Contract
Until the end of 2027, with Cofidis.
Current contract: extension, announced 9 September 2025 · Source ↗
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 €8.7M (budget €22M × 40%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €112k 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 2015. 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: €38k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Cofidis ProTeam | 188 | — | €2,438 | €252k Model |
| 2025 | Cofidis WorldTour | 366 | — | €9,182 | €360k Model |
| 2024 | Cofidis WorldTour | 136 | 1 | €14k | €164k Model |
| 2023 | Cofidis WorldTour | 103 | 1 | €5,300 | €116k Model |
| 2022 | Cofidis WorldTour | 736 | 4 | €7,065 | €618k Model |
| 2021 | Groupama-FDJ WorldTour | 124 | 1 | n/a | €125k Model |
| 2020 | Groupama-FDJ WorldTour | 62 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Groupama-FDJ WorldTour | 88 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Groupama-FDJ WorldTour | 61 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre Continental | 372 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre Continental | 14 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Equipe Cycliste Armée de Terre Continental | 0 | — | n/a | 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
Benjamin Thomas has earned an estimated €1.7M from salary and prize money since 2021 (€1.6M salary, €38k 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 6 salary seasons are model estimates. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Hugo Page Cofidis · €253k Model
- Clément Izquierdo Cofidis · €242k Model
- Emanuel Buchmann Cofidis · €217k Model
- Jenthe Biermans Cofidis · €294k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Timo de Jong Picnic PostNL · €252k Model
- Kelland O'Brien Jayco AlUla · €252k Model
- Mark Donovan Pinarello Q36.5 · €252k Model
- Anton Kuzmin XDS Astana · €253k Model
Other riders from France
- Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United · €250k Model
- Bastien Tronchon Groupama-FDJ United · €257k Model
- Tom Donnenwirth Groupama-FDJ United · €244k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2027
- Gijs Leemreize Picnic PostNL · €252k Model
- Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto Intermarché · €253k Model
- Dillon Corkery Picnic PostNL · €254k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €3,600 (70 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €22 (11,444 km)
- Per PCS point
- €1,340 (188 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 1.0%
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
- €252k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2027 — announced 2025-09-09 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Also with Clement Gourdin
FAQ
How much does Benjamin Thomas earn?
We estimate Benjamin Thomas's base salary for 2026 at €252k a year: about €21k a month or €4,846 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €189k–315k. 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 Benjamin Thomas under contract?
Until the end of 2027, with Cofidis.
Who is Benjamin Thomas's agent?
Clement Gourdin (source: FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data).
What is Benjamin Thomas's net worth?
Benjamin Thomas has earned an estimated €1.7M from salary and prize money since 2021 (€1.6M salary, €38k 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.