Cycling: The UAE Team of Pogacar and Ayuso changes the plan: “This 2024 we are going with everything”
UAE Team He is ready to start the season. The best team in the world has been reinforced with six arrivals (Arrieta, Baroncini, Del Toro, Morgado, Politt, Sivakov) who replace seven other men (Ackermann, Bennett, Formolo Gibbons, Grob, Polanc y Trentin).
He UAEdirected by Matxin and Gianettiwhich is characterized by trying to deploy all its stars throughout the calendar, take a turn in 2024 to bring together what seem to be its best eight men in the Tour.
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If nothing unusual occurs, such as injuries or performance changes, they will be Pogacar, Almeida, Ayuso, Politt, Sivakov, Soler, Wellens and Yates those who seek to reconquer a yellow jersey that, in the last two seasons, has been in the hands of Jonas Vingegaard’s Jumbo Visma. In principle, the yellow jackets will go with Vingegaard, Kuss, Benoot, Jrogenson, Kruiswijk, Tratnik, Van Baarle y Laporte. The forces, uneven in recent campaigns for various reasons, seem to be equal again.
A compensated team
“The calendar has been anticipated because we have always planned it since October. There is a plan, we want to go with the best to each race. There is nothing to hide,” he says Joxean Fernndez ‘Matxin’ a MARCAwho is not “obsessed with Jumbo, even though last year they were the best in the grand tours.”
Pogacardespite the fact that it goes before Girois not afraid of the Tour or the level of Jonas in the chrono “There are other areas where you can hurt him,” he said in Saitama.
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Soler, one of his most faithful companions, sees everything positively. “We have strengthened ourselves well, we are going to go all out. We can win any race.”
Matxin and Soler analyze the UAE Team: “We are going with everything”
With a team and organization, as Matxin points out, UAE will fight to repeat the ranking victory… and the successes in the majors that escaped in 2023.
Juan Ayuso, more motivated than ever
The Spaniard, 4 last year in LaVuelta, will debut in the French round with the intention of being ahead, helping Tadej and looking for opportunities that arise. He does not rule out going for the general election if the situation arises during the three weeks.
UAE Team Emirates closes the season as the best World Tour team
Two numbers one
In 2023, UAE Team was the best team in the UCI ranking, just as Tadej Pogacar managed to lead the cyclists’ team despite the great dominance of Jumbo Visma in the grand tours.
