João Almeida

UAE Team Emirates-XRGUnder contractcontract until 2028

€2.5M

reported base salary, 2026 Reported

top 2% of WorldTour salaries

Agency

Corso Sports Marketing

confidence high · source: FirstCycling agency page

PCS points 2026

619

career 8940 · 24.8 pts per €100k — below the WT median

Contract

Under contract

until end of 2028 (PCS)

Prize money generated, 2026

€47k

1.9% of salary · won at 4 races · pooled with the team, not kept

Est. prize share received, 2026

€12k Model

0.5% of salary · equal split of the team's pot at the 6 races he started, after 15% to staff · assumptions

Share of team wages

8.1%

UAE Team Emirates-XRG wage bill €30.9M · budget est. €60M · #3 of 30 on the team

Reported figure. €2.5M base salary per year, as reported by Gazzetta Jan 2026 / A Bola on Jul 2025 extension. Bonuses, image rights and sponsor income are not included. This figure is used as a fixed anchor in the model.

Career by season

Turned pro in 2020. 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: €546k.

Season	Team	Level	PCS pts	Race days	Wins	Podiums	Prize money generated
2026	UAE Team Emirates-XRG	WorldTour	283	49	—	5	€47k
2025	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	WorldTour	2260	71	10	25	€185k
2024	UAE Team Emirates	WorldTour	1100	58	2	6	€105k
2023	UAE Team Emirates	WorldTour	1478	75	2	14	€157k
2022	UAE Team Emirates	WorldTour	1014	74	3	7	€52k
2021	Deceuninck - Quick Step	WorldTour	1730	70	6	16	n/a
2020	Deceuninck - Quick Step	WorldTour	865	48	—	8	n/a
2019	Hagens Berman Axeon	ProTeam	119	26	—	1	n/a
2018	Hagens Berman Axeon	ProTeam	8	6	—	—	n/a
2017	Unieuro Trevigiani - Hemus 1896	Continental	2	6	—	—	n/a

Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.

Almeida in context

UAE Team Emirates-XRG — top earners Team →

1Tadej Pogačar€8.2M Reported
2Adam Yates€2.7M Reported
3João Almeida€2.5M Reported
4Isaac del Toro€2M Reported
5Brandon McNulty€1.6M Model

Corso Sports Marketing Agency →

Tobias Lund AndresenDecathlon CMA CGM1185 pts
Mads PedersenLidl-Trek1121 pts
Matthew RiccitelloDecathlon CMA CGM864 pts

20 WorldTour clients · 4.1% of all points · Belgium

Same salary band

Juan AyusoLidl-Trek · 1010 pts€3M
Adam YatesUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 838 pts€2.7M
Mattias SkjelmoseLidl-Trek · 1575 pts€2.6M
Jai HindleyRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 1006 pts€2.5M
Egan BernalNetcompany INEOS · 865 pts€2.5M
Carlos RodríguezNetcompany INEOS · 282 pts€2.5M

Correct this data Results on PCS ↗ FirstCycling ↗

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.