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Mads Pedersen vs Mathieu van der Poel
| Mads Pedersen | Mathieu van der Poel | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €2.5M Reported | €4M Reported |
| Market value 2026 | €3.3M Model | €2M Model |
| Salary against market value | -23% | +103% |
| Team | Lidl-Trek | Alpecin-Premier Tech |
| Role | tier-one leader | second-tier leader |
| Age | 30 | 31 |
| Nationality | Denmark | Netherlands |
| Contract to | end of 2029 (announced May 2025) | end of 2028 (announced Mar 2024) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €88k | €97k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €26k | €20k |
| PCS rank | #21 | #18 |
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.
Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €2.5M for Mads Pedersen, 60% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Mads Pedersen is younger: 30 against 31. Mathieu van der Poel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Mathieu van der Poel has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 103% above his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.
Questions
Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Mathieu van der Poel?
Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €2.5M for Mads Pedersen, 60% more.
Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Mathieu van der Poel?
Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €2M for Mathieu van der Poel. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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