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Tadej Pogacar has made his name at the Tour de France but in 2024 the Slovenian superstar will be making his Giro d'Italia debut but will also do the Tour de France so a first Giro-Tour appearance from a Tour de France winner since Chris Froome.

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Mathieu van der Poel had bad luck in his only Olympic appearance in Tokyo in the mountain bike but he will hope to rectify that in Paris in 2024 with a course that fits the current world champion but will he be able to be the first dutch winner for the men since 1972?

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UAE Team Emirates had a fantastic year and won pleny of races across the board with many different riders and finished first in the World Tour Team Rankings and Tadej Pogacar as the best rider in the rankings after a multitude of wins including Tour of Flanders and Il Lombardia.

Astana did not have the best season in 2023 but there was some highlights with a win in the Giro d'Italia from Mark Cavendish and Alexey Lutsenko winning the Tour of Turkey. Follow us @thecyclingdane YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thecyclingdane/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thecyclingdane​ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thecyclingdane8​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Thecyclingdane Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/thecyclingdane/id1515044036 Spotify Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/01cFTZuV5Yr82RmUa65b94?si=cuEkN1RHRseLxYhCoR-YMw&dl_branch=1 Our new merchandise webshop: https://teespring.com/en-GB/stores/the-cycling-dane-webshop

Soudal Quickstep had an interesting 2023 season with Remco Evenepoel taking stage wins in both the Giro and the Vuelta plus winning Liege Bastogne Liege and San Sebastian plus the World Time Trial Championships in the process.

They have brought in Mikel Landa to strengthen their mountain train as Fabio Jakobsen and Ethan Vernon go out the door.

In 2023, Ineos Grenadiers showcased commendable performances, with notable successes in the Tour de France and the Tour de France along with a multitude of victories even Strade Bianche with Tom Pidcock in an electric fashion.

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Intermarché–Circus–Wanty did not have the same success as in 2022 but they had some decent performances for Rui Costa who won a stage at the Vuelta Espana and the Japan Cup in his final race for the team.

There were big ambitions for Biniam Girmay in 2023 but he had bad luck crashing at Tour of Flanders, however bouncing back at the Tour de Suisse to win a stage in front of Wout van Aert and at the Tour de France he was in the pointy end of several stages but just a bit unlucky not to win a stage. Nevertheless with another year he will be stronger than ever.

A mixed season for DSM in 2023 they managed 11 wins and finished 17th in the UCI Team Rankings.

The highlight was Alberto Dainese winning in both the Vuelta and the Giro d'Italia plus the team time trial victory. At the Giro d'Italia Andreas Leknessund managed to finish 8th overall and had a stint in the Maglia Rosa.

Sam Welsford was the best rider in terms of wins with 4 victories including the Renewi Tour. And the neo pro Max Poole got a Top 5 in the Tour de Romandie

Lidl-Trek had a strong 2023 season with Mads Pedersen as the headliner but for the 2024 season the team have brought in reinforcements in the form of Jonathan Milan, Tao Geoghegan Hart and more to make the squad more all-round. 

Mads Pedersen had plenty of top results and will be looking for monument success and could be the rider to look for as well in the Tour de France.

Mattias Skjelmose equally will look to build on his 2023 success where he won the Tour de Suisse and second in Fleche Walloone.

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