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Mattias
Skjelmose

Rides for Lidl-Trek

Contract to end of 2028 Agent: Kec Pro Sport Management
Illustration of Mattias Skjelmose in Lidl–Trek's 2026 team kit
Illustration · Lidl–Trek kit, 2026
Base salary 2026Model
€2.4M

Gross, before tax and bonuses · top 4% of the WorldTour
Model estimate of 22 Sep 2026 · likely range €792k–2.5M · see sources

Previous estimate: €2.6M (v0.4, until 15 Sep 2026)

Market value 2026
€2.6M
Model

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

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Contract
to 2028
Announced Dec 2025 ↗
Agent
5 WorldTour riders · Spain
Prize money generated
€52k
2.2% of salary · pooled with the team · est. share received €28k Model
Share of team wages
8.8%
of €27.2M · #4 of 30 on the team

Salary by season

2021–2026 total
€9.8M
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 second-tier leader rider for Lidl-Trek — GC leader. That job pays €792k–2.5M 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 (12 wins, 35 podiums) and his age at signing (24). Every unreported salary at Lidl-Trek is then scaled by 0.96×, because the pay bands add up to 4% 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, 9 seasons
6701

Turned pro in 2020. 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: €210k.

SeasonTeamPCS ptsWinsPrize moneySalary
2026Lidl-Trek WorldTour1575—€52k€2.4M Model
2025Lidl-Trek WorldTour11053€27k€2M Model
2024Lidl-Trek WorldTour11562€56k€2.3M Model
2023Lidl-Trek WorldTour15957€63k€2.3M Model
2022Trek-Segafredo WorldTour9192€12k€660k Model
2021Trek-Segafredo WorldTour341—n/a€133k Model
2020Trek-Segafredo WorldTour0—n/an/a
2019Team IBT-Ridley Carl Ras-Sydkysten club / junior0—n/an/a
2018Børkop Cykler-Carl Ras Roskilde Junior club / junior10—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.

Reported power

Numbers published by the press. We never measure power ourselves.

Paris-Nice 2024 stage 8Estimate
Côte de Peille (Roglič/Skjelmose group, lost 15 s)
6.08 eW/kg
Lanterne Rouge, Kārlis Ozols

All 1 published figures for Mattias Skjelmose, with the quote each rests on →

Sources

  1. —, 2027–2028 — Cyclingnews, 2025-12 contract Two-year extension to 2028 signed Dec 2025, HLN (Aug 2026) says he may still leave for 2027. No salary figure anywhere Open
  2. €2.4M, 2026 — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
  3. Market value €2.6M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
  4. Contract to 2028 — announced 2025-12 Open
  5. Agent — FirstCycling agency page
  6. 6.08 eW/kg (Paris-Nice 2024 stage 8) — Lanterne Rouge, Kārlis Ozols, 2024-03-10 Open
  7. Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling

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Top earners at Lidl-Trek

Juan Ayuso€3M Reported
Mads Pedersen€2.5M Reported
Tao Geoghegan Hart€2.5M Reported
Mattias Skjelmose€2.4M Model
All Lidl-Trek salaries →

Also with Kec Pro Sport Management

Marc Soler224 pts
All 5 riders →

FAQ

How much does Mattias Skjelmose earn?

We estimate Mattias Skjelmose's base salary for 2026 at €2.4M a year: about €198k a month or €46k a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €792k–2.5M. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.

How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page. #21 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 →

How long is Mattias Skjelmose's contract?

Until the end of 2028, with Lidl-Trek.

Who is Mattias Skjelmose's agent?

Kec Pro Sport Management (source: FirstCycling agency page).

What is Mattias Skjelmose's net worth?

There is no reliable public figure for Mattias Skjelmose's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €9.8M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €210k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.