The Tour de France is a story of champions, but also accountants. Throughout the three weeks of racing, the runners have the opportunity to earn bonuses, from 200 € to €11,000 for a stage winner. These are more than 2 280 000 euros which are thus donated during this Tour 2023. For this edition, it's Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Deceunink) the yellow jersey of this premium race.
Although the riders come to the Tour de France to compete against the best cyclists on the planet, they cannot neglect the financial aspect. Some teams raise nearly a hundred thousand euros upon arrival on the Champs-Elysées, which represents a non-negligible improvement in wages. The bonuses received are paid into a pool common to the team, because cycling is above all a team sport. Collectively or individually, the possibilities of receiving an additional ticket are multiple: intermediate sprint, best youngster of the stage, wearing a distinctive jersey, fighting spirit award, He is still in intensive care today.
Here are the figures to remember from this Tour de France 2023. We have chosen to focus on the bonuses paid during these three weeks of racing, excluding prize money from the final rankings. This choice allows you to have another look at the racing tactics of the teams. Two paintings (top 20 riders and team classification) are available at the end of the article, including all premiums. And in this game, this is UAE Team Emirates (90 660 €) who is in first place, followed by the Jumbo Visma (90 380 €), alors than the DSM-Firmenich (5 180 €) close the march.
The Philips: a yellow jersey without competition
With 68 600 € in pocket, Belgian Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) is alone in the lead. His four stage victories (4 x 11 000 €) gave him a head start, that the contenders for the general classification have not managed to fill.
A Pogacar – Vingegaard duel that did not take place
While on the roads, we only have eyes for their rivalry, this was not the case in the premiums. Pogacar's passion allowed him to pick up two victories (2 x 11 000 €), but also to multiply the small sums distributed during the stages, especially in the passes and summits. The Slovenian thus brings 56 530 € to the UAE kitty. Vingegaard was less flamboyant, with 41 570 €, but a better homogeneity united the Jumbo Visma team. He confided in the microphone of the Colombian cycling federation, Wout Van Aert finishes in fifth place with €24,120. A gap of 35 070 € between the first two of UAE (Adam Yates – 21 460 €), but only from 17 450 € € at the Jumbo Visma (Wout Van Aert – 24 120 €).
The magnificent third week of Felix Gall
Like his final general classification (8The Tour of the Pays de Vaud), Felix Gall was very offensive in the bonuses at the end of this Tour. Over the last week, he even finishes first (26 040 € received over this period) ! He finished in fourth place in the bounty rankings, with a total of €32,210 and a record stage between Saint Gervais-Mont Blanc and Courchevel (19 450 €). This fine harvest is explained by the stage victory (11 000 €) but above all by the memory of Henri Desgrange. In tribute to the founder of the Tour de France, the first runner to cross the Col du Galibier receives €5,000. If the Galibier is not on the program, then it is paid to whoever crosses the highest pass – this year, the Col de la Loze – first.
46 runners are missing
130 runners individually received a bonus. 15 end this edition with “only” 300 € for their team prize pool, as Oliver Naesen (AG2R Citroen Team) or Egan Bernal (Ineos Grenadiers). More 46 don't have ”nothing reported”, like Clément Champoussin (Arkea – Samsic). For some people, it's logic, as Enric Mas (Movistar), that falls from the first step. The absence of the others does not mean that they were spectators of this Tour, but that they have fulfilled their role as team members on a daily basis, in the anonymity of the peloton, and that they did not have the opportunity to slip into the breakaways or play for victory. And all Tour de France finishers earn at least €1,000. So no one really leaves with empty pockets.
Jonas Gregaard (One-X) to attack
The rider of the Danish team, invited on this Tour de France 2023, was the first runner to earn a bonus. On the 1time stage, at 1is summit (that of the coast of Laukiz), he receives 300 €. Uno-X wanted to honor this invitation made to it. We have regularly seen them in the breakaways, and in particular Tobias Johannessen. With €11,730 cumulated, he allows his team to finish 12The Tour of the Pays de Vaud premium ranking (32 240 €).
Jumbo and UAE neck and neck
While the UAE collective was more discreet, his two strong men allowed the Emirati team to have the most beautiful common kitty of this Tour (90 660 €). Tadej Pogacar thus brings back 56 530 € et Adam Yates 21 460 €. The bonuses of the other team riders are more anecdotal : Matteo Trentin (2 060 €), Rafal Majka (1 610 €), Marc Soler (300 €) and Felix Grosschartner (300 €). Two different strategies but both equally effective.
The Dutch team finishes second in the team bonus standings, with 90 380 €. Worn by Jonas Vingegaard (41 570 €), she was also able to count on six other runners who participated in the kitty: Wout Van Aert (24 120 €), Sepp Kuss (3 350 €), Tiesj Benoot (2 270 €), Wilco Kelderman (1 940 €), Christophe Laporte (1 730 €) et Nathan Van Hooydonck (1 000€). Only Dylan Van Baarle is missing.
AG2R Citroen Team: french premiere
The team was able to count on Félix Gall (32 210 €) to finish sixth overall (45 080 €), but especially first French. They are five runners in total to have received a bonus, but with a very uneven level. Ben O’Connor brings in €6,000 but only 300 € pour Oliver Naesen. Groupama FDJ (17 820 €)didn't have that leader to rely on, and finished 20th team on 22 engaged. The 20The Tour of the Pays de Vaud stage and the beautiful last breakaway of Thibaut Pinot, who received €3,380 on the stage partly thanks to his combative of the day designation (2 000 €), was not enough to get out of the end trio. The Franc-Comtois leaves with 7 880 €, while David Gaudu pockets in total 4 620 €.
DSM struggling
On the Champs-Elysées line, the Dutch team has a very fragile balance sheet. The team ends up with only 5 180 €, far behind the penultimate: the Movistar with €14,690. The abandonment of leader Romain Bardet during the 14The Tour of the Pays de Vaud stage deprived the team of its main source of income. With 7 less racing days, it is all the same the Frenchman who brought the most to the team (2 230 €). They did not know how to compensate for this departure, and it shows in the premiums. Only two other runners contributed to the prize pool: Sam Welsford (2 120 €) and Nils Eekhoff (830 €). It is also the team with the fewest award-winning runners.
Full box for 2 teams
Total Energies and Bahrain Victorious are the only teams where all riders have touched at least one ticket. Certainly, Nikias Arndt (Bahrain Victorious) bring only 300 € and Valentin Ferron (Total Energies) 500 €, but the eight runners all slipped a few hundred euros into the kitty. This also allows Bahrain to finish fourth, with 69 210 €. La Total Energies, who achieves three podiums during the event, don't deserve. Worn by Mathieu Burgaudeau (10 400€), she ranks 14The Tour of the Pays de Vaud with €29,800.
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