For the 2023 edition of the Tour de France a grand total of €2,308,200 is on offer. There’s an 11.82% sub to the riders’ union on top, which takes that up to €2,581,029 (around £2.2m/$2.8m).
The majority of this is split between the top general classification riders, with ample also going to stage winners, top sprinters, most combative riders on each stage and the rider who crosses the Tour de France’s highest peak first.
The prize money is the same as last year when Jonas Vingegaard topped the podium. He looks to be in prime position again for this year’s Tour following a decisive victory in the Critérium du Dauphiné and with Tadej Pogačar low on race days following his crash at Liège-Bastogne-Liège, but in the Tour nothing is a given.
The overall winner of the maillot jaune wins €500,000, the runner-up takes home €200,000 and third gets €100,000.
The Tour prize pot is considerably more than even the likes the Giro d’Italia, where the 2023 prize pot was €1.5m and the winner of the maglia rosa Primož Roglič received €265,000, second place Geraint Thomas received €133,000 and third €68,000.
It’s also worth mentioning that, whereas many one day races now offer equal prize money for the men’s and women’s races, the winner of the Tour de France Femmes wins just €50,000 and the total prize pot is €250,000, despite both races being owned by the ASO.
Of note is that the Tour de France’s press office posts regular updates on how much money each team has earned throughout the stages, which can be a good indicator for how each of them is doing overall.
Check out our bumper stage-by-stage guide to the 2023 Tour de France for more details on the race.
But for now, let’s break into the big pot.
Yellow jersey
For the coveted maillot jaune, the overall GC winner will take home €500,000, and for every stage a rider is wearing yellow, they will add €500 to their winnings.
Outside the podium, riders down to 19th in the general classification will earn anywhere between €70,000 and €1,100.
After that, each rider will collect €1,000 if they cross the finish line in Paris sitting above 160th.
The majority of the overall prize money is given out in the GC classification.
- €500,000
- €200,000
- €100,000
- €70,000
Green jersey
The winner of each stage gets €11,000 and every rider in the top 20 on the day will rake in some prize money, with 20th place taking home €300.
- €11,000
- €5,500
- €2,800
For every stage they keep the maillot vert, riders will get €300.
Victory at an intermediate sprint affords €1,500, while second and third take home €1,000 and €500 respectively.
The overall points classification winner, however, earns the biggest pot.
- €25,000
- €15,000
- €10,000
Polka dot jersey
It gets slightly more complicated for the King of the Mountains jersey.
Riders first over the summit for each categorised climb rake in between €5,000 and €200 and wearing the King the Mountains jersey is worth €300 for each stage.
Of note is that there is a special prize on offer, the Souvenir Henri Desgrange. It’s in honour of the Tour’s creator and first race director and is awarded to the rider who is first to summit the race’s highest peak each year. For the 2023 race this is the 2,304m Col de la Loze on Stage 17. It’s worth €5,000.
There’s a second €5,000 prize, the Souvenir Jacques Goddet, for the first rider to the top of the 2,115m Col du Tourmalet on stage 6. It’s named in honour of the second director of the Tour de France.
For the rest of the climbs it goes like so:
Hors categorie climb
- €800
- €450
- €300
First category climb
- €650
- €400
- €150
Second category climb
- €500
- €250
Then for a third category climb, the first rider gets €300 and €200 for a fourth category climb. Everyone else gets nothing.
Prizes for the King of the Mountains overall are the same as for the points classification:
- €25,000
- €15,000
- €10,000
White jersey
A small, but perfectly formed award, the highest ranked young rider of each stage gets €500 and a day in the jersey provides €300.
And the top four young riders overall at the end get the following:
- €20,000
- €15,000
- €10,000
- €5,000
Most aggressive rider
The next prize award in our list goes to the most combative rider.
For each stage, the rider who has ridden the most aggressively is awarded the most combative rider, earns €2,000 and is given a red race number, or dossard.
For the rider who is deemed the most aggressive throughout the entire race there is a super combatif award and a neat cheque for all those efforts.
- €20,000
Best team member
Each week, there’s a prize for the rider whom the jury consider the best team rider of the week. It’s worth €3,000.
Team classification
Finally, the team award.
This is determined by the cumulative time of each team’s three fastest finishers on each stage and is distributed between riders and staff. For each stage, it’s worth €2,800.
The overall team classification is worth:
- €50,000
- €30,000
- €20,000