Belgium · 32 · Classics · PCS rank 240
Tiesj Benoot
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 1.0 at age 32. 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 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: €64k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Decathlon CMA CGM | WorldTour | 182 | 30 | — | — | €2,690 |
| 2025 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WorldTour | 593 | 53 | — | 1 | €11k |
| 2024 | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | WorldTour | 564 | 55 | — | 1 | €10k |
| 2023 | Jumbo-Visma | WorldTour | 908 | 60 | 1 | 2 | €21k |
| 2022 | Jumbo-Visma | WorldTour | 534 | 41 | — | 3 | €19k |
| 2021 | Team DSM | WorldTour | 559 | 49 | — | — | n/a |
| 2020 | Team Sunweb | WorldTour | 516 | 39 | 1 | 4 | n/a |
| 2019 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 1047 | 70 | 1 | 3 | n/a |
| 2018 | — | club / junior | 962 | 66 | 1 | 4 | n/a |
| 2017 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 867 | 75 | — | 3 | n/a |
| 2016 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 550 | 61 | — | 3 | n/a |
| 2015 | Lotto Soudal | WorldTour | 765 | 58 | — | 3 | n/a |
| 2014 | Lotto Belisol | WorldTour | 116 | 16 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2013 | — | club / junior | 5 | 3 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | AVIA - Fuji | club / junior | 6 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Benoot 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
- 7Tiesj Benoot€901k Model
THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) Agency →
- Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious1556 pts
- Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility1367 pts
- Tim MerlierSoudal Quick-Step975 pts
29 WorldTour clients · 7.3% of all points · Belgium
Same salary band
- Ilan van WilderSoudal Quick-Step · 406 pts€904k
- Laurence PithieRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe · 1008 pts€904k
- Iván RomeoMovistar Team · 606 pts€904k
- John DegenkolbPicnic PostNL · 105 pts€900k
- Tim WellensUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 443 pts€891k
- Quinn SimmonsLidl-Trek · 646 pts€872k
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.