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Giulio Ciccone vs Samuel Watson
| Giulio Ciccone | Samuel Watson | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €1.2M Model | €543k Model |
| Market value 2026 | €2.2M Model | €1.1M Model |
| Salary against market value | -46% | -52% |
| Team | Lidl-Trek | Netcompany INEOS |
| Role | key climber / super-domestique | key climber / super-domestique |
| Age | 31 | 24 |
| Nationality | Italy | Great Britain |
| Contract to | end of 2029 (announced Jul 2025) | end of 2026 (announced Aug 2024) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €49k | €5,100 |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €15k | €5,379 |
| PCS rank | #39 | #348 |
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.
Giulio Ciccone earns more: €1.2M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 113% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Samuel Watson is younger: 24 against 31. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Giulio Ciccone's runs to the end of 2029. Samuel Watson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 52% below his market value, against 46% below for Giulio Ciccone.
Questions
Who earns more, Giulio Ciccone or Samuel Watson?
Giulio Ciccone earns more: €1.2M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 113% more.
Who has the higher market value, Giulio Ciccone or Samuel Watson?
Giulio Ciccone: €2.2M against €1.1M for Samuel Watson. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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