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Jan Christen vs Mathieu van der Poel

Jan ChristenMathieu van der Poel
Salary 2026€811k Model€4M Reported
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value-64%+103%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGAlpecin-Premier Tech
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2231
NationalitySwitzerlandNetherlands
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2028 (announced Mar 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€97k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€20k
PCS rank#45#18

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.

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 393% more. Mathieu van der Poel's figure is reported in the press; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 31. Mathieu van der Poel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Jan Christen's runs to the end of 2030. Mathieu van der Poel has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 103% above his market value, against 64% below for Jan Christen.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Mathieu van der Poel?

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 393% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Mathieu van der Poel?

Jan Christen: €2.3M against €2M for Mathieu van der Poel. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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