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Iván García Cortina vs Mads Pedersen

Iván García CortinaMads Pedersen
Salary 2026€648k Model€2.5M Reported
Market value 2026€495k Model€3.3M Model
Salary against market value+31%-23%
TeamMovistar TeamLidl-Trek
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age3030
NationalitySpainDenmark
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Oct 2023)end of 2029 (announced May 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€3,335€88k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€8,158€26k
PCS rank#320#21

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.

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €648k for Iván García Cortina, 286% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Iván García Cortina's is our model estimate. Both are 30. Iván García Cortina's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Iván García Cortina has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 31% above his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Iván García Cortina or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €648k for Iván García Cortina, 286% more.

Who has the higher market value, Iván García Cortina or Mads Pedersen?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €495k for Iván García Cortina. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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