Home / Compare / Benoît Cosnefroy vs David Gaudu

Benoît Cosnefroy vs David Gaudu

Benoît CosnefroyDavid Gaudu
Salary 2026€1.4M Model€1.4M Model
Market value 2026€2.6M Model€828k Model
Salary against market value-48%+72%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGGroupama-FDJ United
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age3029
NationalityFranceFrance
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Oct 2025)end of 2027 (announced May 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€120k€1,800
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€1,937
PCS rank#38#602

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.

David Gaudu earns more: €1.4M a year against €1.4M for Benoît Cosnefroy, 4% more. Both figures are our model estimates. David Gaudu is younger: 29 against 30. David Gaudu's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Benoît Cosnefroy's runs to the end of 2028. David Gaudu has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 72% above his market value, against 48% below for Benoît Cosnefroy.

Questions

Who earns more, Benoît Cosnefroy or David Gaudu?

David Gaudu earns more: €1.4M a year against €1.4M for Benoît Cosnefroy, 4% more.

Who has the higher market value, Benoît Cosnefroy or David Gaudu?

Benoît Cosnefroy: €2.6M against €828k for David Gaudu. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

More comparisons

Benoît Cosnefroy → · David Gaudu → · All comparisons →