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.

UAE Team ADQ
Team information
UCI codeUAD
RegisteredItaly
Founded2011 (2011)
Discipline(s)Road
StatusUCI Women's Team (2011–2019)
UCI Women's WorldTeam (2020–)
BicyclesColnago
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

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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

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As of 16 February 2024.[5]
Rider Date of birth
  Safia Al Sayegh (UAE) (2001-09-23) 23 September 2001 (age 23)
  Alena Amialiusik (25x17px) (1989-02-06) 6 February 1989 (age 35)
  Sofia Bertizzolo (ITA) (1997-08-21) 21 August 1997 (age 27)
  Eugenia Bujak (SLO) (1989-06-25) 25 June 1989 (age 35)
  Anastasia Carbonari (LAT) (1999-09-11) 11 September 1999 (age 25)
  Chiara Consonni (ITA) (1999-06-24) 24 June 1999 (age 25)
  Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini (ITA) (2002-03-25) 25 March 2002 (age 22)
  Mikayla Harvey (NZL) (1998-09-07) 7 September 1998 (age 26)
Rider Date of birth
  Lizzie Holden (GBR) (1997-09-12) 12 September 1997 (age 27)
  Alena Ivanchenko (25x17px) (2003-11-16) 16 November 2003 (age 20)
  Karolina Kumiega (POL) (1999-04-16) 16 April 1999 (age 25)
  Erica Magnaldi (ITA) (1992-08-24) 24 August 1992 (age 32)
  Tereza Neumanova (CZE) (1998-08-09) 9 August 1998 (age 26)
  Silvia Persico (ITA) (1997-07-25) 25 July 1997 (age 27)
  Karlijn Swinkels (NED) (1998-10-28) 28 October 1998 (age 25)
  Dominika Włodarczyk (POL) (2001-01-27) 27 January 2001 (age 23)

Major wins

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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

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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

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