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Mads Pedersen vs Maxim van Gils
| Mads Pedersen | Maxim van Gils | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €2.5M Reported | €2M Reported |
| Market value 2026 | €3.3M Model | €1.3M Model |
| Salary against market value | -23% | +51% |
| Team | Lidl-Trek | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe |
| Role | tier-one leader | second-tier leader |
| Age | 30 | 26 |
| Nationality | Denmark | Belgium |
| Contract to | end of 2029 (announced May 2025) | end of 2027 (announced Nov 2024) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €88k | €7,450 |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €26k | €37k |
| PCS rank | #21 | #220 |
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 €2M for Maxim van Gils, 25% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Maxim van Gils is younger: 26 against 30. Maxim van Gils's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Maxim van Gils has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 51% above his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.
Questions
Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Maxim van Gils?
Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €2M for Maxim van Gils, 25% more.
Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Maxim van Gils?
Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €1.3M for Maxim van Gils. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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