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Carlos Rodríguez vs Olav Kooij

Carlos RodríguezOlav Kooij
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€3M Reported
Market value 2026€1.3M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value+94%+19%
TeamNetcompany INEOSDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolesecond-tier leaderteam leader
Age2524
NationalitySpainNetherlands
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Oct 2023)end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€1,500€64k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€5,009€23k
PCS rank#237#35

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.

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €2.5M for Carlos Rodríguez, 20% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Olav Kooij is younger: 24 against 25. Carlos Rodríguez's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Olav Kooij's runs to the end of 2028. Carlos Rodríguez has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 94% above his market value, against 19% above for Olav Kooij.

Questions

Who earns more, Carlos Rodríguez or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €2.5M for Carlos Rodríguez, 20% more.

Who has the higher market value, Carlos Rodríguez or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij: €2.5M against €1.3M for Carlos Rodríguez. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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