Belgium · 33 · Sprinter · PCS rank 29
Tim Merlier
How this estimate is made. Soudal Quick-Step's riders' wage pool is about €15.3M (budget €35M × 44%, 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 33. 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: €163k. 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: €393k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 836 | 43 | 10 | 15 | €71k |
| 2025 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 1275 | 69 | 16 | 20 | €104k |
| 2024 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 1475 | 67 | 16 | 21 | €130k |
| 2023 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 900 | 66 | 11 | 15 | €59k |
| 2022 | Alpecin - Deceuninck | ProTeam | 986 | 62 | 5 | 11 | €30k |
| 2021 | Alpecin - Fenix | ProTeam | 1164 | 64 | 9 | 15 | n/a |
| 2020 | Alpecin - Fenix | ProTeam | 488 | 33 | 3 | 6 | n/a |
| 2019 | Corendon - Circus | ProTeam | 370 | 27 | 3 | 7 | n/a |
| 2018 | Vérandas Willems-Crelan | ProTeam | 170 | 17 | 2 | 5 | n/a |
| 2017 | Vérandas Willems-Crelan | ProTeam | 94 | 30 | — | 2 | n/a |
| 2016 | Crelan - Vastgoedservice | Continental | 120 | 20 | 1 | 1 | n/a |
| 2015 | Vastgoedservice - Golden Palace | Continental | 51 | 9 | — | 1 | n/a |
| 2014 | Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | Continental | 4 | 7 | — | — | n/a |
| 2013 | Sunweb - Napoleon Games Cycling Team | Continental | 0 | 1 | — | — | n/a |
| 2012 | Sunweb - Revor | Continental | 4 | 15 | — | — | n/a |
| 2011 | Sunweb - Revor | Continental | 0 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Merlier in context
Soudal Quick-Step — top earners Team →
- 1Paul Magnier€2M Model
- 2Tim Merlier€1.7M Model
- 3Jasper Stuyven€1.4M Model
- 4Filippo Zana€1.1M Model
- 5Ilan van Wilder€904k Model
THE·TEAM (ex-Wasserman) Agency →
- Lenny MartinezBahrain Victorious1556 pts
- Tobias Halland JohannessenUno-X Mobility1367 pts
29 WorldTour clients · 7.3% of all points · Belgium
Same salary band
- Mauro SchmidJayco AlUla · 1439 pts€1.9M
- Pavel BittnerPicnic PostNL · 608 pts€1.8M
- Oscar OnleyNetcompany INEOS · 497 pts€1.8M
- Matteo JorgensonVisma | Lease a Bike · 941 pts€1.7M
- Matthew BrennanVisma | Lease a Bike · 1012 pts€1.7M
- Brandon McNultyUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 917 pts€1.6M
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.