Vuelta prize money: Jumbo Visma win three-times more than next highest earners

Primož Roglič and his Jumbo Visma team absolutely dominated the prize money at La Vuelta, mopping up far more cash than even the next highest earning team (Photo: Gomez Sport)

Primož Roglič helped Jumbo Visma to the top of the prize money standings at La Vuelta, with the Dutch team taking away almost treble what the next most successful team earned.

Jumbo Visma took home €375,750, which was just a few thousand short of three-times the €128,030 that Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux won.

First-year WorldTour team Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux enjoyed a storming ride at La Vuelta with two stage wins and holding the leader’s jersey for a week with Odd Christian Eiking.

Deceuninck-Quick Step was next in the prize money earnings list, winning €119,750. A big chunk of that was secured via Fabio Jakobsen, who won €11,000 for each of his three stage wins and another €11,000 for his points classification win.

Rein Taaramäe kick-started a dream Vuelta for Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux with victory on stage 3, above. The team won two stages and held the race lead for a week with Odd Christian Eiking (Photo: Charly Lopez)

Movistar were 4th
highest prize money earners with €105,960 followed by Bahrain Victorious on
€103,515 and Team DSM rounding out the top six highest earning teams with
€102,820.

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At the bottom end of the scale, Israel Start-Up Nation won the least amount of money, with just €2,800 over the three-week race. There were just two other teams who won less than €10,000.

Team Qhubeka NextHash were second from bottom of the prize money list, on €3,945, and Caja Rural-Seguros RGA were third from bottom with €8,265.

For his overall win, Roglič won €150,000, with Enric Mas (Movistar) winning €57,975 for 2nd overall and Jack Haig (Bahrain Victorious) claiming €30,000 for 3rd on the final GC.

Ineos Grenadiers tried on many stages but they came up short. In the end they were outgunned by both Jumbo Visma and Bahrain Victorious and finished 7th in the prize money list (Photo: Gomez Sport)

Further down the final general standings, the money gets
much smaller. Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) won €15,000 for 4th, Gino Mäder (Bahrain-Victorious) took €12,500 for 5th and Egan Bernal (Ineos
Grenadiers) won €9,000 for 6th.

David de la Cruz was 7th for UAE Team Emirates and pocketed €9,000 for that result while Sepp Kuss (Jumbo Visma) took €6,000 for 8th, Guillaume Martin (Cofidis) won €6,000 for 9th and Felix Großschartner (Bora-hansgrohe) claimed €3,800 for 10th place.

The team classification win was worth €12,500 to Bahrain Victorious and its rider, Mäder, won €11,000 for the best young rider classification. Michael Storer (Team DSM) earned €13,000 for his win in the climbers’ classification.


La Vuelta 2021 Prize Money


  1. Team Jumbo-Visma €375,750
  2. Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux €128,030
  3. Deceuninck-Quick Step € 119,750
  4. Movistar Team €105,960
  5. Bahrain-Victorious €103,515
  6. Team DSM €102,820
  7. Ineos Grenadiers €86,705
  8. UAE-Team Emirates €65,130
  9. EF Education-Nippo €48,995
  10. Alpecin-Fenix €42,630
  11. AG2R Citroën Team €36,805
  12. Trek-Segafredo €29,350
  13. Cofidis, Solutions Crédits €24,040
  14. Bora-hansgrohe €21,930
  15. Team BikeExchange €16,470
  16. Astana-Premier Tech €13,630
  17. Euskaltel-Euskadi €11,955
  18. Lotto Soudal €11,680
  19. Groupama-FDJ €11,415
  20. Burgos-BH €10,785
  21. Caja Rural-Seguros RGA €8,265
  22. Team Qhubeka NextHash €3,945
  23. Israel Start-Up Nation €2,800