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Mattias Skjelmose vs Richard Carapaz

Mattias SkjelmoseRichard Carapaz
Salary 2026€2.4M Model€2.3M Reported
Market value 2026€2.6M Model€1.8M Model
Salary against market value-10%+30%
TeamLidl-TrekEF Education-EasyPost
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age2533
NationalityDenmarkEcuador
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€52k€125k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€28k€18k
PCS rank#9#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.

Mattias Skjelmose earns more: €2.4M a year against €2.3M for Richard Carapaz, 3% more. Mattias Skjelmose's figure is our model estimate; Richard Carapaz's is reported in the press. Mattias Skjelmose is younger: 25 against 33. Mattias Skjelmose's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Richard Carapaz's runs to the end of 2029. Richard Carapaz has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% above his market value, against 10% below for Mattias Skjelmose.

Questions

Who earns more, Mattias Skjelmose or Richard Carapaz?

Mattias Skjelmose earns more: €2.4M a year against €2.3M for Richard Carapaz, 3% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mattias Skjelmose or Richard Carapaz?

Mattias Skjelmose: €2.6M 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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