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Diego Ulissi vs Juan Ayuso
| Diego Ulissi | Juan Ayuso | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €997k Model | €3M Reported |
| Market value 2026 | €1.1M Model | €2.8M Model |
| Salary against market value | -11% | +9% |
| Team | XDS Astana | Lidl-Trek |
| Role | team leader | second-tier leader |
| Age | 37 | 23 |
| Nationality | Italy | Spain |
| Contract to | end of 2027 (announced Aug 2026) | end of 2030 (announced Sep 2025) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €15k | €195k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €14k | €28k |
| PCS rank | #122 | #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 €997k for Diego Ulissi, 201% more. Juan Ayuso's figure is reported in the press; Diego Ulissi's is our model estimate. Juan Ayuso is younger: 23 against 37. Diego Ulissi's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Juan Ayuso's runs to the end of 2030. Diego Ulissi has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 11% below his market value, against 9% above for Juan Ayuso.
Questions
Who earns more, Diego Ulissi or Juan Ayuso?
Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €997k for Diego Ulissi, 201% more.
Who has the higher market value, Diego Ulissi or Juan Ayuso?
Juan Ayuso: €2.8M 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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