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Biniam Girmay vs Mads Pedersen

Biniam GirmayMads Pedersen
Salary 2026€2M Reported€2.5M Reported
Market value 2026€1.5M Model€3.3M Model
Salary against market value+34%-23%
TeamNSN Cycling TeamLidl-Trek
Roleteam leadertier-one leader
Age2630
NationalityEritreaDenmark
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2029 (announced May 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€49k€88k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€7,811€26k
PCS rank#57#21

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.

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €2M for Biniam Girmay, 25% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Biniam Girmay is younger: 26 against 30. Biniam Girmay's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Biniam Girmay has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 34% above his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Biniam Girmay or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €2M for Biniam Girmay, 25% more.

Who has the higher market value, Biniam Girmay or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €1.5M for Biniam Girmay. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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