UAE Team Emirates

UAE Team Emirates (UCI code: UAD) is a professional cycling team from the United Arab Emirates in the UCI WorldTeam category. of cycling teams). He participates in the UCI WorldTour as well as in some races on the Continental Circuit, mainly those of the UCI Europe Tour.

Yevgueni Petrov carrying the Lampre leotard during the Giro 2006.

Team car.

As of 2017 the team is renamed UAE Abu Dhabi after securing the backing of Abu Dhabi to secure sufficient funds to have the team in the top flight. For months before, the team had faced an uncertain future after Chinese company TJ Sport pulled out of a sponsorship deal, meaning the team's WorldTour license was listed as &# 34;under review" when the UCI issued licenses to other teams in November. However, the team's future has now been secured by a sponsor from Abu Dhabi, winning the UCI's endorsement with a top-tier UCI ProTeam license for 2017. That means a Name change to United Arab Emirates Abu Dhabi, under country of registration in the United Arab Emirates.

History of the team

Early Years

The team was founded in 1990 under the sponsor “Diana”. "Colnago" takes over from Diana in 1991, and finally "Lampre" from 1993. It has had several co-sponsors during this time, such as Daikin or Fondital.

During the years 1997 and 1998 the team temporarily disappeared with what, because of that break, is no longer the longest-running professional team.

With the disappearance of the Saeco at the end of 2004, the team received a large part of this formation for its debut in the UCI ProTour in 2005. Thus, Damiano Cunego and Gilberto Simoni, among others, joined the team.

2007

In 2007 he achieved a total of 31 victories. Alessandro Ballan won the Tour of Flanders in the spring, a classic considered one of the five monuments of cycling. In the Giro d'Italia the team achieved two stage victories, one each for Daniele Bennati and Marzio Bruseghin.

In the Tour de France Bennati achieved two stage victories. Soon after Ballan won the Vattenfall Cyclassics in Hamburg.

In the Vuelta a España, Bennati completed a great season by achieving three stage victories, thus achieving victories in all three Grand Tours.

The season concluded with the victory of Damiano Cunego in the Giro di Lombardia, winning for the second time in his career in the classic of the dead leaves, also a monument of cycling and considered the last great race of the season.

2008

In 2008, the team had a turbulent start to the year, due to a CONI anti-doping control carried out by surprise on the night of January 28, when the team was carrying out its usual pre-season training camp in San Vincenzo, a coastal town from Italian Tuscany. After a 215 km training day, seven cyclists decided at the last minute to go out for dinner at a restaurant (which could imply sanctions as their whereabouts had not been notified in advance), returning to the concentration hotel at 11:00 p.m. Finally, all the requested team cyclists passed the anti-doping control, which lasted until 03:30 in the morning. The control was controversial because it was carried out outside the hours recognized by the AMA (from 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.); while WADA considers that carrying out controls outside of those hours in preseason does not provide any advantage to detect doping, the CONI anti-doping prosecutor Ettore Torri believed that it did. Alessandro Ballan asked to go to the CONI headquarters to clarify what had happened. Patxi Vila denounced that the inspectors had not identified themselves, which was in breach of the regulations, and the cyclists received the support of the Association of Italian Professional Cyclists (ACCPI). Vila tested positive for testosterone in a doping control carried out shortly thereafter, on March 3.

In spring Damiano Cunego won a stage of the Tour of the Basque Country, and two days after said victory (the day after the Basque round ended) he won the Klasika Primavera, beating Alejandro Valverde in the sprint. Cunego completed his good first part of the season by winning the prestigious Amstel Gold Race classic, the first of three Ardennes classics.

Marzio Bruseghin was 3rd in the general classification of the Giro d'Italia, for which he was on the podium in Milan, in an Italian round in which he also won a stage. Cunego, a mainstay of Lampre, had given up running that year the Giro to be able to better prepare for the Tour de France, although he obtained some discreet results in the French test.

In the Vuelta a España, Ballan won the stage that ended at the Alto de La Rabassa. Cunego, for his part, could not be among the overall favourites.

In the World Cup held in Varese, Ballan was proclaimed Road Cycling World Champion, winning the gold medal and the Rainbow jersey, wearing the colors of the Italian team; Cunego was second, thus achieving a historic double for Italy, and also for Lampre, a team in which both play.

Damiano Cunego won the Giro di Lombardy in October, the last of the great races of the cycling season, thus obtaining another victory for his team and winning the classic for the third time. Cunego finished second in the UCI ProTour classification of that year.

2010: Extra-sports problems

Financial problems

After problems to finalize his UCI ProTour license at the beginning of the year, due to some issues in the guarantees of the team, the UCI granted a provisional license until March 31, 2010, the date on which the situation of the team would be reviewed again, and a decision would be made. Finally, the UCI granted Lampre-Farnese the definitive Pro Tour license on April 1, 2010.

Investigation for doping of some runners

After an investigation opened by the Italian police in March 2010 against doping in Italy, the homes of Alessandro Petacchi and Lorenzo Bernucci were searched, finding "clean" the first, and finding some substances in the second, which he claimed were used by his sister. Bernucci was removed from the team while the investigation continued. There were some riders from the current team, and others who had left Lampre this year, such as Ballan or Santambrogio, both with the BMC Racing Team. The two riders were initially removed from the team, pending the investigation, but due to the lack of evidence, both riders returned to normal activity in their team, just as suspicions about the riders currently at Lampre-Farnese seem to fade away.

Service vehicles in the Vuelta to Spain 2010.

Victories in the Tour, Vuelta and UCI ProTour events

Lampre took stage victories in both the Tour de France and the Vuelta a España. Two in the French round, obtained by Alessandro Petacchi in addition to the green jersey (classification by points) and a stage in the Spanish round won by Petacchi as well. In addition, Damiano Cunego signed a second stage position in the Giro d'Italia and a third stage position in the Tour.

In addition, they achieved several victories in UCI ProTour races, such as a stage in the Tour of the Basque Country, obtained by Gavazzi, a stage and the general classification of the Tour de Romandie, after the disqualification of Valverde achieved by the young Simon Špilak, in Dauphiné Libéré with Grega Bole, in the Tour of Switzerland with Petacchi, or in the Tour of Poland with Lorenzetto.

2011

That year the Ukrainian company ISD entered as the second sponsor, bringing in numerous cyclists from that country (as happened with ISD-Neri). In addition, one of his co-sponsors, AMPO, which has already "helped" for the signing of Andréi Kashechkin to take shape last season, he demanded the signing of Aitor Pérez Arrieta.

2012

After an excellent role in the 2011 Giro d'Italia by Michele Scarponi, in which he managed to be 2nd behind Alberto Contador and later after his disqualification, being declared the winner, the team began 2012 with the objective to win the Giro, after a good performance by Alessandro Petacchi in the Tour Down Under, where he finished 2nd and 3rd in various stages. In the Settimana Coppi e Bartali, the young pearl of the team, Diego Ulissi scored a "double" winning the 3rd and 4th stages, Damiano Cunego also won the 2nd stage of the Giro del Trentino, and in May, Alessandro Petacchi was going to make his debut, winning the 1st and 3rd stages of the Return to Bavaria.

2014

Its main riders in 2014 are, like last year, Damiano Cunego winner of a Giro d'Italia, and the new riders for this season, the 2013 world road champion, the Portuguese Rui Costa and the American Chris Horner, winner of the Vuelta a España 2013.

2016

The main sponsor until 2016 was the company Lampre, dedicated to the steel industry, which gave the team its name since its creation. Throughout history the full name of the squad has changed depending on the co-sponsors, the last seasons being the Ukrainian metallurgical company ISD. From 2013 to 2016 the co-sponsor was the bicycle manufacturer Merida from Taiwan, calling the team Lampre-Merida.

Highest ranked rider in the Grand Tours

Year	Giro de Italia	Tour de France	Return to Spain
1990	20. Zenon Jaskuła	-	-
1991	16. Gianluca Bortolami	-	-
1992	7. Pável Tonkov	-	-
1993	5.o Pável Tonkov	73.o Gianluca Bortolami	46. Zbigniew Spruch
1994	4.o Pável Tonkov	6.o Roberto Conti	-
1995	6.o Pável Tonkov	81.o Davide Perona	-
1996	1.o Pável Tonkov	36. Oscar Camenzind	-
1997	It's not a professional team.
1998	It's not a professional team.
1999	11. Oscar Camenzind	50.o Mariano Piccoli	22. Massimo Codol
2000	3.o Gilberto Simoni	-	22. Oscar Camenzind
2001	1.o Gilberto Simoni	52. Marco Pinotti	36. Gilberto Simoni
2002	4.o Juanma Gárate	3.o Rumous Raimons	31.o Simone Bertoletti
2003	6.o Rumous Raimons	-	52. Patxi Vila
2004	7. Wladimir Belli	-	23. Juanma Gárate
2005	2. Gilberto Simoni	13. Eddy Mazzoleni	23. Sylwester Szmyd
2006	4.o Damiano Cunego	11. Damiano Cunego	14.o Sylwester Szmyd
2007	5.o Damiano Cunego	18. Tadej Valjavec	25. Sylwester Szmyd
2008	3.o Marzio Bruseghin	25. Sylwester Szmyd	10. Marzio Bruseghin
2009	7. Marzio Bruseghin	51.o David Loosli	8. Paolo Tiralongo
2010	11. Damiano Cunego	27. Damiano Cunego	16. Andréi Kashechkin
2011	1.o Michele Scarponi	6.o Damiano Cunego	54. Przemysław Niemiec
2012	4.o Michele Scarponi	24. Michele Scarponi	15. Przemysław Niemiec
2013	4.o Michele Scarponi	21. José Serpa	15. Michele Scarponi
2014	19. Damiano Cunego	17. Chris Horner	26.o Przemysław Niemiec
2015	40. Przemysław Niemiec	30.o Ruben Plaza	21. Nélson Oliveira
2016	21. Diego Ulissi	8. Louis Meintjes	40. Louis Meintjes
2017	11. Jan Polanc	8. Louis Meintjes	12. Louis Meintjes
2018	24. Valerio Conti	8. Daniel Martin	23. Fabio Aru
2019	14.o Jan Polanc	14.o Fabio Aru	3.o Tadej Pogačar
2020	15. Brandon McNulty	1.o Tadej Pogačar	7. David de la Cruz
2021	15. Davide Formolo	1.o Tadej Pogačar	7. David de la Cruz
2022	36. Davide Formolo	2. Tadej Pogačar	3.o Juan Ayuso
2023	3.o João Almeida

Cycling equipment

The team rides Colnago bikes.

Headquarters

The team's headquarters are located in Usmate Velate (Monza and Brianza Province, Italy).

UCI Rankings

The International Cycling Union prepared the UCI Ranking for professional cyclists and teams.

Until 1996, the date of his temporary disappearance, the classification of the team and its most outstanding cyclist was as follows:

Year	Classification by teams	Best corridor in the individual classification	Position
1990	?	?	?
1991	?	?	?
1992	?	?	?
1993	?	?	?
1994	?	?	?
1995	7.	Maurizio Fondriest	13.
1996	9.	Pavel Tonkov	24.

From 1999, when the team reappeared, and until 2004, the UCI established a team classification divided into three categories (first, second and third). The team classification was as follows:

Year	Category	Classification by teams	Best corridor in the individual classification	Position
1999	First	17.	Oscar Camenzind	13.
2000	First	4.o	Gilberto Simoni	12.
2001	First	17.	Gilberto Simoni	5.o
2002	First	18.	Rumous Raimons	40.
2003	First	18.	Francesco Casagrande	13.
2004	First	19.	Igor Astarloa	62.o

Since 2005, the UCI established the top-class professional circuit, the UCI ProTour, where the team has been since the category was created. The team rankings are as follows:

Year	Classification by teams	Best corridor in the individual classification	Position
2005	16.	Gilberto Simoni	12.
2006	5.o	Alessandro Ballan	6.o
2007	10.	Damiano Cunego	8.
2008	17.	Damiano Cunego	2.

After discrepancies between the UCI and the Grand Tours, in 2009 the UCI ProTour had to be refounded into a new structure called the UCI World Ranking, made up of UCI World Calendar races; and from the year 2011 uniting in the common name of the UCI WorldTour. The team remained in the UCI ProTour category.

Year	Classification by teams	Best corridor in the individual classification	Position
2009	13.	Damiano Cunego	12.
2010	14.o	Alessandro Petacchi	24.
2011	7.	Michele Scarponi	5.o
2012	14.o	Damiano Cunego	21.
2013	14.o	Michele Scarponi	16.
2014	14.o	Rui Costa	4.o
2015	12.	Rui Costa	9.
2016	15.	Rui Costa	19.
2017	12.	Diego Ulissi	16.
2018	12.	Alexander Kristoff	27.
2019	4.o	Alexander Kristoff	8.
2020	3.o	Tadej Pogačar	2.
2021	4.o	Tadej Pogačar	1.o
2022	2.	Tadej Pogačar	1.o

Honours of Prizes

For previous years, see UAE Team Emirates Award Winners

Palmarés 2023

UCI WorldTour

Dates	Careers	Winner
22 January	Down Tour	Jay.
23 February	4.a stage of the UAE Tour	Juan Sebastián Molano
26 February	7.a stage of the UAE Tour	Adam Yates
8 March	4.a stage of the Paris-Niza	Tadej Pogačar
11 March	7.a stage of the Paris-Niza	Tadej Pogačar
12 March	8.th stage of the Paris-Niza	Tadej Pogačar
12 March	Paris-Niza	Tadej Pogačar
2 April	Tour de Flandes	Tadej Pogačar
16 April	Amstel Gold Race	Tadej Pogačar
19 April	Flecha Valona	Tadej Pogačar
28 April	3.a stage of the Tour de Romandía (CRI)	Juan Ayuso
29 April	4.a stage of the Tour de Romandía	Adam Yates
30 April	Tour de Romandía	Adam Yates
17 May	11th stage of the Giro de Italia	Pascal Ackermann
21 May	15th stage of the Giro de Italia	Brandon McNulty
23 May	16.th stage of the Giro de Italia	João Almeida
7 June	4.a stage of the Critérium of Dauphiné (CRI)	Mikkel Bjerg

UCI ProSeries

Dates	Careers	Winner
14 February	4.a stage of the Tour de Oman	Diego Ulissi
15 February	1.a stage of the Round to Andalusia	Tadej Pogačar
16 February	2.a stage of the Round to Andalusia	Tadej Pogačar
17 February	3.a stage of the Round to Andalusia	Tim Wellens
18 February	4.a stage of the Round to Andalusia	Tadej Pogačar
19 February	Return to Andalusia	Tadej Pogačar
16 March	Denain Grand Prix	Juan Sebastián Molano
12 May	3.a stage of the Hungarian Tour	Marc Hirschi
14 May	Tour of Hungary	Marc Hirschi
25 May	1.a stage of the Mayenne Boucles (CRI)	Ivo Oliveira

UCI Continental Circuits

Dates	Circuit	Careers	Winner
13 February	UCI Europe Tour 2023	Classic Jaén Paradise Interior	Tadej Pogačar
11 April	UCI Europe Tour 2023	1.a stage of the Giro de Sicily	Finn Fisher-Black
2 June	UCI Europe Tour 2023	Giro de los Apeninos	Marc Hirschi

National Championships

Dates	Careers	Winner
10 January	Australian Counterreloj Championship (CRI)	Jay.

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For previous years, see UAE Team Emirates Squads

Squad 2023

Corridor	Birth	Nationality	Equipment 2022
Pascal Ackermann	17/01/1994	GermanyGermany	UAE Team Emirates
João Almeida	05/08/1998	Portugal	UAE Team Emirates
Juan Ayuso	16/09/2002	SpainSpain	UAE Team Emirates
Sjoerd Bax	06/01/1996	NetherlandsNetherlands	Alpecin-Deceuninck
George Bennett	07/04/1990	New ZealandNew Zealand	UAE Team Emirates
Mikkel Bjerg	03/11/1998	DenmarkDenmark	UAE Team Emirates
Alessandro Covi	29/09/1998	ItalyItaly	UAE Team Emirates
Finn Fisher-Black	21/12/2001	New ZealandNew Zealand	UAE Team Emirates
Davide Formolo	25/10/1992	ItalyItaly	UAE Team Emirates
Ryan Gibbons	13/08/1994	South Africa	UAE Team Emirates
Felix Groß	04/09/1998	GermanyGermany	UAE Team Emirates
Felix Großschartner	23/12/1993	AustriaAustria	Bora-Hansgrohe
Marc Hirschi	24/08/1998	Switzerland	UAE Team Emirates
Alvaro Hodeg	16/09/1996	ColombiaColombia	UAE Team Emirates
Vegard Stake Laengen	07/02/1989	Norway Norway	UAE Team Emirates
Rafał Majka	12/09/1989	PolandPoland	UAE Team Emirates
Brandon McNulty	02/04/1998	United States	UAE Team Emirates
Juan Sebastián Molano	04/11/1994	ColombiaColombia	UAE Team Emirates
Domen Novak	12/07/1995	SloveniaSlovenia	Team Bahrain Victorious
Ivo Oliveira	05/09/1996	Portugal	UAE Team Emirates
Rui Oliveira	05/09/1996	Portugal	UAE Team Emirates
Tadej Pogačar	21/09/1998	SloveniaSlovenia	UAE Team Emirates
Jan Polanc	06/05/1992	SloveniaSlovenia	UAE Team Emirates
Marc Soler	22/11/1993	SpainSpain	UAE Team Emirates
Matteo Trentin	02/08/1989	ItalyItaly	UAE Team Emirates
Diego Ulissi	15/07/1989	ItalyItaly	UAE Team Emirates
Jay.	16/11/1995	Australia	Alpecin-Deceuninck
Michael Vink	22/11/1991	New ZealandNew Zealand	Bolton Equities Black Spoke Pro Cycling
Tim Wellens	10/05/1991	BelgiumBelgium	Lotto Soudal
Adam Yates	07/08/1992	United KingdomUnited Kingdom	INEOS Grenadiers