Pro cyclists from Germany: salaries and contracts 2026
35 riders from Germany are on a WorldTour or ProTeam roster in 2026: 27 on WorldTeams, 8 on ProTeams. The highest salary is Florian Lipowitz's, €2.1M Model. 4 have no contract for 2027 announced; 16 are under contract to the end of 2027.
Salary: gross base salary, before tax. Reported when the press published it, Model when it is our estimate.
Women's WorldTour riders from Germany
We publish no salary estimates for women: only the few figures a rider or team has made public, on the team pages.
| Rider | Team | Contract to | Age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antonia Niedermaier | Canyon-SRAM | — | 23 |
| Franziska Koch | FDJ United-Suez | — | 26 |
| Justyna Czapla | Canyon-SRAM | — | 22 |
| Liane Lippert | Movistar Team | — | 28 |
| Linda Riedmann | Visma-Lease a Bike | — | 23 |
| Ricarda Bauernfeind | Canyon-SRAM | — | 26 |
| Romy Kasper | Human Powered Health | — | 38 |
| Rosa Maria Klöser | Canyon-SRAM | — | 30 |
Young riders from Germany (U23)
U23 riders with a page in Rising: results against UCI-ranked riders, no salary.
Bruno Kessler · Eike Behrens · Emil Herzog · Jermaine Zemke · Max Bock · Oscar Schempp · Paul Fietzke · Tobias Müller
Their teams
Alpecin-Premier Tech · Bahrain Victorious · Cofidis · EF Education-EasyPost · Jayco AlUla · Lidl-Trek · Lotto Intermarché · Movistar Team · NSN Cycling Team · Netcompany INEOS · Picnic PostNL · Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · Soudal Quick-Step · Tudor Pro Cycling · UAE Team Emirates-XRG · Unibet Rose Rockets · Visma | Lease a Bike · XDS Astana