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Kévin Vauquelin vs Tim Wellens

Kévin VauquelinTim Wellens
Salary 2026€800k Reported€1.3M Model
Market value 2026€2.5M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-68%+18%
TeamNetcompany INEOSUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2535
NationalityFranceBelgium
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Oct 2025)end of 2027 (announced Oct 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€26k€20k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€4,913€115k
PCS rank#85#127

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.

Tim Wellens earns more: €1.3M a year against €800k for Kévin Vauquelin, 63% more. Tim Wellens's figure is our model estimate; Kévin Vauquelin's is reported in the press. Kévin Vauquelin is younger: 25 against 35. Tim Wellens's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Kévin Vauquelin's runs to the end of 2028. Kévin Vauquelin has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 68% below his market value, against 18% above for Tim Wellens.

Questions

Who earns more, Kévin Vauquelin or Tim Wellens?

Tim Wellens earns more: €1.3M a year against €800k for Kévin Vauquelin, 63% more.

Who has the higher market value, Kévin Vauquelin or Tim Wellens?

Kévin Vauquelin: €2.5M against €1.1M for Tim Wellens. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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