Tour de France prize money: UAE and Visma perform best, this is what Pogacar and Vingegaard's teams will receive
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Follow us on GoogleThe first week of the Tour de France has been packed with action, but after 21 intense days of racing, one thing is clear: performance in pro cycling doesn’t pay nearly as well as you’d think. UAE Emirates-XRG, the team of winner Tadej Pogacar, earned more than 700,000 euros over the past three weeks. A total of 2.3 million euros was handed out.
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Compared to sports like football, basketball or tennis, cycling is miles behind in terms of earnings. Sure, top riders earn big salaries from their teams, but racing the biggest cycling event of the year isn’t making any team rich. In fact, Visma | Lease a Bike team boss Richard Plugge recently admitted that, at the end of the day, most teams actually lose money by being in the Tour.
What that looks like on paper? Well, prize money is awarded for results in the stages, time in leader jerseys, and other achievements. With five stage wins and many days in the yellow, green, and polka dot jerseys, UAE Team Emirates-XRG performed best. Tadej Pogacar's team earned 701,000 euros.
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Visma | Lease a Bike takes second place after three weeks, thanks in part to the stage wins by Simon Yates on day 10 and Wout van Aert in Paris. In addition, Jonas Vingegaard, who finished second in the GC, earned a substantial amount of money, bringing the total amount to 383,000 euros. Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe completes the podium in terms of prize money, with 190,000 euros earned.
So much for the teams that will soon have something to divide among their selection of eight riders and all those staff members in Paris. Because if you look beyond the teams already mentioned, you will see that Cofidis, in last place, raked in just over 15,000 euros. Alpecin-Deceuninck, which still managed three stage wins and wore the yellow jersey several times, ended up with 70,000 euros.
Tour de France 2025 prize money
1. UAE TEAM EMIRATES-XRG - 701 280,00 euros
2. TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE - 383 150,00 euros
3. RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE - 190 490,00 euros
4. TEAM PICNIC POSTNL 124 430,00 euros
5. LIDL-TREK 103 770,00 euros
2. TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE - 383 150,00 euros
3. RED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE - 190 490,00 euros
4. TEAM PICNIC POSTNL 124 430,00 euros
5. LIDL-TREK 103 770,00 euros
6. DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM 84 880,00 euros
7. EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 76 080,00 euros
8. SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 72 810,00 euros
9. ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 69 920,00 euros
10. UNO-X MOBILITY 68 300,00 euros
7. EF EDUCATION - EASYPOST 76 080,00 euros
8. SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 72 810,00 euros
9. ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK 69 920,00 euros
10. UNO-X MOBILITY 68 300,00 euros
11. ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 58 760,00 euros
12. BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 55 700,00 euros
13. INEOS GRENADIERS 51 650,00 euros
14. TEAM JAYCO ALULA 44 830,00 euros
15. INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY 32 300,00 euros
12. BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 55 700,00 euros
13. INEOS GRENADIERS 51 650,00 euros
14. TEAM JAYCO ALULA 44 830,00 euros
15. INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY 32 300,00 euros
16. TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM 30 490,00 euros
17. XDS ASTANA TEAM 29 240,00 euros
18. TOTALENERGIES 28 360,00 euros
19. GROUPAMA-FDJ 24 640,00 euros
20. LOTTO 20 240,00 euros
17. XDS ASTANA TEAM 29 240,00 euros
18. TOTALENERGIES 28 360,00 euros
19. GROUPAMA-FDJ 24 640,00 euros
20. LOTTO 20 240,00 euros
21. MOVISTAR TEAM 16 830,00 euros
22. ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH 15 640,00 euros
23. COFIDIS 15 510,00 euros
22. ISRAEL - PREMIER TECH 15 640,00 euros
23. COFIDIS 15 510,00 euros
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Bram van der Ploeg (35) is the proud founder of In de Leiderstrui, IDL Pro Cycling's parent site, launched in 2018. Finally, he could create stories about the sport he had followed since childhood. He is the editor-in-chief on paper, but prefers to be with his recorder next to a rider, a team bus, or in the mud at a cyclocross race. Every year, from February to the end of May, Bram follows the entire Italian cycling season, from the Trofeo Laigueglia to the Giro d'Italia, with the grand finale in October in Lombardy. During that time, he lives in Tuscany, where he has since come to call Italy his 'home'.
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