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Søren Wærenskjold vs Tim Merlier

Søren WærenskjoldTim Merlier
Salary 2026€924k Model€1.7M Model
Market value 2026€1.5M Model€2M Model
Salary against market value-36%-15%
TeamUno-X MobilitySoudal Quick-Step
Rolesecond-tier leadersecond-tier leader
Age2633
NationalityNorwayBelgium
Contract toend of 2029 (announced Jul 2026)end of 2028 (announced Jan 2025)
Prize money generated, 2026€30k€71k
Prize money received, 2026 Model€6,306€15k
PCS rank#56#29

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.

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €924k for Søren Wærenskjold, 83% more. Both figures are our model estimates. Søren Wærenskjold is younger: 26 against 33. Tim Merlier's contract runs out earlier, at the end of 2028; Søren Wærenskjold's runs to the end of 2029. Søren Wærenskjold has the larger gap between salary and market value: his salary is 36% below his market value, against 15% below for Tim Merlier.

Questions

Who earns more, Søren Wærenskjold or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier earns more: €1.7M a year against €924k for Søren Wærenskjold, 83% more.

Who has the higher market value, Søren Wærenskjold or Tim Merlier?

Tim Merlier: €2M against €1.5M for Søren Wærenskjold. Market value is our model's estimate of what the same job would cost on today's results.

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