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Belgium · 31 · Classics · PCS rank 525
Dries van Gestel
How this estimate is made. Soudal Quick-Step's riders' wage pool is about €15.3M (budget €35M × 44%, the rider-wage share rising with budget). After fixed reported salaries, the rest is split by a value score — 0.6 × 2026 PCS points + 0.4 × career points per season, raised to the power 1.15 — with an age factor of 1.0 at age 31. Half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run league-wide, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €163k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2015. PCS points, race days and results per season from ProCyclingStats. Prize money is what the rider generated at WorldTour and ProSeries races (PCS per-race prize lists, 2022 onwards) — pooled with the team, not kept. Generated since 2022: €23k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 102 | 62 | — | — | €860 |
| 2025 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 29 | 59 | — | — | €270 |
| 2024 | TotalEnergies | ProTeam | 210 | 44 | — | 1 | €4,627 |
| 2023 | TotalEnergies | ProTeam | 396 | 69 | — | 1 | €8,530 |
| 2022 | TotalEnergies | ProTeam | 592 | 52 | 1 | 4 | €8,425 |
| 2021 | TotalEnergies | ProTeam | 121 | 43 | — | — | n/a |
| 2020 | Team Total Direct Energie | ProTeam | 115 | 46 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | ProTeam | 89 | 54 | — | — | n/a |
| 2018 | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | ProTeam | 109 | 57 | — | — | n/a |
| 2017 | Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise | ProTeam | 219 | 65 | 1 | 2 | n/a |
| 2016 | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | ProTeam | 16 | 74 | — | — | n/a |
| 2015 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 16 | 6 | — | — | n/a |
| 2014 | Lotto - Belisol U23 | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | — | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Van Gestel in context
Soudal Quick-Step — top earners Team →
- 1Paul Magnier€2M Model
- 2Tim Merlier€1.7M Model
- 3Jasper Stuyven€1.4M Model
- 4Filippo Zana€1.1M Model
- 5Ilan van Wilder€904k Model
- 18Dries van Gestel€248k Model
Same salary band
- Attila ValterBahrain Victorious · 111 pts€259k
- Gianni VermeerschRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 317 pts€257k
- Erlend BlikraUno-X Mobility · 309 pts€252k
- Francesco BusattoAlpecin-Premier Tech · 200 pts€241k
- Emiel VerstryngeAlpecin-Premier Tech · 281 pts€240k
- Gijs LeemreizePicnic PostNL · 83 pts€239k
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.