Netherlands · 24 · Sprinter · PCS rank 35
Olav Kooij
How this estimate is made. Decathlon CMA CGM's riders' wage pool is about €19.3M (budget €42M × 46%, 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: €178k. 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: €296k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Decathlon CMA CGM | WorldTour | 800 | 41 | 5 | 15 | €64k |
| 2025 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WorldTour | 1141 | 71 | 11 | 19 | €89k |
| 2024 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WorldTour | 1058 | 46 | 8 | 15 | €71k |
| 2023 | Jumbo-Visma | WorldTour | 1471 | 67 | 13 | 27 | €48k |
| 2022 | Jumbo-Visma | WorldTour | 942 | 47 | 12 | 18 | €24k |
| 2021 | Team Jumbo-Visma | WorldTour | 206 | 40 | 2 | 6 | n/a |
| 2020 | Jumbo-Visma Development Team | Continental | 27 | 8 | 1 | 1 | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Kooij in context
Decathlon CMA CGM — top earners Team →
- 1Felix Gall€2.4M Model
- 2Olav Kooij€2.2M Model
- 3Paul Seixas€2M Model
- 4Tobias Lund Andresen€2M Model
- 5Matthew Riccitello€1.4M Model
SEG Cycling Agency →
- Jordi MeeusRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe1067 pts
- Jay VineUAE Team Emirates-XRG898 pts
51 WorldTour clients · 7.7% of all points · Netherlands
Same salary band
- Felix GallDecathlon CMA CGM · 1342 pts€2.4M
- Richard CarapazEF Education-EasyPost · 1402 pts€2.3M
- Thymen ArensmanNetcompany INEOS · 824 pts€2.2M
- Dorian GodonNetcompany INEOS · 893 pts€2M
- Arnaud de LieLotto Intermarché · 915 pts€2M
- Romain GrégoireGroupama-FDJ United · 1056 pts€2M
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.