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Mads Pedersen vs Rui Oliveira

Mads PedersenRui Oliveira
Salary 2026€2.5M Reported€478k Model
Market value 2026€3.3M Model€507k Model
Salary against market value-23%-6%
TeamLidl-TrekUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Roletier-one leaderexperienced domestique
Age3030
NationalityDenmarkPortugal
Contract toend of 2029 (announced May 2025)end of 2029
Prize money generated, 2026€88k€1,135
Prize money received, 2026 Model€26k€16k
PCS rank#21#408

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 €478k for Rui Oliveira, 423% more. Mads Pedersen's figure is reported in the press; Rui Oliveira's is our model estimate. Both are 30. Both are under contract to the end of 2029. Mads Pedersen has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 23% below his market value, against 6% below for Rui Oliveira.

Questions

Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Rui Oliveira?

Mads Pedersen earns more: €2.5M a year against €478k for Rui Oliveira, 423% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Rui Oliveira?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €507k for Rui Oliveira. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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