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| UCI code | UAD | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Registered | Italy (1999–2016) UAE (2017–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Founded | 1999 (1999) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline(s) | Road | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | UCI WorldTeam | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bicycles | Colnago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Components | Shimano, Enve | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | Team home page | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| General manager | Mauro Gianetti | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Team manager(s) | Matxin Fernandez | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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UAE Team Emirates XRG (UCI team code:UAD) is an Emiratiroad bicycle racingteam. The team competes atUCI WorldTeam level and has done so since theUCI World Tour was formed as the top category of road cycling in 2005.
Since becoming UAE Team Emirates in 2018, the team has won theTour de France three times and theGiro d'Italia once, with Slovenian riderTadej Pogačar. Pogačar has also won themonuments ofGiro di Lombardia (4 times),Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2 times) andTour of Flanders for the team.
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The team was established in 2017 asUAE Abu Dhabi before being renamed UAE Team Emirates in 2018. It is sponsored by theUAE government and the team has achieved notable success in various prestigious races, including stage wins and overall victories in Grand Tours (the Tour de France, Giro d’Italia, and Vuelta a España) and one-day races.The team was temporarily suspended from the ProTour in 2010, missingone ProTour event.[1]
In August 2016 the team (then called Lampre-Merida) confirmed that its WorldTeam licence was being transferred from CGS Cycling to Chinese company TJ Sport Consultation, with the team becoming the first Chinese WorldTour team from 2017. FormerSaunier Duval–Prodir team managerMauro Gianetti was announced as the co-ordinator for the project.[2]
In an interview withLa Gazzetta dello Sport the following month, Saronni confirmed that he and CGS Cycling would continue to manage the team on TJ Sport's behalf, and that the team's bicycles would be supplied byColnago. He indicated that the project was being co-ordinated by the Chinese government via TJ Sport with involvement from a number of Chinese companies includingAlibaba, and that its aim was to develop Chinese cycling and riders.[3]
When theUCI awarded 17 WorldTour licences to teams in November, it announced that TJ Sport's application was "under review" by its Licensing Commission.[4] According toSaronni, the reason for the delay was that the head of the TJ Sport project,Li Zhiqiang, had fallen seriously ill, which prevented funding for the project from being confirmed.
As a result, the team looked elsewhere for sponsorship, securing funding from theUnited Arab Emirates and changing its name to UAEAbu Dhabi. The UCI confirmed the team's WorldTour licence on 20 December.[5] In February 2017, the team announced that airlineEmirates had signed on with the team as a naming-rights sponsor. The team was subsequently known as UAE Team Emirates.[6]
In June 2017, two days before the2017 Tour de France the team announced it would also be sponsored by theFirst Abu Dhabi Bank, an amalgamation of theFirst Gulf Bank and theNational Bank of Abu Dhabi, with their logo being added to the chest and side of the team's jersey.[7]
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Since becoming UAE Team Emirates in 2018, the team has won theTour de France three times and theGiro d'Italia once, with Slovenian riderTadej Pogačar. Pogačar has also won themonuments ofGiro di Lombardia (4 times),Liège–Bastogne–Liège (2 times) andTour of Flanders for the team.
Belgian Road Race,Ludo Dierckxsens
South African Time Trial,Robbie Hunter
Latvian Time Trial,Raivis Belohvoščiks Latvian Time Trial,Raivis Belohvoščiks Latvian Time Trial,Raivis Belohvoščiks Latvian Road Race,Raivis Belohvoščiks
Austrian Road Race,Gerrit Glomser
Italian Time Trial,Marzio Bruseghin
Slovenian Road Race,Tadej Valjavec
World Road Race,Alessandro Ballan Slovenian Road Race,Grega Bole
Ukrainian Road Race,Oleksandr Kvachuk Ukrainian Time Trial,Oleksandr Kvachuk Italian Time Trial,Adriano Malori
Portuguese Time Trial,Nelson Oliveira Portuguese Road Race,Nelson Oliveira Portuguese Time Trial,Nelson Oliveira
Ethiopian Road Race,Tsgabu Grmay Ethiopian Time Trial,Tsgabu Grmay Portuguese Road Race,Rui Costa Slovenian Road Race,Luka Pibernik
Taiwanese Road Race,Feng Chun-kai Taiwanese Time Trial,Feng Chun-kai
UAE Time Trial,Yousif Mirza UAE Road Race,Yousif Mirza Slovenian Time Trial,Jan Polanc
European Track (Individual pursuit),Filippo GannaWorld Track (Individual pursuit),Filippo Ganna UAE Time Trial,Yousif Mirza UAE Road Race,Yousif Mirza
Norwegian Road Race,Vegard Stake Laengen UAE Time Trial,Yousif Mirza UAE Road Race,Yousif Mirza Slovenian Time Trial,Tadej Pogačar Slovenian Time Trial,Tadej Pogačar Portuguese Time Trial,Ivo Oliveira Portuguese Road Race,Rui Costa Norwegian Road Race,Sven Erik BystrømEuropean Track (Individual pursuit),Ivo Oliveira
African Time Trial,Ryan Gibbons UAE Road Race,Yousif Mirza UAE Time Trial,Yousif Mirza African Road Race,Ryan Gibbons South Africa Time Trial,Ryan Gibbons UAE Road Race,Yousif Mirza UAE Time Trial,Yousif Mirza
Swiss Time Trial,Joel Suter Portuguese Road Race,João Almeida
Australian Time Trial,Jay Vine Slovenian Time Trial,Tadej Pogačar Slovenian Road Race,Tadej Pogačar
American Time Trial,Brandon McNulty Portuguese Time Trial,João Almeida Swiss Road Race,Marc Hirschi World Road Race Championships,Tadej Pogačar American Time Trial,Brandon McNulty Austrian Time Trial,Felix Großschartner Belgian Time Trial,Tim Wellens
German Time Trial,Nils Politt Portuguese Time Trial,António Morgado Slovenian Road Race,Domen Novak
Ecuador Road Race,Jhonatan Narváez
