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Juan Ayuso vs Matthew Riccitello

Juan AyusoMatthew Riccitello
Salary 2026€3M Reported€836k Model
Market value 2026€2.8M Model€1.3M Model
Salary against market value+9%-35%
TeamLidl-TrekDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2324
NationalitySpainUnited States
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Sep 2025)end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€195k€7,290
Prize money received, 2026 Model€28k€26k
PCS rank#26#44

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.

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 259% more. Juan Ayuso's figure is reported in the press; Matthew Riccitello's is our model estimate. Juan Ayuso is younger: 23 against 24. Matthew Riccitello's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Juan Ayuso's runs to the end of 2030. Matthew Riccitello has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 35% below his market value, against 9% above for Juan Ayuso.

Questions

Who earns more, Juan Ayuso or Matthew Riccitello?

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 259% more.

Who has the higher market value, Juan Ayuso or Matthew Riccitello?

Juan Ayuso: €2.8M against €1.3M for Matthew Riccitello. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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