UAE Team Emirates - XRG's 97 victories in 2025 made history in professional cycling, by far beating the previous victories one team would achieve in a year. Whilst it didn't reach the same number - ending at 78 - the Emirati team has conquered many of the sport's top titles in 2026 with the likes of Tadej Pogacar, Brandon McNulty and Isaac del Toro.

The team still won the team's UCI rankings, as well as the individual rankings with Tadej Pogacar maintaining his spot at the top of the charts comfortably. The team was heavily affected by crashes and injuries all throughout the year, which has hampered its victory tally - most notably, Tadej Pogacar's injuries at the Vuelta a España cast a major shadow over the team's final months of the year.

Pogacar was, nevertheless, UAE's headliner. That has been the case for multiple years, and at the time being no other rider has come close to the Slovenian's level as the decade progresses further. His Grand Tour performances saw no inconsistency in 2026, with the 28-year old winning a record-matching fifth Tour de France.

He was en route to win his first Vuelta a España, comfortably leading when he crashed on the eighth stage of the race. The World Championships, European Championships and Il Lombardia were then also removed from his schedule - all races in which he was the defending champion.

Pogacar won 22 in 2026 nevertheless, despite ending his season in August. Amongst them five stage wins and the GC at the Tour de France; three wins at La Vuelta; GC (and stage) wins at the Tour de Suisse and Tour de Romandie; high-level classics including Milano-Sanremo, Tour of Flanders, Liège-Bastogne-Liège and Strade Bianche.

Brandon McNulty, America's new World Champion

UAE's 78 victories do not take into account one, which is one of the team's most important of the year: Brandon McNulty's World Championships victory in Montréal, Canada. He did so representing the United States of America.

The American rider was a domestique and free role-rider throughout the grand majority of the year, but has marked his year with a breakthrough victory that has provided him with a new rainbow jersey. He has since taken his first win in the new jersey, the team's very last of the year at the Veneto Classic.

Isaac del Toro consolidates his place at the top

2025 was a truly breakthrough year for Isaac del Toro, who this time around performed at the top of the UCI competitions throughout the whole year. But this did not hamper him, as the Mexican arrived at the end of the season with 12 wins nevertheless.

These include stage and GC wins at the UAE Tour, Tirreno-Adriatico, Tour Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes and Deutschland Tour. Del Toro's winning vein comes as a result of his tremendous climbing ability, consistency but also sprinting ability.

Del Toro was not only a winner all year round in the stage-races, but also at the GP de Montréal - the key race ahead of the World Championships; and also at the Grand Tours. On his very first road stage at the Tour de France, Del Toro wasa winner in Barcelona, a career-changing victory. He finished third and won the youth classification in France.

UAE's classics riders thrive 

The Emirati team did not only perform with its climbers, but classics specialists as well. Capable of winning all-year round and scoring major UCI points, the team has a wide array of classics specialists - from those who perform the short steep climbs to those who enjoy the cobbled. At the end of the year, their influence in the team's tally is major.

Jan Christen and Benoît Cosnefroy have won on five occasions; António Morgado and Jhonatan Narváez have won four times - the latter on three occasions at the Giro d'Italia, the other at the Tour de Suisse; whilst the likes of Ivo Oliveira, Tim Wellens and Nils Politt each contributed with several victories of their own throughout the year.

Whilst not within the category, Julius Johansen's rebirth at World Tour level has also been notable, becoming one of the team's most victorious riders: Taking five wins in total at O Gran Camiño, Boucles de la Mayenne, Sibiu Cycling Tour and Volta a Portugal.

João Almeida the big disappointment of 2026 

There were more victories from the following riders: Jay Vine, Juan Sebastián Molano, Adam Yates, Igor Arrieta, Rui Oliveira, Adrià Pericas, Felix Grossschartner, Marc Soler and Rune Herregodts. That has left only four riders without victories in 2026, with some major surprises.

Luca Giaimi and Kevin Vermaerke did not win, and were joined by João Almeida. The Portuguese suffered from a viral infection that hampered him from March onwards, effectively rendering his season as virtually over from that period onwards. Florian Vermeersch, former Gravel World Champion, performed very strongly throughout the entire season but also ended it without a victory to his name.

UAE Team Emirates - XRG's victories in 2026

#	Race	Class	Winner
78	Veneto Classic	1.Pro	MCNULTY Brandon
77	Tour de Kyushu | General classification	2.1	OLIVEIRA Ivo
76	Tour de Kyushu | Stage 3	2.1	OLIVEIRA Ivo
75	Tour de Kyushu | Stage 2	2.1	OLIVEIRA Ivo
74	CRO Race | Stage 1	2.Pro	MOLANO Juan Sebastián
73	Grand Prix Cycliste de Montréal	1.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
72	Gran Premio città di Peccioli - Coppa Sabatini	1.Pro	COSNEFROY Benoît
71	Lloyds Tour of Britain Men | General classification	2.Pro	WELLENS Tim
70	Lloyds Tour of Britain Men | Stage 5	2.Pro	POLITT Nils
69	La Vuelta Ciclista a España | Stage 6	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
68	La Vuelta Ciclista a España | Stage 4	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
67	Lidl Deutschland Tour | General classification	2.Pro	DEL TORO Isaac
66	La Vuelta Ciclista a España | Stage 1 (ITT)	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
65	Lidl Deutschland Tour | Prologue	2.Pro	DEL TORO Isaac
64	Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta | Stage 10	2.1	OLIVEIRA Rui
63	Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta | Stage 7	2.1	PERICAS Adrià
62	Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta | Stage 5 (ITT)	2.1	JOHANSEN Julius
61	Tour de Pologne | Stage 5	2.UWT	CHRISTEN Jan
60	Volta a Portugal em Bicicleta | Prologue	2.1	JOHANSEN Julius
59	Tour de France | General classification	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
58	Tour de France | Stage 19	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
57	Tour de France | Stage 14	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
56	Tour de France | Stage 10	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
55	Tour de France | Stage 6	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
54	Tour de France | Stage 3	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
53	Tour de France | Stage 2	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
52	Sibiu Cycling Tour | Stage 1b (ITT)	2.1	JOHANSEN Julius
51	National Championships Belgium ME - Road Race	NC	HERREGODTS Rune
50	National Championships Switzerland ME - Road Race	NC	CHRISTEN Jan
49	National Championships Portugal ME - Road Race	NC	MORGADO António
48	National Championships Austria ME - ITT	NC	GROßSCHARTNER Felix
47	National Championships Portugal ME - ITT	NC	MORGADO António
46	National Championships Germany ME - ITT	NC	POLITT Nils
45	National Championships Switzerland ME - ITT	NC	CHRISTEN Jan
44	Tour de Suisse | General classification	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
43	Tour de Suisse | Stage 5	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
42	Tour de Suisse | Stage 4 (ITT)	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
41	Tour de Suisse | Stage 3	2.UWT	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
40	Tour de Suisse | Stage 1	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
39	Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes | General classification	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
38	Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes | Stage 8	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
37	Tour Auvergne - Rhône-Alpes | Stage 7	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
36	Boucles de la Mayenne - Crédit Mutuel | General classification	2.Pro	COSNEFROY Benoît
35	Boucles de la Mayenne - Crédit Mutuel | Stage 2	2.Pro	COSNEFROY Benoît
34	Boucles de la Mayenne - Crédit Mutuel | Prologue	2.Pro	JOHANSEN Julius
33	Giro d'Italia | Stage 11	2.UWT	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
32	Giro d'Italia | Stage 8	2.UWT	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
31	Tour de Hongrie | Stage 2	2.Pro	COSNEFROY Benoît
30	Giro d'Italia | Stage 5	2.UWT	ARRIETA Igor
29	Giro d'Italia | Stage 4	2.UWT	NARVÁEZ Jhonatan
28	Grand Prix du Morbihan	1.Pro	COSNEFROY Benoît
27	Tour de Romandie | General classification	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
26	Tour de Romandie | Stage 5	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
25	Tour de Romandie | Stage 4	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
24	Tour de Romandie | Stage 2	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
23	Tour de Romandie | Stage 1	2.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
22	Liège-Bastogne-Liège	1.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
21	O Gran Camiño - The Historical Route | General classification	2.1	YATES Adam
20	O Gran Camiño - The Historical Route | Stage 4	2.1	YATES Adam
19	O Gran Camiño - The Historical Route | Stage 1 (ITT)	2.1	JOHANSEN Julius
18	Ronde van Vlaanderen ME	1.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
17	Milano-Sanremo	1.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
16	Tirreno-Adriatico | General classification	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
15	Tirreno-Adriatico | Stage 6	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
14	Strade Bianche	1.UWT	POGAČAR Tadej
13	UAE Tour | General classification	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
12	UAE Tour | Stage 6	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
11	Clásica Jaén	1.1	WELLENS Tim
10	UAE Tour | Stage 1	2.UWT	DEL TORO Isaac
9	Figueira Champions Classic	1.Pro	MORGADO António
8	Vuelta a la Región de Murcia “Costa Cálida” | Stage 1	2.1	SOLER Marc
7	Tour of Oman | Stage 1	2.Pro	MOLANO Juan Sebastián
6	AlUla Tour | General classification	2.Pro	CHRISTEN Jan
5	AlUla Tour | Stage 5	2.Pro	CHRISTEN Jan
4	Trofeo Calvià	1.1	MORGADO António
3	Tour Down Under | General classification	2.UWT	VINE Jay
2	Tour Down Under | Stage 2	2.UWT	VINE Jay
1	National Championships Australia ME - ITT	NC	VINE Jay