Contract
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: new contract, announced 20 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: €6,445.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 16 | — | €0 | €64k Model |
| 2025 | TotalEnergies ProTeam | 22 | — | €270 | n/a |
| 2024 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team WorldTour | 74 | 1 | €4,370 | €64k Model |
| 2023 | AG2R Citroën Team WorldTour | 17 | — | €0 | €77k Model |
| 2022 | AG2R Citroën Team WorldTour | 18 | — | €1,805 | €44k Model |
| 2021 | AG2R Citroën Team WorldTour | 5 | — | n/a | €37k Model |
| 2018 | B'Twin U19 AG2r La Mondiale club / junior | 20 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | B'Twin U19 AG2r La Mondiale club / junior | 16 | — | 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
Valentin Retailleau has earned an estimated €292k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€286k salary, €6,445 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 5 salary seasons are model estimates. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Alan Jousseaume TotalEnergies · €64k Model
- Alexys Brunel TotalEnergies · €64k Model
- Samuel Leroux TotalEnergies · €64k Model
- Fabien Grellier TotalEnergies · €64k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Tomáš Kopecký Unibet Rose Rockets · €64k Model
- Mattia Bais Polti VisitMalta · €64k Model
- Marc Brustenga Kern Pharma · €64k Model
- Joel Nicolau Caja Rural-Seguros RGA · €64k Model
Other riders from France
- Fabien Doubey TotalEnergies · €64k Model
- Geoffrey Bouchard TotalEnergies · €73k Model
- Lucas Dauge Novo Nordisk · €54k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Alexandre Mayer Burgos-Burpellet BH · €65k Model
- Mikel Bizkarra Euskaltel-Euskadi · €66k Model
- Andrea Peron Novo Nordisk · €62k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €1,333 (48 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €9 (7,198 km)
- Per PCS point
- €4,000 (16 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 0.0%
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
- €64k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2024-09-20 Open
- Results, points and prize money — ProCyclingStats, 16 September 2026 Open · FirstCycling
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FAQ
How much does Valentin Retailleau earn?
We estimate Valentin Retailleau's base salary for 2026 at €64k a year: about €5,333 a month or €1,231 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €48k–80k. 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 Valentin Retailleau under contract?
His contract with TotalEnergies ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Valentin Retailleau's agent?
We have not found this ProTeam rider's agent yet.
What is Valentin Retailleau's net worth?
Valentin Retailleau has earned an estimated €292k from salary and prize money since 2021 (€286k salary, €6,445 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.