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Santiago Buitrago vs Tadej Pogačar

Santiago BuitragoTadej Pogačar
Salary 2026€1.2M Model€8.2M Reported
Market value 2026€1.4M Model€6.3M Model
Salary against market value-15%+30%
TeamBahrain VictoriousUAE Team Emirates-XRG
Rolesecond-tier leadertier-one leader
Age2627
NationalityColombiaSlovenia
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Sep 2023)end of 2032 (announced Sep 2026)
Prize money generated, 2026€32k€809k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€21k€131k
PCS rank#96#1

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.

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.2M for Santiago Buitrago, 587% more. Tadej Pogačar's figure is reported in the press; Santiago Buitrago's is our model estimate. Santiago Buitrago is younger: 26 against 27. Santiago Buitrago's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2029; Tadej Pogačar's runs to the end of 2032. Tadej Pogačar has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 30% above his market value, against 15% below for Santiago Buitrago.

Questions

Who earns more, Santiago Buitrago or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar earns more: €8.2M a year against €1.2M for Santiago Buitrago, 587% more.

Who has the higher market value, Santiago Buitrago or Tadej Pogačar?

Tadej Pogačar: €6.3M against €1.4M for Santiago Buitrago. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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