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Giulio Ciccone vs Tim Merlier

Giulio CicconeTim Merlier
Salary 2026€1.2M Model€1.7M Model
Market value 2026€2.2M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value-46%-15%
TeamLidl-TrekSoudal Quick-Step
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age3133
NationalityItalyBelgium
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Jul 2025)end of 2028 (announced Jan 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€49k€71k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€15k€15k
PCS rank#39#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 Giulio Ciccone, 46% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Giulio Ciccone is younger: 31 against 33. Tim Merlier's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Giulio Ciccone's runs to the end of 2029. Giulio Ciccone has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 46% below his market value, against 15% below for Tim Merlier.

Questions

Who earns more, Giulio Ciccone or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €1.2M for Giulio Ciccone, 46% more.

Who has the higher market value, Giulio Ciccone or Tim Merlier?

Giulio Ciccone: €2.2M against €2M for Tim Merlier. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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