Pogacar is also financially the Big Man of the Giro, with the second in line far behind and Arensman somewhat surprisingly in top ten

Money, money, money! Cha-ching, cha-ching! With the end of the Giro d'Italia, we can also calculate how the prize money was distributed among the various teams and riders. Who was the big winner and which surprising name also pocketed a pretty penny? And which teams had to make do with just a few crumbs?

Of course, nobody else but Tadej Pogacar is way ahead at number one according to statistics specialist Pro CyclingStats. The Slovenian won no fewer than six stages, wore the pink jersey for twenty stages, and also clinched the mountain classification. All this earned him a sum of 414,751 euros. More than three hundred thousand euros further back is Daniel Felipe Martinez on the second step. The Colombian runner-up of the Giro from BORA-hansgrohe finished in the top five in six stages and was also sixth in the mountain classification, which is also significant. He ends up with a check for 155,644 euros.

Arensman somewhat surprisingly in top ten, Martinez also does well

Martinez is even the only one who surpassed one hundred thousand euros, as the number three Jonathan Milan eventually (only?) earned 85,314 euros for his team Lidl-Trek. The strong Italian won three stages and wore the purple points jersey for a whopping eighteen days. It is actually his three second-place finishes and the Maglia Ciclamino that make the difference, as his great rival Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) barely reaches half of that amount: 45,909 euros. The Belgian occupies the fifth spot in the standings, while Geraint Thomas, with his bronze medal and eight top ten finishes, is fourth with 79,418 euros.

Antonio Tiberi (45,570 euros), Julian Alaphilippe (39,145 euros), Kaden Groves (31,376 euros), Thymen Arensman (28,949 euros), and Ben O'Connor (28,053 euros) complete the rest of the top ten, but it is notable that not a single rider from the Italian ProTour teams ranks in the top fifteen. Youngster Giulio Pellizzari just barely makes the top twenty with 14,810 euros, which includes no rider from Polti-Kometa. Escape artists Andrea Pietrobon (11,753 euros) and Mirco Maestri (10,827 euros), who specifically targeted the Intergiro classification, finish in 25th and 28th place, respectively.

1. Tadej Pogacar (414,751 euros)
2. Daniel Felipe Martinez (155,644 euros)
3. Jonathan Milan (85,314 euros)
4. Geraint Thomas (79,418 euros)
5. Tim Merlier (45,909 euros)
6. Antonio Tiberi (45,570 euros)
7. Julian Alaphilippe (€39,145)
8. Kaden Groves (31,376 euros)
9. Thymen Arensman (28,949 euros)
10. Ben O'Connor (€28,053)