UAE Team ADQ

UAE Team ADQ
	Riders at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes
Team information
UCI code	UAD
Registered	Italy
Founded	2011
Discipline(s)	Road
Status	UCI Women's Team (2011–2019); UCI Women's WorldTeam (2020–)
Bicycles	Colnago
Key personnel
Team manager(s)	Maria Camila Garcia
Team name history
2011; 2012; 2013; 2014; 2015; 2016–2019; 2020–2021; 2022–	Mcipollini–Giordana; MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss; MCipollini–Giordana; Alé–Cipollini; Alé–Cipollini–Galassia; Alé–Cipollini; Alé BTC Ljubljana ; UAE Team ADQ

Last updated February 11, 2025

UAE Team ADQ is a professional cycling team ^[1] based in UAE and logistically headquartered in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. In the 2024 season, it had a roster of 16 riders representing eleven different nationalities.

Team history

In September 2019, the team announced they had brought onboard Slovenian co-title sponsor, BTC Ljubljana, for the 2020 season; enabling the squad to apply for top-tier UCI Women's WorldTour status through to the end of the 2023 season with the name of Alé BTC Ljubljana.^[2]

In October 2021, UAE Team Emirates confirmed it would take over and rebrand the team, joining a growing list of men's teams that have a top-level women's team.^[3] In mid-December 2021, the team kit for the 2022 season was revealed, along with the new team name, UAE Team ADQ, with the team bringing on sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) as an additional sponsor.^[4]

The managerial leadership passed to former cyclist Rubens Bertogliati, who is still supported by Lacquaniti, while the squad for the 2022 season is made up of fifteen riders, including the confirmed riders Bastianelli, Bujak and García.

In the 2023 season, UAE Team ADQ heavily restructures its technical staff and athletes. Among others, two strong Italian athletes such as Silvia Persico and Chiara Consonni arrived. In November 2023, Maria Camila Garcia was appointed CEO of the team.

Team roster

As of 26 January 2025.^[5]

	Rider	Date of birth
Safia Al Sayegh (UAE)		(2001-09-23) 23 September 2001 (age 23)
Alena Amialiusik (25x17px)		(1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 36)
Elynor Bäckstedt (GBR)		(2001-12-06) 6 December 2001 (age 23)
Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA)		(1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 (age 27)
Brodie Chapman (AUS)		(1991-04-09) 9 April 1991 (age 33)
Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA)		(2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22)
Lara Gillespie (IRL)		(2001-04-21) 21 April 2001 (age 23)
Lizzie Holden (GBR)		(1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
Alena Ivanchenko (25x17px)		(2003-11-16) 16 November 2003 (age 21)

	Rider	Date of birth
Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)		(1991-12-10) 10 December 1991 (age 33)
Erica Magnaldi (ITA)		(1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32)
Greta Marturano (ITA)		(1998-06-28) 28 June 1998 (age 26)
Tereza Neumanová (CZE)		(1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 26)
Silvia Persico (ITA)		(1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)
Maëva Squiban (FRA)		(2002-03-19) 19 March 2002 (age 22)
Karlijn Swinkels (NED)		(1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 26)
Sofie van Rooijen (NED)		(2002-07-13) 13 July 2002 (age 22)
Dominika Włodarczyk (POL)		(2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 24)

Major wins

2011

Stage 3 Ladies Tour of Qatar, Monia Baccaille

Stage 5 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Nicole Cooke

Gp Cento Carnevale D'europa, Monia Baccaille

2012

Grand Prix de Dottignies, Monia Baccaille

Stage 2 Tour of Chongming Island, Monia Baccaille

Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin, Elena Cecchini

Stage 1, Elena Cecchini

Stage 3, Susanna Zorzi

Overall Giro Toscana Femminile, Małgorzata Jasińska

Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska

2013

Stage 5 Energiewacht Tour, Valentina Carretta

Mountains classification Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin, Valentina Scandolara

Italian rider classification Giro Rosa, Tatiana Guderzo

Stage 2 Tour Féminin en Limousin, Tatiana Antoshina

Stage 6 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Valentina Scandolara

Stage 7 Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Tatiana Guderzo

Stage 6 Holland Ladies Tour, Tatiana Guderzo

2014

Sprints classification Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Shelley Olds

Stages 3 & 5, Shelley Olds

GP Comune di Cornaredo, Shelley Olds

Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour, Marta Tagliaferro

Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, Shelley Olds

Stage 2 La Route de France, Barbara Guarischi

Points classification Trophée d'Or Féminin, Barbara Guarischi

Teams classification

Stage 3, Barbara Guarischi

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Shelley Olds

Points classification, Shelley Olds

Mountains classification, Małgorzata Jasińska

Prologue & Stage 1, Shelley Olds

Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska

2015

Young rider classification Ladies Tour of Qatar, Beatrice Bartelloni

Stage 1, Annalisa Cucinotta

Stage 4 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Annalisa Cucinotta

Stage 2 Ladies Tour of Norway, Shelley Olds

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Małgorzata Jasińska

Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska

La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, Shelley Olds

2016

Gran Prix San Luis Femenino, Małgorzata Jasińska

Teams classification Tour Femenino de San Luis

Stage 2, Marta Tagliaferro

Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli

GP della Liberazione, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 5 Gracia–Orlová, Marta Tagliaferro

2017

Points classification Santos Women's Tour, Chloe Hosking

Mountains classification, Janneke Ensing

Stage 3, Chloe Hosking

Drentse Acht van Westerveld, Chloe Hosking

GP della Liberazione, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 1 Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 3 The Women's Tour, Chloe Hosking

Stage 9 Giro d'Italia Femminile, Marta Bastianelli

Sprints classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Daiva Tušlaitė

Mountains classification, Janneke Ensing

Stage 2, Chloe Hosking

Stage 6 Holland Ladies Tour, Janneke Ensing

2018

Stage 4 Women's Tour Down Under, Chloe Hosking

Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Chloe Hosking

Points classification Women's Herald Sun Tour, Chloe Hosking

Stage 2 Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Marta Bastianelli

Le Samyn des Dames, Janneke Ensing

Gold Trophy in Euro-Women's Bike Race, Marta Bastianelli

Gent–Wevelgem, Marta Bastianelli

Grand Prix de Dottignies, Marta Bastianelli

Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik, Marta Bastianelli

Commonwealth Games Road Race, Chloe Hosking

Trofee Maarten Wynants, Marta Bastianelli

Basque rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Ane Santesteban

Stage 3 BeNe Ladies Tour, Marta Bastianelli

Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin

Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 2, Soraya Paladin

2019

Mountains classification Women's Tour Down Under, Nadia Quagliotto

1st Stage 4, Chloe Hosking

Points classification Women's Herald Sun Tour, Chloe Hosking

Points classification Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Soraya Paladin

Stage 1, Karlijn Swinkels

Stages 2 & 3, Soraya Paladin

German rider classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Romy Kasper

Stage 2a BeNe Ladies Tour, Jelena Erić

Mountains classification Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin

Stage 1, Chloe Hosking

Stage 2, Soraya Paladin

Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa, Soraya Paladin

Mountains classification, Soraya Paladin

Stage 3, Soraya Paladin

Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour, Chloe Hosking

2020

Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas, Marta Bastianelli

2021

Stage 2 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Anastasia Chursina

Stage 2 Tour de Suisse, Marta Bastianelli

La Périgord Ladies, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 2 (ITT) Holland Ladies Tour, Marlen Reusser

Stage 1 Challenge by La Vuelta, Marlen Reusser

Stage 5 Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Marta Bastianelli

Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 1 The Women's Tour, Marta Bastianelli

Chrono des Nations, Marlen Reusser

2022

Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas, Marta Bastianelli

Mountains classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana

Stage 4, Marta Bastianelli

Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli

Trofeo Oro in Euro–Women’s Bike Race, Sofia Bertizzolo

Omloop van Borsele, Maaike Boogaard

Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Marta Bastianelli

Points classification, Marta Bastianelli

Team classification

Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli

Points classification Bretagne Ladies Tour, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 1 & 2, Marta Bastianelli

Stage 3, Alena Ivanchenko

Stage 3 Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Margarita Victoria García

2023

1st Stage 3 Tour de Suisse, Eleonora Gasparrini

1st Stage 9 Giro d'Italia, Chiara Consonni

1st

Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Chiara Consonni

1st Stage 3, Chiara Consonni

2024

1st Stage 2 Giro d'Italia , Chiara Consonni

2025

1st

Overall UAE Tour, Elisa Longo Borghini

1st Stage 3, Elisa Longo Borghini

National and continental champions

2011: Italy Track (Team Sprint), Elisa Frisoni; Italy Track (Scratch race), Tatiana Guderzo; Italy Track (500m TT), Elisa Frisoni; Italy Track (Sprint), Elisa Frisoni
2012: Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo
2013: Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina; Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo; Italy Track (Omnium), Marta Tagliaferro; Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro; Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo
2014: Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro; Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo
2015: Poland Road Race, Małgorzata Jasińska
2016: Italy Track (Points Race), Maria Giulia Confalonieri
2017: Lithuania Road Race, Daiva Tušlaitė
2018: Lithuania Time Trial, Daiva Tušlaitė; European Road Race, Marta Bastianelli
2019: Japan Time Trial, Eri Yonamine; Japan Road Race, Eri Yonamine
2020: Slovenia Road Race, Urša Pintar; Slovenia Time Trial, Urška Žigart; Spain Time Trial, Mavi García; Spain Road Race, Mavi García; Thailand Road Race, Jutatip Maneephan
2021: Swiss Time Trial, Marlen Reusser; Swiss Road Race, Marlen Reusser; Slovenia Time Trial, Eugenia Bujak; Slovenia Road Race, Eugenia Bujak; Spain Time Trial, Mavi Garcia; Spain Road Race, Mavi García
2022: UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh; UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh; Spain Time Trial, Mavi García; Spain Road Race, Mavi García
2023: British Time Trial, Elizabeth Holden; UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh; UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh
2024: Polish Road Race, Dominika Włodarczyk; Latvian Road Race, Anastasia Carbonari; UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh; UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh
2025: Australian Time Trial, Brodie Chapman

References

↑ "ALÉ – Cipollini – Galassia Women Procycling Team". alecipolliniteam.com.
↑ "Alé–Cipollini adds BTC Ljubljana as new title sponsor". 20 September 2019.
↑ Farrand, Stephen (12 October 2021). "UAE Team Emirates confirm takeover of Alè BTC Ljubljana women's team". CyclingNews . Retrieved 12 October 2021.
↑ Weislo, Laura (16 December 2021). "UAE women's team reveals sponsor, 2022 jersey and roster". CyclingNews . Retrieved 16 December 2021.
↑ "UAE Team ADQ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 26 January 2025.

External links

Official website

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[1] "ALÉ – Cipollini – Galassia Women Procycling Team". alecipolliniteam.com.

[2] "Alé–Cipollini adds BTC Ljubljana as new title sponsor". 20 September 2019.

[3] Farrand, Stephen (12 October 2021). "UAE Team Emirates confirm takeover of Alè BTC Ljubljana women's team". CyclingNews . Retrieved 12 October 2021.

[4] Weislo, Laura (16 December 2021). "UAE women's team reveals sponsor, 2022 jersey and roster". CyclingNews . Retrieved 16 December 2021.

[5] "UAE Team ADQ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale . Retrieved 26 January 2025.

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Contents

Team history

Team roster

Major wins

National and continental champions

References

External links