Overall winner UAE Team Emirates - XRG team's Slovenian rider Tadej Pogacar (C) wearing the overall leader's yellow jersey, second-placed Team Visma - Lease a bike team's Danish rider Jonas Vingegaard (L), and third-placed Red Bull - BORA - hansgrohe team's German rider Florian Lipowitz (R) celebrate on the podium after the 21st and final stage of the 112th edition of the Tour de France cycling race, 132.3 km between Mantes-la-Ville and Paris Champs-Ãlysees, on July 27, 2025. (Photo by Loic VENANCE / AFP).
The Tour de France had far higher stakes than just prize money in 2025, with the race representing the most lucrative event of the year in terms of the UCI points that are critical for teams if they want to be in the WorldTour next year.
Only the top 18 teams will be allowed to earn WorldTour licenses after the UCI instituted a promotion/relegation system in 2019 that factors in team ranking totals over three years as a 'sporting criteria'.
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