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Jan Christen vs Juan Ayuso

Jan ChristenJuan Ayuso
Salary 2026€811k Model€3M Reported
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€2.8M Model
Salary against market value-64%+9%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGLidl-Trek
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2223
NationalitySwitzerlandSpain
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2030 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€195k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€28k
PCS rank#45#26

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.

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 270% more. Juan Ayuso's figure is reported in the press; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 23. Both are under contract to the end of 2030. Jan Christen has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 64% below his market value, against 9% above for Juan Ayuso.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Juan Ayuso?

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 270% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Juan Ayuso?

Juan Ayuso: €2.8M against €2.3M for Jan Christen. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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