If it is one of the most difficult sporting and mental disciplines, cycling is also one of the major annual events awaited by fans of the big loop, who gather at the side of the road or meet in front of their small screens. And this year again, the battle is raging between the pelotons… and fortunately for the latter, large race bonuses are at stake throughout the three weeks that the event lasts. Thus Amaury Sport Organization (ASO), organizer of the Tour, will award 2.5 million euros in global allocation throughout this 110th edition. To the final winner, a bonus of 500,000 euros is promised, his dolphin will get €200,000 and the third €100,000. These bonuses are decreasing and from the 20th to the 160th, each runner will earn €1,600. Added to this are bonuses for “swimwear”: the winner of the green jersey and that of the polka dot jersey pocket €25,000. The white jersey (winner of the best young rider classification) will receive €20,000. And every day spent in yellow offers 500 €And 300 € for the green, polka dot and white jerseys. Finally, there are also “stage” bonuses: each stage winner gets €11,000. His dolphin will console himself with €5,500 and the third in line will have €2,800 and so on, until the 20th who will recover €200.
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Double world champion Julian Alaphilippe, meanwhile, would be the most highly rated Frenchman
Pleasant financial bonuses which are added to the salaries paid by each team. Nevertheless, and sportingly speaking, the tradition is that each team pools its bonuses gleaned during the Tour to redistribute them fairly, at the end of the event, between the runners and all the members of the staff (sports directors, physiotherapists, mechanics, etc.). But how much do the star runners earn, exactly, per year? According to source Sportune, our French are not at the back of the pack, financially speaking. The rider Thibaut Pinot, who is competing in the Tour de France for the last time in his career, and member of the Groupama-FDJ team, would touch 2 million euros per year. The double world champion Julian Alaphilippe, meanwhile, would be the most highly rated Frenchman, with an estimated remuneration of 2.3 million euros per year, paid by the Belgian formation Soudal Quick-Step. At 32, Romain Bardet, from the Team DSM team, who finished 2nd in 2016 and 3rd in 2017, wins 2 million euros per season always according to Sportune. And Tony Gallopin, ex of Marion Rousse and member of the Trek-Segafredo team would have a fortune estimated at 900,000 euro. Wearer of the yellow jersey and stage winner in the 2014 Tour de France, he also won a stage at Paris-Nice in 2015 and the Tour of Spain in 2018. He also finished sixth in the 2014 world championships and Paris-Nice in 2015. Finally, David Gaudu, a member of the Groupama-FDJ team since 2016. He notably won two stages of the Tour of Spain 2020 and finished fourth in the Tour de France 2022, would receive 65,000 euros per month for his exploits.
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