United States · 22 · Classics · PCS rank 243
Artem Shmidt
€352k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
277
career 369 · 78.7 pts per €100k (around the WT median)
Contract
No contract for 2027
until end of 2026 (PCS)
Team wage bill
€22.6M
INEOS Grenadiers · budget est. €52M · this rider ≈ 1.6% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. INEOS Grenadiers's riders' wage pool is €23.4M (budget €52M × 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 0.75 for age 22; 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: €40k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.
Shmidt in context
INEOS Grenadiers — top earners
- Egan Bernal€2.5M Reported
- Carlos Rodríguez€2.5M Reported
- Filippo Ganna€2M Reported
- Thymen Arensman€1.9M Model
- Dorian Godon€1.7M Model
- Artem Shmidt (#19 of 28)€352k
258 Protege — other clients
- Finn Fisher-Black Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe481 pts
- Andrew August INEOS Grenadiers433 pts
- Joshua Tarling INEOS Grenadiers311 pts
6 WorldTour riders · 1.2% of all points · Agency page →
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- Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost€353k · 244 pts
- Clément Braz Afonso Groupama-FDJ United€353k · 291 pts
- Bob Jungels INEOS Grenadiers€350k · 35 pts
- Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana€349k · 262 pts
- Davide Ballerini XDS Astana€348k · 256 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.