HIGHEST Tour de France Salaries. How Do They Compare? | GCN Show Ep. 601

How much are Tour de France riders earning in 2024? And how does that compare to other athletes, in general? Dan & Conor dive in. Some of the figures are staggering!

Plus, they discuss the fans ruining cycling, the best climbing performance of ALL TIME, the start of the Transcontinental, and how you can get the chance to get one of two pro contracts up for grabs!

00:00 Welcome to the GCN Show!
00:35 Tour de France sprint finish crashes
00:46 Lebron James partners with Canyon!
01:05 Is Pogačar the highest paid cyclist?
02:41 How do his earnings compare to other athletes?
04:18 How are other cyclists paid?
05:43 How well are female cyclists paid?
07:05 Documentary comments & GCN memberships 🎉
08:01 Cycling Shorts
08:06 That Fan...
08:53 The Tour de France has been full gas!
10:17 Start of the Transcontinental
11:15 Sisters defy the Taliban competing in cycling at the Olympics
12:29 Swytch Kit Competition Winners #AD 🤝 In cooperation with @Swytchbike
12:59 Zwift Academy #AD 🤝 In collaboration with @Zwift
13:43 Strava's new family plan option
14:20 Canyon’s Tempr CFR Road Shoes #AD 🤝 In collaboration with @CanyonBicycles
15:00 Orbea’s new ebike #AD In collaboration with @orbea
15:33 Our limited edition jerseys! 🛒
16:44 Hack/Bodge Of the Week
22:28 Caption Competition
24:28 Comment Of The Week
28:06 This Week On GCN

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[gcn]

Did any of these salaries surprise you? 💸

[miketheanimal]

Mike here! I'm not riding this bike a lot. It holds up just fine in the city, ocasional curb didn't hurt it 😊
I know it's not so great idea, but if it fails I'll just build another one! It's great fun for long evenings 😂
No hard feelings for "bodge"
I think this wheels look sick!

P.S. the animal is my last name 😂 I just spared you trying to read "zwierz" (whitch is animal in Polish)

Edit: Everyone please just listen to the experts and have proper wheels for your safety. All the best!

[sydsalmon]

No surprise. Two words: *TV Revenue*

NFL: $7.2b
MLB: $1.5b
NBA: $2.6b
NHL: $600m
MSL: $90m
CFL: $40m
🚴: $??

Sponsorship and endorsement revenue are highly correlated with TV Revenue.

[trothaksharkpuncher]

We had a big storm yesterday, which I rode home from work in. Your tip about shoe drying reminded me that my shoes were still soaking downstairs. Thanks!

[TalkToMeGooose]

Since salaries are based on sponsorship money, then the entry of Red Bull and XDS is a good sign for the cyclists. The bigger name sponsors entering the sport would mean cyclists would be paid more down the line.

[PeanutEOD]

They get paid? I ride my bike so I can eat tacos and stay in the Army.

[supernicebob]

Caption: "Hey, Jonas, if we just keep our arms like this then he won't get far ahead!"

[brianwessner]

About Strava Family Plan...if you're currently a subscriber, you have to cancel your subscription, go to free status, before starting the family plan before your next subscription payment is made. So timing is critical to avoid losing subscriber benefits while waiting for your anniversary to show up. Strange marketing strategy...

[Aussie_stu]

With his hair brushed like that, it looks like Conor is going to have his school photo taken

[richardharris]

#CaptionComp: Jonas, you guys can't do 'rock paper scissors' for the yellow jersey.

[siberianfastfood]

Caption: Deal, Biniam. You kiss Pogacar, I pay the 200.

[adamweb]

My buddy once draped all his rain soaked gear over our hotel room AC trying to dry it off faster... the water shorted out the AC in the middle of the night and it was so hot we just had to lay there sweating till the AC dried enough to work the next day 😂

[JasonOFlaherty]

Caption:
Jonas: Mountain!
Biniam: Speed!
Tadej: Why not both?

[grobson]

#captioncompetition Pogacar; “This Spotty-Green energy connection makes my hair stand on end.”

[tomasreci]

Absolutely love the new and sharp 4k video for GCN!🎉❤

[baileybeyer]

Caption: (JV to Biniam) Make sure you get a bite of crisps on this stage!

[karendunne]

Caption for picture of Jonas and Biniam fist bump: "Wonder Twin powers, activate!"

[askmeaboutmattweiner]

GCN, please tell us that youre doing the Zwift Academy videos again. Last year's coverage was awful and I missed you guys.

[dimrub]

I loved your calculation of Pogi's daily salary, but hey, he's paid not to sit in the office, but to ride his bike. You see where I'm going with it, right? According to Strava, he has ridden 11865 km in 2023, spending 314 hours in the saddle. Let's assume for a moment that all his rides were recorded, and that his average cadence across all rides is, say, 80 rpm (assuming some freewheeling is involved). This means he has performed 314x60x80=1695600 crank revolutions, earning almost 4 euros per crank revolution.

[heelgrasper]

Hope you"ll crunch some numbers on tdf stats for the next show. As far as I know Jonas and Tadej have now finished 1 and 2 on a record 12 tdf stages. Previous record 9 stages back in 1929-31 I think. And finishing 1 and 2 in the GC four times should be a new record. Might even be some sort of record in Jonas, Tadej and Remco finishing in the top 3 on 4 stages in this Tour but I can't find any numbers to support that