Tour de France 2025: how much do the top Tour de France riders earn?

All top sportsmen and women go home with a nice bonus after a victory in their sport. Three tough weeks await the riders of the Tour de France 2025 before they arrive in Paris on the Champs-Elysées, where they will receive their prizes according to their ranking. Mountain classification, team classification, stage prizes, polka-dot jerseys - the possibilities foradding up rewards and sums of money are numerous during the race.

The yellow jersey receives a 500-euro bonus on each stage. A day in green (points classification), polka dot (best climber) or white (best young rider) earns 300 euros per day. Each stage of the Tour de France, of which there are 21, rewards the first ten cyclists to cross the finish line, as well as the winner of the intermediate sprint, the most combative and the fastest team. A total of 2.3 million euros will be awarded this year.

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Discover the different amounts :

• Overall classification: 500,000 euros for 1st, 200,000 euros for second, 100,000 euros for third, etc., and from 20th to 160th, 1000 euros.
• Stage classification: 11,000 euros for the winner, 5,500 euros for second and 2,800 euros for third
• Points classification and best climber: 25,000 euros
• Best young rider: 20,000 euros
• Final team classification: 50,000 euros, 2800 euros per stage
• Most combative rider on each stage: 2,000 euros
• Super combative: 20,000 euros
• Best team member: 2,000 euros
• First participant with 50 points in the best climber classification: 5,000 euros

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