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Mauro Gianetti: Tadej Pogacar's individual success is the result of the whole UAE Team Emirates effort
Each week a cyclist or member of UAE Team Emirates writes for The National, providing insight from the UCI World Tour and offering their thoughts on the season
Mauro Gianetti
September 20, 2019
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