Contract
Until the end of 2029, with Tudor Pro Cycling.
Current contract: extension, announced 30 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 €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 2018. 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: €20k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 64 | — | €1,745 | €80k Model |
| 2025 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 156 | — | €9,624 | n/a |
| 2024 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 150 | 1 | €6,385 | n/a |
| 2023 | Tudor Pro Cycling ProTeam | 120 | — | €2,095 | n/a |
| 2022 | VolkerWessels Cycling Team Continental | 10 | — | €0 | n/a |
| 2021 | SEG Racing Academy Continental | 3 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | SEG Racing Academy Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Hagens Berman Axeon ProTeam | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Hagens Berman Axeon ProTeam | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | — club / junior | 12 | — | 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
Maikel Zijlaard has earned an estimated €100k from salary and prize money since 2023 (€80k salary, €20k 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
- Will Barta Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Hannes Wilksch Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Fabian Lienhard Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Arthur Kluckers Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Sergio Samitier Cofidis · €80k Model
- Jordi López Euskaltel-Euskadi · €80k Model
- Niklas Larsen Unibet Rose Rockets · €80k Model
- Abel Balderstone Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €80k Model
Other riders from Netherlands
- Jan Maas Cofidis · €80k Model
- Milan Vader Pinarello Q36.5 · €74k Model
- Jelle Johannink Unibet Rose Rockets · €74k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2029
- Tim Rex Visma | Lease a Bike · €117k Model
- Emil Herzog Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · €127k Model
- Iván Cobo Kern Pharma · €144k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €2,500 (32 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €18 (4,531 km)
- Per PCS point
- €1,250 (64 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 2.2%
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 2029 — announced 2025-09-30 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Maikel Zijlaard earn?
We estimate Maikel Zijlaard'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.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
Until when is Maikel Zijlaard under contract?
Until the end of 2029, with Tudor Pro Cycling.
Who is Maikel Zijlaard's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Maikel Zijlaard's net worth?
Maikel Zijlaard has earned an estimated €100k from salary and prize money since 2023 (€80k salary, €20k 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.