Cycling: The Tour de France is not only about fame and glory, but also about money. We'll show you who made the most money at the 2019 Tour de France - and why.
Ineos earns more than the 5 teams below combined
The team Ineos didn't win a single stage of the 2019 Tour de France - but still dominated the tour. The double victory of Egan Bernal and Geraint Thomas brought the team 700.000 euros. There are also other payments, such as good stage placements, wearing leader jerseys or winning the junior ranking. With a total income of 801.100 Euros the British team clearly tops the list. Team Jumbo – Visma comes in second with just 203.400 euros. The Dutch team deserved it with four stage wins and third place overall. However, the differences are drastic. Ineos collects more than Jumbo - Visma, Deceuninck - Quick-Step, Bora - hansgrohe, Lotto - Soudal and Movistar together. There are also ten teams that receive less than 35.000 euros.
The prize money is distributed to the employees
We shouldn't make comparisons with other sports anyway. While Team Ineos participated in the Tour de France 801.100 Euros is a clear top earner, receives the winner of Wimbledon in tennis 2.637.628 Euros – more than all cycling teams in the Tour de France combined. Anyone who is eliminated in the first round at Wimbledon still receives 50.507 euros - more than eleven teams from the Tour of France received. To make matters worse, most teams' drivers are not allowed to keep their prize money. In most cases, the income is distributed to all participating drivers and even to the entire staff. Due to the sports directors, the trainers, the physiotherapists, the technicians and many other employees, a number of posts come together.
Tour de France 2019: Team earnings
1) Ineos €801.100
2) Jumbo-Visma €203.400
3) Deceuninck - Quick Step €167.140
4) Bora-hansgrohe €150.750
5) Lotto – Soudal €134.760
6) Movistar €129.670
7) Trek – Segafredo €82.190
8) Mitchelton-Scott €76.520
9) Bahrain – Merida €69.890
10) Groupama - FDJ €60.200
11) AG2R La Mondiale €54.840
12) EF Education First €41.710
13) Wanty-Gobert €34.940
14) Sunweb €31.310
15) CCC €27.250
16) Astana €24.250
17) UAE Team Emirates €22.930
18) Arkea – Samsic €22.800
19) Cofidis €21.170
20) Dimension Data €19.300
21) Katusha – Alpecin €18.220
22) Total – Direct Energy €17.760
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