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Jonathan Milan vs Sam Welsford

Jonathan MilanSam Welsford
Salary 2026€2.2M Model€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.6M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-14%+23%
TeamLidl-TrekNetcompany INEOS
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2530
NationalityItalyAustralia
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Aug 2025)end of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€90k€15k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€19k€5,956
PCS rank#46#254

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.

Jonathan Milan earns more: €2.2M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 70% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Jonathan Milan is younger: 25 against 30. Sam Welsford's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Jonathan Milan's runs to the end of 2029. Sam Welsford has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 23% above his market value, against 14% below for Jonathan Milan.

Questions

Who earns more, Jonathan Milan or Sam Welsford?

Jonathan Milan earns more: €2.2M a year against €1.3M for Sam Welsford, 70% more.

Who has the higher market value, Jonathan Milan or Sam Welsford?

Jonathan Milan: €2.6M against €1.1M for Sam Welsford. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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