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Olav Kooij vs Pavel Bittner
| Olav Kooij | Pavel Bittner | |
|---|---|---|
| Salary 2026 | €3M Reported | €572k Model |
| Market value 2026 | €2.5M Model | €1.1M Model |
| Salary against market value | +19% | -49% |
| Team | Decathlon CMA CGM | Picnic PostNL |
| Role | team leader | key climber / super-domestique |
| Age | 24 | 23 |
| Nationality | Netherlands | Czechia |
| Contract to | end of 2028 (announced Sep 2025) | end of 2028 (announced Aug 2024) |
| Prize money generated, 2026 | €64k | €12k |
| Prize money received, 2026 Model | €23k | €2,855 |
| PCS rank | #35 | #79 |
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 €572k for Pavel Bittner, 424% more. Olav Kooij's figure is reported in the press; Pavel Bittner's is our model estimate. Pavel Bittner is younger: 23 against 24. Both are under contract to the end of 2028. Pavel Bittner has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 49% below his market value, against 19% above for Olav Kooij.
Questions
Who earns more, Olav Kooij or Pavel Bittner?
Olav Kooij earns more: €3M a year against €572k for Pavel Bittner, 424% more.
Who has the higher market value, Olav Kooij or Pavel Bittner?
Olav Kooij: €2.5M against €1.1M for Pavel Bittner. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.
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