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Mathieu van der Poel vs Maxim van Gils

Mathieu van der PoelMaxim van Gils
Salary 2026€4M Reported€2M Reported
Market value 2026€2M Model€1.3M Model
Salary against market value+103%+51%
TeamAlpecin-Premier TechRed Bull-BORA-hansgrohe
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age3126
NationalityNetherlandsBelgium
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Mar 2024)end of 2027 (announced Nov 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€97k€7,450
Prize money received, 2026 Model€20k€37k
PCS rank#18#220

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.

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €2M for Maxim van Gils, 100% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Maxim van Gils is younger: 26 against 31. Maxim van Gils's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Mathieu van der Poel's runs to the end of 2028. Mathieu van der Poel has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 103% above his market value, against 51% above for Maxim van Gils.

Questions

Who earns more, Mathieu van der Poel or Maxim van Gils?

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €2M for Maxim van Gils, 100% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mathieu van der Poel or Maxim van Gils?

Mathieu van der Poel: €2M against €1.3M for Maxim van Gils. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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