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Mathieu van der Poel vs Richard Carapaz

Mathieu van der PoelRichard Carapaz
Salary 2026€4M Reported€2.3M Reported
Market value 2026€2M Model€1.8M Model
Salary against market value+103%+30%
TeamAlpecin-Premier TechEF Education-EasyPost
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age3133
NationalityNetherlandsEcuador
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Mar 2024)end of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€97k€125k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€20k€18k
PCS rank#18#13

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 €2.3M for Richard Carapaz, 74% more. Both figures are reported in the press. Mathieu van der Poel is younger: 31 against 33. Mathieu van der Poel's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Richard Carapaz's runs to the end of 2029. Mathieu van der Poel has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 103% above his market value, against 30% above for Richard Carapaz.

Questions

Who earns more, Mathieu van der Poel or Richard Carapaz?

Mathieu van der Poel earns more: €4M a year against €2.3M for Richard Carapaz, 74% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mathieu van der Poel or Richard Carapaz?

Mathieu van der Poel: €2M against €1.8M for Richard Carapaz. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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