Find out the biggest earners from the first week of the 2024 Vuelta a Espana right here including Wout van Aert, Primoz Roglic & Ben O'Connor
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The 2024 Vuelta a Espana has reached the first rest day, so it's an early chance to take stock and assess the strongest performers so far. One way to do so, is by seeing who has earned the most money over the first 9 stages.
With his two stages wins and having most of the opening week in either the Red Jersey of race leader or Green Jersey of points classification leader, somewhat unsurprisingly, Team Visma | Lease a Bike's Wout van Aert leads the way at the top of the money list from the first 9 stages having amassed 37,675 euros.
Behind the Belgian, comes his former teammate, Primoz Roglic. The Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe leader is some distance behind Van Aert however, with his 25,565 euros over ten thousand less. In the fight for the Green Jersey, Kaden Groves is Van Aert's main challenger but in the money list, the Australian is down in third.
The current Red Jersey Ben O'Connor comes in 4th ahead of stage 9 winner Adam Yates. Pavel Bittner, in his debut Grand Tour has adapted very well, winning a stage and earning 13,000 euros over the course of the first week, good enough for 6th on the money list. Brandon McNulty, who won the opening stage follows, before Mathias Vacek, Lennert Van Eetvelt and Enric Mas round out the top 10.
Top earners at the 2024 Vuelta a Espana after 9 stages:
1. Wout van Aert (Team Visma | Lease a Bike ) – 37,675 euros
2. Primoz Roglic (Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe) – 25,565 euros
3. Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) – 20,220 euros
4. Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) – 17,515 euros
5. Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) – 13,130 euros
6. Pavel Bittner (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) – 13,000 euros
7. Brandon McNulty (UAE Team Emirates) – 11,600 euros
8. Mathias Vacek (Lidl-Trek) – 11,570 euros
9. Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) – 8,640 euros
10. Enric Mas (Movistar Team) – 7,800 euros
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- Greatest athlete this world has ever produced ! LOL ... you definitely are a comdian ! Cycling is so sprecialized and you think he's the greatest athlete ever ! Still laughing !frieders315-11-2026
- b.s. headline. Jonas wasn't told anything, it is just a pundit telling him what to do. the actual article is not even close to the insinuation of the headline.mij15-11-2026
- I think Roglic could have beaten Sepp. not Jonas. I was referring to Sepp.mij15-11-2026
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- Not a chance in hell.megasmacky15-11-2026
- If you go watch some races from last season other riders that have never caught Jonas...are now catching him. Some are just riding away from him and he can't hold the wheelmd197514-11-2026
- He just doesn't have the desire anymore. I read an article earlier today that said he almost retired last year. His reasoning was he is away from home to much. Visma was able to keep him riding by allowing him to skip certain camps. So, while currently Visma is doing altitude work...Jonas is at home. Which means 2 things. 1- He maybe fresher than other riders. But, not the condition. 2-Is a somewhat slap in the face to others on the team that are supposed to help him win. Yet feel like he hasn't done what they have so perhaps they don't provide as good of protection or they ride more for theme (which the team may not notice).md197514-11-2026
- Roglic could not have won anyway, after Jonas followed him when Roglic decided it was his turn for a stage win. Jonas had already attacked Kuss twice, so it was Jonas who was within seconds of taking the lead before Kuss was 'gifted' the win. It felt a bit like Roglic was being thrown under the bus when the team made his unhappiness public.Hills3314-11-2026
- 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
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