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Paul Seixas vs Richard Carapaz

Paul SeixasRichard Carapaz
Salary 2026€500k Press estimate€2.3M Reported
Market value 2026€2.5M Model€1.8M Model
Salary against market value-80%+30%
TeamDecathlon CMA CGMEF Education-EasyPost
Roleneo-prosecond-tier leader
Age2033
NationalityFranceEcuador
Contract toend of 2027 (announced Aug 2024)end of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€274k€125k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€28k€18k
PCS rank#6#13

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.

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 360% more. Richard Carapaz's figure is reported in the press; Paul Seixas's is a press estimate. Paul Seixas is younger: 20 against 33. Paul Seixas's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Richard Carapaz's runs to the end of 2029. Paul Seixas has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 80% below his market value, against 30% above for Richard Carapaz.

Questions

Who earns more, Paul Seixas or Richard Carapaz?

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €500k for Paul Seixas, 360% more.

Who has the higher market value, Paul Seixas or Richard Carapaz?

Paul Seixas: €2.5M against €1.8M for Richard Carapaz. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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