Salary by season
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 experienced domestique rider for Lidl-Trek — Domestique. That job pays €200k–500k a year at a team of this size. Inside that range he sits at 18%, from his results in the two seasons up to 2025 (0 wins, 0 podiums) and his age at signing (31). 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
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.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 30 | — | €0 | €245k Model |
| 2025 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 28 | — | €0 | €132k Model |
| 2024 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 50 | — | €0 | €126k Model |
| 2023 | Lidl-Trek WorldTour | 51 | — | €0 | €105k Model |
| 2022 | Trek-Segafredo WorldTour | 76 | — | €0 | €71k Model |
| 2021 | Alpecin-Fenix ProTeam | 20 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | Alpecin-Fenix ProTeam | 40 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Corendon-Circus ProTeam | 124 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | WSA Pushbikers Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Vérandas Willems-Crelan ProTeam | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise ProTeam | 11 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise ProTeam | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise ProTeam | 1 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | — club / junior | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | — 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
- €245k, 2026 — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Market value €239k — our model, v0.9 (22 Sep 2026). Method
- Contract to 2027 — announced 2025-08 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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Top earners at Lidl-Trek
Also with THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman)
FAQ
How much does Otto Vergaerde earn?
We estimate Otto Vergaerde's base salary for 2026 at €245k a year: about €20k a month or €4,712 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €200k–500k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
How long is Otto Vergaerde's contract?
Until the end of 2027, with Lidl-Trek.
Who is Otto Vergaerde's agent?
THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) (source: FirstCycling agency page).
What is Otto Vergaerde's net worth?
There is no reliable public figure for Otto Vergaerde's net worth, and this site does not estimate one. The documented part is income: about €679k in base salary from 2022 to 2026, before tax.