How Much £ £ £ Is it Worth To Win Le Tour
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In total, around 2 million euros will be awarded to the teams and the riders, including 450, 000 euros for the winner of the general individual classification.
From: http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/zoom_sur.html
From: http://www.letour.fr/2012/TDF/COURSE/us/zoom_sur.html
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Wester
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But google search will not tell me how much £ the winner or other high ranking finishers will recieve in advertising deals etc etc
Flying_Monkey
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Pretty obvious why - the advertising deals etc. depend on so many other things not just on placing or winning, including nationality, personality, marketing effort by the individual and team etc. etc.
I don't think it's wrong to ask that. Some other sports do have a culture of sports journalists rapidly calculating and bundling in all earnings and going on and on about it. Other sports even have a culture of earnings tables that are openly published and talked about far too much. If someone else is interested in one of those sports it would be perfectly natural to ask this.
Fair enough, forgot about that bit!
By way of comparison, Sky News website had the following about Wimbledon:
"A win would also cement Murray's place among Britain's richest sports stars.
He is already worth more than £20m, but a Grand Slam win could be worth up to £10m in sponsorship deals, marketing experts predict."
"A win would also cement Murray's place among Britain's richest sports stars.
He is already worth more than £20m, but a Grand Slam win could be worth up to £10m in sponsorship deals, marketing experts predict."
As Flying_Monkey says, the answer is surely 'it depends'. It's going to be worth a lot more to Brad Wiggins, given his brand, track record and addressable market than, say, Rein Taaramae, who won't be able to sell nearly so many sports drinks, watches and pairs of sunglasses.
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Wester
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I also heard something like this but i would find it hard to beleive that they would give all their prize money to their team mates
Anybody know anymore on the subject ?
It used to be that the team put all the prize money won over the Tour in a pot, and divided it ten ways. One portion each rider plus one portion to the mechanics. Not sure of they still do that.
Chris.IOW
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It's always mentioned in the commentary when they talk about prize money, and Armstrong said in his books this is what he did so I believe it is the custom. The Winners real money comes from the endorsements and bonuses from their personal sponsors etc.
