2018 UAE Team Emirates season

The 2018 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
2018 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 stages	7
National Championships	3
Jersey
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Team roster

As of 4 March 2018.

Rider Date of birth  Anass Aït El Abdia (MAR) (1993-03-21)21 March 1993 (aged 24)  Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 27)  Darwin Atapuma (COL) (1988-01-15)15 January 1988 (aged 30)  Matteo Bono (ITA) (1983-11-11)11 November 1983 (aged 34)  Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 26)  Simone Consonni (ITA) (1994-09-12)12 September 1994 (aged 23)  Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 24)  Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 31)  Kristijan Đurasek (CRO) (1987-07-26)26 July 1987 (aged 30)  Roberto Ferrari (ITA) (1983-03-09)9 March 1983 (aged 34)  Filippo Ganna (ITA) (1996-07-25)25 July 1996 (aged 21)  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 30)  Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 29)

Rider Date of birth  Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 34)  Dan Martin (IRL) (1986-08-20)20 August 1986 (aged 31)  Yousif Mirza (UAE) (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 29)  Manuele Mori (ITA) (1980-08-09)9 August 1980 (aged 37)  Przemysław Niemiec (POL) (1980-04-11)11 April 1980 (aged 37)  Simone Petilli (ITA) (1993-05-04)4 May 1993 (aged 24)  Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 25)  Edward Ravasi (ITA) (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 23)  Rory Sutherland (AUS) (1982-02-08)8 February 1982 (aged 36)  Alexandr Riabushenko (BLR) (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 22)  Ben Swift (GBR) (1987-11-05)5 November 1987 (aged 30)  Oliviero Troia (ITA) (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 23)  Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 28)

Riders who joined the team for the 2018 season Rider 2017 team Fabio Aru[1] Astana Sven Erik Bystrom[2] Team Katusha–Alpecin Alexander Kristoff[3] Team Katusha–Alpecin Daniel Martin[4] Soudal–Quick-Step Alexandr Riabushenko[5] neo–pro Rory Sutherland[6] Movistar Team

Riders who left the team during or after the 2017 season Rider 2018 team Sacha Modolo[7] EF Education First–Drapac p/b Cannondale Louis Meintjes[8] Team Dimension Data Andrea Guardini[9] Bardiani-CSF Matej Mohorič[10] Bahrain–Merida Marko Kump CCC–Sprandi–Polkowice Federico Zurlo Team MsTina–Focus

Season victories

Date	Race	Competition	Rider	Country	Location
18 February	Tour of Oman, Stage 6	UCI Asia Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Oman	Matrah Corniche
21 February	Abu Dhabi Tour, Stage 1	UCI World Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	United Arab Emirates	Madinat Zayed
1 May	Eschborn–Frankfurt	UCI World Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Germany	Frankfurt
7 June	Grand Prix of Aargau Canton	UCI Europe Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	Switzerland	Leuggern
8 June	Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Daniel Martin (IRL)	France	Valmorel
13 June	Tour of Slovenia, Stage 1	UCI Europe Tour	Simone Consonni (ITA)	Slovenia	Murska Sobota
13 June	Tour de Suisse, Stage 5	UCI World Tour	Diego Ulissi (ITA)	Switzerland	Leukerbad
13 July	Tour de France, Stage 6	UCI World Tour	Daniel Martin (IRL)	France	Mûr-de-Bretagne
29 July	Tour de France, Stage 21	UCI World Tour	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)	France	Paris Champs-Élysées

National, Continental and World champions 2018

Date	Race	Jersey	Rider	Country	Location
24 March	United Arab Emirates National Road Race Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates
31 March	United Arab Emirates National Time Trial Champion		Yousif Mirza (UAE)	United Arab Emirates
24 June	Norwegian National Road Race Champion		Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR)	Norway	Sandefjord

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