Tour de France 2024: Prize Money & Stage Bonuses

In total, around 2.3 million euros are brought into play on this 2025 Tour de France (July 1-24). This sum will be distributed and distributed to the winners of the general classification, stage winners and carrying the various jerseys.

Whoever leaves with the most full bag is obviously the winner who pockets 500,000 euros. As for the second and third, they win 200,000 and 100,000 euros respectively. In any case, finish the tour gives at least 1,000 euros.

Note that the runners do not take the whole of these sums. Indeed, the prize-money is generally shared between the various runners and members of the staff of the teams concerned.

The gains for the general classification:

1er : 500 000 €

2E : 200 000 €

3e : 100 000 €

4e : 70 000 €

5e : 50 000 €

6e : 23 000 €

7e : 11 500 €

8e : 7 600 €

9e : 4 500 €

10th : 3 800 €

11e : 3 000 €

12e : 2 700 €

13e : 2 500 €

14E : 2 100 €

15e : 2 000 €

16e : 1 500 €

17e : 1 300 €

18e : 1 200 €

19E : 1 100 €

From the 20th to 176th : 1 000 €

Regarding the stage victories, 28,650 euros will be distributed between the first 20 of each race. The winner will be gratified with 11,000 euros. This is therefore more profitable than finishing after 7th place in the general classification.

Bonuses for each step:

1er : 11 000 €

2E : 5 500 €

3e : 2 800 €

4e : 1 500 €

5e : 830 €

There are more premiums. The yellow jersey pockets for example 500 euros per number of days spent With the precious sesame. The wearers of other jerseys gain 300 euros per day.

Distinctive jerseys can also bring big: the one who arrives on the Champs-Élysées with the green jersey, which rewards the runner every day at the top of the point classification, adds 25 000 euros At his kitty, just like the one who ends with the polka dot jersey of the best climber. The best young runner under 25, wearing the white jersey, will receive 20,000 euros.

The different bonuses:

Winner of a distinctive jersey (green, pea): 25,000 euros

White jersey winner: 20,000 euros

Go to the top at the top of a collar: 800 euros (out-of-category), 650 euros (1st category), 500 euros (2nd category), 300 euros (3rd category), 200 euros (4th category)

Stage combative: 2000 euros

Super combative Tour: 20,000 euros

Each step also reports its own premiums. Crossing a summit can bring up to 800 euros and the three winners of each intermediate sprint collect up to 1,500 euros.

The classification of combativeness also reports: the runner designated as the most combative on each stage (except the 21st) garnered 2,000 euros. The “super combative” wins ten times more, 20,000 euros.

There are also exceptional bonuses for two legendary passes: the “Souvenirs Jacques Goddet” and “Souvenir Henri Desgranges” respectively reward 5,000 euros the first to climb the Col du Tourmalet and the Col de la Loze.

Each week, the “best team member” receives 2,000 euros and the “best team member of the Tour de France 2025” 3,000 euros. The best team pockets 2,800 euros per step, or 50,000 euros.

Finally, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the polka dot jersey, the first participant to count 50 points in the ranking of the best climber will receive 5,000 euros.

Aiko Tanaka

Aiko Tanaka is a combat sports journalist and general sports reporter at Archysport. A former competitive judoka who represented Japan at the Asian Games, Aiko brings firsthand athletic experience to her coverage of judo, martial arts, and Olympic sports. Beyond combat sports, Aiko covers breaking sports news, major international events, and the stories that cut across disciplines — from doping scandals to governance issues to the business side of global sport. She is passionate about elevating the profile of underrepresented sports and athletes.

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