2020 UAE Team Emirates season

UAE Team Emirates
2020 season
Tadej Pogačar at the 2020 Slovenian Time Trial Championship
UCI codeUAD
StatusUCI WorldTeam
ManagerGiuseppe Saronni
Main sponsor(s)Emirates
BasedUnited Arab Emirates
BicyclesColnago
GroupsetCampagnolo
Season victories
One-day races2
Stage race overall3
Stage race stages24
Grand Tours1
National Championships4
Most winsTadej Pogačar (8 wins)
Best ranked riderTadej Pogačar
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The 2020 season for UAE Team Emirates began in January at the Tour Down Under. [1] The Team rode Colnago bicycles (Colnago V3Rs and Colnago C64)[2] mostly with rim brakes, Alexander Kristoff also used disc brakes.

Team roster

As of 23 November 2019.
Rider Date of birth
 Andres Camilo Ardila (COL) (1999-06-02)2 June 1999 (aged 20)
 Fabio Aru (ITA) (1990-07-03)3 July 1990 (aged 29)
 Mikkel Bjerg (DEN) (1998-11-03)3 November 1998 (aged 21)
 Tom Bohli (SUI) (1994-01-17)17 January 1994 (aged 25)
 Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR) (1992-01-21)21 January 1992 (aged 27)
 Valerio Conti (ITA) (1993-03-30)30 March 1993 (aged 26)
 Alessandro Covi (ITA) (1998-09-28)28 September 1998 (aged 21)
 Rui Costa (POR) (1986-10-05)5 October 1986 (aged 33)
 David de la Cruz (ESP) (1989-05-06)6 May 1989 (aged 30)
 Joe Dombrowski (USA) (1991-05-12)12 May 1991 (aged 28)
 Davide Formolo (ITA) (1992-09-25)25 September 1992 (aged 27)
 Fernando Gaviria (COL) (1994-08-19)19 August 1994 (aged 25)
 Sergio Henao (COL) (1987-12-10)10 December 1987 (aged 32)
 Alexander Kristoff (NOR) (1987-07-05)5 July 1987 (aged 32)
 Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR) (1989-02-07)7 February 1989 (aged 30)
Rider Date of birth
 Marco Marcato (ITA) (1984-02-11)11 February 1984 (aged 35)
 Brandon McNulty (USA) (1998-04-02)2 April 1998 (aged 21)
 Yousif Mirza (UAE) (1988-10-08)8 October 1988 (aged 31)
 Juan Sebastián Molano (COL) (1994-11-04)4 November 1994 (aged 25)
 Cristian Camilo Muñoz (COL) (1996-03-20)20 March 1996 (aged 23)
 Ivo Oliveira (POR) (1996-09-05)5 September 1996 (aged 23)
 Rui Oliveira (POR) (1996-09-05)5 September 1996 (aged 23)
 Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (1998-03-02)2 March 1998 (aged 21)
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (1998-09-21)21 September 1998 (aged 21)
 Jan Polanc (SLO) (1992-05-06)6 May 1992 (aged 27)
 Edward Ravasi (ITA) (1994-06-05)5 June 1994 (aged 25)
 Alexandr Riabushenko (BLR) (1995-10-12)12 October 1995 (aged 24)
 Maximiliano Richeze (ARG) (1983-03-07)7 March 1983 (aged 36)
 Oliviero Troia (ITA) (1994-09-01)1 September 1994 (aged 25)
 Diego Ulissi (ITA) (1989-07-15)15 July 1989 (aged 30)

Season victories

Date Race Competition Rider Country Location
25 January Tour Down Under, Points classification UCI World Tour  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)  Australia
27 January Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 2 UCI America Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Argentina Pocito
29 January Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 4 UCI America Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Argentina Villa San Agustín
2 February Vuelta a San Juan, Stage 7 UCI America Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Argentina San Juan
4 February Saudi Tour, Stage 1 UCI Asia Tour  Rui Costa (POR)  Saudi Arabia Jaww
6 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Spain Cullera
8 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Spain Altea (Sierra de Bernia)
9 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Overall UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Spain
9 February Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Young rider classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Spain
12 February Tour Colombia, Stage 2 UCI America Tour  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)  Colombia Duitama
13 February Tour Colombia, Stage 3 UCI America Tour  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)  Colombia Sogamoso
15 February Tour Colombia, Stage 5 UCI America Tour  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)  Colombia Zipaquirá
16 February Tour Colombia, Points classification UCI America Tour  Juan Sebastián Molano (COL)  Colombia
27 February UAE Tour, Stage 5 UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  United Arab Emirates Jebel Hafeet
27 February UAE Tour, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  United Arab Emirates
27 February UAE Tour, Teams classification UCI World Tour [N 1]  United Arab Emirates
29 July Vuelta a Burgos, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Spain Villadiego
14 August Critérium du Dauphiné, Stage 3 UCI World Tour  Davide Formolo (ITA)  France Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
16 August Critérium du Dauphiné, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  David de la Cruz (ESP)  France
19 August Tour du Limousin, Stage 2 UCI Europe Tour  Fernando Gaviria (COL)  France Grand Etang de Saint-Estèph
20 August Tour du Limousin, Stage 3 UCI Europe Tour  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)  France Chamberet
29 August Trofeo Matteotti UCI Europe Tour  Valerio Conti (ITA)  Italy Pescara
29 August Tour de France, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Alexander Kristoff (NOR)  France Nice
6 September Tour de France, Stage 9 UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France Laruns
13 September Tour de France, Stage 15 UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France Grand Colombier
15 September Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 1 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Luxembourg Luxembourg City
16 September Giro di Toscana UCI Europe Tour  Fernando Gaviria (COL)  Italy Pontedera
18 September Tour de Luxembourg, Stage 4 UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Luxembourg Differdange
19 September Tour de Luxembourg, Overall UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Luxembourg
19 September Tour de Luxembourg, Points classification UCI Europe Tour
UCI ProSeries
 Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Luxembourg
19 September Tour de France, Stage 20 UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France La Planche des Belles Filles
20 September Tour de France, Overall UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France
20 September Tour de France, Mountains classification UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France
20 September Tour de France, Young rider classification UCI World Tour  Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  France
29 September BinckBank Tour, Stage 1 UCI World Tour  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)  Belgium Ardooie
4 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 2 UCI World Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Italy Agrigento
16 October Giro d'Italia, Stage 13 UCI World Tour  Diego Ulissi (ITA)  Italy Monselice
5 November Vuelta a España, Stage 15 UCI World Tour  Jasper Philipsen (BEL)  Spain Puebla de Sanabria

National, Continental and World champions 2020

Date Race Jersey Rider Country Location
28 June Slovenian National Time Trial Championships
 Tadej Pogačar (SLO)  Slovenia Pokljuka
14 August Portuguese National Time Trial Championships
 Ivo Oliveira (POR)  Portugal Baltar
16 August Portuguese National Road Race Championships
 Rui Costa (POR)  Portugal Gandra
23 August Norwegian National Road Race Championships
 Sven Erik Bystrøm (NOR)  Norway Røyse

Footnotes

References

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