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Gerben Thijssen vs João Almeida

Gerben ThijssenJoão Almeida
Salary 2026€831k Model€2.5M Reported
Market value 2026€834k Model€3.2M Model
Salary against market value0%-21%
TeamAlpecin-Premier TechUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2828
NationalityBelgiumPortugal
Contract toend of 2027 (announced 6 Dec)end of 2028 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€4,835€47k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€3,033€12k
PCS rank#190#75

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.

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €831k for Gerben Thijssen, 201% more. João Almeida's figure is reported in the press; Gerben Thijssen's is our model estimate. Both are 28. Gerben Thijssen's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; João Almeida's runs to the end of 2028. João Almeida has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 21% below his market value, against 0% below for Gerben Thijssen.

Questions

Who earns more, Gerben Thijssen or João Almeida?

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €831k for Gerben Thijssen, 201% more.

Who has the higher market value, Gerben Thijssen or João Almeida?

João Almeida: €3.2M against €834k for Gerben Thijssen. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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