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Sam Welsford vs Thymen Arensman

Sam WelsfordThymen Arensman
Salary 2026€1.3M Model€1.2M Model
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€2.1M Model
Salary against market value+23%-45%
TeamNetcompany INEOSNetcompany INEOS
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age3026
NationalityAustraliaNetherlands
Contract toend of 2028 (announced Dec 2025)end of 2027 (announced Jun 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€15k€46k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€5,956€4,264
PCS rank#254#51

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.

Sam Welsford earns more: €1.3M a year against €1.2M for Thymen Arensman, 12% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Thymen Arensman is younger: 26 against 30. Thymen Arensman's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2027; Sam Welsford's runs to the end of 2028. Thymen Arensman has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 45% below his market value, against 23% above for Sam Welsford.

Questions

Who earns more, Sam Welsford or Thymen Arensman?

Sam Welsford earns more: €1.3M a year against €1.2M for Thymen Arensman, 12% more.

Who has the higher market value, Sam Welsford or Thymen Arensman?

Thymen Arensman: €2.1M against €1.1M for Sam Welsford. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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