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Jan Christen vs Mathias Vacek
| Jan Christen | Mathias Vacek | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €811k Model | €1.3M Press estimate |
| Market value 2026 | €2.3M Model | €1.3M Model |
| Salary against market value | -64% | +3% |
| Team | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | Lidl-Trek |
| Role | key climber / super-domestique | second-tier leader |
| Age | 22 | 24 |
| Nationality | Switzerland | Czechia |
| Contract to | end of 2030 (announced Dec 2024) | end of 2029 (announced Aug 2025) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €30k | €11k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €27k | €25k |
| PCS rank | #45 | #71 |
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.
Mathias Vacek earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 60% more. Mathias Vacek's figure is a press estimate; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 24. Mathias Vacek's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2029; Jan Christen's runs 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 3% above for Mathias Vacek.
Questions
Who earns more, Jan Christen or Mathias Vacek?
Mathias Vacek earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 60% more.
Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Mathias Vacek?
Jan Christen: €2.3M against €1.3M for Mathias Vacek. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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