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Olav Kooij
Decathlon CMA CGM Team · Updated May 28, 2025
Age:24y 255d · Oct 17, 2001
Country:🇳🇱 Netherlands
Turned Pro:2025
Exp:2 years
UCI Rank:#44 · 1,613 pts
Contract:2025 – —
Pay vs outputValue Pay (+27)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 88th % · Pay 61st %
Seasons
2 Years
Career Earnings1
€731K
Career Prize
€626K
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 (#6) places Decathlon CMA CGM Team into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#44) 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 (neo-pro): €36K — the CPA-AIGCP-mandated WorldTour minimum. Source ↗

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Rubric inputs
UCI rank#44
Team UCI rank#6
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
202524DECA€259K€135K€394KStages 1, 2 & 6 +7 more wins
202625DECA€472K—€866KIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
DECA Decathlon CMA CGM Team2025–2026 (2)€866K

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) notes Olav Kooij is moving to Decathlon for more than the ~€3M Philipsen earns at Alpecin, placing him at the top of the World-class sprinter tier of €2.5M-€3.5M per season.
dnlbenson.substack.com ↗
Recent activity
2025 · Result
2nd — Road race, National Road Championships
2025 · Result
8th — Milan–San Remo
2025 · Result
1st (Stage 1) — Tour de Pologne
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