Salary by season
Reported
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €4M base salary per year, as reported by Gazzetta dello Sport list via Tour-Magazin / Wielerkrant (2026-06). Source ↗ 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: €483k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Alpecin-Premier Tech WorldTour | 1230 | 6 | €97k | €4M Reported |
| 2025 | Alpecin-Deceuninck WorldTour | 1621 | 6 | €117k | €4.9M Reported |
| 2024 | Alpecin-Deceuninck WorldTour | 1612 | 4 | €87k | €4M Reported |
| 2023 | Alpecin-Deceuninck WorldTour | 1719 | 6 | €87k | €2M Reported |
| 2022 | Alpecin-Deceuninck ProTeam | 1236 | 5 | €95k | n/a |
| 2021 | Alpecin-Fenix ProTeam | 1488 | 8 | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | Alpecin-Fenix ProTeam | 1164 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Corendon-Circus ProTeam | 1332 | 10 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Corendon-Circus Continental | 436 | 6 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Beobank-Corendon Continental | 335 | 5 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Beobank-Corendon Continental | 30 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | BKCP-Powerplus Continental | 64 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | BKCP-Powerplus Continental | 99 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | Team Ciclismo Mundial 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 7 published figures for Mathieu van der Poel, with the quote each rests on →
Sources
- €4M, 2025–2028 — Gazzetta dello Sport list via Tour-Magazin / Wielerkrant, 2026-06 reported Raised from ~€2M to ~€4M gross with the Mar 2024 extension to 2028 (Wieler Revue citing Gazzetta). Cyclingnews Apr 2025 says €4.8-5M base. Canyon 10-year deal to 2034 and Red Bull sponsorship are separate, no figures Open
- Market value €2M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2028 — announced 2024-03 Open
- Agent — cyclingnews.com Open
- ~490 W / 6.3 W/kg (Paris-Roubaix 2026) — Velo (Outside), Zach Nehr, 2026-04-14 Open
- 446 W (E3 Saxo Classic 2026) — Sporza, no byline (Sporza), 2026-03-29 Open
- 446 W (E3 2026 — rider confirms the figure in pre-Roubaix interview) — Sporza, no byline (Sporza), 2026-04-09 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Mathieu van der Poel earn?
Mathieu van der Poel's base salary for 2026 is €4M a year, as reported in the press: about €333k a month or €77k 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. #4 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Mathieu van der Poel costs €3,252 per PCS point in 2026: 26 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Mathieu van der Poel's contract?
Until the end of 2028, with Alpecin-Premier Tech.
Who is Mathieu van der Poel's agent?
He is represented by his family.
What is Mathieu van der Poel's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Mathieu van der Poel's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €14.9M in base salary from 2023 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €483k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.