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Juan Ayuso vs Max Kanter

Juan AyusoMax Kanter
Salary 2026€3M Reported€621k Model
Market value 2026€2.8M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value+9%-42%
TeamLidl-TrekXDS Astana
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2328
NationalitySpainGermany
Contract toend of 2030 (announced Sep 2025)end of 2027 (announced Oct 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€195k€33k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€28k€7,720
PCS rank#26#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.

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 383% more. Juan Ayuso's figure is reported in the press; Max Kanter's is our model estimate. Juan Ayuso is younger: 23 against 28. Max Kanter's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Juan Ayuso's runs to the end of 2030. Max Kanter has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 42% below his market value, against 9% above for Juan Ayuso.

Questions

Who earns more, Juan Ayuso or Max Kanter?

Juan Ayuso earns more: €3M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 383% more.

Who has the higher market value, Juan Ayuso or Max Kanter?

Juan Ayuso: €2.8M 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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