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Kaden Groves
Alpecin–Premier Tech · Updated May 28, 2025
Age:27y 188d · Dec 23, 1998
Country:🇦🇺 Australia
Turned Pro:2019
Exp:8 years
UCI Rank:#78 · 1,007 pts
Contract:2019 – 2026
Pay vs outputValue Pay (+73)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 81st % · Pay 8th %
Seasons
8 Years
Career Earnings1
€1.2M
Career Prize
€446K
Teams
1
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No reported salary figure is on file for this rider, so the estimate comes from our rubric — a function of team budget and rider UCI position.

  1. Team UCI rank (#7) places Alpecin–Premier Tech into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#78) 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: €4.0M.

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#78
Team UCI rank#7
Pay bracketBracket 2
Bracket ceiling€4.0M
Rubric version0.3
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Earnings Per Year

YearAgeTeamCash
Total		Prize
Money		Total
Cumulative		Awards / Highlights
201921ALPE€66K€54K€120KStages 1 & 3 +3 more wins
202022ALPE€121K€29K€270KStages 3 & 5 +1 more win
202123ALPE€121K€32K€423KPrologue Okolo Slovenska +1 more win
202224ALPE€121K€85K€629KTour of Estonia +4 more wins
202325ALPE€176K€95K€899KStages 4 & 6 +4 more wins
202426ALPE€176K€36K€1.1MPoints classification +1 more win
202527ALPE€176K€24K€1.3MGiro d'Italia +1 more win
202628ALPE€220K—€1.5MIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
ALPE Alpecin–Premier Tech2019–2026 (8)€1.5M

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)
T2Daniel Benson's Cycling Substack
Daniel Benson (May 28, 2025 Substack) names Kaden Groves in the €1M-€2M middle ground of the Best-of-the-rest sprinter tier (full band: €500K-€2M), alongside Groenewegen and Welsford.
dnlbenson.substack.com ↗
Recent activity
2023 · Result
1st — Stages 4 & 6
2024 · Result
1st — Points classification
2023 · Result
2nd — Münsterland Giro
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