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Mads Pedersen vs Wout van Aert

	Mads Pedersen	Wout van Aert
Salary 2026	€2.5M Reported	€4M Reported
Market value 2026	€3.3M Model	€2.8M Model
Salary against market value	-23%	+43%
Team	Lidl-Trek	Visma \| Lease a Bike
Role	tier-one leader	tier-one leader
Age	30	31
Nationality	Denmark	Belgium
Prize money generated, 2026	€88k	€110k
Prize money received, 2026 Model	€26k	€25k
PCS rank	#21	#14

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.

Wout van Aert earns more: €4M a year against €2.5M for Mads Pedersen, 60% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Mads Pedersen is younger: 30 against 31. Wout van Aert has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 43% above his market value, against 23% below for Mads Pedersen.

Questions

Who earns more, Mads Pedersen or Wout van Aert?

Wout van Aert earns more: €4M a year against €2.5M for Mads Pedersen, 60% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mads Pedersen or Wout van Aert?

Mads Pedersen: €3.3M against €2.8M for Wout van Aert. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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