Slovenian rider has benefitted from a strong supporting cast, but will face a very different challenge at the Olympics
To the winner, the spoils. In fact, to the dominant rider and team in the 2024 Tour de France, Tadej Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates, goes more than one third of the entire prize pot of €2,282,200 (£1.9m) on offer to all 22 teams competing in this year’s Tour.
For a team whose total budget is in the region of €50m (£42m), and for a rider, Pogacar, earning in the region of six or seven million euros a year, plus endorsements, €806,810 – UAE’s share of the Tour’s total prize fund – amounts to loose change.
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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/sport/article/2024/jul/22/a-perfect-job-pogacar-and-uae-team-emirates-bask-in-tour-de-france-glory
Author : Jeremy Whittle in Nice
Publish date : 2024-07-22 16:36:38
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