Great Britain · 35 · GC rider · ProTeam
Sam Brand
How this estimate is made. Novo Nordisk's riders' wage pool is about €1.05M (budget €7M × 15%, 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 35. Half of the estimate comes from the same allocation run across all 16 ProTeams, so leaders of small teams aren't over-priced. Floor for this rider: €45k (ProTeam floors start at the UCI minimum of €35,392). Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
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: €277.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 5 | 47 | — | — | €100 |
| 2025 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 0 | 26 | — | — | €0 |
| 2024 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 5 | 52 | — | — | €0 |
| 2023 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 10 | 41 | — | — | €135 |
| 2022 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 0 | 42 | — | — | €42 |
| 2021 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 5 | 45 | — | — | n/a |
| 2020 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 5 | 36 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 25 | 43 | — | — | n/a |
| 2018 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 10 | 44 | — | — | n/a |
| 2017 | Team Novo Nordisk | ProTeam | 0 | 40 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Brand in context
Novo Nordisk — top earners Team →
- 1Filippo Ridolfo€103k Model
- 2Hamish Armitt€54k Model
- 3Umberto Poli€54k Model
- 4Sam Brand€54k Model
- 5Antonio Polga€54k Model
Same salary band
- Emmanuel HoucouPinarello Q36.5 · 24 pts€54k
- Hamish ArmittNovo Nordisk · 5 pts€54k
- Umberto PoliNovo Nordisk · 5 pts€54k
- Antonio PolgaNovo Nordisk · 5 pts€54k
- Andrea PeronNovo Nordisk · 4 pts€54k
- Lucas DaugeNovo Nordisk · 0 pts€54k
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.