How much money does a Giro d'Italia winner earn? - Giro d'Italia 2022 Prize Money Recap

The Giro d'Italia 2022 has had it's finale yesterday in Verona, and with all of the stages complete and classifications confirmed, it is now possible to know how the prize money of the race was split.

On this list you find the 20 riders who earned the most money during this Giro d'Italia according to ProCyclingStats. Note: The prize money from races is usually equally distributed and split between riders and team staff, an extra to their initial salary.

# - Rider - Amount

1 HINDLEY Jai €291.770

2 CARAPAZ Richard €160.108

3 LANDA Mikel €73.761

4 DÉMARE Arnaud €65.741

5 LÓPEZ Juan Pedro €55.301

6 BOUWMAN Koen €44.273

7 VAN DER POEL Mathieu €44.183

8 BUITRAGO Santiago €31.587

9 HIRT Jan €29.355

10 GAVIRIA Fernando €25.697

11 NIBALI Vincenzo €25.651

12 BILBAO Pello €25.168

13 CAVENDISH Mark €25.093

14 YATES Simon €24.396

15 GIRMAY Biniam €24.326

16 ARENSMAN Thymen €22.511

17 KÄMNA Lennard €22.180

18 CICCONE Giulio €21.889

19 DAINESE Alberto €18.291

20 BUCHMANN Emanuel €16.897

In the first place, unsurprisingly, is Jai Hindley who conquered the three-week race and took the maximum prize at the end of the race. Having won a stage, spent a day in pink and taken the win, he ranked up a total of €291.770 throughout the three weeks. Richard Carapaz who led the race through six stages and finished second brought in €160.108 for INEOS Grenadiers, and in third place was Mikel Landa who's podium spot lifted the prize money to a big €73.761 bonus. 

In fourth place was Arnaud Démare, winner of the points classification - aswell as leader for most of the race - alongside three stage wins with €65.741. Juan Pedro López, winner of the youth classification and race leader for ten days finished fifth with €55.301.

The Top10 is completed by Mathieu van der Poel who won the opening stage and led the race for three days in the opening week; KOM classification and double stage-winner Koen Bouwman; Santiago Buitrago, Jan Hirt and Fernando Gaviria.