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Mads Pedersen vs Max Kanter
| Mads Pedersen | Max Kanter | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €2.5M Reported | €621k Model |
| Market value 2026 | €3.3M Model | €1.1M Model |
| Salary against market value | -23% | -42% |
| Team | Lidl-Trek | XDS Astana |
| Role | tier-one leader | key climber / super-domestique |
| Age | 30 | 28 |
| Nationality | Denmark | Germany |
| Contract to | end of 2029 (announced May 2025) | end of 2027 (announced Oct 2025) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €88k | €33k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €26k | €7,720 |
| PCS rank | #21 | #58 |
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 €621k for Max Kanter, 303% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Max Kanter's is our model estimate. Max Kanter is younger: 28 against 30. Max Kanter's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Max Kanter 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 Max Kanter?
Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 303% more.
Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Max Kanter?
Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €1.1M for Max Kanter. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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