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Guillermo Thomas Silva vs Richard Carapaz

Guillermo Thomas SilvaRichard Carapaz
Salary 2026€544k Model€2.3M Reported
Market value 2026€1.5M Model€1.8M Model
Salary against market value-64%+30%
TeamXDS AstanaEF Education-EasyPost
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2433
NationalityUruguayEcuador
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Aug 2026)end of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€78k€125k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€16k€18k
PCS rank#41#13

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.

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €544k for Guillermo Thomas Silva, 323% more. Richard Carapaz's figure is reported in the press; Guillermo Thomas Silva's is our model estimate. Guillermo Thomas Silva is younger: 24 against 33. Both are under contract to the end of 2029. Guillermo Thomas Silva has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 64% below his market value, against 30% above for Richard Carapaz.

Questions

Who earns more, Guillermo Thomas Silva or Richard Carapaz?

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €544k for Guillermo Thomas Silva, 323% more.

Who has the higher market value, Guillermo Thomas Silva or Richard Carapaz?

Richard Carapaz: €1.8M against €1.5M for Guillermo Thomas Silva. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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