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Mads Pedersen vs Mauro Schmid

Mads PedersenMauro Schmid
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€853k Model
Market value 2026€3.3M Model€1.5M Model
Salary against market value-23%-42%
TeamLidl-TrekJayco AlUla
Roletier-one leadersecond-tier leader
Age3026
NationalityDenmarkSwitzerland
Contract toend of 2029 (announced May 2025)end of 2029 (announced Aug 2023)
Prize money generated, 2026€88k€102k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€26k€11k
PCS rank#21#12

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 €853k for Mauro Schmid, 193% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Mauro Schmid's is our model estimate. Mauro Schmid is younger: 26 against 30. Both are under contract to the end of 2029. Mauro Schmid has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 42% below his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Mauro Schmid?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €853k for Mauro Schmid, 193% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Mauro Schmid?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €1.5M for Mauro Schmid. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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