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Felix Großschartner vs Tim Merlier

Felix GroßschartnerTim Merlier
Salary 2026€1.2M Model€1.7M Model
Market value 2026€1.2M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value+2%-15%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGSoudal Quick-Step
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age3233
NationalityAustriaBelgium
Contract toend of 2027 (announced May 2025)end of 2028 (announced Jan 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€6,025€71k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€0€15k
PCS rank#164#29

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.

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €1.2M for Felix Großschartner, 41% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Felix Großschartner is younger: 32 against 33. Felix Großschartner's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Tim Merlier's runs to the end of 2028. Tim Merlier has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 15% below his market value, against 2% above for Felix Großschartner.

Questions

Who earns more, Felix Großschartner or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €1.2M for Felix Großschartner, 41% more.

Who has the higher market value, Felix Großschartner or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier: €2M against €1.2M for Felix Großschartner. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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