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Jan Christen vs Tadej Pogačar

Jan ChristenTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€811k Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-64%+30%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age2227
NationalitySwitzerlandSlovenia
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€131k
PCS rank#45#1

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.

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 911% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Jan Christen's is our model estimate. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 27. Jan Christen's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2030; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Jan Christen has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 64% below his market value, against 30% above for Tadej Pogačar.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 911% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M 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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