Top earners 2026
Top 50 →Gross base salary, before tax and bonuses. How we label figures
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1Tadej PogačarUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 27€8.2MReported
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2Remco EvenepoelRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 26€6.6MReported
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3Jonas VingegaardVisma | Lease a Bike · 29€5MReported
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4Mathieu van der PoelAlpecin-Premier Tech · 31€4MReported
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5Primož RogličRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 36€4MReported
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6Wout van AertVisma | Lease a Bike · 31€4MReported
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7Jasper PhilipsenAlpecin-Premier Tech · 28€3.2MReported
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8Olav KooijDecathlon CMA CGM · 24€3MReported
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9Juan AyusoLidl-Trek · 23€3MReported
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10Christophe LaporteVisma | Lease a Bike · 33€2.8MModel
Transfer desk
All deals →Just signed
Every deal links to its source.
No contract for 2027
Biggest names still on the market, by 2026 points.
Primož Roglič
633 ptsRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · agent: WSP Worldsport Promotion SA
Paul Penhoët
450 ptsGroupama-FDJ United · agent: unknown
Axel Laurance
382 ptsNetcompany INEOS · agent: SEG Cycling
Alexander Kamp
360 ptsUno-X Mobility · agent: Skelde Performance
Danny van Poppel
329 ptsRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · agent: SEG Cycling
Tobias Foss
288 ptsNetcompany INEOS · agent: SEG Cycling
Teams
Wage bill against estimated budget. More than 10% of a team's points out of contract for 2027 is marked in bold.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG
€34.0M wage bill
of €60M budget0.6% at risk
Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
€32.9M wage bill
of €52M budget9.2% at risk
Visma | Lease a Bike
€30.5M wage bill
of €50M budget0.5% at risk
Lidl-Trek
€27.2M wage bill
of €45M budget1.4% at risk
Netcompany INEOS
€24.7M wage bill
of €52M budget12.7% at risk
Decathlon CMA CGM
€18.2M wage bill
of €42M budget0.5% at risk
Soudal Quick-Step
€14.2M wage bill
of €28M budget2.6% at risk
Alpecin-Premier Tech
€14.2M wage bill
of €28M budget8.6% at risk
Bahrain Victorious
€14.2M wage bill
of €28M budget2.6% at risk
XDS Astana
€14.2M wage bill
of €28M budget4.6% at risk
Movistar Team
€13.7M wage bill
of €28M budget1.1% at risk
Groupama-FDJ United
€11.9M wage bill
of €25M budget9.8% at risk
NSN Cycling Team
€11.6M wage bill
of €24M budget6.9% at risk
Jayco AlUla
€11.6M wage bill
of €24M budget7.7% at risk
Lotto Intermarché
€10.7M wage bill
of €24M budget4.0% at risk
EF Education-EasyPost
€10.4M wage bill
of €22M budget14.7% at risk
Uno-X Mobility
€9.2M wage bill
of €20M budget5.1% at risk
Picnic PostNL
€6.9M wage bill
of €20M budget16.8% at risk
Who represents them
All 32 cycling agents →Share of all 2026 WorldTour points held by each agent's riders.
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A&J All SportsSwitzerland · 47 WorldTour riders15.4%
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SEG CyclingNetherlands · 51 WorldTour riders7.7%
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THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman)Belgium · 29 WorldTour riders7.3%
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TEAMVISION sportsGermany · 28 WorldTour riders7.0%
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LC Management (Lyon Cyclisme)France · 18 WorldTour riders5.7%
Go deeper
Prize moneyYou don't get rich winning racesRiders generated €8M in prize money in 2026, 2.6% of what teams paid them. Most of it is pooled.Read →
RankingsBest value for moneyNicolas Vinokurov tops the list with 434 points per €100k of salary, ahead of Paul Seixas.Read →
ProTeamsThe second division16 ProTeams, 422 riders. Median salary €54k, against €308k in the WorldTour.Read →
HistorySix seasons of salariesThe WorldTour wage bill grew from about €176M in 2021 to €310M in 2026.Read →
WomenThe women's pelotonTeam budgets and the few salaries that have been published, each with its source.Read →
PathwayHow to turn proFrom junior to WorldTour: the steps, the ages and what each level pays.Read →
Two labels, nothing hidden
Reported figures come from the press, with the source on the rider's page. Model figures are our estimate from results, role and team budget. The method and the data are public.