Cycling
2026 Tour De France Riders’ Salaries: Where is Oscar Onley on the list?
The Tour de France 2026 gets underway on 4th July, and while the eyes of the cycling world are fixed on the mountain stages and time trials, William Hill News are here to give you the breakdown of how much the world best cyclist are earning.
From Tadej Pogacar’s staggering wages to the minimum-salary riders who make up the peloton, professional cycling’s pay gap is wide-open. So, how much do the top dogs earn, and where does British hope Oscar Onley fit in?
The man at the top
Tadej Pogacar, the four-time Tour de France champion remains the highest-earning cyclist in the world in 2026. The Slovenian machine earns around €8 million per year under contract with his team, UAE Team Emirates-XRG, with performance bonuses capable of pushing his total earnings significantly higher. At the top of the list, Pogacar earns more in a fortnight that most World Tour riders do in a full season.
Behind Pogacar, Remco Evenepoel follows in second after his transfer to Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe, earning €6.6 million per year. While two-time Tour de France winner Jonas Vingergaard Hansen rounds out the top three, taking home €5 million a year with Team Visma-Lease a bike.
Where does Oscar Onley sit?
23-year-old Brit arrives at INEOS Grenadiers as one of the most talked-about riders in the peloton and his new salary is certainly a reflection of his talent and potential. A move from Picnic-postNL ahead of the 2026 season came with a base salary of around €1.6 million per year on a four-year deal, with the included performance bonuses potentially pushing that package above the €2.2 million mark.
His deal makes him the second highest paid British rider in the peloton after Tom Pidcock, and comfortably the biggest single investment INEOS have made in a GC rider since they locked down Egan Bernal in 2019.
A career on the rise
Born in London but raised in Kelso in the Scottish Borders, Onley joined INEOS in January 2026 after spending his entire professional career at Team Picnic-PostNL, where he signed as a 20-year-old in 2023. The big breakthrough came in the summer of 2025, when he placed fourth at the Tour de France, finishing 12 minutes and 12 seconds behind winner Tadej Pogacar.
That result earned the attention of the biggest teams in the sport, and the buyout Ineos Grenadiers paid to release him from his Picnic-PostNL contract is reported to be among the most expensive in cycling history.
A gutting setback
Unfortunately, Onley won’t be lining up in Barcelona on 4th July. He injured his shoulder in a crash during the sixth stage of the recent Tour Auvergne-Rhone-Alpes earlier this month. However, at just 23, Onley is only just getting started and he’ll be ready to hit the ground running again next year, backed by a salary that already puts him among cycling’s elite, and one could look like a bargain by the time his contract expires.
