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LIDL
Otto Vergaerde
Lidl-Trek
Age:31y 304d · Jul 15, 1994
Country:🇧🇪 Belgium
Turned Pro:2015
Exp:12 years
UCI Rank:—
Contract:2015 – —
Pay vs output—
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Seasons
12 Years
Career Earnings1
€3.2M
Career Prize
€91K
Teams
1
Algorithmic estimateHow is this 2026 earnings estimate calculated?

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 (#4) places Lidl-Trek into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#—) 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#—
Team UCI rank#4
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
201521LIDL€105K€25K€130K
201622LIDL€192K—€322K
201723LIDL€192K—€514K
201824LIDL€192K—€706K
201925LIDL€279K€2K€986K
202026LIDL€279K€400€1.3M
202127LIDL€279K—€1.5M
202228LIDL€349K—€1.9M
202329LIDL€349K—€2.2M
202430LIDL€349K—€2.6M
202531LIDL€321K—€2.9M
202632LIDL€349K—€3.3MIn progress

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
LIDL Lidl-Trek2015–2026 (12)€3.3M

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.

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Recent activity
2020 · Result
10th — Czech Cycling Tour
2019 · Result
10th — Elfstedenronde
2019 · Result
6th — Grote Prijs Stad Zottegem
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