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Diego Ulissi vs Mattias Skjelmose

Diego UlissiMattias Skjelmose
Salary 2026€997k Model€2.4M Model
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€2.6M Model
Salary against market value-11%-10%
TeamXDS AstanaLidl-Trek
Roleteam leadersecond-tier leader
Age3725
NationalityItalyDenmark
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Aug 2026)end of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€15k€52k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€14k€28k
PCS rank#122#9

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.

Mattias Skjelmose earns more: €2.4M a year against €997k for Diego Ulissi, 139% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Mattias Skjelmose is younger: 25 against 37. Diego Ulissi's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mattias Skjelmose's runs to the end of 2028. Diego Ulissi has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 11% below his market value, against 10% below for Mattias Skjelmose.

Questions

Who earns more, Diego Ulissi or Mattias Skjelmose?

Mattias Skjelmose earns more: €2.4M a year against €997k for Diego Ulissi, 139% more.

Who has the higher market value, Diego Ulissi or Mattias Skjelmose?

Mattias Skjelmose: €2.6M 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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