UAE Team Emirates ended 2024 with absolute dominance over rival teams in terms of both UCI points earned and victories in a single season. Looking at the UAE team's overwhelming numbers, we can say that the investment made in the squad has exceeded the best expectations in terms of return and that never before has a sponsor seen its name in the world's mouths, not only for the historic feats achieved by Tadej Pogacar, for the way in which they were achieved, but also for the number of athletes involved in those victories.
Analyzing it together with CiclismoAtual, we took a look at the statistics. There were many podiums achieved by the most varied athletes in one-day races, general classifications, mountain, points and youth, but we analyzed the cyclists who achieved victories in stages or races, adding as an extra other jerseys and prizes that they won in the process.
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There were 81 victories won by 20 different cyclists over the course of 2024, a mark that allows UAE Team Emirates to climb to 3rd place in overall victories in a single season, adding 54 2nd places and 48 3rd places. That's a total of an incredible 183 podium finishes this season. Pavel Sivakov was by far the athlete with the most race days in his legs, with 82 days of competition.
In terms of UCI team points, and although the ranking always refers to the points earned by the team's best 20 riders over the last 12 months, with the season now entering its off-season, where riders take advantage of the opportunity to take some well-deserved vacation days, the UAE's advantage over its most direct rival, Team Visma | Lease a Bike, is monstrous, with almost double the points advantage in the UCI ranking (UAE's 36.831 to Visma's 20.385) at the last count.
Tadej Pogacar Men's Elite Road World Champion 2024
UAE Team Emirates won a total of 13 final General Classifications - including the Giro d'Italia and Tour de France - 18 one-day races - 2 Monuments included - various Mountain, Youth and Points classifications.
Tadej Pogacar, Brandon Mc Nulty, Marc Hirschi (who is leaving the team) were the highlights of a cohesive and very strong team, where this season the youngsters António Morgado, Isaac del Toro and Juan Ayuso deserve to be highlighted, each with their own highlights, wanting to show that the youngsters are already proving their worth and have the capacity to define themselves as cyclists and be able to fight for better results in the coming seasons, while continuing their process of adaptation, integration and development.
At the Giro d'Italia and the Tour de France, the team, through its collective and the greatness of the Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, achieved the Giro-Tour double, dominating the two Grand Tours and achieving one of the goals of the year, the recovery of the Tour de France yellow jersey by Tadej Pogacar, winning six stage victories in each race in the process. At the Vuelta a España, things didn't go according to plan, as João Almeida contracted Covid-19 and had to abandon the race, forcing the team to switch to plan B, race stages and fight for the secondary jerseys.
In part, they managed to clean up the image of the last grand tour of the year, winning a stage for Adam Yates and the Mountain Jersey for Jay Vine. They didn't achieve their main objective, but they were competitive. In the Monuments, Pogacar won Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Il Lombardia, with Milan-Sanremo once again hanging over the cyclist's throat. Tadej Pogacar brought home the rainbow jersey, won at the World Championships in Zurich, for the first time in the history of the United Arab Emirates team.
Below we present the achievements of the cyclists who helped achieve these fabulous numbers, in a season that will forever be remembered in the cycling books. Because it's inevitable that many years from now, for the most diverse reasons, we'll be talking about 2024. It was impressive.
UAE Team Emirates' 81 victories won by 20 different cyclists
Tadej POGACAR
25 wins
1 World Championship - Zurich
2 Grand Tours - Tour de France, GIro d'Italia
2 Monuments - Liège-Bastogne-Liège, Il Lombardia
1 General Classification - Vuelta a Catalunya
3 races in one day - Strade Bianche, GP de Montreal, Giro dell'Emilia
2 Mountain classification - Vuelta a Catalunya, Giro d'Italia
Brandon MCNULTY
10 Victories
2 General Classification - Vuelta a Valencia, Cro Race
1 day race - GP Miguel Indurain
Marc HIRSCHI
9 wins
7 one-day races - Faun Drôme Classic, Clásica San Sebastian, Bretagne Classic, GP Industria & Artigianato, Coppa Sabatini, Memorial Marco Pantani, Coppa Agostini
1 General Classification - Czech Tour
Adam YATES
6 wins
2 General Classification - Tour of Oman, Tour de Suisse
Finn FISHER-BLACK
4 wins
1 day race - Muscat Classic
Juan AYUSO
4 Victories
1 General Classification - Itzulia Basque Country
Diego ULISSI
3 wins
1 General Classification - Tour of Austria
Isaac DEL TORO
3 wins
1 General Classification - Vuelta Asturias
Tim WELLENS
3 wins
1 General Classification - Renewi Tour
António MORGADO
3 wins
1 one-day race - Giro della Romagna
Jan CHRISTEN
3 Victories
2 one-day races - Prueba Villafranca, Giro dell'Appennino
João ALMEIDA
3 Victories
Jay VINE
2 wins
Felix GROBSCHARTNER
2 wins
Nils POLLIT
2 wins
Marc SOLER
2 wins
Filippo BARONCINI
1 Victory
1 one-day race - Super 8 Classic
Pavel SIVAKOV
1 Victory
Domem NOVAK
1 Victory
Juan Sebastián MOLANO
1 Victory
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- many people advise him to grow slowly and rather do giro and/or vuelta instead of tdf. but i can totally understand that he is not satisfied with taking over once pogi declines, but instead beat him in his prime. so if he goes for tdf again, i‘m all for it. let‘s hope that pogi recovers soon!Ketterechts07-11-2026
- So gracious to offer something no-one would be prepared to pay for. The Giro is not the Tour and doesn’t command the same interest or attract the same “elite” (those willing to pay to be a part of something they consider has ego boosting potential). Roadside viewing will always largely remain free for everyone outside circuits. Introduction of a symbolic entrance to mountain climbs is worthy of exploration. Asking 1-2€ isn’t going to repulse real fans (most will spend 50-100€ on their outing that day all things included) but will prevent a portion of the total knobhead thrillseekers who will join in any large gathering as long as it’s free, just because they’re attracted to crowds, without which it it difficult for them to work up their anti-social behaviour.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- How is radio going to help when someone went over a cliff or bridge or off the roadside into a forest unnoticed and is laying there unconscious?Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- Yep, next we’ll be accusing F1 drivers of avoiding Le Mans.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- But on what is that opinion based? Are you holding him to a different standard than others? Are you saying he should do learn to like something he doesn’t Are you saying he hasn’t achieved enough Are you saying he pretends to be better than his results? It’s actually a really strange opinion to oust if you consider it objectively or rationally. Try applying it to others or yourself by asking if not EVERYONE should then be doing more? Nobody in athletics or swimming gets criticism for not expanding their repertoire when a rival or someone else does. In fact, most who move to another event get accused of running from their rival. Opinions are boring, the reasons behind them are what count.Jumpyjohn07-11-2026
- for a medical chief to throw things like is just bad. There are already radios which were banned for spectacle. allow radios. Gps trackers are not a complete solutionabstractengineer07-11-2026
- Yeah man...PogiSloFans07-11-2026
- any rider less than 25 whether they are really ready for the position of leadership of GT is probably not the case. I think Pogi himself suffered when he was defeated by Jonas in the TDF twice. But that would be the team's job to ensure support so that they can bounce back. It requires a team and time to get back up and win after getting knocked down.abstractengineer07-11-2026
- I'm very glad he got the big late Quickstep Vuelta win and I hope he has a few left for Euskaltel-Euskadi.flyer07-11-2026
- My memories of Ivan Basso aren't good but I liked his sister Elisa ok.flyer07-11-2026
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