Stories: pro cycling in numbers
Short stories built on numbers from our own data: what riders earn, what start lines cost, where the prize money goes. Every salary is labelled Reported, Press estimate or Model, and prize money is what a rider generated, not what he kept.
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The 2026 Tour de France start line earns €149.5M a year, 46% more than any other race
The 175 priced riders who started the 2026 Tour de France earn €149.5M a year. That is 46% more than Milano-Sanremo, the next race on the list.
2 November 2026 · Race money
Slovenia's 12 pros earn €16.5M in 2026. Tadej Pogačar alone takes 49.8%
Slovenia's 12 men's pros earn €16.5M in 2026 salaries. Tadej Pogačar's Reported €8.2M is 49.8% of it, and two riders make 74.0%.
2 November 2026 · Country