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Olav Kooij vs Paul Seixas

Olav KooijPaul Seixas
Salary 2026€3M Reported€500k Press estimate
Market value 2026€2.5M Model€2.5M Model
Salary against market value+19%-80%
TeamDecathlon CMA CGMDecathlon CMA CGM
Roleteam leaderneo-pro
Age2420
NationalityNetherlandsFrance
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Sep 2025)end of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€64k€274k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€23k€28k
PCS rank#35#6

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 €500k for Paul Seixas, 500% more. Olav Kooij's figure is reported in the press; Paul Seixas's is a press estimate. Paul Seixas is younger: 20 against 24. Paul Seixas's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Olav Kooij's runs to the end of 2028. Paul Seixas has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 80% below his market value, against 19% above for Olav Kooij.

Questions

Who earns more, Olav Kooij or Paul Seixas?

Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 500% more.

Who has the higher market value, Olav Kooij or Paul Seixas?

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

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