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Mathieu van der Poel vs Paul Seixas

Mathieu van der PoelPaul Seixas
Salary 2026€4M Reported€500k Press estimate
Market value 2026€2M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value+103%-80%
TeamAlpecin-Premier TechDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolesecond-tier leaderneo-pro
Age3120
NationalityNetherlandsFrance
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Mar 2024)end of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€97k€274k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€20k€28k
PCS rank#18#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.

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 700% more. Mathieu van der Poel's figure is reported in the press; Paul Seixas's is a press estimate. Paul Seixas is younger: 20 against 31. Paul Seixas'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 80% below for Paul Seixas.

Questions

Who earns more, Mathieu van der Poel or Paul Seixas?

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 700% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mathieu van der Poel or Paul Seixas?

Paul Seixas: €2.5M against €2M for Mathieu van der Poel. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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