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Pelayo Sánchez

Movistar TeamUnder contractcontract until 2028
€118k
estimated base salary, 2026 Model
likely range €71k–165ktop 80% of WT
Agency
confidence high · source: FirstCycling agency page
PCS points 2026
13
career 661 · 11.0 pts per €100k — below the WT median
Contract
Under contract
until end of 2028 (PCS)
Prize money generated, 2026
€275
0.2% of salary · won at 2 races · pooled with the team, not kept
Est. prize share received, 2026
€1,896 Model
1.6% of salary · equal split of the team's pot at the 5 races he started, after 15% to staff · assumptions
Share of team wages
1.0%
Movistar Team wage bill €11.6M · budget est. €28M · #26 of 28 on the team

How this estimate is made. Movistar Team's riders' wage pool is about €11.6M (budget €28M × 41%, 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 26. 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: €109k. 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: €28k.

SeasonTeamLevelPCS ptsRace daysWinsPodiumsPrize money generated
2026Movistar TeamWorldTour1833€275
2025Movistar TeamWorldTour023€0
2024Movistar TeamWorldTour3608223€23k
2023Burgos - BHProTeam2226413€4,720
2022Burgos - BHProTeam338€0
2021Burgos - BHProTeam4444n/a

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

Sánchez in context

Movistar Team — top earners Team →

A&J All Sports Agency →

47 WorldTour clients · 15.4% of all points · Italy / Switzerland

Same salary band

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.