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Mads Pedersen vs Paul Seixas

Mads PedersenPaul Seixas
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€500k Press estimate
Market value 2026€3.3M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value-23%-80%
TeamLidl-TrekDecathlon CMA CGM
Roletier-one leaderneo-pro
Age3020
NationalityDenmarkFrance
Contract toend of 2029 (announced May 2025)end of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€88k€274k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€26k€28k
PCS rank#21#6

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 €500k for Paul Seixas, 400% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Paul Seixas's is a press estimate. Paul Seixas is younger: 20 against 30. Paul Seixas's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mads Pedersen's runs to the end of 2029. Paul Seixas has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 80% below his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Paul Seixas?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 400% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Paul Seixas?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €2.5M for Paul Seixas. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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