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Simone Velasco
How this estimate is made. XDS Astana's riders' wage pool is about €10.1M (budget €25M × 40%, 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 30. 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: €137k. 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: €35k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | XDS Astana | WorldTour | 113 | 55 | — | — | €1,190 |
| 2025 | XDS Astana Team | WorldTour | 752 | 77 | — | 5 | €14k |
| 2024 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | WorldTour | 377 | 63 | — | 2 | €6,001 |
| 2023 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | WorldTour | 475 | 72 | 2 | 4 | €9,777 |
| 2022 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | WorldTour | 206 | 72 | — | 1 | €4,235 |
| 2021 | Gazprom - RusVelo | ProTeam | 343 | 59 | 1 | 3 | n/a |
| 2020 | Gazprom - RusVelo | ProTeam | 108 | 41 | — | — | n/a |
| 2019 | Neri Sottoli - Selle Italia - KTM | ProTeam | 407 | 75 | 2 | 5 | n/a |
| 2018 | Wilier Triestina - Selle Italia | ProTeam | 194 | 69 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2017 | Bardiani - CSF | ProTeam | 43 | 60 | — | — | n/a |
| 2016 | Bardiani - CSF | ProTeam | 22 | 25 | — | — | n/a |
| 2015 | Zalf Euromobil Désirée Fior | club / junior | 0 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
| 2014 | — | 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.
Velasco in context
XDS Astana — top earners Team →
- 1Christian Scaroni€1.3M Model
- 2Guillermo Thomas Silva€725k Model
- 3Max Kanter€667k Model
- 4Harold Tejada€601k Model
- 5Diego Ulissi€555k Model
- 15Simone Velasco€284k Model
GL Promotion Agency →
- Davide PiganzoliVisma | Lease a Bike802 pts
- Lorenzo FortunatoXDS Astana262 pts
9 WorldTour clients · 1.3% of all points
Same salary band
- Mikkel BjergUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 134 pts€288k
- Ben SwiftNetcompany INEOS · 75 pts€288k
- Sean QuinnEF Education-EasyPost · 187 pts€286k
- Rasmus TillerUno-X Mobility · 260 pts€282k
- Lorenzo MilesiMovistar Team · 216 pts€282k
- Brandon Smith RiveraNetcompany INEOS · 143 pts€278k
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.