2019 UAE Team Emirates season

The 2019 season for UAE Team Emirates 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.

UAE Team Emirates
2019 season
Tadej Pogačar on Vuelta Podium (3rd place)
UCI code	UAD
Status	UCI WorldTeam
World Tour Rank	4th
Manager	Giuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s)	Emirates
Based	United Arab Emirates
Bicycles	Colnago
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	3
Stage race overall	4
Stage race stages	17
National Championships	3
Most wins	Alexander Kristoff & Tadej Pogačar (7 Wins)
Best ranked rider	Alexander Kristoff, (8th)
Jersey
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Team roster

As of 6 January 2019.^[1]

Rider Date of birth  Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03) 3 July 1990 (age 34)  Tom Bohli (SUI) (1994-01-17) 17 January 1994 (age 31)  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21) 21 January 1992 (age 33)  Simone Consonni (ITA) (1994-09-12) 12 September 1994 (age 30)  Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30) 30 March 1993 (age 31)  Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05) 5 October 1986 (age 38)  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26) 26 July 1987 (age 37)  Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09) 9 March 1983 (age 41)  Fernando Gaviria (COL) (1994-08-19) 19 August 1994 (age 30)  Sergio Henao (COL) (1987-12-10) 10 December 1987 (age 37)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05) 5 July 1987 (age 37)  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07) 7 February 1989 (age 36)  Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11) 11 February 1984 (age 41)  Dan Martin (IRE) (1986-08-20) 20 August 1986 (age 38)  Yousif Mirza (UAE) (1988-10-08) 8 October 1988 (age 36)

Rider Date of birth  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) (1994-11-04) 4 November 1994 (age 30)  Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09) 9 August 1980 (age 44)  Cristian Camilo Muñoz (COL) (1996-03-20) 20 March 1996 (age 28)  Ivo Oliveira (POR) (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 (age 28)  Rui Oliveira (POR) (1996-09-05) 5 September 1996 (age 28)  Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04) 4 May 1993 (age 31)  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (1998-03-02) 2 March 1998 (age 26)  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (1998-09-21) 21 September 1998 (age 26)  Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06) 6 May 1992 (age 32)  Edward Ravasi (ITA) (1994-06-05) 5 June 1994 (age 30)  Alexandr Riabushenko (BLR) (1995-10-12) 12 October 1995 (age 29)  Rory Sutherland (AUS) (1982-02-08) 8 February 1982 (age 43)  Oliviero Troia (ITA) (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30)  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15) 15 July 1989 (age 35)

Riders who joined the team for the 2019 season Rider 2018 team Tom Bohli[2] BMC Racing Team Fernando Gaviria[3] Quick-Step Floors Sergio Henao[4] Team Sky Juan Sebastián Molano[5] Team Manzana Postobón Cristian Camilo Muñoz[6] Coldeportes–Zenú–Sello Rojo Ivo Oliveira[7] Hagens Berman Axeon Rui Oliveira[7] Hagens Berman Axeon Jasper Philipsen[8] Hagens Berman Axeon Tadej Pogačar[6] Ljubljana Gusto Xaurum

Riders who left the team during or after the 2018 season Rider 2019 team Anass Aït El Abdia[9] VIB Sports Darwin Atapuma[10] Cofidis Matteo Bono[9] Retired Filippo Ganna[11] Team Sky Przemysław Niemiec[12] Retired Ben Swift[13] Team Sky

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
19 January	Tour Down Under, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Jasper Philipsen (BEL)	Australia	Strathalbyn
20 January	Tour Down Under, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 1]	Australia
27 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 1	UCI America Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Argentina	Pocito
30 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 4	UCI America Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Argentina	Villa San Agustín
14 February	Tour Colombia, Stage 3	UCI America Tour	Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)	Colombia	Rionegro
16 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 1	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Oman	Sohar
21 February	Volta ao Algarve, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Portugal	Fóia
24 February	Volta ao Algarve, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Portugal
24 February	Volta ao Algarve, Young rider classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Portugal
25 February	UAE Tour, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	United Arab Emirates	Abu Dhabi
31 March	Gent–Wevelgem	UCI World Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Belgium	Wevelgem
13 April	Tour of the Basque Country, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Spain
13 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	Italy	Orbetello
17 May	Tour of California, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	United States	Mount Baldy
18 May	Tour of California, Overall	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	United States
18 May	Tour of California, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	United States
1 June	Tour of Norway, Stage 5	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway	Drammen
2 June	Tour of Norway, Points classification	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway
2 June	Tour of Norway, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Norway
9 June	Gran Premio di Lugano	UCI Europe Tour	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Switzerland	Lugano
13 June	Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Switzerland	Gippingen
21 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 3	UCI Europe Tour	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Slovenia	Idrija
23 June	Tour of Slovenia, Overall	UCI Europe Tour	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Slovenia
23 June	Tour of Slovenia, Young classification	UCI Europe Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Slovenia
30 August	Deutschland Tour, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Germany	Göttingen
1 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 9	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Andorra	Encamp
6 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 13	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Spain	Los Machucos
14 September	Vuelta a España, Stage 20	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Spain	Plataforma de Gredos
15 September	Vuelta a España, Young rider classification	UCI World Tour	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Spain
18 September	Okolo Slovenska, Stage 1A	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Slovakia	Bardejov
17 October	Tour of Guangxi, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Beihai
21 October	Tour of Guangxi, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Fernando Gaviria (COL)	China	Guilin

National, Continental and World champions 2019

Date	Race	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
23 February	United Arab Emirates National Road Race Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates
1 March	United Arab Emirates National Time Trial Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates
7 June	Slovenian National Time Trial Championships		Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	Slovenia	Ljubljana

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Sven Erik Bystrøm, Rory Sutherland, Ivo Oliveira, Jasper Philipsen, Tadej Pogačar, Jan Polanc and Diego Ulissi

References

1. "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
2. "UAE Team Emirates sign Swiss rider Tom Bohli on two-year deal". sport360.com. 10 September 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
3. "Gaviria signs with UAE Team Emirates for three years". Cyclingnews.com. 25 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
4. "Sergio Henao set to leave Team Sky for UAE Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. 15 September 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
5. "UAE Team Emirates sign sprinter Juan Sebastián Molano". Cyclingnews.com. 9 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
6. "The Cyclingnews guide to 2018-2019 rider transfers". Cyclingnews.com. 6 November 2018. Retrieved 31 December 2018.
7. "UAE sign young Oliveira twins, Lodewyck takes up Quick-Step DS role - Transfer Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
8. "Philipsen signs with UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. 27 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
9. "UAE-Team Emirates (WT)»2018". procyclingstats. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
10. "Atapuma signs for Cofidis". Cyclingnews.com. 31 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
11. "Italy's Filippo Ganna joins Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 19 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
12. "Przemysław Niemiec to retire after 17 seasons - News Shorts". Cyclingnews.com. 3 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.
13. "Ben Swift returns to Team Sky for 2019". Cyclingnews.com. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 31 January 2019.

External links

• 2019 UAE Team Emirates season at ProCyclingStats