2018 UAE Team Emirates season

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UAE Team Emirates
2018 season
UCI codeUAD
Status UCI WorldTeam
Manager Giuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s) Emirates
Based United Arab Emirates
Bicycles Colnago
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race stages7
National Championships 3
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Jersey
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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.

Contents

Team roster

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

Season victories

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

National, Continental and World champions 2018

DateRaceJerseyRiderCountryLocation
24 MarchUnited Arab Emirates National Road Race Champion
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Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Yousif Mirza  (UAE)Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
31 MarchUnited Arab Emirates National Time Trial Champion
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Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  Yousif Mirza  (UAE)Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
24 June Norwegian National Road Race Champion
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Flag of Norway.svg  Vegard Stake Laengen  (NOR)Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Sandefjord

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