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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Second Answer: BMX riders typically earn from $50,000+ depending on the rank of
that particular rider, according to statistics. it is not a usual job or career, but if you
work hard it will pull you through.
Tony Hawk- I was for 5 years being a bmx rider it was fun but hard.I started earning about 50,000 for 2 in a half years for the other 2 in a half i started earning about 152,000 thousand a year.Ill give you some advise.Start off by being a sponsored bmx rider, then move higher into a pro after youll start to make millions.
250k+
not sovled yet
not to much really it depends on how high ranked he is and how much sponsors he has
It usually depends on how successful you are and hOw far you make it. But it usually ranges from about 100,000 a year to maybe even 1,500,000 it all depends on how far you make it
The snarky answer is "as much as they can" the truthful answer is it depends on a lot of factors.