Demi full ring can handle despair. The Dutch Rider lost last year’s Tour de French women from Poland’s Cassia NiwaDoma-Finni, before the tour de France was fixed by such a close margin. But the 2023 tour winner is upset with a big issue, ie inequality.
Women cycling by prize-money gap
In general, female professional cyclists earn much less than their male counterparts.
In Spring Classic Milan-Sanmo, Walling stated that the prize money “only 11%for men represented” a huge difference “, and it is very disappointing.
This difference is present in Tour de France. The male winner receives € 500,000 ($ 586,000) in prize money, while the female winner only receives € 50,000. When asked about this, the director of Tour de France Fames reacted defensive.
“The prize money question has been with me since the first version of Tour de France, and to be honest, it’s a bit annoying,” Marion Roussees told DW, and to be honest. “
“This is difficult to compare a race with a 21 -day racing and with a nine days,” he argued, sponsoring and TV money, pointing to additional revenue, generated from the race of the stage for a long time.
“If you compare Tour Day France Women With the race of a uniform length men, it looks different: the prize money for women’s visit is more than men, compared to the Paris-neuse or criteria du doufin. ,
This is really; The winners and criteria of Paris-NIS receive € 16,000 to Du Dupahin.
Heavy gaps between top earners
Inequality is particularly clear in salary, as male cyclists can earn significantly more than female cycle drivers. According to the information from the website CyclingnewsThe top earner has a significant difference between women and men alone.
The three highest -grossing male Tades Pogkar (€ 8.2 million), REMCO Anapel (€ 5 million) and Matthew Van Der Pil (€ 5 million) are the three highest -grossing men. In women’s cycling, the top three Demi Volling (just more than € 900,000), Lotte Copyki (€ 900,000) and Elisa Longo-Bergini (just € 800,000). However, the salary of top women riders has clearly raised significantly significantly.
The women of Tour D France have become longer – for the first time, extending for nine days instead of eight. It is still a point of criticism for many people, at least 21 stels of men’s tour.
Russia, however, sees a day’s expansion as “a strong message for women’s cycling”.
“Our race is still very small; this is only this found version. But you can already see development; the tour is getting harder,” Rousse said.
The presence of media has always been for important financial factor, and makes TV and streaming advertising for the atmosphere. High ratings and social media reach access revenue and make the event attractive to other sponsors.
While both women and men’s tourism are broadcast in 190 countries, a close view reveals significant differences. French television suggests that Tour Days live on television for about 20 hours, but 100 hours of men’s race are good. This is not only long for the race, but also for the fact that Tour de France is broadcast in its entirety, while Tour de France is not a broadcast of women.
‘on the right track’
But Tour Day France women are catching in terms of rating. While the male tour de France in the host country reaches the 6.3 million peak audience, the women’s race reached 3.5 million spectators for dramatic closing in 2024. Therefore, interest from host cities and towns along the route is quite important.
“Now we receive applications in 90% of cases of cities that apply for both races in the same letter: Men and women seizures,” Rousse said. “This is a change that is happening; we are really on the right path.”
Another important step for the development of women cycling was the introduction of minimum wages. In the top league (World Tour), female cyclists should receive at least € 38,000 through the year, while new professionals receive under the bus. Here, the difference for men is small, for new professionals with minimal wages, € 42,000 and € 34,000 for new professionals.
‘We have to fight’
For Rousse, it is all a matter of perspective. When she retires from professional cycling a decade ago, she did not earn anything from the game; It was purely amateur.
“Next, we change the back of trucks; we did not have the bus for him. We did not sleep in schools, barracks or fire stations, not in hotels,” he remembered.
Tour de France thanks to women, women cycling “is the light year away from the game I did once.” Nevertheless, one thing is clear. “We have to keep fighting. It will take some more years for women’s cycling to develop financial. But we will do it.”
This article was original in German.
Edited by: Jonathan Harding
