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Derek Gee-West vs Mads Pedersen

Derek Gee-WestMads Pedersen
Salary 2026€1.3M Model€2.5M Reported
Market value 2026€1.3M Model€3.3M Model
Salary against market value-5%-23%
TeamLidl-TrekLidl-Trek
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age2930
NationalityCanadaDenmark
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Jan 2026)end of 2029 (announced May 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€37k€88k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€38k€26k
PCS rank#81#21

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.

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €1.3M for Derek Gee-West, 100% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Derek Gee-West's is our model estimate. Derek Gee-West is younger: 29 against 30. Derek Gee-West's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Mads Pedersen has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 23% below his market value, against 5% below for Derek Gee-West.

Questions

Who earns more, Derek Gee-West or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €1.3M for Derek Gee-West, 100% more.

Who has the higher market value, Derek Gee-West or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €1.3M for Derek Gee-West. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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