Contract
Until the end of 2027, with Polti VisitMalta.
End year from ProCyclingStats; no announcement on record.
Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
How this estimate is made. Team wage pool €1.8M (budget €5M × 36%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €30k for this rider. Measured error against the 28 reported salaries: median 25.0%. See the test · Full method · Why the number sticks.
Career
Turned pro in 2026. Points and wins per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (from 2022) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €2,400.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Polti VisitMalta ProTeam | 23 | — | €2,400 | €32k Model |
| 2025 | Extremadura-Pebetero club / junior | 0 | — | €0 | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates cover WorldTeam seasons from 2021 (season model v0.1 — that year's budgets, reported salaries and rosters; wider error than 2026, see Salaries by season). ProTeam seasons before 2026 are not modelled.
Net worth and career earnings
Adrián Benito has earned an estimated €34k from salary and prize money since 2026 (€32k salary, €2,400 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included.
Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it. All 1 salary seasons are model estimates. The salary count starts in 2026, his first season at WorldTour or ProTeam level that we model. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Rising 2026: results against ranked riders
He is one of the U23 riders in Rising: counts, not a score, every result linked to ProCyclingStats or uci.org.
Strength of results 2026
2026 so far: 3 top-20 finishes from 54 starts. In those results he finished ahead of 5 different riders from the UCI top 200 (5 times in total), 2 of them from the top 50.
| Terrain | Top 20 | Ahead of top 50 | Ahead of top 200 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hilly | 3 | 2 | 5 |
Results only. Young riders on WorldTeams and ProTeams often race for a leader, so their results can understate their level.
Big U23 races and overall classifications
No top-10 at the big U23 races in 2026. Different proven riders he finished ahead of: 12.
Notable moments
Top-20 finishes, newest first. Every line links to the result on ProCyclingStats or uci.org.
- 18th at Tour of Istanbul stage 1 2.1 · Hilly · field 463 September 2026 · result ↗
Ranked riders in the top 20
Ahead of him
- #137Giovanni Lonardi
- #271Marcin Budziński
- #40Emilien Jeannière
- #353Mirco Maestri
Behind him (beaten)
No ranked riders
- 2nd at Tour de Hongrie stage 4 2.Pro · Hilly · field 153
ahead of Luke Plapp (UCI #80) and 2 other top-200 riders
beaten only by top-200 riders16 May 2026 · result ↗Ranked riders in the top 20
Ahead of him
- #195Jakob Söderqvist
Behind him (beaten)
- #80Luke Plapp
- #136Junior Lecerf
- #237Benoît Cosnefroy
- #250Alessandro Fancellu
- #425Adrià Pericas
- #269Jakob Omrzel
- #461Attila Valter
- #97Mike Teunissen
- 13th at Tour of the Alps stage 1 2.Pro · Hilly · field 248
ahead of Derek Gee-West (UCI #38) and 1 other top-200 rider20 April 2026 · result ↗Ranked riders in the top 20
Ahead of him
- #7Tom Pidcock
- #246Florian Stork
- #220Felix Engelhardt
- #330Aleksandr Vlasov
Behind him (beaten)
- #38Derek Gee-West
- #269Jakob Omrzel
- #42Thymen Arensman
- #203Matteo Sobrero
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Tommaso Bessega Polti VisitMalta · €32k Model
- Dario Giuliano Polti VisitMalta · €32k Model
- Santiago Basso Polti VisitMalta · €32k Model
- Gabriele Raccagni Polti VisitMalta · €37k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Lorenzo Masciarelli MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €32k Model
- Mattia Stenico Bardiani-CSF-7 Saber · €33k Model
- Yago Aguirre Euskaltel-Euskadi · €33k Model
- Hugo de la Calle Burgos-Burpellet BH · €34k Model
Other riders from Spain
- Ander Otegi Euskaltel-Euskadi · €33k Model
- Hodei Muñoz Euskaltel-Euskadi · €33k Model
- Kepa Ormazabal Euskaltel-Euskadi · €33k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2027
- Edoardo Cipollini MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €32k Model
- Márk Valent MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €32k Model
- Lorenzo Nespoli MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €32k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €696 (46 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €5 (6,351 km)
- Per PCS point
- €1,391 (23 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 7.5%
The 2026 base salary (Model) divided by the season's numbers. Race days, kilometres and wins to 12 September 2026; points as above. Method · Per race day ranking · Per point · Per win
Sources
- €32k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2027 — ProCyclingStats, 22 September 2026 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
Something wrong? Correct this data
FAQ
How much does Adrián Benito earn?
We estimate Adrián Benito's base salary for 2026 at €32k a year: about €2,667 a month or €615 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €24k–40k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
Until when is Adrián Benito under contract?
Until the end of 2027, with Polti VisitMalta.
Who is Adrián Benito's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Adrián Benito's net worth?
Adrián Benito has earned an estimated €34k from salary and prize money since 2026 (€32k salary, €2,400 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included. Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it.