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MEN’S CYCLING: The dominance of the Tadej Pogacar-led UAE team during 2024 was underlined by them finishing over 16,000 ranking points ahead of second-placed Visma/Lease-a-Bike.
Twenty different Team UAE riders won a total of 81 races and claimed 183 podium finishes.
Apart from Pogacar’s 25 wins, Brandon McNulty bagged 10 victories, Marc Hirschi nine and Britain’s Adam Yates six, including overall wins at the Tours of Oman and Switzerland.
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