Top 50 Pro Cyclists Salary (article)

[El Pistolero]

So I came across this article just now and I was wondering how accurate it was because it doesn't seem right to me.

• REBELLIN Davide CCC Sprandi Polkowice Italy 87,720 USD
  BOONEN Tom Etixx – Quick Step Belgium 90,960 USD
  SWIFT Ben Team Sky England 91,320 USD
  THOMAS Geraint Team Sky UK 94,920 USD
  MEERSMAN Gianni Etixx – Quick Step Belgium 94,920 USD
  WELLENS Tim Lotto Soudal Belgium 99,360 USD
  NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas Team Cannondale – Garmin Lithuania 104,760 USD
  CAVENDISH Mark Etixx – Quick Step England 106,320 USD
  MORENO Daniel Team Katusha Spain 107,880 USD
  MATTHEWS Michael Orica GreenEDGE Australia 107,880 USD
  VANMARCKE Sep Team LottoNL-Jumbo Belgium 108,240 USD
  COLBRELLI Sonny Bardiani – CSF Pro Team Italy 108,600 USD
  DENNIS Rohan BMC Racing Team Australia 109,920 USD
  KELDERMAN Wilco Team LottoNL-Jumbo Netherlands 112,800 USD
  URAN Rigoberto Etixx – Quick Step Colombia 114,480 USD
  KITTEL Marcel Team Giant – Alpecin Germany 117,480 USD
  POZZOVIVO Domenico AG2R La Mondiale Italy 117,600 USD
  GREIPEL Andre Lotto Soudal Germany 119,040 USD
  CHAVANEL Sylvain IAM Cycling Franch 119,400 USD
  GALLOPIN Tony Lotto Soudal Franch 123,720 USD
  ARU Fabio Astana Pro Team Italy 126,120 USD
  VAN ASBROECK Tom Team LottoNL-Jumbo Belgium 128,640 USD
  PINOT Thibaut FDJ Franch 128,880 USD
  TERPSTRA Niki Etixx – Quick Step Netherlands 131,640 USD
  CANCELLARA Fabian Trek Factory Racing Switzerland 134,280 USD
  BOUHANNI Nacer Cofidis, Solutions Cre Franch 134,760 USD
  RODRíGUEZ Joaquim Team Katusha Spain 13,680 USD
  MARTIN Daniel Team Cannondale – Garmin UK 140,760 USD
  EVANS Cadel BMC Racing Team Australia 142,080 USD
  MARTIN Tony Etixx – Quick Step Germany 142,440 USD
  MOLLEMA Bauke Trek Factory Racing Netherlands 142,560 USD
  BARDET Romain AG2R La Mondiale Franch 149,760 USD
  MAJKA Rafał Tinkoff – Saxo Poland 150,240 USD
  GERRANS Simon Orica GreenEDGE Australia 153,480 USD
  PERAUD Jean-Christophe AG2R La Mondiale Franch 155,160 USD
  VAN GARDEREN Tejay BMC Racing Team USA 159,480 USD
  QUINTANA Nairo Movistar Team Colombia 161,520 USD
  DéMARE Arnaud FDJ Franch 163,680 USD
  FROOME Christopher Team Sky kenya 165,240 USD
  VAN AVERMAET Greg BMC Racing Team Belgium 165,720 USD
  COSTA Rui Lampre – Merida Portugal 168,360 USD
  NIBALI Vincenzo Astana Pro Team Italy 186,240 USD
  DUMOULIN Tom Team Giant – Alpecin Netherland 186,960 USD
  SAGAN Peter Tinkoff – Saxo Slovakia 198,240 USD
  GILBERT Philippe BMC Racing Team Belgium 201,240 USD
  KWIATKOWSKI Michal Etixx – Quick Step Poland 210,840 USD
  DEGENKOLB John Team Giant – Alpecin Germany 223,680 USD
  KRISTOFF Alexander Team Katusha Norway 251,520 USD
  CONTADOR Alberto Tinkoff – Saxo Spain 256,800 USD
  VALVERDE Alejandro Movistar Team Spain 381,000 USD

http://sportsmaza.com/cycling/pro-cyclists-salary/

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Why would anyone pay Gilbert, Kwiatkowski, Degenkolb or Kristoff more than Sagan and Nibali? Also Valverde would be incredibly overpaid of this is true. He makes more than double the money than Froome? Yeah right... Tom van Asbroeck makes more than Boonen? No way.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Valverde wouldn't be overpaid, Froome would just be underpaid.

However I dont believe any of this. Also seems you have found a list from 2016 since Peraud is listed.

 

[BigMac]

Could have to do with contract dates and how old they are. Imagine a rider signs a four year deal, he could win the Tour three times before his contract runs out and still see no change in his salary until a new deal is made. I'm just speculating as I don't know which of these riders have recently signed new contracts other than those who moved teams. All that could very well be fake.

 

[El Pistolero]

Re:

Valverde wouldn't be overpaid, Froome would just be underpaid.

However I dont believe any of this. Also seems you have found a list from 2016 since Peraud is listed.

Peter Sagan has almost double the amount of google hits as Valverde though. :lol:

I read somewhere that Sagan now makes €6.000.000 a year.

 

[Valv.Piti]

Re: Re:

Valverde wouldn't be overpaid, Froome would just be underpaid.

However I dont believe any of this. Also seems you have found a list from 2016 since Peraud is listed.

Peter Sagan has almost double the amount of google hits as Valverde though. :lol:

I read somewhere that Sagan now makes €6.000.000 a year.

Yes, I think Sagan is the most well paid cyclist, then Froome, Contador and Nibali.

 

[Gigs_98]

I'd also be surprised if cadel evans still gets paid 140 000 dollars

 

[staubsauger]

That has to be Big Phils BMC contract he signed after bossing the whole year 2011! He received a massive paycheck from BMC because of this.

Edith believes these are 2015 paychecks. Since Cav is still with QS. That means for example Aru's paycheck might still be his original Astana contract with 2014 bonuses. Not the big prolongation he signed in spring 2015.

 

[Asero831]

The list only shows the winnings and not the actual salary

http://celebrityglad.com/pro-cyclist-salaries-and-winnings-amount-2015/

 

[LaFlorecita]

Considering the spelling mistakes I doubt that's reliable info.

 

[Red Rick]

Great. I'll just add that to the long list of things that do not make sense to me whatsoever.

 

[DFA123]

Re:

The list only shows the winnings and not the actual salary

http://celebrityglad.com/pro-cyclist-salaries-and-winnings-amount-2015/

That makes sense, and is kind of more interesting than looking at salary estimates. Riders normally share these bonuses and prizes around the team don't though? If so, I imagine Valverde is a pretty popular guy at the dinner table. He alone would have earnt each team-mate an extra 15k or so.

 

[El Pistolero]

Re:

The list only shows the winnings and not the actual salary

http://celebrityglad.com/pro-cyclist-salaries-and-winnings-amount-2015/

Now it makes sense, thanks.

 

[LaFlorecita]

Re: Re:

The list only shows the winnings and not the actual salary

http://celebrityglad.com/pro-cyclist-salaries-and-winnings-amount-2015/

That makes sense, and is kind of more interesting than looking at salary estimates. Riders normally share these bonuses and prizes around the team don't though? If so, I imagine Valverde is a pretty popular guy at the dinner table. He alone would have earnt each team-mate an extra 15k or so.

If that's the actual winnings from 2015, Froome should be much higher up the ranking. TDF has a $500,000 prize for 1st.

 

[staubsauger]

Plus Aru shouldn't be lower than Gilbert and Mollema. His paycheck is lower than the one van Asbroeck receives. That makes only sense if this is still Arus Astana neo-pro contract and the contract van Abroeck signed when LottoNL picked him up after a strong season at the Europe Tour!

 

[RedheadDane]

Re:

Valverde wouldn't be overpaid, Froome would just be underpaid.

However I dont believe any of this. Also seems you have found a list from 2016 since Peraud is listed.

2015. Kittel is listed as being with Giant, while Cavendish and Kwiatkowski is listed as being with Etixx.

 

[bassano]

Re: Re:

Valverde wouldn't be overpaid, Froome would just be underpaid.

However I dont believe any of this. Also seems you have found a list from 2016 since Peraud is listed.

Peter Sagan has almost double the amount of google hits as Valverde though. :lol:

I read somewhere that Sagan now makes €6.000.000 a year.

depends how many of that money came from his contract, is normal that someone get enough money from commercial anyway I think that Nibali is also well paid cyclist

 

[Dekker_Tifosi]

would be impossible. No way Terpstra earns more than Boonen or Kelderman earns more than Cavendish.

 

[PeterB]

Salaries were discussed in the past also in these threads in which variuos specific info per rider was posted:
Salaries in pro cycling
Riders salaries
Elite Cyclist Salary

The list discussed here is quite strange given how detailed it is. The differences against what you would expect can to some extent be explained by the fact that the amounts represent arguably only winnings + bonuses, so if someone is on high base salary and small bonus he would be below someone on low base and high bonus, if the latter had a good year. So anyway, it does not provide full picture, whatever it provides at all. It certainly does not explain what happened to Froome's TdF prize money if list covers 2015 or 2016.

 

[HelloDolly]

Well those salaries are way off given

G Thomas is on £ 1 million euros ,, Gilbert was on £1 million at BMC
Sagan was on £ 4 million at Tinkoff (over 3 years) and is on more now