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Daniel Felipe Martínez vs Tim Merlier

Daniel Felipe MartínezTim Merlier
Salary 2026€1.3M Model€1.7M Model
Market value 2026€1.2M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value+11%-15%
TeamRed Bull-BORA-hansgroheSoudal Quick-Step
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age3033
NationalityColombiaBelgium
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Aug 2023)end of 2028 (announced Jan 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€12k€71k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€11k€15k
PCS rank#179#29

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.

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €1.3M for Daniel Felipe Martínez, 26% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Daniel Felipe Martínez is younger: 30 against 33. Daniel Felipe Martínez's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Tim Merlier's runs to the end of 2028. Tim Merlier has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 15% below his market value, against 11% above for Daniel Felipe Martínez.

Questions

Who earns more, Daniel Felipe Martínez or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €1.3M for Daniel Felipe Martínez, 26% more.

Who has the higher market value, Daniel Felipe Martínez or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier: €2M against €1.2M for Daniel Felipe Martínez. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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