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Marijn van den Berg vs Olav Kooij

Marijn van den BergOlav Kooij
Salary 2026€850k Model€3M Reported
Market value 2026€903k Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value-6%+19%
TeamEF Education-EasyPostDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolekey climber / super-domestiqueteam leader
Age2724
NationalityNetherlandsNetherlands
Contract toend of 2028end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€3,798€64k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€4,280€23k
PCS rank#273#35

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.

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €850k for Marijn van den Berg, 253% more. Olav Kooij's figure is reported in the press; Marijn van den Berg's is our model estimate. Olav Kooij is younger: 24 against 27. Both are under contract to the end of 2028. Olav Kooij has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 19% above his market value, against 6% below for Marijn van den Berg.

Questions

Who earns more, Marijn van den Berg or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €850k for Marijn van den Berg, 253% more.

Who has the higher market value, Marijn van den Berg or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij: €2.5M against €903k for Marijn van den Berg. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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