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Jan Christen vs Maxim van Gils

Jan ChristenMaxim van Gils
Salary 2026€811k Model€2M Reported
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€1.3M Model
Salary against market value-64%+51%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquesecond-tier leader
Age2226
NationalitySwitzerlandBelgium
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2027 (announced Nov 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€7,450
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€37k
PCS rank#45#220

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.

Maxim van Gils earns more: €2M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 147% more. Maxim van Gils's figure is reported in the press; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 26. Maxim van Gils's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; 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 51% above for Maxim van Gils.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Maxim van Gils?

Maxim van Gils earns more: €2M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 147% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Maxim van Gils?

Jan Christen: €2.3M against €1.3M for Maxim van Gils. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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