According to today's Wall Street Journal:
Alejandro Valverde $4 million
Cadel Evans $3.4 million
Frank Schleck $1 million
Slyvain Chavenel $1 million
Christian Vande Velde $500,000 (someone is getting a big raise soon)
Average support rider: $200,000- $300,000 (but as little as $45k)
Pay for top 3 finishing riders of TdF will be about half what Armstrong, Basso and Ulrich made in 2005.
Average budget for top-pro cycling team: $15M - $23M (with 60-80% going to riders)
Garmin-Chipolte budget: $11 million
CSC does not pay rider bonuses for winning a stage or tour. (Others pay $50,000 or up to $1 million for winning the Tour)
TdF pays the winner $700,000 (it is usually split among the team)
(Not much, but cycling tours don't have ticket sales to support payouts.)
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