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João Almeida vs Max Kanter

João AlmeidaMax Kanter
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€621k Model
Market value 2026€3.2M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-21%-42%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGXDS Astana
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2828
NationalityPortugalGermany
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Nov 2025)end of 2027 (announced Oct 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€47k€33k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€12k€7,720
PCS rank#75#58

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 €621k for Max Kanter, 303% more. João Almeida's figure is reported in the press; Max Kanter's is our model estimate. Both are 28. Max Kanter's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; João Almeida's runs to the end of 2028. Max Kanter has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 42% below his market value, against 21% below for João Almeida.

Questions

Who earns more, João Almeida or Max Kanter?

João Almeida earns more: €2.5M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 303% more.

Who has the higher market value, João Almeida or Max Kanter?

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

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