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Axel Laurance vs Mathieu van der Poel

Axel LauranceMathieu van der Poel
Salary 2026€961k Model€4M Reported
Market value 2026€1.2M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value-22%+103%
TeamNetcompany INEOSAlpecin-Premier Tech
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2531
NationalityFranceNetherlands
Contract toend of 2026 (announced Sep 2024)end of 2028 (announced Mar 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€11k€97k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€1,971€20k
PCS rank#160#18

Salary: gross base salary, before tax. Reported or Press estimate when the press published it, Model when it is our estimate; market value is always our model. How the model works · How wrong it is. Prize money generated: what the rider won at WorldTour and ProSeries races, pooled with the team, not kept.

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €961k for Axel Laurance, 316% more. Mathieu van der Poel's figure is reported in the press; Axel Laurance's is our model estimate. Axel Laurance is younger: 25 against 31. Axel Laurance's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Mathieu van der Poel's runs to the end of 2028. Mathieu van der Poel has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 103% above his market value, against 22% below for Axel Laurance.

Questions

Who earns more, Axel Laurance or Mathieu van der Poel?

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €961k for Axel Laurance, 316% more.

Who has the higher market value, Axel Laurance or Mathieu van der Poel?

Mathieu van der Poel: €2M against €1.2M for Axel Laurance. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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