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Italy · 38 · GC rider · PCS rank 212
Damiano Caruso
€487k
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
303
career 7929 · 62.2 pts per €100k (around the WT median)
Contract
Retiring end 2026
until end of 2026 (PCS) · Retires end 2026, becomes Bahrain Victorious DS from 2027.
Team wage bill
€11.8M
Bahrain Victorious · budget est. €28M · this rider ≈ 4.1% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. Bahrain Victorious's riders' wage pool is €12.6M (budget €28M × 45%). 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 0.8 for age 38; 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: €90k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.
Caruso in context
Bahrain Victorious — top earners
- Lenny Martinez€2.5M Model
- Santiago Buitrago€1M Model
- Pello Bilbao€886k Model
- Antonio Tiberi€874k Model
- Matej Mohorič€796k Model
- Damiano Caruso (#10 of 28)€487k
Similar salary band
- Valentin Madouas Groupama-FDJ United€491k · 150 pts
- Sam Welsford INEOS Grenadiers€489k · 267 pts
- Yevgeniy Fedorov XDS Astana€488k · 421 pts
- Adrià Pericas UAE Team Emirates-XRG€478k · 310 pts
- Hugo Hofstetter NSN Cycling Team€477k · 265 pts
- Pierre Gautherat Decathlon CMA CGM€477k · 297 pts
Snapshot 9 September 2026. Contract source: cicloweb.it. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.