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Born | Gippingen, Switzerland | 26 June 2004||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2017–2022 | Veloclub Gippingen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2022 | Pogi Team [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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2023 | Hagens Berman Axeon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023– | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Jan Christen (born 26 June 2004) is a Swiss racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates. His older brother Fabio is also a professional cyclist. [2] He joined UAE Team Emirates early on 1 August 2023, having initially been due to ride with them starting in 2024 on a five-year contract. [3] [4]
Alena Vasileŭna Amialiusik is a Belarusian road bicycle racer, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam UAE Team ADQ.
Lucinda Brand is a Dutch racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam Lidl–Trek in road racing, and UCI Cyclo-cross Pro Team Baloise–Trek Lions in cyclo-cross. After four years with Rabo–Liv, in August 2016 Team Sunweb announced that Brand had signed a two-year deal with the team, with a role as a team leader, road captain and as part of the team's sprint train. In 2023, Brand collaborated with fellow professional cyclist Maghalie Rochette to create the cycling-focused podcast Dirty Talks.
Jan Polanc is a Slovenian former racing cyclist, who competed professionally for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates from 2013 to 2023. He is a two time Giro d'Italia stage winner. He was forced to retire in May 2023 after cardiac scans revealed heart irregularities.
Valerio Conti is an Italian cyclist who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini. He has competed in every edition of the Giro d'Italia between 2016 and 2023.
Tom Bohli is a Swiss professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Tudor Pro Cycling Team. He rode at the 2015 UCI Track Cycling World Championships. In May 2019, he was named in the startlist for the 2019 Giro d'Italia.
Filippo Ganna is an Italian track and road cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Ineos Grenadiers. He is a record-breaking six-time world champion in the individual pursuit, winning a total of nine medals at the UCI Track Cycling World Championships, and part of the Olympic gold medal-winning team in the team pursuit at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He also won the men's individual time trial at the 2020 and 2021 UCI Road World Championships, and four stages in the 2020 Giro d'Italia and two stages in the 2021 Giro d'Italia, setting the record for most consecutive time trials won at the Giro with five. He is the current world record holder in individual pursuit and of the hour record, which he unified with the best human effort since the distinction was first made in 1997.
Domen Novak is a Slovenian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
João Pedro Gonçalves Almeida is a Portuguese professional cyclist who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Marc Hirschi is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Stefan Bissegger is a Swiss professional road and track racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam EF Education–EasyPost. He rode in the men's individual pursuit event at the 2018 UCI Track Cycling World Championships.
Alexandre Balmer is a Swiss cross-country and road racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI ProTeam Team Corratec–Vini Fantini. He participated at the 2018 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships, winning a gold medal in the team relay.
Chiara Consonni is an Italian racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's World Team UAE Team ADQ. She rode for Valcar–PBM in the women's team time trial event at the 2018 UCI Road World Championships.
Mauro Schmid is a Swiss cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team Jayco–AlUla. He competed in the scratch at the 2019 UCI Track Cycling World Championships, where he finished 7th.
Alexys Brunel is a French cyclist, who currently rides for French amateur team Groove Gravel. Brunel retired on 22 June 2022 from professional cycling to focus on other aspects of life. However, he has since returned to racing as an amateur, notably winning a stage of the 2022 Tour de Guadeloupe.
Juan Ayuso Pesquera is a Spanish road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Filippo Baroncini is an Italian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Igor Arrieta Lizarraga is a Spanish cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
António Morgado is a Portuguese road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.
Jørgen Nordhagen is a Norwegian professional racing cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Visma–Lease a Bike Development. He is scheduled to join UCI WorldTeam Visma–Lease a Bike for the 2025 season on a three-year contract, after riding for their development team in 2024. He also competes in cross-country skiing, having won the mass start freestyle race at the 2024 Nordic Junior World Ski Championships. He announced he would retire from the sport after the 2023–24 season to focus fully on cycling.
Léo Bisiaux is a French road cyclist, who rides for UCI Continental team Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale Development Team. In 2025, he will join UCI WorldTeam Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale on a four-year contract.