Great Britain · 34 · Climber · PCS rank —
Simon Yates
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no salary estimate (retired 2026)
PCS points 2026
0
career 10548 · — pts per €100k
Contract
Retired 2026
until end of 2026 (PCS) · Announced immediate retirement in January 2026; did not race in 2026.
Prize money generated, 2026
€0
no results with prize money at WorldTour or ProSeries level this season · pooled with the team, not kept
Share of team wages
0.0%
Visma | Lease a Bike wage bill €24.2M · budget est. €50M · #— of 29 on the team
Career by season
Turned pro in 2014. 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: €471k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WorldTour | 928 | 58 | 2 | 3 | €293k |
| 2024 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 714 | 56 | 2 | 4 | €27k |
| 2023 | Team Jayco AlUla | WorldTour | 1431 | 53 | 1 | 6 | €108k |
| 2022 | Team BikeExchange - Jayco | WorldTour | 880 | 54 | 8 | 10 | €43k |
| 2021 | Team BikeExchange | WorldTour | 907 | 68 | 3 | 8 | n/a |
| 2020 | Mitchelton-Scott | WorldTour | 665 | 39 | 2 | 5 | n/a |
| 2019 | Mitchelton-Scott | WorldTour | 704 | 63 | 4 | 7 | n/a |
| 2018 | Mitchelton-Scott | WorldTour | 1902 | 77 | 8 | 17 | n/a |
| 2017 | ORICA-Scott | WorldTour | 914 | 78 | 3 | 4 | n/a |
| 2016 | ORICA-BikeExchange | WorldTour | 623 | 52 | 2 | 3 | n/a |
| 2015 | Orica GreenEDGE | WorldTour | 612 | 61 | — | 2 | n/a |
| 2014 | Orica GreenEDGE | WorldTour | 139 | 67 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2013 | 100% Me | club / junior | 78 | 10 | 1 | 2 | n/a |
| 2012 | — | club / junior | 2 | 8 | — | — | n/a |
| 2011 | — | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
| 2010 | Bury Clarion | club / junior | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Yates in context
Visma | Lease a Bike — top earners Team →
- 1Jonas Vingegaard€5M Reported
- 2Wout van Aert€4M Reported
- 3Matteo Jorgenson€1.7M Model
- 4Matthew Brennan€1.7M Model
- 5Christophe Laporte€1.5M Model
Trinity Sports Management Agency →
- Matthew BrennanVisma | Lease a Bike1012 pts
- Ben HealyEF Education-EasyPost468 pts
- Toms SkujiņšLidl-Trek432 pts
13 WorldTour clients · 2.1% of all points · United Kingdom
Same salary band
Snapshot 13 September 2026. Contract source: escapecollective.com. Salary is a gross base-salary figure for the 2026 season in euros; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.