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Max Kanter vs Olav Kooij

Max KanterOlav Kooij
Salary 2026€621k Model€3M Reported
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value-42%+19%
TeamXDS AstanaDecathlon CMA CGM
Rolekey climber / super-domestiqueteam leader
Age2824
NationalityGermanyNetherlands
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Oct 2025)end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€33k€64k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€7,720€23k
PCS rank#58#35

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.

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 383% more. Olav Kooij's figure is reported in the press; Max Kanter's is our model estimate. Olav Kooij is younger: 24 against 28. Max Kanter's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Olav Kooij's runs to the end of 2028. Max Kanter has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 42% below his market value, against 19% above for Olav Kooij.

Questions

Who earns more, Max Kanter or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €621k for Max Kanter, 383% more.

Who has the higher market value, Max Kanter or Olav Kooij?

Olav Kooij: €2.5M against €1.1M for Max Kanter. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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