2025 UAE Team Emirates–XRG season

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UAE Team Emirates XRG
2025 season
UCI codeUAD
Status UCI WorldTeam
ManagerFlag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Mauro Gianetti  (SWI)
Main sponsor(s)
BasedFlag of the United Arab Emirates.svg  United Arab Emirates
Bicycles Colnago
Groupset Shimano
Season victories
One-day races 2
Stage race overall1
Stage race stages1
Most wins Flag of Ecuador.svg Jhonatan Narváez (2)
  2024
2026  

The 2025 season for UAE Team Emirates XRG is the 27th season in the team's existence and the 9th under the current name. The team has been a UCI WorldTeam since 2005, when the tier was first established.

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Team roster

As of 2 January 2025. [1]
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Portugal.svg  João Almeida  (POR) (1998-08-05)5 August 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Spain.svg  Igor Arrieta  (ESP) (2002-12-08) December 8, 2002 (age 22)
Flag of Spain.svg  Juan Ayuso  (ESP) (2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 22)
Flag of Italy.svg  Filippo Baroncini  (ITA) (2000-08-26)26 August 2000 (aged 24)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Mikkel Bjerg  (DEN) (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Jan Christen  (SUI) (2004-06-26)26 June 2004 (aged 20)
Flag of Italy.svg  Alessandro Covi  (ITA) (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Mexico.svg  Isaac del Toro  (MEX) (2003-11-27)27 November 2003 (aged 21)
Flag of Austria.svg  Felix Großschartner  (AUT) (1993-12-23)23 December 1993 (aged 31)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Rune Herregodts  (BEL) (1998-07-27)27 July 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Denmark.svg  Julius Johansen  (DEN) (1999-09-13)13 September 1999 (aged 25)
Flag of Norway.svg  Vegard Stake Laengen  (NOR) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 35)
Flag of Poland.svg  Rafał Majka  (POL) (1989-09-12)12 September 1989 (aged 35)
Flag of the United States.svg  Brandon McNulty  (USA) (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Colombia.svg  Juan Sebastián Molano  (COL) (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 30)
RiderDate of birth
Flag of Portugal.svg  António Morgado  (POR) (2004-01-28)28 January 2004 (aged 20)
Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU) (1997-03-04)4 March 1997 (aged 27)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Domen Novak  (SLO) (1995-07-12)12 July 1995 (aged 29)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Ivo Oliveira  (POR) (1996-09-05)5 September 1996 (aged 28)
Flag of Portugal.svg  Rui Oliveira  (POR) (1996-09-05)5 September 1996 (aged 28)
Flag of Slovenia.svg  Tadej Pogačar  (SLO) (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 26)
Flag of Germany.svg  Nils Politt  (GER) (1994-03-06)6 March 1994 (aged 30)
Flag of France.svg  Pavel Sivakov  (FRA) (1997-07-11)11 July 1997 (aged 27)
Flag of Spain.svg  Marc Soler  (ESP) (1993-11-22)22 November 1993 (aged 31)
Flag of Spain.svg  Pablo Torres  (ESP) (2005-11-10)10 November 2005 (aged 19)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Florian Vermeersch  (BEL) (1999-03-12)12 March 1999 (aged 25)
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Jay Vine  (AUS) (1995-11-16)16 November 1995 (aged 29)
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Tim Wellens  (BEL) (1991-05-10)10 May 1991 (aged 33)
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Adam Yates  (GBR) (1992-08-07)7 August 1992 (aged 32)

Season victories

DateRaceCompetitionRiderCountryLocationRef.
25 January Tour Down Under, stage 5 UCI World Tour Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Willunga Hill [2]
25 January Gran Premio Castellón - Ruta de la Cerámica UCI Europe Tour Flag of Portugal.svg  António Morgado  (POR)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Onda [3]
26 January Tour Down Under, overall UCI World Tour Flag of Ecuador.svg  Jhonatan Narváez  (ECU)Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia [4]
29 January Trofeo Calvià UCI Europe Tour Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Jan Christen  (SWI)Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Palma Nova [5]

Notes

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