete of €178,800 up for grabs, together with €50,000, €30,000, and €20,000 for the highest three.
The high 5 groups take residence money, whereas the perfect workforce on every particular person stage will get €2,800 – one other €58,800 within the prize pot.
The race for the inexperienced factors jersey sees prizes of €1,500, €1,000 and €500 for the primary three over every intermediate dash of the race. The chief every day takes residence €300, whereas the highest eight in Paris share out €65,000, with the highest three within the competitors profitable €25,000, €15,000, and €10,000.
The mountain classification additionally fingers out the identical financial rewards in Paris, although there’s much less cash on the road alongside the way in which. A complete of €36,550 is unfold throughout the climbs of the race, with the primary over HC-rated climbs taking €800 and the cash diminishing to €200 for the chief over a fourth-category hill. The first man over the best climb of the race (Cime de la Bonette on stage 19 at 2,802 metres) will win the Souvenir Henri Desgrange and take €5,000.
Like the inexperienced jersey holder, the day by day polka dot jersey holder receives €300. The complete prize pot for inexperienced is barely bigger although, at €128,000 in comparison with the polka dot jersey’s €107,250.
The white younger rider’s jersey is subsequent in line. The greatest under-25 rider on every stage grabs €500 and the chief every day takes €300. In Paris, €20,000 goes to the winner with second, third, and fourth within the competitors additionally awarded for a grand complete of €66,500 within the battle for white.
Last however not least, there’s the combativity prize. On every highway stage, the rider judged to be essentially the most combative will earn €2,000, with the super-combatif award winner in Paris profitable €20,000 for a complete of €56,000 within the prize pot.
That all provides as much as the headline determine of €2,301,200, then. It’s some job to organise and unfold the cash round, after which it occurs as soon as once more after its awarded.
Riders historically pool their prize cash, with one rider in every workforce designated as accountant. A share of prize cash can also be given to the hard-working workforce workers.
Teams and sponsors additionally award particular efficiency bonuses, however the quantities are not often made public. Success within the Tour de France is rewarded by greater and higher contracts for the next seasons, with a Tour de France winner usually set to earn between three and 5 million per season – among the many richest contracts within the sport.
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Prize cash breakdown
Competition |
First |
Second |
Third |
GC (yellow jersey) |
€500,000 (€500 per stage) |
€200,000 |
€100,000 |
Points (inexperienced jersey) |
€25,000 (€300 per stage) |
€15,000 |
€10,000 |
Mountains (polka dot jersey) |
€25,000 (€300 per stage) |
€15,000 |
€10,000 |
Young riders (white jersey) |
€20,000 (€300 per stage) |
Row 3 – Cell 2 |
Row 3 – Cell 3 |
Teams (yellow quantity) |
€50,000 (€2,800 per stage) |
€30,000 |
€20,000 |
Combativity (crimson quantity) |
€20,000 (€2,000 per stage) |
Row 5 – Cell 2 |
Row 5 – Cell 3 |
Stages |
€11,000 |
€5,500 |
€2,800 |