Tour de France 2025: The prize money list - how much money is there to be earned?
Tour Magazin
· 16.07.2025
In order to do justice to its outstanding position and reputation in cycling financially, the A.S.O. is investing heavily. This year, the organiser of the world's most important cycling race is distributing a total of 2.58 million euros in prize money to the 23 teams and 184 riders. This is the highest amount in cycling.
Tour de France vs. Giro d'Italia: A comparison of the prize money of the tours
This year, the organiser RCS awarded around 1.6 million euros to the participants in the Giro d'Italia - also a considerable sum. Stage winners were rewarded at a similar level to the Tour, but there were considerable differences in the overall standings. The major one-day race Paris-Roubaix, also organised by the A.S.O., brought the winner Mathieu van der Poel 30,000 euros, which accounted for around a third of the total prize money.
The German race Eschborn-Frankfurt is also part of the World Tour and is organised by the A.S.O., but it is not one of the monuments of cycling. On 1 May, a total of 40,000 euros in prize money was awarded there, of which 16,000 euros went to the winner Michael Matthews, who had to withdraw from the 2025 Tour de France.
Tour de France prize money compared to other cycling races
The situation is different for grand tours. The overall winner of the Tour de France 2025 receives 500,000 euros. For comparison: Simon Yates was paid around 266,000 euros for winning the Giro d'Italia. At the Critérium du Dauphiné, the total prize money was €144,000, with the overall winner receiving €16,000. The situation is similar at the Deutschland Tour, which is also organised by A.S.O. but is not part of the World Tour race series. Around 82,000 euros in prize money was recently distributed here, with the winner receiving 8,000 euros.
In cycling, prize money does not provide wealth, even for top riders such as Tadej Pogačar or Jonas Vingegaard. Normally, these amounts flow into a team fund from which all riders and the supporting team receive their share. The financially carefree lifestyle of the top stars is primarily based on their lucrative contracts and advertising agreements.
Prize money of the Tour de France cannot compete with tennis, golf or football
Compared to other sports, the prize money for the Tour de France is not as high. In tennis, new record sums are constantly being reached. At the Grand Slam tournament in Wimbledon last year, a total of 50 million pounds, which equates to around 59 million euros, was paid out. The winners of the men's and women's singles competitions each received 3 million euros, which is significantly more than the entire tour total. The finalists received half of this, and even a victory in the first round brought in around 70,000 euros.
In golf, the top athletes also achieve impressive winnings. At the US Open, the most lucrative major tournament, a record-breaking €20 million in prize money was distributed last year. This amount has more than doubled since 2016. The winner received an impressive €3.7 million.
Football is a league of its own. At the World Cup in Qatar, FIFA distributed the equivalent of around 380 million euros to the 32 participating teams, with the winner receiving 36 million euros. The amounts were paid out to the national associations, which were able to decide how the money was to be used.
Tour de France prize money over time
In cycling, these amounts seem almost unimaginable. The Tour de France has never reached such sums in its entire history, including all 112 events up to 2025. Road cycling as a whole is also unlikely to come close to these sums. There were phases in which higher prize money was paid out at the Tour. However, the maximum amounts fell at a particularly critical time in cycling: from 2006 to 2012, the total prize money was 3.2 million euros, with the winner receiving 450,000 euros.
There was a significant drop in prize money in 2013. Suddenly, only two million euros were available, while the prize money for winning the tour remained unchanged. Since 2016, the values have levelled off at a stable level, which has continued to this day.
Over the course of the last millennium, the prize money has steadily increased. In 1995, the total sum was around 1.8 million euros, with the winner receiving around 335,000 euros. In 1990, the prize money totalled 1.5 million euros, with 305,000 euros for the winner. Five years earlier, the total sum was less than a third of that. Tour winner Bernard Hinault only received around 18,000 euros back then. In 1960, a total of 61,000 euros was awarded, of which 3,000 euros went to the winner.
How the prize money is distributed at the Tour de France 2025
But how do the almost 2.3 million euros for the current edition of the Tour de France break down? Every single euro that the A.S.O. spends is precisely regulated in the race regulations.
Stage classification
The best 20 riders per stage will receive prize money. A total of 28,650 euros is distributed per day via the stage classification. Calculated over the entire tour, this amounts to around 600,000 euros.
- 11,000 euros
- 5500 Euro
- 2800 Euro
...
300 euros remain for places 15 to 20
Overall ranking
Every professional who finishes the Tour de France is also rewarded financially by the A.S.O.. From 20th place onwards there are 1000 euros. Even for 10th place it is only 3800 euros. It is only from 7th place onwards that it becomes five or six figures.
- 500,000 euros
- 200,000 euros
- 100,000 euros
- 70,000 euros
- 50,000 euros
- 23,000 euros
- 11,500 euros
The Tour spends just over 1.1 million euros on the overall classification. There are also bonuses for the wearer of the yellow jersey. The yellow jersey gets an additional 500 euros per day.
Scoring
19 intermediate sprints are held during the Tour de France. Each time, the top three not only receive points, but also a little prize money.
- 1500 Euro
- 1000 Euro
- 500 Euro
The wearer of the green jersey receives 300 euros per day. Those who also wear it on the last day in Nice will be particularly well rewarded. The top eight in the final standings will be honoured. Fourth place will receive 4000 euros and 500 less for each place behind.
- 25,000 euros
- 15,000 euros
- 10,000 euros
A total of 128,000 euros in bonuses will be paid out for the points classification.
Mountain classification
Similar to the points classification, the top eight in the mountain classification are also rewarded, and the same applies to the winner of the classification jersey after the individual stages. However, the best riders in the individual mountain classifications are rewarded differently.
For the nine climbs in the highest HC category, the top 3 will receive 800, 450 and 300 euros per climb. For the four 1st category climbs, the rewards are 650, 400 and 150 euros. On the 13 climbs in the 2nd category, only the two best will be rewarded monetarily. 500 and 250 euros are distributed respectively. On the 16 climbs in the 3rd category, only the first rider will receive 300 euros, while the 26 hills in the 4th category will be rewarded with 200 euros for the first rider.
This brings the total prize money distributed by the A.S.O. for the mountain classification to 109,500 euros.
Young talent ranking
Every day, the best young professional in the stage classification receives 500 euros. As with the green and dotted jerseys, 300 is awarded for wearing the white jersey. The top four riders in the overall young rider classification will be rewarded with other sums in Nice.
- 20,000 euros
- 15,000 euros
- 10,000 euros
- 5000 Euro
A total of 66,500 euros in prize money will go to the young talent competition.
Team classification
In relation to the media attention, the team classification of the Tour de France comes off well. Every day, the best team in a stage receives 2800 euros for the cash register. In the final ranking, the best five teams are rewarded financially.
- 50,0000 Euro
- 30,000 euros
- 20,000 euros
- 12,000 euros
- 8000 Euro
A total of 178,800 euros will be raised for the team ranking.
Most active driver
After each stage - except for the time trials - the most active rider of a stage is honoured with 2000 euros and the red back number. The winner is chosen by a jury. After the tour, the impressions are summarised to award the most active rider of the entire race with 20,000 euros. 58,000 euros is the total prize money for this classification.
Special prices
The A.S.O. awards three special prizes, two of which could also have been awarded in the mountain classification. 5000 euros will be awarded to the first rider on the Col du Tourmalet (14th stage) in addition to the prize money for the first rider on the climb of an HC category. This is where the Jacques Goddet souvenir will be awarded. The second and long-time director of the Tour will be specially honoured there.
The founder and first director of the Tour, Henri Desgrange, is honoured at the Col de la Loze (18th stage). The Henri Desgrange souvenir also brings an extra 5000 euros to the first person at the summit of the Pyrenean giant.
In addition, a jury selects the best team-mate in the entire field of drivers once a week. This is rewarded with 2000 euros. At the end of the 20th stage, the jury then selects the overall best team-mate of the Tour. To mark the anniversary of the dotted mountain jersey, there will be a special bonus of 5000 euros for the first rider to reach the 50-point mark in this classification. The A.S.O. is thus distributing a total of 24,000 euros in bonuses for the special prizes.
