Contract
His contract with Unibet Rose Rockets ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Current contract: new contract, announced 23 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 €2.88M (budget €8M × 36%), split by role and results at signing, with a floor of €68k 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 2010. 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: €83k.
| Season | Team | PCS pts | Wins | Prize money | Salary |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Unibet Rose Rockets ProTeam | 280 | — | €3,677 | €180k Model |
| 2025 | XDS Astana WorldTour | 334 | 2 | €22k | €335k Model |
| 2024 | Bahrain Victorious WorldTour | 448 | 1 | €13k | €826k Model |
| 2023 | Bahrain Victorious WorldTour | 639 | 2 | €41k | €647k Model |
| 2022 | Bahrain Victorious WorldTour | 309 | 2 | €3,223 | €461k Model |
| 2021 | Bahrain Victorious WorldTour | 447 | — | n/a | €439k Model |
| 2020 | Bahrain-McLaren WorldTour | 416 | — | n/a | n/a |
| 2019 | Team INEOS WorldTour | 869 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Sky WorldTour | 560 | 3 | n/a | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Sky WorldTour | 833 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2016 | Team Sky WorldTour | 823 | 6 | n/a | n/a |
| 2015 | Team Sky WorldTour | 603 | 2 | n/a | n/a |
| 2014 | Omega Pharma-Quick-Step WorldTour | 393 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2013 | Vacansoleil-DCM WorldTour | 324 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2012 | Vacansoleil-DCM WorldTour | 467 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2011 | Vacansoleil-DCM WorldTour | 674 | 1 | n/a | n/a |
| 2010 | Vacansoleil ProTeam | 212 | 2 | 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
Wout Poels has earned an estimated €3M from salary and prize money since 2021 (€2.9M salary, €83k 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 6 salary seasons are model estimates. Season by season ↑ · Career earnings top 100 →
Similar riders
Teammates on a similar salary
- Lander Loockx Unibet Rose Rockets · €140k Model
- Matyáš Kopecký Unibet Rose Rockets · €127k Model
- Victor Lafay Unibet Rose Rockets · €109k Model
- Clément Venturini Unibet Rose Rockets · €333k Model
Similar salary, other teams
- Alessandro Pinarello NSN Cycling Team · €180k Model
- Michael Leonard EF Education-EasyPost · €180k Model
- Edoardo Zambanini Bahrain Victorious · €180k Model
- Tijmen Graat Visma | Lease a Bike · €179k Model
Other riders from Netherlands
- Oscar Riesebeek Alpecin-Premier Tech · €173k Model
- Loe van Belle Visma | Lease a Bike · €171k Model
- Tibor del Grosso Alpecin-Premier Tech · €169k Model
Also out of contract at the end of 2026
- Harry Sweeny EF Education-EasyPost · €178k Model
- Alastair Mackellar EF Education-EasyPost · €177k Model
- Jefferson Alexander Cepeda EF Education-EasyPost · €175k Model
What the numbers work out to
- Per race day
- €4,000 (45 race days)
- Per kilometre raced
- €23 (7,722 km)
- Per PCS point
- €643 (280 points)
- Prize money generated, as % of salary
- 2.0%
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
- €180k, 2026 — our model, v0.9.1 (30 Oct 2026). Method
- Contract to 2026 — announced 2025-10-23 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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Also with SEG Cycling
FAQ
How much does Wout Poels earn?
We estimate Wout Poels's base salary for 2026 at €180k a year: about €15k a month or €3,462 a week, before tax. It is a model estimate; the likely range for his job at this team is €135k–225k. 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 Wout Poels under contract?
His contract with Unibet Rose Rockets ends in 2026, and no deal for 2027 has been announced.
Who is Wout Poels's agent?
SEG Cycling (source: FirstCycling agency page (agency rosters read Sep 2026, data).
What is Wout Poels's net worth?
Wout Poels has earned an estimated €3M from salary and prize money since 2021 (€2.9M salary, €83k 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.