New Zealand · 35 · GC rider · PCS rank 265
Aaron Gate
€246k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
256
career 2307 · 104.1 pts per €100k (above the WT median)
Contract
Under contract
until end of 2027 (PCS)
Team wage bill
€12.5M
XDS Astana · budget est. €25M · this rider ≈ 2.0% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. XDS Astana's riders' wage pool is €11.2M (budget €25M × 45%). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score (0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15) with an age factor of 0.9 for age 35; half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €90k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.
Gate in context
XDS Astana — top earners
- Christian Scaroni€1.7M Model
- Guillermo Thomas Silva€930k Model
- Max Kanter€855k Model
- Harold Tejada€771k Model
- Diego Ulissi€712k Model
- Aaron Gate (#18 of 31)€246k
Similar salary band
- Nils Eekhoff Picnic PostNL€252k · 85 pts
- Clément Russo Groupama-FDJ United€252k · 195 pts
- Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek€249k · 89 pts
- Alessandro Borgo Bahrain Victorious€245k · 243 pts
- Ben Swift INEOS Grenadiers€244k · 75 pts
- Casper van Uden Picnic PostNL€241k · 80 pts
Snapshot 9 September 2026. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.