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Richard Carapaz vs Romain Grégoire

Richard CarapazRomain Grégoire
Salary 2026€2.3M Reported€1.1M Model
Market value 2026€1.8M Model€1.6M Model
Salary against market value+30%-30%
TeamEF Education-EasyPostGroupama-FDJ United
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age3323
NationalityEcuadorFrance
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Nov 2025)end of 2028 (announced Jun 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€125k€28k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€18k€5,186
PCS rank#13#24

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 €1.1M for Romain Grégoire, 111% more. Richard Carapaz's figure is reported in the press; Romain Grégoire's is our model estimate. Romain Grégoire is younger: 23 against 33. Romain Grégoire's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Richard Carapaz's runs to the end of 2029. Romain Grégoire has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% below his market value, against 30% above for Richard Carapaz.

Questions

Who earns more, Richard Carapaz or Romain Grégoire?

Richard Carapaz earns more: €2.3M a year against €1.1M for Romain Grégoire, 111% more.

Who has the higher market value, Richard Carapaz or Romain Grégoire?

Richard Carapaz: €1.8M against €1.6M for Romain Grégoire. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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