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Mattias Skjelmose vs Sergio Higuita

Mattias SkjelmoseSergio Higuita
Salary 2026€2.4M Model€1.1M Model
Market value 2026€2.6M Model€726k Model
Salary against market value-10%+47%
TeamLidl-TrekXDS Astana
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age2529
NationalityDenmarkColombia
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2028
Prize money generated, 2026€52k€10k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€28k€9,778
PCS rank#9#144

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 €1.1M for Sergio Higuita, 123% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Mattias Skjelmose is younger: 25 against 29. Both are under contract to the end of 2028. Sergio Higuita has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 47% above his market value, against 10% below for Mattias Skjelmose.

Questions

Who earns more, Mattias Skjelmose or Sergio Higuita?

Mattias Skjelmose earns more: €2.4M a year against €1.1M for Sergio Higuita, 123% more.

Who has the higher market value, Mattias Skjelmose or Sergio Higuita?

Mattias Skjelmose: €2.6M against €726k for Sergio Higuita. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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