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Valentin Paret-Peintre
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 25. 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: €122k. Typical error on a single rider is ±40%, which is the range shown above. Full method.
Career by season
Turned pro in 2022. 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: €99k.
| Season | Team | Level | PCS pts | Race days | Wins | Podiums | Prize money generated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 470 | 78 | — | 3 | €36k |
| 2025 | Soudal Quick-Step | WorldTour | 367 | 57 | 2 | 4 | €30k |
| 2024 | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | WorldTour | 458 | 81 | 1 | 3 | €28k |
| 2023 | AG2R Citroën Team | WorldTour | 125 | 71 | — | — | €3,703 |
| 2022 | AG2R Citroën Team | WorldTour | 5 | 47 | — | — | €0 |
| 2018 | B'Twin U19 AG2r La Mondiale | club / junior | 0 | 2 | — | — | n/a |
Prize money before 2022 was not collected. Salary estimates by season will follow once the 2021–2025 rosters are in.
Paret-Peintre 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
- 6Valentin Paret-Peintre€769k Model
LC Management (Lyon Cyclisme) Agency →
- Paul SeixasDecathlon CMA CGM2097 pts
- Dorian GodonNetcompany INEOS893 pts
- Benoît CosnefroyUAE Team Emirates-XRG888 pts
18 WorldTour clients · 5.7% of all points · France
Same salary band
- Pavel SivakovUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 433 pts€805k
- António MorgadoUAE Team Emirates-XRG · 583 pts€802k
- Luke PlappJayco AlUla · 685 pts€799k
- Ben O'ConnorJayco AlUla · 424 pts€766k
- Matej MohoričBahrain Victorious · 331 pts€764k
- Paul PenhoëtGroupama-FDJ United · 450 pts€755k
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.