From the Cathedral of Burgos to the Plaza del Obradoiro in Santiago de Compostela in 21 stages. That was the route that elevated Primoz Roglic as the winner of the Vuelta a España 2021 for the third time in his career. The 31-year-old Slovenian wins a prize of 150,000 euros for his victory. The second classified, Enric Mas, pocketed 57,975 euros and the third, Jack Haig, 30,000 euros.
Following the order of the top ten finishers, are Adam Yates (15,000), Gino Mader (12,500), Egan Bernal (9,000), David de la Cruz (9,000), Sepp Kuss (6,000), Guillaume Martin (6,000) and Felix Grobschartner (3,800). For the stage winner, the prize is 11,000 euros for wins, so Roglic adds 44,000 euros more thanks to his four victories. In that section, Fabio Jakobsen and Magnus Cort-Nielsen also add 33,000 euros.
The team classification, which was won by Baharin, has an economic prize of 12,500 euros, for the 11,000 of the green jersey of the points, which was for Fabio Jakobsen, and the also 11,000 for the best young man, which was for Gino Mader. For the conqueror of the Mountain, the Australian Michael Storer, the economic amount is of 13,000 euros. Total, The Vuelta distributed more than one million euros (€ 1,115,825) during the 21 days of competition.