Tadej Pogačar maintains his position as the highest-paid cyclist in the men’s WorldTour, according to an article in La Gazzetta dello Sport. According to the Italian newspaper, Pogacar’s annual earnings of 6 million euros put him at the top of the list, surpassing his compatriot Primoz Roglic and Tour de France champion Jonas Vingegaard.
Roglic advances on the list
Roglic, who transferred from Jumbo-Visma to Bora-Hansgrohe, has a reported salary of 4.5 million euros per year, while La Gazzetta estimates that Jonas Vingegaard’s annual income from Visma-Lease a Bike is be 4 million euros, an amount equal to that received by the World Champion, Mathieu van der Poel at Alpecin-Deceuninck.
Van der Poel’s main rival, Wout van Aert, receives around 3.5 million euros, in Visma-Lease a Bike.
Tadej Pogacar
Pogacar is according to La Gazzeta dello Sport, the highest paid cyclist in the peloton, thanks to the new €6 million deal with UAE Team Emirates. He will face new challenges, including the Giro d’Italia, the Tour de France, the Olympics and the World Cup in 2024.
Remco Evenepoel sits sixth on the list with an estimated €2.8m per season, ahead of Tom Pidcock and Adam Yates, both with estimated €2.7m per year. The list is complemented by two more cyclists from Ineos Grenadiers, Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodriguez, both with salaries of 2.5 million euros.
Various sponsorships inflate the amounts received by athletes
It is important to note that La Gazzetta’s estimates only refer to salaries paid by teams to cyclists, excluding additional earnings from sponsorship and participation fees. In addition to his UAE Team Emirates salary, Pogačar also has sponsorship deals with brands such as DMT shoes, Met helmets, Enervit nutritional products, Croatian water brand Jana, American home technology company Plume and the Slovenian tourism board.
Mathieu Van der Poel has a contract with the car brand Lamborghini and Wout Van Aert, just as Tom Pidcock has complementary agreements with Red Bull.
Check out the World Tour salary ranking for 2024:
1st Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 6 million Euros
2nd Primoz Roglic (BORA- Hansgrohe) 4.5 million Euros
3rd and 4th Jonas Vingegaard (Visma-Lease a Bike) and Mathieu Van der Poel (Alpecin-Deceuninck)4 million Euros
5th Wout Van Aert (Visma-Lease a Bike) 3.5 million Euros
6th Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step) 2.8 million Euros
7th and 8th Tom Pidcock (INEOS Grenadiers) and Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) 2.7 million Euros
9th and 10th Egan Bernal and Carlos Rodriguez (both from INEOS Grenadiers) 2.5 million Euros