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Tadej Pogacar once again stamped his name in the history books this Sunday July 26. The Slovenian runner of the UAE Team Emirates was proclaimed champion of Tour de France 2026 and added his fifth victory in the ‘Big Boucle‘. A figure that places him next to Jacques Anquetil, Eddy Merckx, Miguel Indurain and Bernard Hinault as the cyclists with the most victories in the general classification of the French round.
He Tour de France 2026 distributed a prize bag of 2,302,800 eurosthe largest among the Grand Tours of the calendar. The money was distributed according to the results of the stages, the general classification and the rest of the classifications. Pogacar, after fastening five partial victories and dress during 16 days he yellow jerseyaccumulated 607,840 euros. Of that amount, 500,000 correspond to his final triumph and the 107,840 remaining to the results and prizes obtained during the 21 days of competition.
The figure may grow with the part corresponding to the UAE Team Emirates as second best team of the Tour. The set received 30,000 euroswhich means 3,750 euros per runner. It would also be necessary to add the amounts achieved by the Pogacar positions in the steps through the mountain passes. For reference, the Slovenian pocketed 262,468 euros more than Jonas Vingegaardchampion of Giro d’Italia 2026 with a total prize of 345,372 euros.
The breakdown of the prizes
The victory in general classification delivered to Pogacar500,000 euros. Their five stage winsawarded with 11,000 euros each one, others added 55,000. He also added 16,500 euros by three second placesat the rate of 5,500 for each one, 2,800 for a third place, 1,500 for one fourth position and 540 euros to finish eleventh on another day.
The Slovenian received 500 euros for carrying during a stage the polka dot leotard and 8,000 for showing off the yellow during 16 dayswith 500 euros per day. His second place in the mountain classification reported 15,000 euros and the sixth place in the ranking by pointsothers 3,000. The last ones 5,000 they came with him Jacques Goddet Prizeafter crowning the first position Tourmalet during the sixth stage.























