While some vehemently point to the enormous endowment gap between the Tour de France and her female counterpart, Marion Rousse calls for reason.
Tadej Pogacar once again panicked the counters on the occasion of the Tour de France. Four stage victories and more than four minutes ahead of his closest prosecutor: the Slovenian waited as long awaited the race.
The leader of the UAE-Emirates team also blew up the bank. Unsurprisingly, he was the best paid runner of this 112nd edition of the Tour with no less than € 628,030 in accumulated earnings. By bringing the yellow jersey back to the Champs-Elysées, the world champion received 500,000 euros. The sum is enough to make the participants of the female tour dream.
The winner of the Tour de France women will indeed have to be satisfied with a check for 50,000 euros and this difference in treatment goes badly with some. But for Marion Rousse, this big gap is logical. “You have to realize that female cycling, still 4 years ago, it was nonexistent”, She said to Clapping Media.
“You have to compare what is comparable”
“There was no salary. The girls were professional but they had to go to work in the afternoon to earn a salary ”She continued, satisfying herself with the implementation of a minimum wage for runners: “I think it was the most important, to be able to live from your passion rather than stop at bonuses that do not make our salary at all.”
And for the star consultant of France Télévisions, the comparison between Deus Tours does not have to be. “We took the race Tour de France men which lasts 3 weeks with the Tour de France women which lasts 9 days of racing. Obviously we have to compare what is comparable ”she launched, taking care to add: “When we compare the price grid, the Tour de France women is higher than the price made for men on the same time of racing.”
