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Mads Pedersen vs Matthew Riccitello

Mads PedersenMatthew Riccitello
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€836k Model
Market value 2026€3.3M Model€1.3M Model
Salary against market value-23%-35%
TeamLidl-TrekDecathlon CMA CGM
Roletier-one leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age3024
NationalityDenmarkUnited States
Contract toend of 2029 (announced May 2025)end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€88k€7,290
Prize money received, 2026 Model€26k€26k
PCS rank#21#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.

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 199% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Matthew Riccitello's is our model estimate. Matthew Riccitello is younger: 24 against 30. Matthew Riccitello's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Matthew Riccitello has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 35% below his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Matthew Riccitello?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 199% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Matthew Riccitello?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M 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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