2017 UAE Team Emirates season explained

Team:UAE Team Emirates
Season:2017
Men:yes
Ucicode:UAD
Status:UCI WorldTeam
Manager:Giuseppe Saronni
Sponsor:Emirates
Base:United Arab Emirates
Bikes:Colnago
Groupset:Shimano
Onedaywins:2
Stageraceoverall:1
Stageracestages:7
Kitimage:ROA-WTT UAD 2017.jpg
Previous:2016
Next:2018

The 2017 season for 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.

Team roster

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season
Rider2016 team
Anass Aït El Abdianeo–pro
Darwin Atapuma[1]
Simone Consonnineo–pro (Team Colpack)
Filippo Gannaneo–pro (Team Colpack)
Andrea Guardini[2]
Vegard Stake Laengen[3]
Marco Marcato[4]
Yousif Mirza[5]
Edward Ravasineo–pro (Team Colpack)
Ben Swift[6]
Oliviero Troianeo–pro (Team Colpack)
Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season
Rider2017 team
Yukiya Arashiro[7]
Mattia Cattaneo[8]
Davide Cimolai[9]
Mário Costa[10] Retired
Feng Chun-kai
Tsgabu Grmay
Ilia Koshevoy
Luka Pibernik
Xu GangRetired

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 5 Alto Colorado
Dubai Tour, Teams classification [11]
Donoratico
Tour La Provence, Mountains classification
Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3 Jebel Hafeet
Abu Dhabi Tour, Overall
Abu Dhabi Tour, Teams classification [12]
Three Days of De Panne, Youth classification
Tour of Croatia, Stage 1 Koprivnica
Tour of Croatia, Stage 2 Biokovo (Sveti Jure)
Tour of Croatia, Stage 6 Zagreb
Giro d'Italia, Stage 4 Etna
Leuggern
Tour de Pologne, Stage 2 Katowice

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date Race Jersey Rider Country Location
UAE National Time Trial Champion
UAE National Road Race Champion

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Atapuma leaves BMC to join Project TJ Sport in 2017 . 19 September 2016 . . 9 April 2017.
  2. Web site: Marcato, Guardini sign with new Chinese WorldTour team Project TJ Sport . 28 September 2016 . . 9 April 2017.
  3. Web site: Laengen to Project TJ Sport, Hollenstein to Katusha - News Shorts . 4 October 2016 . . 9 April 2017.
  4. Web site: Marcato, Guardini sign with new Chinese WorldTour team Project TJ Sport . 28 September 2016 . . 9 April 2017.
  5. Web site: Dubai Tour: Mirza ready to step it up with UAE Abu Dhabi . Abulleil . Reem . 30 January 2017 . . 1 February 2017.
  6. Web site: Swift leaves Team Sky for two-year deal with Project TJ Sport . 16 September 2016 . . 9 April 2017.
  7. Web site: Arashiro signs for Bahrain Merida . 19 September 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 9 April 2017.
  8. Web site: Mattia Cattaneo firma con l’Androni Giocattoli-Sidermec . Italian . cicloweb.it . 2 November 2016 . 9 April 2017 .
  9. Web site: FDJ sign Cimolai to support Demare . 2 October 2016 . cyclingnews.com. 9 April 2017.
  10. Web site: Haussler misses Bahrain-Merida presentation to have knee surgery - News Shorts . 2 January 2017 . cyclingnews.com. 9 April 2017.
  11. The riders on the squad were Yousif Mirza, Matteo Bono, Simone Consonni, Kristijan Đurasek, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Matej Mohorič and Jan Polanc
  12. The riders on the squad were Andrea Guardini, Simone Consonni, Kristijan Đurasek, Rui Costa, Louis Meintjes, Manuele Mori, Ben Swift and Diego Ulissi