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Wout van Aert
Visma–Lease a Bike · Updated May 12, 2026
Age:31y 242d · Sep 15, 1994
Country:🇧🇪 Belgium
Turned Pro:2017
Exp:10 years
UCI Rank:#8 · 3,495 pts
Contract:2022 – 2030
Pay vs outputBalanced Pay (+0)
PremiumBalancedValue
Output 98th % · Pay 98th %
Seasons
10 Years
Career Earnings1
€33.7M
Career Prize
€773K
Teams
2
High confidenceHow is this 2026 earnings estimate calculated?

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 (#3) places Visma–Lease a Bike into a budget bracket. Top teams pay more across the board.
  2. Rider UCI rank (#8) 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#8
Team UCI rank#3
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
201723VERA€2.2M€69K€2.3MRonde van Limburg +2 more wins
201824VERA€2.2M€37K€4.5MDanmark Rundt +1 more win
201925VISM€3.2M€13K€7.7M
202026VISM€3.2M€73K€11.0MMilan–San Remo +5 more wins
202127VISM€3.2M€136K€14.3MTour of Britain +7 more wins
202228VISM€4.0M€110K€18.4MOmloop Het Nieuwsblad +6 more wins
202329VISM€4.0M€140K€22.6MTour of Britain +5 more wins
202430VISM€4.0M€49K€26.6MKuurne–Brussels–Kuurne +2 more wins
202531VISM€3.7M€45K€30.4MGiro d'Italia +1 more win
202632VISM€4.0M€46K€34.4MIn progress
202733VISM€4.0M——
202834VISM€4.0M——
202935VISM€4.0M——
203036VISM€4.0M——

Earnings Per Team (career)

TeamYearsTotal Career Pay
VISM Visma–Lease a Bike2019–2026 (8)€29.9M
VERA verandas-willems-crelan2017–2018 (2)€4.5M

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 (2)
T2ProCyclingStats
Wout van Aert reportedly has a lifetime contract with Team Visma | Lease a Bike per ProCyclingStats. He has raced for the team (originally Jumbo-Visma) since 2019.
procyclingstats.com ↗
T1Domestique Cycling
Wout van Aert earns €4 million at Team Visma | Lease a Bike, tied for fourth among the highest-paid cyclists in 2026.
domestiquecycling.com ↗
Recent activity
2026 · Result
2nd — Dwars door Vlaanderen
2026 · Result
1st — Paris–Roubaix
2026 · Result
3rd — Milan–San Remo
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