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Remco Evenepoel vs Samuel Watson

Remco EvenepoelSamuel Watson
Salary 2026€6.6M Reported€543k Model
Market value 2026€5.9M Model€1.1M Model
Salary against market value+12%-52%
TeamRed Bull-BORA-hansgroheNetcompany INEOS
Roletier-one leaderkey climber / super-domestique
Age2624
NationalityBelgiumGreat Britain
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Aug 2025)end of 2026 (announced Aug 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€337k€5,100
Prize money received, 2026 Model€44k€5,379
PCS rank#2#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.

Remco Evenepoel earns more: €6.6M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 1115% more. Remco Evenepoel's figure is reported in the press; Samuel Watson's is our model estimate. Samuel Watson is younger: 24 against 26. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Remco Evenepoel's runs to the end of 2028. Samuel Watson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 52% below his market value, against 12% above for Remco Evenepoel.

Questions

Who earns more, Remco Evenepoel or Samuel Watson?

Remco Evenepoel earns more: €6.6M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 1115% more.

Who has the higher market value, Remco Evenepoel or Samuel Watson?

Remco Evenepoel: €5.9M 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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