{"id":245218,"date":"2025-10-28T08:23:09","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:23:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245218\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T08:23:09","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T08:23:09","slug":"uae-manager-matxin-reveals-two-races-tadej-pogacar-will-definitely-target-in-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/245218\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE manager Matxin reveals two races Tadej Pogacar will definitely target in 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

With Isaac del Toro’s double victory at the Mexican championships, the 2025 tally for UAE Emirates-XRG stands at a whopping 95 victories. The architect of this success is manager Joxean \u2018Matxin\u2019 Fernandez, who spoke at length in Marca<\/a> to look back and ahead.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe didn’t reach 100, but we were close; we achieved the record. To be honest, I’ve never experienced anything like this before. The numbers are impressive, but what I appreciate most is the way we achieved it,\u201d says the sporting manager of the Emirates team proudly.<\/p>\n

20 different riders achieved those 95 victories. \u201cThe most important thing is to give everyone space,\u201d explains Matxin, whose team is sometimes criticized for the fact that riders go for their own chances. \u201cWe stick to our criteria and the rules. There are good and bad moments, but everyone knows what is expected of them. That way, every rider knows where he is going and what he has to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cManaging so many top riders and so many egos requires clarity. Everyone knows their role, when they have freedom and when they have to work for the team. The secret is to keep your word and enjoy collective success,\u201d explains the Spaniard, who is currently in Dubai with his team.<\/p>\n

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\"matxin\"\/Matxin on Pogacar: “He makes it easy for us”The big winner, of course, was world champion and Tour de France<\/a> winner Tadej Pogacar<\/a>. \u201cWorking with Pogacar is very easy. He makes it easy for us. He is a leader who listens, enjoys, and inspires. He is living history in cycling, and we should enjoy him.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has been the best rider in the world for five years in a row. He is a unique case. He has talent, hunger, and the ability to reinvent himself every season, which makes him unique,\u201d said Matxin, who also had kind words for Del Toro. \u201cHe is intelligent, modest, and a hard worker. He has enormous potential. There’s no rush, but his presence broadens our possibilities in many races.\u201c<\/p>\n

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\"pogacar-vingegaard\"\/UAE knows other teams are copying its approach<\/p>\n

UAE Emirates-XRG will not rest on its laurels in the run-up to 2026, Matxin assures us. \u201dWe want to keep growing. Winning is great, but the most important thing is how you win. It is our duty not to lose our passion.”<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you realize that you’ve been the best team in the world, you also realize that many people are following your example. They know how you race, when you attack, what you’re looking for. And that forces you to evolve. More and more teams are understanding how we work,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n

Finally, he revealed something about Pogacar’s plans for the coming year, with the first two races scheduled for him.<\/a> \u201cBasically, the Tour and the World Championships. That’s what’s planned. We’ll see what happens after that,” says Matxin, who will announce his team leader’s final program in December. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"With Isaac del Toro’s double victory at the Mexican championships, the 2025 tally for UAE Emirates-XRG stands at…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":245219,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":["post-245218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-cycling","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=245218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/245218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/245219"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=245218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=245218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=245218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}