UAE Team Emirates-XRG are closing in on more cycling history, having continued their domination of the cycling calendar with Brandon McNulty’s overall victory at the Tour de Pologne on Sunday.
McNulty’s win was the 72nd of the season for UAE, with overtaking their highest total of 81 from last season now looking likely in the final two and a half months of the racing calendar. The record for all-time wins by a team belongs to Columbia-HTC in 2009, who racked up 85 thanks to the likes of Mark Cavendish and Andrea Greipel.
In vast contrast, and despite Tadej Pogacar obviously making up a large proportion of UAE’s 72 victories – he has 16 – UAE have amassed their total through great depth, with McNulty’s victory in the final stage time trial in poland making him the 20th UAE rider to win a race in 2025.
Winning with 20 different riders is a record already held by UAE also from their historic 2024 season,and they could well break that in the coming months,with top riders nils Politt,Florian Vermeersch and Mikkel Bjerg among their non-winners so far.
Mapei-Rapid Step previously held the record with 19 different riders,with several iterations of the QuickStep team managed by Patrick Lefevere managing wins with more than 18 riders.
While they have continued to excel in the Grand Tours and Classics, with Pogačar at the forefront, UAE Team Emirates’ success is built on a foundation of consistent performance across the entire team.
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