Contract
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: new contract, announced 15 December 2025 · Source ↗
Salary by season
Reported Model
Base salary only: bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors come on top.
How this estimate is made. Team wage pool €5.18M (budget €14M × 37%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €64k for this rider. Measured error against the 28 reported salaries: median 25.0%. See the test · Full method · Why the number sticks.
Career
Turned pro in 2017. 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: €5,055.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 88 | — | €1,800 | €78k Model |
| 2025 | Arkéa-B&B Hotels WorldTour | 114 | — | €725 | €129k Model |
| 2024 | Arkéa-B&B Hotels WorldTour | 118 | — | €1,125 | €91k Model |
| 2023 | Team Arkéa Samsic WorldTour | 158 | — | €745 | €166k Model |
| 2022 | Team Arkéa Samsic ProTeam | 112 | — | €660 | n/a |
| 2021 | Team Arkéa Samsic ProTeam | 97 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | Team Arkéa Samsic ProTeam | 83 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Arkéa Samsic ProTeam | 61 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Fortuneo-Samsic ProTeam | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Fortuneo-Oscaro ProTeam | 1 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | — 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.
Net worth and career earnings
Thibault Guernalec has earned an estimated €469k from salary and prize money since 2022 (€464k salary, €5,055 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included.
Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it. All 4 salary seasons are model estimates. The salary count starts in 2023, his first season at WorldTour or ProTeam level that we model. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Florian Dauphin TotalEnergies · €78k Model
- Geoffrey Bouchard TotalEnergies · €73k Model
- Thomas Gachignard TotalEnergies · €85k Model
- Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies · €90k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Mats Wenzel Kern Pharma · €78k Model
- Marcin Budziński MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €78k Model
- Ward Vanhoof Flanders-Baloise · €79k Model
- José Félix Parra Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €77k Model
Other riders from France
- Nicolas Debeaumarché Cofidis · €80k Model
- Paul Ourselin Cofidis · €80k Model
- Yaël Joalland Cofidis · €80k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
- Damien Touzé Cofidis · €80k Model
- Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €1,560 (50 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €10 (7,486 km)
- Per PCS point
- €886 (88 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 2.3%
The 2026 base salary (Model) divided by the season's numbers. Race days, kilometres and wins to 12 September 2026; points as above. Method · Per race day ranking · Per point · Per win
Sources
- €78k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2025-12-15 Open
- Agent — FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Thibault Guernalec earn?
We estimate Thibault Guernalec's base salary for 2026 at €78k a year: about €6,500 a month or €1,500 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €58k–98k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
How much do pro cyclists earn? — medians, minimums and pay by job on one page.
Until when is Thibault Guernalec under contract?
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Thibault Guernalec's agent?
Cycling Life Management (source: FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data).
What is Thibault Guernalec's net worth?
Thibault Guernalec has earned an estimated €469k from salary and prize money since 2022 (€464k salary, €5,055 prize money generated), before tax. There is no reliable public figure for his net worth: personal sponsorships, bonuses and investments are not public and are not included. Prize money is paid to the team and shared among riders and staff, so he keeps only part of it.