Glossary. 1  Duration: A measure of the sensitivity of the price of a bond to a change in interest rates. 2  Maturity: The number of years left until a bond repays its principal to investors. 3  Yield: The income return or interest received from a bond.  Coupon: The interest payments a bondholder receives until the bond matures.
The overall winner of the Tour de France 2016 will receive â¬500,000; second place takes home â¬200,000 and third place gets â¬100,000. Prize money is scaled down and awarded out to last place. The cyclists ranked 91st through to last place and who finish the race receive â¬1,000.
While it may be considered one of the toughest endurance events an athlete can take part in, the Tour de France falls well short of other major sporting events when it comes to prize money. When Andy Murray won the men's singles at Wimbledon earlier this month, he pocketed Â£2 million for just 15 hours and 52 minutes play, or around Â£125,000 an hour.