2026 Giro d'Italia Prize Money - How €1.6 million was distributed as Team Visma | Lease a Bike dominate
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The dust has settled on yet another edition of the Giro d'Italia as 2026 saw Jonas Vingegaard sweep up his fourth grand tour win and join an illustrious club to become a triple crown grand tour winner. With the win, Vingegaard and Team Visma | Lease a Bike have dominated the Giro prize money earnings.
The Dutch team took home a stunning six stage wins thanks to five Vingegaard solo victories in the mountains. Add to this Sepp Kuss' sensational queen stage win and the earnings for taking the pink jersey, and they come out with over €400,000 in prize money - over double of any other team.
Felix Gall's second place sees Decathlon CMA CGM finish second in the prize money list, taking €183,386. Meanwhile, Bahrain-Victorious also take home €108,044 in winnings, largely due to Afonso Eulalio's stint in pink and then the white jersey, as well as a stage win with Alec Segaert.
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UAE Team Emirates - XRG stage victories
With four stage wins, UAE Team Emirates - XRG emerge from the Giro as content as they can be given their disastrous start in Bulgaria. They lost three crucial riders in Adam Yates, Jay Vine and Marc Soler by the start of stage 3 but salvaged success through the breakaway and the exploits of Jhonatan Narvaez and Igor Arrieta. This puts them as the highest placed team in the prize money standing without a general classification rider boosting their tally.
Other teams to take sizeable prize money include Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe, Lidl-Trek, Soudal Quickstep and XDS Astana. The highest placed non WorldTour team are Polti-VisitMalta at an impressive 9th place with €62,361.
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A total of €1.6 million in prize money will be distributed from the Giro d'Italia, making it a potentially lucrative race for the teams at the front. However, not all teams enjoyed big payouts. Team Picnic Post NL endured an uneventful race and earned just €2,179 after arriving in Rome.
Giro d'Italia 2026 Team prize money
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | €408,912 |
| Decathlon CMA CGM | €183,386 |
| Bahrain - Victorious | €108,044 |
| UAE Team Emirates - XRG | €101,065 |
| Red Bull - BORA Hansgrohe | €95,710 |
| Lidl-Trek | €94,875 |
| Soudal-Quickstep | €84,936 |
| XDS Astana | €74,059 |
| Netcompany Ineos | €72,374 |
| Team Polti - VisitMalta | €62,361 |
| Uno-X Mobility | €58,838 |
| Movistar | €51,864 |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | €44,935 |
| Bardiani CSF 7 Saber | €35,662 |
| EF Education - Easypost | €28,156 |
| Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | €25,225 |
| NSN Cycling Team | €16,260 |
| Groupama - FDJ United | €15,543 |
| Lotto Intermarche | €11,872 |
| Team Jayco AlUla | €10,979 |
| Alpecin - Premier Tech | €10,485 |
| Unibet Rose Rockets | €8,690 |
| Team Picnic PostNL | €2,179 |
Gavin QuinnCycling Journalist
Gavin Quinn is a cycling journalist and ultra-distance cyclist with a BA in Journalism from Dublin City University. Formerly the Press & Communications Officer for Cycling Ireland, Gavin has worked inside the national team at the World Championships and has reported for the Irish Mirror, Mirror UK, and The42.
His expertise is backed by elite-level access, having interviewed stars like Sam Bennett and Ben Healy, as well as immense personal endurance. In 2025, he completed a 12,000km solo cycle from Ireland to Vietnam, following a 4,600km tour across Europe. From the cobbles of Paris-Roubaix to the gradients of the Tourmalet, Gavin’s writing focuses on the "romance and brutality" of the sport. Having visited 50+ countries, he brings a global, cultural perspective to his coverage of the pro peloton for CyclingUpToDate.
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- POG1, another nice doc about our favourite, I watched most of it with a big smile on my face (except for the bits about his crashes 😢 obvs!).Lozza14-11-2026
- Martinez had a good year! 5th at the Tour was a great result for him, albeit largely through getting in successful breaks, but he held it better than Pidcock who’d done the same.Lozza14-11-2026
- guess what Valgren, you're 34, and no you're not good enough. sorry to say.mij14-11-2026
- I'm a sepp fan and like to think he earned that LOL, indulge me : ) I think Jonas was fine. Roglic did not want to concede to Sepp. and I don't think you ever attack your own teammate in the leaders jersey if he is holding his own, which Sepp just about was.mij14-11-2026
- enough time? he's 24 years old. He's won 10 races over the last 2 years and some are significant. I won't argue about his attitude being good - it needs to improve. But with some coaching and mentorship he has a lot of winning ahead of him and has plenty of time to win a GT. I don't think he will ever beat Tadej, but everyone else is fair game Look at Mas and Valverde - they were 31 and 29, respectively, when they won the Vuelta.mij14-11-2026
- Pogacar has a fine head on his shoulders.Careful investments and a couple of coffee shops sounds like a wonderful way to chill after an intense career.Stay healthy GOAT.
Brucegel14-11-2026 - I live in Maribor.PogiSloFans14-11-2026
- I live in Ljubljana and often go on trips in the surrounding area, where I frequently see young cyclists in 'Pogi Team' jerseys training, either alone or in groups. By simply motivating so many young people to take up cycling, Tadej has already achieved something truly significant.Velijo14-11-2026
- That's an excellent point. It's interesting that Vader came to that realization only after he learned that his contract wasn't going to be renewed.
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