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Diego Ulissi vs Jan Christen

Diego UlissiJan Christen
Salary 2026€997k Model€811k Model
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€2.3M Model
Salary against market value-11%-64%
TeamXDS AstanaUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Roleteam leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age3722
NationalityItalySwitzerland
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Aug 2026)end of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€15k€30k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€14k€27k
PCS rank#122#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.

Diego Ulissi earns more: €997k a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 23% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 37. Diego Ulissi's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; 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 11% below for Diego Ulissi.

Questions

Who earns more, Diego Ulissi or Jan Christen?

Diego Ulissi earns more: €997k a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 23% more.

Who has the higher market value, Diego Ulissi or Jan Christen?

Jan Christen: €2.3M against €1.1M for Diego Ulissi. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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