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Brandon McNulty vs João Almeida

Brandon McNultyJoão Almeida
Salary 2026€1.4M Model€2.5M Reported
Market value 2026€2.9M Model€3.2M Model
Salary against market value-51%-21%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2828
NationalityUnited StatesPortugal
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Apr 2026)end of 2028 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€6,182€47k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€113k€12k
PCS rank#33#75

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.

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €1.4M for Brandon McNulty, 74% more. João Almeida's figure is reported in the press; Brandon McNulty's is our model estimate. Both are 28. João Almeida's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Brandon McNulty's runs to the end of 2030. Brandon McNulty has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 51% below his market value, against 21% below for João Almeida.

Questions

Who earns more, Brandon McNulty or João Almeida?

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €1.4M for Brandon McNulty, 74% more.

Who has the higher market value, Brandon McNulty or João Almeida?

João Almeida: €3.2M against €2.9M for Brandon McNulty. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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