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Samuel Watson vs Thymen Arensman

Samuel WatsonThymen Arensman
Salary 2026€543k Model€1.2M Model
Market value 2026€1.1M Model€2.1M Model
Salary against market value-52%-45%
TeamNetcompany INEOSNetcompany INEOS
Rolekey climber / super-domestiquekey climber / super-domestique
Age2426
NationalityGreat BritainNetherlands
Contract toend of 2026 (announced Aug 2024)end of 2027 (announced Jun 2024)
Prize money generated, 2026€5,100€46k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€5,379€4,264
PCS rank#348#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.

Thymen Arensman earns more: €1.2M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 119% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Samuel Watson is younger: 24 against 26. Samuel Watson's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2026; Thymen Arensman's runs to the end of 2027. Samuel Watson has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 52% below his market value, against 45% below for Thymen Arensman.

Questions

Who earns more, Samuel Watson or Thymen Arensman?

Thymen Arensman earns more: €1.2M a year against €543k for Samuel Watson, 119% more.

Who has the higher market value, Samuel Watson or Thymen Arensman?

Thymen Arensman: €2.1M 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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