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Lenny Martinez vs Richard Carapaz

Lenny MartinezRichard Carapaz
Salary 2026€2M Reported€2.3M Reported
Market value 2026€2.1M Model€1.8M Model
Salary against market value-3%+30%
TeamBahrain VictoriousEF Education-EasyPost
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age2333
NationalityFranceEcuador
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)end of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€106k€125k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€13k€18k
PCS rank#10#13

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.

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €2M for Lenny Martinez, 15% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Lenny Martinez is younger: 23 against 33. Lenny Martinez's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Richard Carapaz's runs to the end of 2029. Richard Carapaz has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% above his market value, against 3% below for Lenny Martinez.

Questions

Who earns more, Lenny Martinez or Richard Carapaz?

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €2M for Lenny Martinez, 15% more.

Who has the higher market value, Lenny Martinez or Richard Carapaz?

Lenny Martinez: €2.1M against €1.8M for Richard Carapaz. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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