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Matthew Riccitello vs Tadej Pogačar

Matthew RiccitelloTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€836k Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€1.3M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-35%+30%
TeamDecathlon CMA CGMUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquetier-one leader
Age2427
NationalityUnited StatesSlovenia
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€7,290€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€26k€131k
PCS rank#44#1

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.

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 881% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Matthew Riccitello's is our model estimate. Matthew Riccitello is younger: 24 against 27. Matthew Riccitello's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Matthew Riccitello has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 35% below his market value, against 30% above for Tadej Pogačar.

Questions

Who earns more, Matthew Riccitello or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €836k for Matthew Riccitello, 881% more.

Who has the higher market value, Matthew Riccitello or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M against €1.3M for Matthew Riccitello. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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