"Wins at the Tour de France and La Vuelta are huge highlights for us" - Team Jayco AlUla react to strong 2024 season

Team Jayco AlUla closed out the 2024 season on a high note, celebrating a total of 25 UCI victories with contributions from 12 different riders. The team's success throughout the year highlighted its strength and versatility.

The season featured victories across various fronts—from national championships and sprint wins to breakaway triumphs. The team secured at least one win each month from April to September, including three notable Grand Tour stage wins in the Tour de France and La Vuelta a España. Among the highlights was new recruit Luke Plapp's impressive debut, claiming both the national time trial and road race championships in Australia for a double victory.

Simon Yates concluded his tenure with the team with a strong season, including a stage win at the AlUla Tour, before his upcoming move to Team Visma | Lease a Bike in 2025. Eddie Dunbar made headlines with his first Grand Tour stage victory on Stage 11 of La Vuelta, later clinching the queen stage as well. Meanwhile, Michael Matthews had a dramatic season, briefly standing on the Tour of Flanders podium before being relegated, but he did secure a second-place finish at Milan-Sanremo.

The team reflected on their season in a press release.

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Matt White, Director of High Performance and Racing

“Summarising a season is always hard because it’s such a long journey over 10 months of racing. But one thing we can be very proud of this year is our young riders, we’ve had a lot of new guys step up this year and 12 different winners out of the 30 riders. 25 wins is the most victories we’ve had in five years, and they were spread out and varied over the season.

It’s hard to pick out a standout result, but probably because it’s still fresh in my memory, the double victories of Eddie Dunbar at the Vuelta have to be noted, definitely. Dylan Groenewegen’s win at the Tour de France as the national champion of the Netherlands was a highlight, it’s always special winning at the Tour. Also, Simon Yates’s crucial win on the final stage to take the overall victory in AlUla is one we won’t forget, that’s for sure.

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It’s been exciting to see a lot of the young guys get their first wins as professionals too. That’s a great sign moving forward for the next couple of seasons, to have these young guys that are hungry and have already proven that they can win races, and they’ll only be hungrier for more in the coming seasons.”

Brent Copeland, General Manager

“It has been a successful season for the men’s team with 12 different riders taking 25 victories along with numerous podium placings, it really shows the great diversity and talent we have.

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We’re proud to see that all six of our new signings for 2024 were able to take wins, this is really rewarding and for young, upcoming riders Anders Foldager and Davide De Pretto to both get their first professional victories is very special. It bodes well for the future as they continue to grow, and the development of fresh talent is an important aspect of our organisation.

Of course, winning at the highest level is always the main goal, and Dylan and Eddie’s wins at the Tour de France and La Vuelta are huge highlights for us this year. We also came very close in two Monuments with Michael Matthews.”