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.
 Riders at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes | |
| Team information | |
|---|---|
| UCI code | UAD |
| Registered | Italy |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Discipline(s) | Road |
| Status | UCI Women's Team (2011–2019) UCI Women's WorldTeam (2020–) |
| Bicycles | Colnago |
| Key personnel | |
| Team manager(s) | Maria Camila Garcia |
| Team name history | |
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016–2019 2020–2021 2022– | Mcipollini–Giordana MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss MCipollini–Giordana Alé–Cipollini Alé–Cipollini–Galassia Alé–Cipollini Alé BTC Ljubljana UAE Team ADQ |
Team history edit
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, UAE Team Emirates 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 edit
- As of 16 February 2024.[5]
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Major wins edit
- 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 edit
- 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
References edit
- ^ "ALÉ – Cipollini – Galassia Women Procycling Team". alecipolliniteam.com.
- ^ "Alé–Cipollini adds BTC Ljubljana as new title sponsor". 20 September 2019.
- ^ Farrand, Stephen (12 October 2021). "UAE Team Emirates confirm takeover of Alè BTC Ljubljana women's team". CyclingNews. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
- ^ Weislo, Laura (16 December 2021). "UAE women's team reveals sponsor, 2022 jersey and roster". CyclingNews. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
- ^ "UAE Team ADQ". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
