Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €2.5M base salary per year, as reported by Gazzetta Jan 2026 (€2.3–2.8M). Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model.
Career
Turned pro in 2014. 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: €611k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 1121 | 1 | €88k | €2.5M Reported |
| 2025 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 2073 | 14 | €217k | €2.8M Reported |
| 2024 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 1467 | 12 | €62k | €3M Model |
| 2023 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 1984 | 7 | €124k | €3.1M Model |
| 2022 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 1412 | 9 | €121k | €1.4M Model |
| 2021 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 645 | 3 | n/a | €393k Model |
| 2020 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 775 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 534 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 642 | 4 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 404 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Stölting Service Group ProTeam | 109 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Cult Energy Pro Cycling ProTeam | 94 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | Cult Energy Vital Water Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | Team Roskilde Junior club / junior | 6 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | Team Roskilde Junior club / junior | 8 | — | 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.
Reported power
Numbers published by the press. We never measure power ourselves.
All 3 published figures for Mads Pedersen, with the quote each rests on →
Sources
- €2.8M, 2025–2029 — Cyclingnews rich list, 2025-04 reported €2.8M base on the deal signed summer 2022, Gazzetta 2026 list €2.5M. Career-long extension May 2025, retires end 2029, no figure Open
- Market value €3.3M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2029 — announced 2025-05 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page
- ~430 W / 5.7 W/kg (Tour de France 2026 stage 4) — FasCat Coaching Open
- ~1,350 W / ~18 W/kg (Tour de France 2026 stage 4 Carcassonne-Foix) — FasCat Coaching Open
- 750 W (Paris-Roubaix 2026) — CyclingUpToDate, Rúben Silva, 2026-06-28 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Top earners at Lidl-Trek
Also with Corso Sports Marketing
FAQ
How much does Mads Pedersen earn?
Mads Pedersen's base salary for 2026 is €2.5M a year, as reported in the press: about €208k a month or €48k a week, before tax. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page. #15 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Mads Pedersen costs €2,230 per PCS point in 2026: 17 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Mads Pedersen's contract?
Until the end of 2029, with Lidl-Trek.
Who is Mads Pedersen's agent?
Corso Sports Marketing (source: FirstCycling agency page).
What is Mads Pedersen's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Mads Pedersen's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €13.1M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €611k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.