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Danny van Poppel vs Juan Ayuso
| Danny van Poppel | Juan Ayuso | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €1.3M Model | €3M Reported |
| Market value 2026 | €1.2M Model | €2.8M Model |
| Salary against market value | +4% | +9% |
| Team | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | Lidl-Trek |
| Role | key climber / super-domestique | second-tier leader |
| Age | 33 | 23 |
| Nationality | Netherlands | Spain |
| Contract to | end of 2026 (announced Jun 2023) | end of 2030 (announced Sep 2025) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €7,076 | €195k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €15k | €28k |
| PCS rank | #187 | #26 |
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.
Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €1.3M for Danny van Poppel, 135% more. Juan Ayuso's figure is reported in the press; Danny van Poppel's is our model estimate. Juan Ayuso is younger: 23 against 33. Danny van Poppel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Juan Ayuso's runs to the end of 2030. Juan Ayuso has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 9% above his market value, against 4% above for Danny van Poppel.
Questions
Who earns more, Danny van Poppel or Juan Ayuso?
Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €1.3M for Danny van Poppel, 135% more.
Who has the higher market value, Danny van Poppel or Juan Ayuso?
Juan Ayuso: €2.8M 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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