UAE Team Emirates, 5 wins away from breaking HTC's all-time record in a year: Here are the races left to go

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Tuesday, 08 October 2024 at 10:22
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UAE Team Emirates' 2024 season can best be described as simply sensational. The team has dominated the entire cycling scene, which has led to a total of 80 victories so far. The all-time record is currently held by Team Columbia-HTC, when in 2009, they had a total of 85 victories.
For a UAE that has achieved everything this year, with victories in Giro d'Italia, Tour de France and Liège-Bastogne-Liège as main achievements (all by star man Tadej Pogacar), and also aiming for victory in Il Lombardia next Saturday, October 12, the ambition to be crowned at the top of history keeps the team fully focused on this final stretch of 2024. But how many chances does UAE Team Emirates have left to reach those 85 HTC victories? After failing to win the Coppa Bernocchi with Marc Hirschi, here are all the remaining races in which UAE will be able to add those 6 desired victories.

The list of remaining 2024 races

Counting all the remaining races UAE Team Emirates will participate in, the team will have a total of 12 opportunities to add up to 6 victories. In other words, the team must win at least 50% of its remaining races in 2024 to surpass HTC's record, all with hopes pinned on Tadej Pogacar, Marc Hirschi and UAE's lineup for the Tour of Guangxi.
* List with presence or possible presence to be confirmed of UAE.
- Tre Valli Varesine (October 8).
  • UAE's favourite to win: Tadej Pogacar.
- Gran Piemonte (October 10)
  • UAE's favourite to win: Marc Hirschi.
- Il Lombardia (October 12).
  • UAE favourite to win: Tadej Pogacar.
- Chrono des Nations (October 13)
  • UAE's favourite to win: Presence unconfirmed.
- Giro del Veneto (October 16).
  • UAE's favourite to win: Marc Hirschi
- Tour of Guangxi (6 stages, from October 15 to October 20).
  • UAE's provisional line-up to go for as many victories as possible: Sebastián Molano, Igor Arrieta, Isaac del Toro, Felix Grosschartner, Tim Wellens Álvaro José Hodeg and Vegard Stake Laengen.
- Veneto Classic (October 20th)
  • UAE's favourite to win: Marc Hirschi.

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