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João Almeida vs Tadej Pogačar

João AlmeidaTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€3.2M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-21%+30%
TeamUAE Team Emirates-XRGUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolesecond-tier leadertier-one leader
Age2827
NationalityPortugalSlovenia
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Nov 2025)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€47k€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€12k€131k
PCS rank#75#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 €2.5M for João Almeida, 228% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Tadej Pogačar is younger: 27 against 28. João Almeida's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Tadej Pogačar has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% above his market value, against 21% below for João Almeida.

Questions

Who earns more, João Almeida or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €2.5M for João Almeida, 228% more.

Who has the higher market value, João Almeida or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M against €3.2M for João Almeida. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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