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Danny van Poppel vs Tadej Pogačar

Danny van PoppelTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€1.3M Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€1.2M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value+4%+30%
TeamRed Bull-BORA-hansgroheUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age3327
NationalityNetherlandsSlovenia
Contract toend of 2026 (announced Jun 2023)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€7,076€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€15k€131k
PCS rank#187#1

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.

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.3M for Danny van Poppel, 541% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Danny van Poppel's is our model estimate. Tadej Pogačar is younger: 27 against 33. Danny van Poppel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Tadej Pogačar has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% above his market value, against 4% above for Danny van Poppel.

Questions

Who earns more, Danny van Poppel or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.3M for Danny van Poppel, 541% more.

Who has the higher market value, Danny van Poppel or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M 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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