Contract
His contract with Tudor Pro Cycling ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: extension, announced 2 July 2024 · 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 €10.12M (budget €25M × 40%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €80k 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 2017. 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: €1,680.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 22 | — | €95 | €80k Model |
| 2025 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 18 | — | €200 | n/a |
| 2024 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 40 | — | €290 | n/a |
| 2023 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 18 | — | €0 | n/a |
| 2022 | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB ProTeam | 157 | — | €1,095 | n/a |
| 2021 | Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB ProTeam | 81 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | Bingoal-Wallonie Bruxelles ProTeam | 17 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Wallonie-Bruxelles ProTeam | 2 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Leopard Pro Cycling Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Leopard Pro Cycling 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
Luc Wirtgen has earned an estimated €82k from salary and prize money since 2022 (€80k salary, €1,680 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 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Fabian Lienhard Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Hannes Wilksch Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Sergio Samitier Cofidis · €80k Model
- Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €80k Model
- Jordi López Euskaltel-Euskadi · €80k Model
- Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets · €80k Model
Other riders from Luxembourg
- Mats Wenzel Kern Pharma · €78k Model
- Alex Kirsch Cofidis · €83k Model
- Mathieu Kockelmann Lotto Intermarché · €253k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Damien Touzé Cofidis · €80k Model
- Ward Vanhoof Flanders-Baloise · €79k Model
- Florian Dauphin TotalEnergies · €78k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €2,857 (28 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €22 (3,671 km)
- Per PCS point
- €3,636 (22 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 0.1%
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
- €80k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2024-07-02 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Luc Wirtgen earn?
We estimate Luc Wirtgen's base salary for 2026 at €80k a year: about €6,667 a month or €1,538 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €60k–100k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
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Until when is Luc Wirtgen under contract?
His contract with Tudor Pro Cycling ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Luc Wirtgen's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Luc Wirtgen's net worth?
Luc Wirtgen has earned an estimated €82k from salary and prize money since 2022 (€80k salary, €1,680 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.