Darren van Bekkum

XDS AstanaNo contract for 2027contract until 2026

€60k

estimated 2026 salary · Model

Agency

SEG Cycling

confidence: high · source: FirstCycling agency page

PCS points 2026

career 148 · 75.0 pts per €100k (around the WT median)

Contract

No contract for 2027

until end of 2026 (PCS)

Team wage bill

€12.5M

XDS Astana · budget est. €25M · this rider ≈ 0.5% of the team's riders' wages

How this estimate is made. XDS Astana's riders' wage pool is €11.2M (budget €25M × 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 0.9 for age 24; 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: €60k. Full method. Typical error on a single rider: ±40%.

Van Bekkum in context

XDS Astana — top earners

Christian Scaroni€1.7M Model
Guillermo Thomas Silva€930k Model
Max Kanter€855k Model
Harold Tejada€771k Model
Diego Ulissi€712k Model
Darren van Bekkum (#27 of 31)€60k

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SEG Cycling — other clients

Jordi Meeus Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe1067 pts
Olav Kooij Decathlon CMA CGM904 pts
Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates-XRG898 pts

51 WorldTour riders · 7.7% of all points · Agency page →

Similar salary band

Pelayo Sánchez Movistar Team€63k · 13 pts
Roman Ermakov Bahrain Victorious€63k · 62 pts
Enzo Paleni Groupama-FDJ United€62k · 45 pts
Lev Gonov XDS Astana€60k · 33 pts
Florian Samuel Kajamini XDS Astana€60k · 31 pts
Anton Kuzmin XDS Astana€60k · 14 pts

Correct this data Results on PCS FirstCycling

Snapshot 9 September 2026. Salary shown is a base-salary estimate for the 2026 season in euros before tax; it excludes bonuses, prize money and personal sponsors.