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Jan Christen vs Tim Wellens

Jan ChristenTim Wellens
Salary 2026€811k Model€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.3M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-64%+18%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age2235
NationalitySwitzerlandBelgium
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Dec 2024)end of 2027 (announced Oct 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€20k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€27k€115k
PCS rank#45#127

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.

Tim Wellens earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 61% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Jan Christen is younger: 22 against 35. Tim Wellens'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 18% above for Tim Wellens.

Questions

Who earns more, Jan Christen or Tim Wellens?

Tim Wellens earns more: €1.3M a year against €811k for Jan Christen, 61% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jan Christen or Tim Wellens?

Jan Christen: €2.3M against €1.1M for Tim Wellens. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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