The 2024 cycling year began on Jan. 16 with the first stage of the Santos Tour Down Under. It then turned mainly into the year of Tadej Pogacar and ended Sunday Veneto Classic, won by Magnus Cort. It was a year filled with insane performances that led to many impressive statistics. The International Cycling Union (UCI) came up with a recap of the 2024 cycling year.
Pogacar, Pogacar, and again Pogacar: indeed, that's how we can describe this cycling year. Only in Milan-Sanremo and the GP de Québec did the Slovenian cross the line without taking the overall victory. Giro d'Italia, Tour de France, World Championships on the road... We could keep going for a while. He won a staggering 25 times, more than any other rider. Tim Merlier and Mads Pedersen completed the victory podium with 16 and 12 victories, respectively. Therefore, Pogacar is lonely at the top of the UCI ranking with 11,655 points, scoring almost double the number of points as number two Remco Evenepoel (6072.6 points).
Logically, Pogacar's team also tops the UCI team ranking. UAE Team Emirates won a whopping 81 (!) times, earning 36,808.6 points. That is over fifteen thousand points more than number two, Visma | Lease a Bike. The Dutch formation gathered 20,385 points this year. Soudal Quick-Step is the third team in 2024 with 17,845 points.
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No. 1 victorious country, Belgium Martin most kilometers of the year
The UCI ranking also offers interesting country rankings. Indeed, Belgium proudly tops the list with 24,311 points. Slovenia is second with 17,765.9 points, followed by Spain (14,583.9 points) and France (12,288.7 points). The Netherlands is also ahead of Denmark and Italy, at position seven with 11,970 points.
Considering the highest number of wins per country, Belgium is number one this year, with 131 wins. France ranks second with 121 wins, while Italy takes the bronze medal with 84 wins. The Netherlands falls just outside the podium with 74 wins.
Anyway, enough about all the victories. Distance is also significant in cycling, especially in competitions. The rider who did that the most this year is Guillaume Martin. The Frenchman of Cofidis rode no less than 14,378 kilometers in competition. Country and teammate Thomas Champion takes the silver medal in that ranking with 13,934 kilometers. Danny van Poppel completes the podium with a whopping 13,851 kilometers.
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