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Jay Vine vs Olav Kooij

Jay VineOlav Kooij
Salary 2026€1M Model€3M Reported
Market value 2026€1.3M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value-21%+19%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolekey climber / super-domestiqueteam leader
Age3024
NationalityAustraliaNetherlands
Contract toend of 2029 (announced 27 Oct)end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€18k€64k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€20k€23k
PCS rank#36#35

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.

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €1M for Jay Vine, 193% more. Olav Kooij's figure is reported in the press; Jay Vine's is our model estimate. Olav Kooij is younger: 24 against 30. Olav Kooij's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Jay Vine's runs to the end of 2029. Jay Vine has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 21% below his market value, against 19% above for Olav Kooij.

Questions

Who earns more, Jay Vine or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €1M for Jay Vine, 193% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jay Vine or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij: €2.5M against €1.3M for Jay Vine. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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