Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
Reported figure. €2M base salary per year, as reported by Cyclingnews rich list (2025-04). 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 2021. 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: €69k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe WorldTour | 294 | 1 | €7,450 | €2M Reported |
| 2025 | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe WorldTour | 374 | 2 | €5,000 | €2M Reported |
| 2024 | Lotto Dstny ProTeam | 1179 | 3 | €35k | n/a |
| 2023 | Lotto Dstny ProTeam | 667 | — | €19k | n/a |
| 2022 | Lotto Soudal WorldTour | 317 | 2 | €2,490 | €280k Model |
| 2021 | Lotto Soudal WorldTour | 135 | — | n/a | €113k Model |
| 2019 | Lotto-Soudal U23 club / junior | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Lotto-Soudal U23 club / junior | 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.
Sources
- €2M, 2025–2027 — Cyclingnews rich list, 2025-04 reported (single source) €2M at Red Bull from 2025. Left Lotto Dstny a year early, HLN said he owed Lotto €1-1.2M of remaining wages, settlement undisclosed (Nov 2024) Open
- Market value €1.3M — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2027 — announced 2024-11 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Top earners at Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
FAQ
How much does Maxim van Gils earn?
Maxim van Gils's base salary for 2026 is €2M a year, as reported in the press: about €167k a month or €38k 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. #31 of the 50 highest-paid cyclists in 2026 → Maxim van Gils costs €6,803 per PCS point in 2026: 32 of the 35 riders whose salary has been published. What one point costs →
How long is Maxim van Gils's contract?
Until the end of 2027, with Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe.
Who is Maxim van Gils's agent?
A&J All Sports (source: FirstCycling agency page).
What is Maxim van Gils's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Maxim van Gils's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €4.4M in base salary from 2021 to 2026, before tax. He has also generated €69k in prize money since 2022, which is paid to the team and shared.