UAE Team ADQ explained

UAE Team ADQ should not be confused with BTC City Ljubljana.

UAE Team ADQ
Code:UAD
Registered:Italy
Teammanager:Maria Camila Garcia
Discipline:Road
Bicycles:Colnago
Status:UCI Women's Team (2011–2019)
Season:2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016–2019
2020–2021
2022–
Oldname:Mcipollini–Giordana
MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss
MCipollini–Giordana
Alé–Cipollini
Alé–Cipollini–Galassia
Alé–Cipollini
Alé BTC Ljubljana
UAE Team ADQ

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, 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

See main article: List of Alé BTC Ljubljana rosters. .[5]

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

    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
  • UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh

    Notes and References

    1. Web site: ALÉ – Cipollini – Galassia Women Procycling Team. alecipolliniteam.com.
    2. Web site: Alé–Cipollini adds BTC Ljubljana as new title sponsor. 20 September 2019.
    3. Web site: UAE Team Emirates confirm takeover of Alè BTC Ljubljana women's team. Stephen. Farrand. CyclingNews. 12 October 2021. 12 October 2021.
    4. Web site: UAE women's team reveals sponsor, 2022 jersey and roster. Laura. Weislo. CyclingNews. 16 December 2021. 16 December 2021.
    5. Web site: UAE Team ADQ. UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. 16 February 2024.

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