United States · 31 · Climber · PCS rank 42
Sepp Kuss
€1.5M
estimated 2026 salary · Model
PCS points 2026
868
career 5074 · 58.8 pts per €100k (around the WT median)
Contract
Under contract
until end of 2027 (PCS)
Team wage bill
€24.5M
Visma | Lease a Bike · budget est. €50M · this rider ≈ 6.0% of the team's riders' wages
How this estimate is made. Visma | Lease a Bike's riders' wage pool is €22.5M (budget €50M × 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 1.0 for age 31; 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%.
Kuss in context
Visma | Lease a Bike — top earners
- Jonas Vingegaard€5M Reported
- Wout van Aert€4M Reported
- Matteo Jorgenson€1.8M Model
- Matthew Brennan€1.7M Model
- Christophe Laporte€1.6M Model
- Sepp Kuss (#6 of 29)€1.5M
Similar salary band
- Jordi Meeus Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe€1.5M · 1067 pts
- Jonathan Milan Lidl-Trek€1.5M · 844 pts
- Biniam Girmay NSN Cycling Team€1.5M · 758 pts
- Pavel Bittner Picnic PostNL€1.4M · 608 pts
- Kévin Vauquelin INEOS Grenadiers€1.4M · 590 pts
- Jay Vine UAE Team Emirates-XRG€1.3M · 898 pts
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.