VIDEO: Abu Dhabi lit up in celebration of UAE Team Emirates & Tadej Pogacar's 2024 Giro d'Italia dominance
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The first Maglia Rosa of Tadej Pogacar's career was claimed last weekend as, after three weeks of dominance, the UAE Team Emirates leader completed his comprehensive victory at the 2024 Giro d'Italia.
So comfortable was Pogacar's victory that in the end, the Slovenian had a near-ten-minute winning margin over his nearest challenger, Daniel Martinez of BORA - hansgrohe. After there were scenes of pink celebration in Pogacar's hometown back in Slovenian over the weekend, the hometown of the UAE Team Emirates team in Abu Dhabi has now similarly joined the celebrations.
"Incredible to see the ADNOCGroup Tower celebrating our Giro D’Italia victory," write the official UAE Team Emirates social media pages, adorning a video of the said tower lit up with images of Pogacar and the rest of his teammates from the opening Grand Tour of the season. "We’re incredibly thankful to all of our partners for your continued support, and so proud to represent the UAE."
See the cool images in the video down below!
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- This is a phenomenal course design. I do wish that they'd stretch these tours for the women to at least 2 weeks.RidesHills03-11-2026
- This is an amazing route, honestly. Let's hope that it attracts riders to make it a compelling and competitive race. Side bar amusement: going to Slovenia and passing pretty close to Pogačar's house. I wonder if they were tempting him to get all 3 jerseys at once after winning the Tour and Vuelta. After all, only a very few have ever had all three at the same time (Froome being the last).RidesHills03-11-2026
- He was a child two years ago
Rafionain-Glas03-11-2026 - A great route aswell. Col d'Arpy is a toughieRafionain-Glas03-11-2026
- Let Torito have a shot at itRafionain-Glas03-11-2026
- A great route, much more exciting than the Tour de France. Monte Livata is an interesting one, because they experimented with it at the 2026 Baby Giro, and it was fantastic. 4 km at 10%, then 10 km at 6.5% made for a great spectacle. The stage 16 is horrible. Montaner is also used in the U23s, in Giro del BelvedereRafionain-Glas03-11-2026
- I remember when Mark went through that. He was really experiencing lows and thought about quiting many times. It took him a long time to recover. I, like many others were overjoyed when he came back. I hope Lafay has been tested. I wish him the best.Paggss03-11-2026
- That sucks for him. I've always wondered what guys like him do after retiring from cycling - go back to uni? He's still a very young manCrashjames03-11-2026
- Good Point, I wonder if he's been testedmhfrvz03-11-2026
- A busy boy!Lozza03-11-2026
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Incredible to see @ADNOCGroup Tower celebrating our Giro D’Italia victory🙌🏼🩷 We’re incredibly thankful to all of our partners for your continued support, and so proud to represent the UAE🇦🇪 #UAETeamEmirates #WeAreUAE
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