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Oscar Onley vs Samuel Watson

Oscar OnleySamuel Watson
Salary 2026€2.8M Model€543k Model
Market value 2026€2.2M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value+29%-52%
TeamNetcompany INEOSNetcompany INEOS
Roleteam leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2324
NationalityGreat BritainGreat Britain
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2026 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€58k€5,100
Prize money received, 2026 Model€6,170€5,379
PCS rank#108#348

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.

Oscar Onley earns more: €2.8M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 414% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Oscar Onley is younger: 23 against 24. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Oscar Onley's runs to the end of 2029. Samuel Watson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 52% below his market value, against 29% above for Oscar Onley.

Questions

Who earns more, Oscar Onley or Samuel Watson?

Oscar Onley earns more: €2.8M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 414% more.

Who has the higher market value, Oscar Onley or Samuel Watson?

Oscar Onley: €2.2M against €1.1M for Samuel Watson. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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