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Filippo Ganna vs Sam Welsford

Filippo GannaSam Welsford
Salary 2026€2M Reported€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-13%+23%
TeamNetcompany INEOSNetcompany INEOS
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age3030
NationalityItalyAustralia
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Aug 2022)end of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€44k€15k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€4,609€5,956
PCS rank#52#254

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.

Filippo Ganna earns more: €2M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 51% more. Filippo Ganna's figure is reported in the press; Sam Welsford's is our model estimate. Both are 30. Sam Welsford's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Filippo Ganna's runs to the end of 2029. Sam Welsford has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 23% above his market value, against 13% below for Filippo Ganna.

Questions

Who earns more, Filippo Ganna or Sam Welsford?

Filippo Ganna earns more: €2M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 51% more.

Who has the higher market value, Filippo Ganna or Sam Welsford?

Filippo Ganna: €2.3M against €1.1M for Sam Welsford. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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