How much prize money did Jonas Vingegaard get for winning the 2023 Tour de France?

There was around €2.5 million up for grabs in the 2023 race, with Jonas Vingegaard the largest earner

Overall winner Jonas Vingegaard on the podium after the final stage of the 2023 Tour de France
(Image credit: David Ramos/Getty Images)

The Tour de France 2023 finished on Sunday July 23 with Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) as the champion, after the Dane completed the 21 stages faster than every other rider.

Vingegaard's victory ensures he earned €500,000 (£433,000) for winning the Tour - that's around 20 per cent of the €2,500,000 (£2.2 million) prize purse. Vingegaard earned the same prize money last year, as did Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) in 2020 and 2021. 

However, Vingegaard's earnings actually reached €535,220 (£463,100) when factoring in his exploits over the course of the 21 stages. 

Stage wins are worth €11,000 (£9,518), with prize money offered to riders who finish in the top 20 on each day. Vingegaard won one stage and finished in the top 20 on a further 12 occasions, seeing him net bonus money as a result.

The 26-year-old also pocketed an extra €500 for the 16 days he spent leading the GC, in addition to the half a million euros available at the end of the Tour. 

Naturally, minor classifications also have money on offer. Intermediate sprints are worth €1,500 for the first rider across the line, while the green jersey winner - the rider with the most sprint points at the end of the race - secures €25,000. Jasper Philipsen's (Alpecin-Decueninck) four stage wins, one intermediate sprint victory, 18 days in the green jersey (€300 a day) and points classification victory, therefore, saw him earn €70,500 (£61,000).

As with the points classification, the mountains  winner receives €25,000, with €200-€800 available on categorised climbs throughout the duration of the 21 stages. The harder the climb, the more money is available for each rider who passes the summit first. This year's KOM was Giulio Ciccone (Lidl-Trek).

Tadej Pogačar does win a classification prize - €20,000 for finishing as the best placed rider under the age of 25. Nice, but it probably doesn't make up for missing out on the overall win.

Another rider taking home a cheeky bonus is Victor Campenaerts who was awarded the overall combativity award, providing him with an extra €24,000 - €20,000 for the overall prize and €4,000 for the two stages he was awarded the honour. 

Meanwhile, Felix Gall won €11,000 for his win on stage 17, but the Austrian AG2R Citroën rider also earned himself a cool €5,000 bonus for summiting the Col de la Loze first. The Col de la Loze represented the highest point in this year's Tour de France, with the Souvenir Henri Desgrange prize awarded to the rider who summits the point first. 

Jumbo Visma, the winners of the team classification, netted €50,000, calculated by the cumulative time of each team's three fastest finishers. The same rule is applied on each stage, with €2,800 prize money awarded to the fastest team each day, too. 

Tour de France prize money: general classification and stage result

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GC positionPrize money (€)Stage winnersPrize money (€)
1500,000111,000
2200,00025,500
3100,00032,800
470,00041,500
550,0005830
623,0006780
711,5007730
87,6008670
94,5009650
103,80010600
113,00011540
122,70012470
132,50013440
142,10014340
152,00015300
161,50016300
171,30017300
181,20018300
191,10019300
20-1601,00020300

Tour de France prize money: Minor classifications

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PositionPoints prize money (€)MountainsYoung riderTeams
125,00025,00020,00050,000
215,00015,00015,00030,000
310,00010,00010,00020,000
44,0004,0005,00012,000
53,5003,500Row 5 - Cell 3 8,000
63,0003,000Row 6 - Cell 3 Row 6 - Cell 4
72,5002,500Row 7 - Cell 3 Row 7 - Cell 4
82,0002,000Row 8 - Cell 3 Row 8 - Cell 4
TOTAL65,00065,00050,000120,000

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Ryan is a staff writer for Cycling Weekly, having joined the team in September 2021. He first joined Future in December 2020, working across FourFourTwo, Golf Monthly, Rugby World and Advnture's websites, before making his way to cycling. After graduating from Cardiff University with a degree in Journalism and Communications, Ryan earned a NCTJ qualification to further develop as a writer. 

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