Germany · 33 · Sprinter · PCS rank 156
Max Walscheid
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 33. 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 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: €29k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Lidl-Trek | WorldTour | 371 | 66 | 1 | 6 | €7,847 |
| 2025 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 103 | 58 | — | — | €2,870 |
| 2024 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 306 | 73 | 1 | 2 | €1,690 |
| 2023 | Cofidis | WorldTour | 337 | 63 | — | 3 | €6,256 |
| 2022 | Cofidis | WorldTour | 462 | 60 | 1 | 3 | €9,975 |
| 2021 | Team Qhubeka NextHash | WorldTour | 452 | 87 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2020 | NTT Pro Cycling | WorldTour | 247 | 59 | 2 | 4 | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 459 | 75 | 1 | 5 | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 367 | 71 | 2 | 6 | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 227 | 54 | 1 | 5 | n/a |
| 2016 | Team Giant - Alpecin | WorldTour | 185 | 33 | 5 | 7 | n/a |
| 2015 | Team Giant - Alpecin | WorldTour | 58 | 17 | — | — | n/a |
| 2014 | Team Stölting | Continental | 6 | 5 | — | — | n/a |
| 2013 | Team Stölting | Continental | 0 | 5 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | Team Raiko - Stölting | Continental | 0 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Walscheid 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
- 12Max Walscheid€521k Model
TEAMVISION sports Agency →
- Christian ScaroniXDS Astana1471 pts
- Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM1342 pts
- Florian LipowitzRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe1154 pts
28 WorldTour clients · 7.0% of all points
Same salary band
- Maximilian SchachmannSoudal Quick-Step · 163 pts€528k
- Frits BiesterbosPicnic PostNL · 271 pts€527k
- Mike TeunissenXDS Astana · 598 pts€522k
- Pierre GautheratDecathlon CMA CGM · 297 pts€517k
- Søren Kragh AndersenLidl-Trek · 264 pts€515k
- Jarno WidarLotto Intermarché · 245 pts€512k
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.