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Jan Christen vs Matteo Jorgenson

Jan ChristenMatteo Jorgenson
Salary 2026€811k Model€1M Press estimate
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€2.6M Model
Salary against market value-64%-62%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGVisma | Lease a Bike
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2227
NationalitySwitzerlandUnited States
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2029 (announced Jul 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€25k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€13k
PCS rank#45#31

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.

Matteo Jorgenson earns more: €1M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 23% more. Matteo Jorgenson's figure is a press estimate; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 27. Matteo Jorgenson'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 62% below for Matteo Jorgenson.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Matteo Jorgenson?

Matteo Jorgenson earns more: €1M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 23% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Matteo Jorgenson?

Matteo Jorgenson: €2.6M 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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