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Matteo Jorgenson vs Samuel Watson

Matteo JorgensonSamuel Watson
Salary 2026€1M Press estimate€543k Model
Market value 2026€2.6M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value-62%-52%
TeamVisma | Lease a BikeNetcompany INEOS
Rolesecond-tier leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2724
NationalityUnited StatesGreat Britain
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Jul 2025)end of 2026 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€25k€5,100
Prize money received, 2026 Model€13k€5,379
PCS rank#31#348

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.

Matteo Jorgenson earns more: €1M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 84% more. Matteo Jorgenson's figure is a press estimate; Samuel Watson's is our model estimate. Samuel Watson is younger: 24 against 27. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Matteo Jorgenson's runs to the end of 2029. Matteo Jorgenson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 62% below his market value, against 52% below for Samuel Watson.

Questions

Who earns more, Matteo Jorgenson or Samuel Watson?

Matteo Jorgenson earns more: €1M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 84% more.

Who has the higher market value, Matteo Jorgenson or Samuel Watson?

Matteo Jorgenson: €2.6M against €1.1M for Samuel Watson. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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