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João Almeida vs Magnus Sheffield

João AlmeidaMagnus Sheffield
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€1M Model
Market value 2026€3.2M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-21%-6%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGNetcompany INEOS
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2824
NationalityPortugalUnited States
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Nov 2025)end of 2030 (announced Feb 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€47k€5,095
Prize money received, 2026 Model€12k€4,302
PCS rank#75#222

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.

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €1M for Magnus Sheffield, 149% more. João Almeida's figure is reported in the press; Magnus Sheffield's is our model estimate. Magnus Sheffield is younger: 24 against 28. João Almeida's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Magnus Sheffield's runs to the end of 2030. João Almeida has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 21% below his market value, against 6% below for Magnus Sheffield.

Questions

Who earns more, João Almeida or Magnus Sheffield?

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €1M for Magnus Sheffield, 149% more.

Who has the higher market value, João Almeida or Magnus Sheffield?

João Almeida: €3.2M against €1.1M for Magnus Sheffield. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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