Belgium · 28 · Sprinter · PCS rank #190

Gerben
Thijssen

Rides for Alpecin-Premier Tech

Contract to end of 2027 Agent: THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman)
Base salary 2026Model
€830k

Gross, before tax and bonuses · top 20% of the WorldTour
Model estimate of 22 Sep 2026 · likely range €398k–1.1M · see sources

Previous estimate: €443k (v0.4, until 15 Sep 2026)

Market value 2026
€834k
Model

What the same job would cost on today's results, at a team of this size.

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Contract
to 2027
Announced 6 Dec ↗
Agent
29 WorldTour riders · Belgium
Prize money generated
€4,835
0.6% of salary · pooled with the team · est. share received €3,033 Model
Share of team wages
5.8%
of €14.2M · #4 of 30 on the team

Salary by season

2021–2026 total
€2.3M
202120222023202420252026

Reported Model

Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.

How this estimate is made. In 2025, when this contract was signed, he was a key climber / super-domestique rider for Alpecin-Premier Tech — Sprinter. That job pays €398k–1.1M a year at a team of this size. Inside that range he sits at 100%, from his results in the two seasons up to 2025 (6 wins, 19 podiums) and his age at signing (27). Every unreported salary at Alpecin-Premier Tech is then scaled by 0.78×, because the pay bands add up to 28% more than the team's estimated wage bill. Salaries are set when a contract is signed and run to its end, so results since 2025 do not change this figure — they change the market value above. Measured error against the 28 reported salaries: median 25.0%. See the test · Full method · Why the number sticks.

Career

PCS points, 10 seasons
2649

Turned pro in 2019. 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: €46k.

SeasonTeamPCS ptsWinsPrize moneySalary
2026Alpecin-Premier Tech WorldTour327—€4,835€830k Model
2025Intermarché-Wanty WorldTour205—€1,745€283k Model
2024Intermarché-Wanty WorldTour6392€14k€494k Model
2023Intermarché-Circus-Wanty WorldTour7634€13k€440k Model
2022Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux WorldTour4683€13k€178k Model
2021Lotto Soudal WorldTour109—n/a€94k Model
2020Lotto Soudal WorldTour128—n/an/a
2019Lotto Soudal WorldTour10—n/an/a
2018Lotto-Soudal U23 club / junior0—n/an/a
2017Lotto-Soudal U23 club / junior0—n/an/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.

Sources

  1. €830k, 2026 — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
  2. Market value €834k — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
  3. Contract to 2027 — announced 2025-12-06 Open
  4. Agent — FirstCycling agency page
  5. Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling

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Top earners at Alpecin-Premier Tech

Mathieu van der Poel€4M Reported
Jasper Philipsen€3.2M Reported
Kaden Groves€1.5M Press estimate
Gerben Thijssen€830k Model
All Alpecin-Premier Tech salaries →

Also with THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman)

All 29 riders →

FAQ

How much does Gerben Thijssen earn?

We estimate Gerben Thijssen's base salary for 2026 at €830k a year: about €69k a month or €16k a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €398k–1.1M. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.

How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.

How long is Gerben Thijssen's contract?

Until the end of 2027, with Alpecin-Premier Tech.

Who is Gerben Thijssen's agent?

THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) (source: FirstCycling agency page).

What is Gerben Thijssen's net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for Gerben Thijssen's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €2.3M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €46k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.