gullWe’ll see where I’ll be at the end of my career.
The big Emirati team owes a lot to the world champion. Author in Como of the 88th victory of his career (at 26 years old!), the world No. 1 signed the 25th success of his season. In this, he was as prolific as Alessandro Petacchi in 2005. But, unlike the former Italian sprinter, the Slovenian won on all terrains and in various circumstances. Winner this year of two Grand Tours (Giro and Tour), two Monuments (Liège-Bastogne-Liège and the Tour of Lombardy), the world championships and even the Strade Bianche, he scored in first-class races. He has, therefore, further enhanced the place he already occupies in the history of his sport while embellishing his business card. “We’ll see where I’ll be at the end of my career”he simply said after another 48 kilometer solo raid.
81 victories for Team UAE in 2024
If the three-time winner of the Tour de France takes up a lot of space within his team, his teammates still have their share of the pie. By winning the Dead Leaves Classic, Team UAE Emirates increased its number of victories in 2024 to 81. This is more than the Quick-Step and their 73 bouquets in 2018. At the time, the team Patrick Lefevere had achieved more than half of his successes in the sprint, through Fernando Gaviria, Elia Viviani and Fabio Jakobsen.
The armada led by the Gianetti-Matxin duo won through twenty different riders. This demonstrates his incredible competitiveness around the gluttonous Pogacar.
