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Danny van Poppel
Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe · Updated May 28, 2025
Age:32y 338d · Jul 26, 1993
Country:🇳🇱 Netherlands
Turned Pro:2012
Exp:15 years
UCI Rank:#169 · 552 pts
Contract:2012 – 2026
Pay vs outputValue Pay (+45)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 65th % · Pay 20th %
Seasons
15 Years
Career Earnings1
€3.0M
Career Prize
€563K
Teams
1
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This estimate is anchored to a published salary figure from a Tier-1 source cited below. The low/high range spans ±15% to reflect the uncertainty inherent in any single report.

  1. Team UCI rank (#2) places Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#169) positions the rider on that team's pay curve. A top-3 rider on a top team earns near the bracket ceiling; a domestique earns closer to the bracket floor.

Bracket ceiling for this team: €8.0M.

2026 salary floor for this rider (veteran): €44K — the CPA-AIGCP-mandated WorldTour minimum. Source ↗

See the full methodology on the Rubric page. Have a better source? Send it in.

Rubric inputs
UCI rank#169
Team UCI rank#2
Pay bracketBracket 1
Bracket ceiling€8.0M
Rubric version0.3
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Earnings Per Year

YearAgeTeamCash
Total		Prize
Money		Total
Cumulative		Awards / Highlights
201219RED€83K€37K€120KStages 1 (TTT), 2 & 5 +1 more win
201320RED€83K€8K€210K
201421RED€83K€48K€340KPrologue Tour de Luxembourg +1 more win
201522RED€151K€65K€557KTour de Wallonie +3 more wins
201623RED€151K€73K€781KPoints classification +4 more wins
201724RED€151K€27K€959KPrologue Herald Sun Tour +1 more win
201825RED€220K€57K€1.2MBinche–Chimay–Binche +2 more wins
201926RED€220K€2K€1.5M
202027RED€220K€23K€1.7MGooikse Pijl
202128RED€275K€86K€2.1MEgmont Cycling Race +2 more wins
202229RED€275K€24K€2.4M
202330RED€275K€41K€2.7MRund um Köln +1 more win
202431RED€253K€13K€2.9M
202532RED€253K€54K€3.3MStages 1 & 2 +3 more wins
202633RED€275K€5K€3.5MIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
RED Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe2012–2026 (15)€3.5M

Career-cumulative estimate allocated across the rider's teams. Past stints use the team history if known; otherwise all years are attributed to the current team. Endorsements and appearance fees aren't included. See Rubric for methodology.

External Links
Sources (1)
T1Daniel Benson's Cycling Substack
Daniel Benson (May 28, 2025 Substack) explicitly names Danny van Poppel at the top end (~€800K) of the Top-tier final lead-out tier of €400K-€800K per season. This is a named-figure citation, not just a tier-band placement.
dnlbenson.substack.com ↗
Recent activity
2026 · Result
2nd (Stage 5) — 4 Jours de Dunkerque
2023 · Result
6th — Münsterland Giro
2025 · Result
5th — Scheldeprijs
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