Contract
His contract with Polti VisitMalta ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: new contract, announced 15 October 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 €1.8M (budget €5M × 36%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €38k 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 2019. 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: €16k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Polti VisitMalta ProTeam | 243 | — | €15k | €142k Model |
| 2025 | Soudal Quick-Step Devo Team Continental | 29 | — | €665 | n/a |
| 2024 | JCL Team UKYO Continental | 188 | — | €990 | n/a |
| 2023 | Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli Continental | 30 | — | €0 | n/a |
| 2022 | Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli Continental | 52 | — | €0 | n/a |
| 2021 | Beltrami TSA-Tre Colli Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2020 | Beltrami TSA Marchiol Continental | 0 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Beltrami Tsa – Hopplà – Petroli Firenze 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 Pesenti has earned an estimated €158k from salary and prize money since 2024 (€142k salary, €16k 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
- Manuel Peñalver Polti VisitMalta · €120k Model
- Fernando Tercero Polti VisitMalta · €104k Model
- Ludovico Crescioli Polti VisitMalta · €204k Model
- Mirco Maestri Polti VisitMalta · €91k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Gianmarco Garofoli Soudal Quick-Step · €141k Model
- Iván Cobo Kern Pharma · €144k Model
- Alex Tolio Bardiani-CSF-7 Saber · €140k Model
- Lander Loockx Unibet Rose Rockets · €140k Model
Other riders from Italy
- Luca Covili Bardiani-CSF-7 Saber · €139k Model
- Luca Vergallito Alpecin-Premier Tech · €146k Model
- Marco Frigo NSN Cycling Team · €138k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Tobias Bayer Alpecin-Premier Tech · €145k Model
- Alexy Faure Prost Picnic PostNL · €137k Model
- Darren van Bekkum XDS Astana · €136k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €2,290 (62 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €14 (10,297 km)
- Per PCS point
- €584 (243 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 10.2%
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
- €142k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2025-10-15 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Thomas Pesenti earn?
We estimate Thomas Pesenti's base salary for 2026 at €142k a year: about €12k a month or €2,731 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €106k–178k. Bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors are not included.
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Until when is Thomas Pesenti under contract?
His contract with Polti VisitMalta ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Thomas Pesenti's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Thomas Pesenti's net worth?
Thomas Pesenti has earned an estimated €158k from salary and prize money since 2024 (€142k salary, €16k 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.