Contract
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: extension, announced 25 September 2024 · 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 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: €10k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 90 | — | €765 | €85k Model |
| 2025 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 132 | 1 | €3,030 | n/a |
| 2024 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 241 | — | €5,376 | n/a |
| 2023 | St Michel-Mavic-Auber93 Continental | 85 | — | €1,091 | n/a |
| 2022 | St Michel-Auber93 Continental | 0 | — | €0 | n/a |
| 2021 | Swiss Racing Academy Continental | 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
Thomas Gachignard has earned an estimated €95k from salary and prize money since 2023 (€85k salary, €10k 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 1 salary seasons are model estimates. The salary count starts in 2026, 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
- Lorrenzo Manzin TotalEnergies · €90k Model
- Thibault Guernalec TotalEnergies · €78k Model
- Florian Dauphin TotalEnergies · €78k Model
- Geoffrey Bouchard TotalEnergies · €73k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Fernando Barceló Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €85k Model
- Larry Warbasse Tudor Pro Cycling · €86k Model
- Jesús Herrada Burgos-Burpellet BH · €84k Model
- Vincent van Hemelen Flanders-Baloise · €84k Model
Other riders from France
- Damien Touzé Cofidis · €80k Model
- Nicolas Debeaumarché Cofidis · €80k Model
- Yaël Joalland Cofidis · €80k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Alessandro Verre MBH Bank CSB Telecom Fort · €89k Model
- Domenico Pozzovivo Solution Tech-NIPPO-Rali · €89k Model
- Sebastian Kolze Changizi Tudor Pro Cycling · €80k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €2,500 (34 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €15 (5,750 km)
- Per PCS point
- €944 (90 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 0.9%
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
- €85k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2024-09-25 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Thomas Gachignard earn?
We estimate Thomas Gachignard's base salary for 2026 at €85k a year: about €7,083 a month or €1,635 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €64k–106k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
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Until when is Thomas Gachignard under contract?
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Thomas Gachignard's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Thomas Gachignard's net worth?
Thomas Gachignard has earned an estimated €95k from salary and prize money since 2023 (€85k salary, €10k 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.