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2018 UAE Team Emirates season

UAE Team Emirates
2018 season
UCI codeUAD
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerGiuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s)Emirates
BasedUnited Arab Emirates
BicyclesColnago
GroupsetShimano
Season victories
One-day races2
Stage race stages7
National Championships3
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The 2018 season for UAE Team Emirates began in January at the Tour Down Under. As a UCI WorldTeam, they were automatically invited and obligated to send a squad to every event in the UCI World Tour.

Team roster

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As of 4 March 2018.
Rider Date of birth
 Anass Aït El Abdia (MAR) (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 24)
 Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 27)
 Darwin Atapuma (COL) (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 (aged 30)
 Matteo Bono (ITA) (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 34)
 Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 26)
 Simone Consonni (ITA) (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 (aged 23)
 Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 24)
 Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 31)
 Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 30)
 Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 34)
 Filippo Ganna (ITA) (1996-07-25)25 July 1996 (aged 21)
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 30)
 Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 29)
Rider Date of birth
 Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 34)
 Dan Martin (IRL) (1986-08-20)20 August 1986 (aged 31)
 Yousif Mirza (UAE) (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 29)
 Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 37)
 Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 37)
 Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 24)
 Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 25)
 Edward Ravasi (ITA) (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 23)
 Rory Sutherland (AUS) (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 36)
 Alexandr Riabushenko (BLR) (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 22)
 Ben Swift (GBR) (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 (aged 30)
 Oliviero Troia (ITA) (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 23)
 Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 28)

Season victories

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Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
18 February Tour of Oman, Stage 6 UCI Asia Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Oman Matrah Corniche
21 February Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  United Arab Emirates Madinat Zayed
1 May Eschborn–Frankfurt UCI World Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  Germany Frankfurt
7 June Grand Prix of Aargau Canton UCI Europe Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)   Switzerland Leuggern
8 June Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Daniel Martin (IRL)  France Valmorel
13 June Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour  Simone Consonni (ITA)  Slovenia Murska Sobota
13 June Tour de Suisse, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)   Switzerland Leukerbad
13 July Tour de France, Stage 6 UCI World Tour  Daniel Martin (IRL)  France Mûr-de-Bretagne
29 July Tour de France, Stage 21 UCI World Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  France Paris Champs-Élysées

National, Continental and World champions 2018

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Date Race Jersey Rider Country Location
24 March United Arab Emirates National Road Race Champion
 Yousif Mirza (UAE)  United Arab Emirates
31 March United Arab Emirates National Time Trial Champion
 Yousif Mirza (UAE)  United Arab Emirates
24 June Norwegian National Road Race Champion
 Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR)  Norway Sandefjord

Footnotes

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References

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  1. ^ "Fabio Aru signs for UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com. 17 October 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  2. ^ "Bystrom joins Kristoff in move to UAE Team Emirates – News shorts". cyclingnews.com. 28 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Kristoff reaches deal to join UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com. 2 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  4. ^ "Dan Martin agrees two-year contract with UAE Team Emirates". cyclingnews.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  5. ^ "Marcato, Guardini sign with new Chinese WorldTour team Project TJ Sport". uaeteamemirates.com. 19 September 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  6. ^ "Dan Martin and Rory Sutherland join UAE Team Emirates". cyclingpub.com. 18 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  7. ^ "Modolo signs two-year deal with EF Education First-Drapac". cyclingnews.com. 29 September 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Louis Meintjes signs for Dimension Data". cyclingnews.com. 14 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  9. ^ "Bardiani-CSF confirm Guardini and Senni in 17-rider roster for 2018". cyclingnews.com. 14 November 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
  10. ^ "New signings for Bahrain-Merida – Transfer Shorts". cyclingnews.com. 8 August 2017. Retrieved 4 March 2018.
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