Great Britain · 38 · Sprinter · PCS rank 677
Ben Swift
€244k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
75
career 4896 · 30.7 pts per €100k (below the WT median)
Contract
Retiring end 2026
until end of 2026 (PCS) · Retires after 18 seasons; final race Paris-Tours.
Team wage bill
€22.6M
INEOS Grenadiers · budget est. €52M · this rider ≈ 1.1% 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 0.8 for age 38; 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%.
Swift 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
- Ben Swift (#22 of 28)€244k
Similar salary band
- Sam Oomen Lidl-Trek€249k · 89 pts
- Aaron Gate XDS Astana€246k · 256 pts
- Alessandro Borgo Bahrain Victorious€245k · 243 pts
- Casper van Uden Picnic PostNL€241k · 80 pts
- Alessandro Covi Jayco AlUla€239k · 121 pts
- Florian Sénéchal Alpecin-Premier Tech€238k · 64 pts
Snapshot 9 September 2026. Contract source: cyclingnews.com. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.