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Mathias Vacek vs Paul Seixas

Mathias VacekPaul Seixas
Salary 2026€1.3M Press estimate€500k Press estimate
Market value 2026€1.3M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value+3%-80%
TeamLidl-TrekDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolesecond-tier leaderneo-pro
Age2420
NationalityCzechiaFrance
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Aug 2025)end of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€11k€274k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€25k€28k
PCS rank#71#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.

Mathias Vacek earns more: €1.3M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 160% more. Both figures are press estimates. Paul Seixas is younger: 20 against 24. Paul Seixas's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mathias Vacek'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 3% above for Mathias Vacek.

Questions

Who earns more, Mathias Vacek or Paul Seixas?

Mathias Vacek earns more: €1.3M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 160% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mathias Vacek or Paul Seixas?

Paul Seixas: €2.5M against €1.3M for Mathias Vacek. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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