Germany · 27 · Sprinter · PCS rank 736
Niklas Märkl
€125k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
65
career 415 · 52.0 pts per €100k (around the WT median)
Contract
No contract for 2027
until end of 2026 (PCS)
Team wage bill
€6.8M
Picnic PostNL · budget est. €22M · this rider ≈ 1.8% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. Picnic PostNL's riders' wage pool is €9.9M (budget €22M × 45%). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score (0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15) with an age factor of 1.0 for age 27; half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €60k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.
Märkl in context
Picnic PostNL — top earners
- Pavel Bittner€1.4M Model
- John Degenkolb€714k Model
- Warren Barguil€529k Model
- Frits Biesterbos€418k Model
- Frank van den Broek€369k Model
- Niklas Märkl (#18 of 27)€125k
Agentur Baumer — other clients
- Nils Politt UAE Team Emirates-XRG341 pts
- Tim Torn Teutenberg Lidl-Trek300 pts
- Kim Heiduk INEOS Grenadiers285 pts
13 WorldTour riders · 1.2% of all points · Agency page →
Similar salary band
- Cyril Barthe Groupama-FDJ United€126k · 94 pts
- Lars Craps Lotto Intermarché€126k · 126 pts
- Davide Toneatti XDS Astana€125k · 159 pts
- Koen Bouwman Jayco AlUla€125k · 66 pts
- Matthew Fox Lotto Intermarché€125k · 131 pts
- Filippo Baroncini UAE Team Emirates-XRG€124k · 39 pts
Snapshot 9 September 2026. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.