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Danny van Poppel vs Jan Christen

Danny van PoppelJan Christen
Salary 2026€1.3M Model€811k Model
Market value 2026€1.2M Model€2.3M Model
Salary against market value+4%-64%
TeamRed Bull-BORA-hansgroheUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age3322
NationalityNetherlandsSwitzerland
Contract toend of 2026 (announced Jun 2023)end of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€7,076€30k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€15k€27k
PCS rank#187#45

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.

Danny van Poppel earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 58% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 33. Danny van Poppel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Jan Christen's runs to the end of 2030. Jan Christen has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 64% below his market value, against 4% above for Danny van Poppel.

Questions

Who earns more, Danny van Poppel or Jan Christen?

Danny van Poppel earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 58% more.

Who has the higher market value, Danny van Poppel or Jan Christen?

Jan Christen: €2.3M against €1.2M for Danny van Poppel. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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