2017 UAE Team Emirates season

The 2017 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
2017 season
UCI code	UAD
Status	UCI WorldTeam
Manager	Giuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s)	Emirates
Based	United Arab Emirates
Bicycles	Colnago
Groupset	Shimano
Season victories
One-day races	2
Stage race overall	1
Stage race stages	7
Jersey
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Team roster

As of 1 January 2017.

Rider Date of birth  Anass Aït El Abdia (MAR) (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 23)  Darwin Atapuma (COL) (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 (aged 28)  Matteo Bono (ITA) (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 33)  Simone Consonni (ITA) (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 (aged 22)  Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 23)  Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 30)  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 29)  Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 33)  Filippo Ganna (ITA) (1996-07-25)25 July 1996 (aged 20)  Andrea Guardini (ITA) (1989-06-12)12 June 1989 (aged 27)  Marko Kump (SLO) (1988-09-09)9 September 1988 (aged 28)  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 27)  Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 32)

Rider Date of birth  Louis Meintjes (RSA) (1992-02-21)21 February 1992 (aged 24)  Yousif Mirza (UAE) (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 28)  Sacha Modolo (ITA) (1987-06-19)19 June 1987 (aged 29)  Matej Mohorič (SLO) (1994-10-19)19 October 1994 (aged 22)  Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 36)  Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 36)  Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 23)  Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 24)  Edward Ravasi (ITA) (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 22)  Ben Swift (GBR) (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 (aged 29)  Oliviero Troia (ITA) (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 22)  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 27)  Federico Zurlo (ITA) (1994-02-25)25 February 1994 (aged 22)

Riders who joined the team for the 2017 season Rider 2016 team Anass Aït El Abdia neo–pro Darwin Atapuma[1] BMC Racing Team Simone Consonni neo–pro (Team Colpack) Filippo Ganna neo–pro (Team Colpack) Andrea Guardini[2] Astana Vegard Stake Laengen[3] IAM Cycling Marco Marcato[4] Wanty–Groupe Gobert Yousif Mirza[5] Al Nasr Pro Cycling Team–Dubai Edward Ravasi neo–pro (Team Colpack) Ben Swift[6] Team Sky Oliviero Troia neo–pro (Team Colpack)

Riders who left the team during or after the 2016 season Rider 2017 team Yukiya Arashiro[7] Bahrain–Merida Mattia Cattaneo[8] Androni Giocattoli–Sidermec Davide Cimolai[9] FDJ Mário Costa[10] Retired Feng Chun-kai Bahrain–Merida Tsgabu Grmay Bahrain–Merida Ilia Koshevoy Wilier Triestina–Selle Italia Luka Pibernik Bahrain–Merida Xu Gang Retired

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
27 January	Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 5	UCI America Tour	Rui Costa (POR)	Argentina	Alto Colorado
4 February	Dubai Tour, Teams classification	UCI Asia Tour	[N 1]	United Arab Emirates
5 February	Gran Premio della Costa Etruschi	UCI Europe Tour	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Italy	Donoratico
23 February	Tour La Provence, Mountains classification	UCI Europe Tour	Jan Polanc (SLO)	France
25 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 3	UCI World Tour	Rui Costa (POR)	United Arab Emirates	Jebel Hafeet
26 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Overall	UCI World Tour	Rui Costa (POR)	United Arab Emirates
26 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Teams classification	UCI World Tour	[N 2]	United Arab Emirates
30 March	Three Days of De Panne, Youth classification	UCI Europe Tour	Simone Consonni (ITA)	Belgium
18 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Croatia	Koprivnica
19 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 2	UCI Europe Tour	Kristijan Đurasek (CRO)	Croatia	Biokovo (Sveti Jure)
23 April	Tour of Croatia, Stage 6	UCI Europe Tour	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Croatia	Zagreb
9 May	Giro d'Italia, Stage 4	UCI World Tour	Jan Polanc (SLO)	Italy	Etna
8 June	Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	UCI Europe Tour	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Switzerland	Leuggern
30 July	Tour de Pologne, Stage 2	UCI World Tour	Sacha Modolo (ITA)	Poland	Katowice

National, Continental and World champions 2017

Date	Race	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
1 April	UAE National Time Trial Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates
9 April	UAE National Road Race Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates

Footnotes

1. The riders on the squad were Yousif Mirza, Matteo Bono, Simone Consonni, Kristijan Đurasek, Roberto Ferrari, Sacha Modolo, Matej Mohorič and Jan Polanc
2. The riders on the squad were Andrea Guardini, Simone Consonni, Kristijan Đurasek, Rui Costa, Louis Meintjes, Manuele Mori, Ben Swift and Diego Ulissi