Czechia · 24 · Time trialist · PCS rank 71
Mathias Vacek
How this estimate is made. Lidl-Trek's riders' wage pool is about €21.1M (budget €45M × 47%, 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 0.9 at age 24. 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: €184k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2021. 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: €64k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lidl-Trek | WorldTour | 574 | 63 | 5 | 7 | €11k |
| 2025 | Lidl - Trek | WorldTour | 461 | 63 | 3 | 6 | €22k |
| 2024 | Lidl - Trek | WorldTour | 695 | 66 | 1 | 6 | €25k |
| 2023 | Lidl - Trek | WorldTour | 205 | 63 | 1 | 2 | €1,283 |
| 2022 | Trek - Segafredo | WorldTour | 79 | 17 | 1 | 1 | €5,000 |
| 2021 | Gazprom - RusVelo | ProTeam | 4 | 27 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Team F.lli Giorgi ASD | club / junior | 10 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Vacek in context
Lidl-Trek — top earners Team →
- 1Juan Ayuso€3M Reported
- 2Mattias Skjelmose€2.6M Model
- 3Mads Pedersen€2.5M Reported
- 4Giulio Ciccone€1.4M Model
- 5Jonathan Milan€1.4M Model
- 6Mathias Vacek€939k Model
A&J All Sports Agency →
- Tadej PogačarUAE Team Emirates-XRG4881 pts
- Isaac del ToroUAE Team Emirates-XRG3200 pts
- Jasper PhilipsenAlpecin-Premier Tech2162 pts
47 WorldTour clients · 15.4% of all points · Italy / Switzerland
Same salary band
- Ben TulettVisma | Lease a Bike · 673 pts€992k
- Magnus SheffieldNetcompany INEOS · 293 pts€966k
- Santiago BuitragoBahrain Victorious · 557 pts€962k
- Florian VermeerschUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 619 pts€932k
- Michael MatthewsJayco AlUla · 437 pts€931k
- Michał KwiatkowskiNetcompany INEOS · 222 pts€921k
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.