The Cyclists' Alliance recently released a separate COVID-19 survey that revealed that many riders felt that the COVID-19 guidelines and protocols were difficult to maintain at top-level womens races. DiamondbackHaanjo 3A no-frills gravel, road, and adventure bike. Riders such as Kristin Armstrong, Evie Stevens, and Georgia Gould have all found success in the sport. At the age of 40, the Movistar Team rider from Murcia has announced that 2022 will be his last year as a professional cyclist, but until then he is still one of the best valued riders. Shreya Verma is an NBA and Tennis Author at EssentiallySports. Shes particularly dangerous on home roads in Italy, where she currently reigns as the national road and time trial champion. A former world champion, Deignan is another rider whose individual value suffers because she calls super-squad Boels-Dolmans home. Create a personalized feed and bookmark your favorites. This content is imported from Third party. A relatively recent addition to the top echelon of the peloton, Niewiadoma enjoyed a breakthrough 2017. Road cyclings worldwide governing body, the UCI, is recognizing the importance of visibility and now requires that Womens WorldTour promoters provide 45 minutes of live TV or streaming coverage of events. Teamwork: ***. The Dutch glut seemed to stymie our mystery voters, who struggled to come to a consensus on which rider brings the most value. world cyclocross titles and two Olympic gold medals. Most female pro cyclists have second and third jobs and many live on their credit cards to race. Theyre here, and theyre ready to take names. After leaving her position on Bigla for FDJ Nouvelle Aquitaine Futuroscope this season, the Danish rider is starting to find her footing with her new team. At 36 years old, shes one of the olderthough far from the oldestracers in the womens peloton, but is relatively new to cycling. 1 - Tadej Pogacar. Simon Yates - 1.5 million euros 19. After that, she jumped into the pro womens criterium at the Sea Otter Classic and took the win also on her gravel bike. Sitting third in the current UCI womens ranking, Van der Breggen finished second at World Championships in both the road race and the time trial and second overall at the 2019 Giro Rosa, which means of all the women in the pro peloton, she might just be the one hungriest for an outright win. As racing finally is starting to return in Europe, the womens peloton is back on the road. Although it might not be in the top-5, cycling has always been in the top-10 positions. The Dutchman, Tom, competes for the UCI World team JumboVisma. But rarely have so many women reached the top level at the same time. In 2019 he won the Flche Wallonne for the second time in a row, the Milan San Remo and the Strade Bianche, among others. Her social media following tops that of riders several tiers higher. Her most notable performances are wins in the Tour of Flanders and three GC wins at the Healthy Aging Tour. Most pro cyclists earn anywhere from $15,000 per year to $100,000 per year. The first African-American woman to join the pro cycling ranks, McGowan is both a badass on the bike and in the world of activism. Shes also found success in Europe with a win at the junior version of the Trofeo Alfredo Binda World Cup in Italy. The season after claiming the Olympic title, van der Breggen dominated the womens WorldTour, taking the series title after sweeping the Ardennes Classics and winning the Giro Rosa and Tour of California. At just 21, she still has the lions share of her career ahead of her. Her biggest win was the overall title at the OVO Energy Womens Tour, which has quickly become one of the most popular events in womens cycling. If she doesnt ride for Boels-Dolmans, does she win nearly as much? The Polish Kwiatkowski made his debut as a professional cyclist in 2010 in the Spanish team Caja Rural and in 2014 he became the first Polish cyclist to become World Champion. At 23 years old, Honsinger has already proven herself to be one of the strongest cyclocross racers in the U.S., first taking an under-23 national title before winning the elite race last December. The Australian sprinter is still basking in her results from 2016; that year Hosking won the Tour of Chongming Island Womens WorldTour event as well as La Course by Le Tour de France. With an early lead in the battle for the World Cup overall prize, Courtneys form dipped through the middle of the season, but her mental toughness and determination kept her in the running. And sports such as World Cup alpine skiing and World Cup climbing have long-since taken a stand in gender equality, their respective governing federation having paid equivalent purses for top mens and womens finishers for at least the last decade. Slovakian professional cyclist Peter Sagan topped the list of high-paid cyclists in 2021. She took the Womens WorldTour youth classification overall. Dideriksens surprise sprint victory at the 2016 world championships thrust her into the limelight as one of the brightest rising stars in the sport. Mitchelton-Scott should up the win count considerably in 2018 with DHoore on board. We have pulled together a top 10 of the highest paid cyclists in the world right now. 4. In 2019, Spratt was bronze medalist at World Championships as well as at the Giro Rosawith van Vleuten as a teammate, she likely will spend most races working with her to secure the teams win, but when van Vleuten isnt on the start line (or in 2021 when she switches teams, if rumors are to be believed), Spratt becomes the top Mitchelton-Scott contender. A year later she won the rainbow stripes. Fabiana Luperini. Our group of mystery voters included agents, team directors, Olympic champions, and even a grand tour winner or two. The 2020 season proved more challenging and ended with a DNF at World Championships, but with her consistent successes over the past seasons, Courtney is still among the favorites to win gold at the now-2021 Olympic Games. She took the final stage at the Amgen Tour of California in 2017 ahead of Coryn Rivera. The Cuban thrived in her first WorldTour season in 2017, taking a stage win and second overall at Setmana Valenciana, second at Trofeo Alfredo Binda, and third at the Tour of California. Although Sagan has not been able to regain the title of World Champion, he is still winning stages and, above all, offering a great spectacle. This awesome instructor earns about $700 for each Peloton class and has other sources of income that add to his growing net worth. A large part of which is paid by Specialized. Her Olympic gold medal from Rio gives her crossover power to attract fans and sponsors outside of cycling. Van Vleuten is the teams sole superstar yes, the arrival of Jolien dHoore helps and her mere presence gives Mitchelton- Scott a chance to win almost any race. She became the first American, male or female, to win Flanders. Political Science, Shreya comes from a strong sports background. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. gives you the workouts and mental strategies to conquer your nearest peak.]. Since those early races in and around New York City, McGowan has moved from Cat 4 to Cat 2 and raced around the U.S. and in Europe. The American is on the U.S. Olympic long list for road, and shes the only American racer to have a major result so far this season with a third-place finish at Strade Bianche earlier this month. Its time for comparable team support, race opportunities (there are currently only 132 womens races on the UCI calendar compared to 416 mens), sponsor backing and race support, including balanced start times, prizes, routes, and media coverage. American racers headed to Italy chime in. Teamwork: ****. Teamwork: *****. 8. Results: **** In 2019, Jastrab was eligible to compete for the Junior World Championship titleand she won it. Top 20 highest paid riders, according to L'quipe. Marketability: *** She boasts a broad array of talents that also sees her contend in track races. Big names like Chris Froome, Alberto Contador, Mark Cavendish and Peter Sagan have been known to make 3,000,000 a year salary - and that's before prize funds. In 2019, womens major cycling races are often cast as the plus one to the mens main events. By age 9, Schmidtmann began riding bikes and fell in love with everything that rolls on two wheels and started her cycling career on the cyclocross course. The sheer domination she once had over the sport looks to be gone forever. Results: **** The current World Champion is French, his name is Julian Alaphilippe and he has been part of the current Deceuninck-QuickStep team since 2013. Results: **** Rarely do cyclists or teams make official announcements regarding contract details, but through leaks and undisclosed information we have been able to compile this ranking. Unlike mainstream American sports, pro cycling does not award a Most Valuable Player prize to its greatest champions. Marketability: ** While the sport might look different in terms of spectators on the course and masks on riders as they stand atop the podiums, within the peloton, not much has changed. The Spanish road cyclist takes home around $4.1 million per year. Longo-Borghini is still only 26, but she has been a fixture in the Womens WorldTour for years. In 2019 he suffered a serious accident from which it is not yet known how he will recover but he is expected to go for his fourth Tour. The four-stage UCI 2.1 race through Colorado from August 22 to 25 aims to advance equity for women in a male-dominated sport by shining a light on cyclings top female pros with free start-to-finish live TV streaming coverage, female commentators, and a substantially bigger prize purse than previous years: $75,000 vs. $30,000 in 2018 (which is $5,000 more than last years mens payout). In August 2016 Viviani won gold in the omnium at the 2016 Summer Olympics. It's no secret that road cycling, at its highest level, moves exorbitant amounts of money. Hannah Barnes is on the rise. But last season, the 30-year-old scored the overall win at the Tour of California and secured her fifth victory at La Flche Wallonne Fminine, one of the major single-day races for the womens peloton. The Shark showed in a Giro d'Italia 2016 to remember that the cyclist who swept the French roads in 2014 is still very much alive. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Rivera rose to prominence as one of the fastest finishers on the U.S. domestic circuit and emerged as one of the top riders on the WorldTour in 2017. She was in the lead until nan Vleuten caught her with only seven kilometers to go, and she managed to take second. Subscribe to our newsletter and receive all our news. Marketability: ** Interview with Daniel Federspiel, he trains very fast, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) 2,3 M. Teamwork: **(out of a possible five). She's 40 years of age and is a well-known name in the cycling world. At 22, Uttrup-Ludwig is a rising star of Danish cycling. Lepisto rode to the biggest win of her career at Gent-Wevelgem in 2017 and followed it up with another WorldTour victory at the Crescent Vargada one-day race. In addition, 33 per cent of riders work a second job while racing professionally. Watch out. Alejandro Valverde's salary is 2.2 million euros. Remove her and the Dutch squad would still grab victories with several other stars. In 2019 he suffered a serious accident from which it is not yet known how he will recover but he is expected to go for his fourth Tour. At 19 years old, Clouse has racked up more national titles than most cyclists could hope to achieve in a lifetime (31 at last count), and for 2021, shes signed with Rally Cycling, where shell be racing with her former cyclocross opponent Emma White. .css-18bc37s{display:block;font-family:Velo,Velo-fallback,Georgia,Serif;margin-bottom:0.3125rem;margin-top:0;-webkit-text-decoration:none;text-decoration:none;}@media (any-hover: hover){.css-18bc37s:hover{color:link-hover;}}@media(max-width: 61.25rem){.css-18bc37s{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 61.25rem){.css-18bc37s{font-size:1rem;line-height:1.2;}}@media(min-width: 64rem){.css-18bc37s{font-size:1.125rem;line-height:1.2;}}Results and Highlights from Strade Bianche, Denver Disruptors and Miami Nights Race Schedule, Equal Prize Money for All Flanders Classics Races, Chris Froome Really (Really) Dislikes Disc Brakes, What You Missed From Omloop Het Nieuwsblad, Tom Pidcock Relegated at Volta ao Algarve, Glasgow Cyclist Calls Out Road Course Conditions, Where Annemiek van Vleuten Is Racing This Season, Dates for 2024 Tour de France Femmes to Be Moved. The mens winner that yearLaurent Fignonwon $100,000 and a mountain of prizes. Really? However, 77 per cent of athletes still do not seek legal advice before signing a contract. That adventurous spirit has served Schmidtmann well as a cyclist. Sharing position and salary we found the Ecuadorian Richard Carapaz. Megan Jastrab started racing BMX at 8 years old. I dont really set goals, but Im excited to get on my bike and race in any capacity, she told Bicycling in October. At 12, Jastrab completed a 65-mile bike tour around Apple Valley, California, where she grew up. Bath In terms of raw numbers, Van Vleuten has the edge when it comes to social media following, with a significant advantage on Twitter. Heres what you need to know about these rockstars. On each occasion, however, she was thwarted by Boels-Dolmans. Here's our list of the highest-paid cyclists in 2020 with some big surprises in the top 5. Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) 1.8m. Heres how it works. Okay, perhaps Peter Sagan. Most recently, she placed fourth at Telenets Superprestige in Gavere, Belgium, racing against the worlds fastest racers. Widely considered one of the most challenging gravel races in the world, it attracts a stacked field of riders, and the 2019 field included former pro road racer Olivia Dillon and gravel specialist Alison Tetrick. If anything can be learned from the powerful journey of the U.S. Womens National Soccer Team, its the conversations theyve started and their drive for equality. 2. Armstrong has a net worth of $50 million. Now, a new generation of American women has ascended to the top ranks of cycling. Apart from the match-winning prize money, cyclists also earn from their endorsements and sponsorships. UCI World Tour and UCI Pro Tour are the top tier cycling events in the world. He leads the ranking of cyclists with more followers on social networks and his salary is between 5 and 5.5 million euros per year. Racing on the road for Liv Racing, McGowan has been showing up in race results since 2013and even back in her early Cat 4 days, she knew she wanted to be the first African American woman to go pro. Marketability: ***** She recently announced her intention to retire after the rescheduled 2021 Olympics, where she hopes to defend her gold medal that she scored in 2016, before finishing the 2021 cycling season and transitioning from racer to sport director for her 2021 team, SD Worx. The highest paid cyclist in the world corresponds to an athlete a wide range of public opinion considers the best cyclist of today. She was instrumental in helping teammate Katie Hall come one second shy of winning the Tour of California. Marketability: ** LeMond is the Sandy Koufax of U.S. cycling, his brilliant career cut short by injury. Van der Breggens recent results hold more clout we named her our 2017 VeloNews female cyclist of the year. Cyclingnews reported that there is a large gap between the budgets of Women's WorldTeam and Continental Teams. Cycling as a sport has been around for decades and is on the list of the highest-paid sports. Salsa Journeyman Claris 650bA fat-tire, drop-bar bike for off-the-grid adventures. So far in the season restart, shes been racing healthy and appears to making her way toward the front of the peloton. Miguel Angel Lopez - 1.5 million euros 18. A staple at the top of the womens peloton since 2006, Wild remains one of the most powerful riders in the bunch. Teamwork: ***. Interestingly, Deignans Twitter following bests even Marianne Vos, and by a margin in the tens of thousands. At the moment he is earning a staggering 4.5 million euros. Top five seems to be her curse though: Last year, she was fifth at the World Championships and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, though she did secure the overall win at the WWT Emakumeen Bira stage race. While Tom Dumoulin is in the fifth position with 3.5 million USD. Primoz Roglic - 2 million euros Heat acclimatization is still a factor in midsummer races, attacks are still being thrown in final kilometers at races, and teams are doing their best to work together after spending months apart. However, it is a bit of a catch-22. For female riders, the racing options are even slimmer than they are for the men, and for fans of womens cycling, this has been a horrifically dull summer. Nairo Quintana - 2.5 million euros 8. The United States has long had a strong presence in womens cycling. Tom Dumoulin - 3 million euros 4. Her historic Tour of Flanders win made her the first American win the classic, and now, she doesnt race on the track or in the mud anymore. 10m air pistol shooter, Shreya is also a tennis enthusiast. Shes had solid results in the past, but the Strade Bianchi finish represents a breakout moment for her: Last year, her top result was a second in the Tour de Yorkshire stage race. We can be badasses, too, she says. Results: *** Money, Participants. 3 - Chris Froome. Photo: Profimedia.cz) 1. Visit our corporate site (opens in new tab). So far, it's been a difficult battle: 50 percent of women in the sport still earn only $11,800 or less per . Even in her worst seasons where shes plagued by injury, shes still worth a mention in road and cyclocross as a wild card when she does come back. But even without many races in the books for 2020, we can make some conjectures about who we know will put in a good showing, and whos already surprising fans. Our mystery voters had mixed reviews of Deignan. In 1899, the American became the first cyclist to cover a mile under a minute, and was given the nickname Mile-a-Minute Murphy.. L'Equipe suggest the British team's budget for 2020 is a massive 45m (40.2m), up almost 20m since the 2015 season and almost tripling the team's budget during their first season, 2010 . Their votes helped inform our final list, which was chosen by the VeloNews editorial team. At the Rio Olympics, she won a silver medal as a member of the U.S. team pursuit squad. She has raced criteriums, singlespeed cyclocross, mountain bikes and gravel grindersmost notably the Belgian Waffle Ride in California in 2019, which she won in a stacked field of pro women. Her Strava time up the hulking Col dIzoard was so fast that only two men French riders Romain Bardet and Warren Barguil would ride faster during the Tours stage 19. Men historically traveled, on average, 10 more miles per day than women. In high school, she began racing with her schools NICA team and has shown no signs of slowing down ever since. With a big engine and a fast finish, dHoore is the best womens rider in the cycling heartland that is Belgium. Rockwell kept a bike around and used it for training but never considered making cycling her one and only. MTB XCO European Championships 2022: favorites, schedule and where to watch it live online, Snowshoe XCO World Cup 2022: favorites, schedules and how to watch it, The XCO World Cup returns this weekend in Leogang: favorites, schedules and where to watch, Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) 5,5 M, Julian Alaphilippe (Deceuninck-QuickStep) 2,3 M. Legendary British cyclist Beryl Burton dominated the British women's racing scene from the 1950s to the 1980s. With four in the top-10, and six in the top-20, Ineos Grenadiers dominate the highest-paid list. Results: **** The sports governing body has not released the list of Continental teams for 2021. This elite podium is led by a very young 23-year-old Slovenian rider, Tadej Pogacar. The most talented cyclists in the international bunch earn millionaire salaries. Rarely cyclists or teams make official communications regarding the details of their contracts, so the figures of the ranking that we expose below are the most widespread in the specialized media. She is also a prolific track competitor, having secured six world championship medals in her career, including gold in the scratch race in 2015. In 2018 he managed to win the World Championship and his goal is the 2021 Olympic Games. She has been a member of three world champion team time trial squads. She thrives on the mix of real life and her cycling career, and the only question is what her first race of 2021 will be, since there are a lot of options open to her. Apart from being a 5-time world champion, she set a new women's record for the 25-mile time trial, which surpassed the men's record for 2 years. Teamwork: ****. The most talented bike rider. Unfortunately, van Vleuten keeps snapping those up, and so far this season, Van der Breggen has had to settle for top-five finishes. Marketability: *** Van Dijk excels in tough one-day races, classics, and stage races, and is one of the world's best time trialists. Alejandro Valverde's salary is 2.2 million euros. "We believe that further investigation is needed to understand why this continues to increase," stated The Cyclists' Alliance. Until last year Vincenzo Nibali appeared as the third best paid cyclist in the international bunch with almost 4 million euros but in his change to Trek Segafredo and the "modest" results of recent years could have reduced his salary to 2.1 million. Results: ** Her other books include "Mud, Snow and Cyclocross," "Saddle, Sore" and "Fuel Your Ride." After winning his first Tour de France in 2020 he signed a contract with the UAE team until 2026, but only 5 months later, after winning the second Tour in 2021, he renewed his contract until 2027 and his salary has increased to 6 M per year. The same cannot be said for Van Vleutens Mitchelton-Scott team. To top it off, she is a devoted teammate. We do, and the fact that Deignan used her strength and power in the service of Anna van der Breggen across the Ardennes classics speaks volumes. Shes been doing that for the last seven years with no plans to stop anytime soon. She also took the win at the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race while in Australia. . Young Colombian Egan Bernal became, at the age of 23, the first American, non-US, to win the Tour de France. The Shark showed in a Giro d'Italia 2016 to remember that the cyclist who swept the French roads in 2014 is still very much alive. By 2020, the UCI will introduce a minimum wage for top-tier womens teams, similar to mens. It is adorned with the iconic colors of Red Bull, one of the worlds most visible and lucrative personal sponsors. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Technically, Stephenss best results this season come from her GC win in the Zwift-run Tour de France virtual racing this summer, but up against fierce competitors like Olympic contender Chloe Dygert, that deserves a shoutout. 31-year-old Peter earns a whopping USD 7 million annually. She raced cyclocross as well as mountain biking, and joined the Luna Pro Team as her career in triathlon took off in 2012. His salary in 2021 is 2.3 million euros, but after winning the World Championships in 2020 and 2021, we wouldn't be surprised if it increases in the coming months. Hearst Magazine Media, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Legendary cyclist Lance Armstrong is the highest ever paid cyclist in the world. Climb! The second is none other than Christopher Froome, the three-time winner of the Tour de France. Teamwork: ***. After years of racing with European teams, Hosking has expressed her enthusiasm for having an American team backing her, and she hopes to pass along her racing knowledge while sprinting it out for finish lines. Tadej Pogaar has reputedly the highest paid contract in pro cycling, although his net worth is unknown, according to Pro Cycling UK. Elia Viviani - 1.9 million euros 13. 4 - Vincenzo Nibali. The 32-year-old Australian has been racing since 2004 and has been racking up medals since she first hit the road. Teamwork: **. Marianne got $1,000 and a trophy. (LeMond's own top five is Coppi, Hinault, Merckx, and Kelly, with contemporary superstar Peter Sagan edging . CannondaleTopstone Disc SE 1052x11 Shimano 105 drivetrain and full carbon fork. Another Boels star, Dideriksen needs to garner her own results on the star-studded team. Hosking won that race back in 2016, and this year comes in with a new team and a new sense of hope and excitement. Shes raced in Europe with the U.S. National Team on the road and in the mud, and to her, her sixth place finish at Trofeo Binda and fifth in Gent-Wevelgem, both Junior Nations Cup races, were arguably more meaningful than her domestic victories. Updated: 23-03-2021 00:32 horas. Meanwhile, the riders themselves are getting organized, and in 2018, we saw the formation of The Cyclists Alliance, which aims to galvanize opportunities and support for women in cycling, and to provide a better workplace environment for riders. Gender inequality continues to prevail in most professional sportsand professional road cycling is among the worst, with a vicious cycle of hugely disproportionate funding, payouts, support, and attention bestowed upon the sports men vs. women. Did we get it right? Her work has been published in magazines like Bicycling, Outside and Nylon. I believe that helping teammates win in Europe is whats going to make me a stronger and better bike racer, Clouse said about her switch to Rally Cycling. It is no secret that road cycling at its highest level moves exorbitant amounts of money. We then reached out to a group of experts to help us vote. 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Once cyclists reach the UCI World Tour, their minimum salary increases to $2.35M. 10. On the cobbles in Belgium, she finished second at the junior race at Gent-Wevelgem. Her WM3 Energie team becomes WaowDeals Pro Cycling for 2018, but one thing remains the same: Vos is the undisputed star. She started the 2020 season with third-place finishes in both the Tour Down Under and the Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race. Before she could ride a bicycle, Schmidtmann learned to ride a motorcycle at 4 years old. However, there are still an alarming 43 per cent of riders who were surveyed who reimbursed their team for one or more of the following; equipment, mechanical service, medical costs and travel costs in 2020. Top 20 highest paid cyclists Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 6 M Chris Froome (Israel Start-Up Nation) 5,5 M Peter Sagan (Total Energies) 5,5 M Geraint Thomas (Team Ineos) 3,5 M Egan Bernal (Team Ineos) 2,8 M Micha? 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