UAE Team Emirates

Expect unpredictable action from pent-up peloton if calendar resumes, veteran sport director says.

UAE-Team Emirates continues to invest in youth, planning to play the long game in developing promising young Spaniard.

Dombrowski hoping to back up a strong start to the 2020 season with UAE-Team Emirates, and is waiting on a new calendar before setting objectives.

UAE-Team Emirates riders released from Abu Dhabi hospital after getting all-clear from coronavirus tests.

Pro cycling teams are being extra cautious when it comes to deciding when to deploy riders, for fear of infection, and quarantine away from family and training.

UCI president Lappartient says the cycling governing body is doing what it can as coronavirus threatens more WorldTour races.

VeloNews reports from inside the media hotel placed under quarantine in Abu Dhabi, with participating teams locked down in neighboring accommodation.

2019 was Sebastian Molano’s first season on the WorldTour, with UAE Team Emirates, after racing with the now-defunct Manzana Postobon pro continental team, in Colombia.

Fernando Gaviria opened his season with a bang, winning three stages at the Vuelta a San Juan. The Colombian sprinter now eyes Milano-Sanremo, Paris-Roubaix, and the Tour de France, where he hopes to improve on his 2019 setbacks.

Fernando Gaviria shows off the golden medallion he wears to honor his religious faith.

In just one year Tadej Pogačar has become one of pro cycling's most famous riders. For 2020 Pogačar is focused on the Tour de France.

American Joe Dombrowski says he left American squad EF Education First for UAE-Team Emirates because of the Emirati squad's upward trajectory.

American Brandon McNulty has a 2020 racing program aimed at the Vuelta a España.

VeloNews spoke with UAE-Team Emirates director Joxean Fernandez Matxín about new signings Joe Dombrowski and Brandon McNulty and his ongoing search for young talent.

UAE-Team Emirates plan to give the 21-year-old opportunity and exposure while not piling on the pressure too early.

The revelation of the 2019 Vuelta a España, Tadej Pogačar won three stages and attacked his way onto the final podium. Today, we examine his power data from the first half of the race.

Slovenian Tadej Pogačar took the stage win just ahead of countryman Primoz Roglic, who padded his lead in the Vuelta overall.

American Brandon McNulty will ride with UAE-Team Emirates in 2020

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More than a dozen teams come to this year's Tour de France with ambitions of finishing high on the race's final general classification

Bora-Hansgrohe leads this year's collection of Tour de France sprint teams, some of which will target the green sprint jersey

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Fernando Gaviria found little cause for celebration in the way he landed victory on stage 3 of the Giro d'Italia. "Elia was the clear winner today," he says

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Irishman finds freedom to bring focussed aggression at UAE Team Emirates

Dan Martin's Stage 8 crash validates the Irishman's win-some-lose-some Tour mantra.

Martin's victory validated UAE Team Emirates's decision to hire Martin during the 2017 offseason to lead its efforts at the Tour.

Dan Martin was a beneficiary of the chaos on stage 1 and finished in the group. His advantage disappeared during Monday's team time trial.

UAE Team Emirates is bringing options for both the sprints and the mountain stages at the upcoming Tour de France

Irish rider Dan Martin and Australian Rory Sutherland will ride for UAE Team Emirates in 2018.

Former Tour of Flanders champion Alexander Kristoff will join UAE Team Emirates for the 2018 season.

Rui Costa wins the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour, while Caleb Ewan takes out the world's best sprinters on a rain-soaked fourth and final stage on Sunday.

Rui Costa claims the queen stage and lifts the red leaders jersey with one day to go in the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour.

The squad formerly known as Lampre had a tumultuous winter with sponsors, but its budget is secure for four years.

The new 2017 year will see a dramatic Middle Eastern shift with the debut of two WorldTour teams: Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.

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The last remaining WorldTour team based in Italy heads to the Far East to stay afloat.

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The Italian Lampre – Merida team said it will carry on as a WorldTour squad in 2017, but it will take on a Chinese sponsor.

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Roompot – Oranje Peloton rolled onto the Flanders cobbles with SRAM TK disc brakes, while Lampre – Merida riders are on Shimano discs

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Does MPCC actually hold power as a voluntary group? Recent exits of three prominent teams raise questions about the organization's role

Lampre-Merida's Diego Ulissi returns to the Giro d'Italia, where he enjoyed success in 2014 but also ran afoul of anti-doping tests

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After a protracted, convoluted battle over whether or not Diego Ulissi can return to racing, Lampre leaves the voluntary MPCC organization

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The MPCC issues a vague press statement concerning Ulissi, and Lampre-Merida responds to what it feels is unfair treatment in the media

Lampre-Merida general manager Brent Copeland tells VeloNews Chris Horner's age (43) was the reason why the Italian team did not re-sign him

Lampre's Brent Copeland is adamant that Diego Ulissi didn't intend to break any rules, hopes his rider can get back on track this spring

MPCC rules could be problematic for Lampre-Merida when Diego Ulissi returns to racing this spring after nine-month ban

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Once again, Horner, 43, is left adrift in the off-season, without a contract, jeopardizing his 2015 plans

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On the Vuelta a España's first rest day, Global Cycling Network tours the Lampre-Merida team bus

Chris Horner is hoping he can stay with Lampre-Merida at least one more season despite his controversial exit before the start of the Vuelta

Lampre-Merida team management has told star Italian rider Filippo Pozzato to pull himself together — on the bike, and off

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Cannondale is working with Italian police to investigate the Tuesday robbery of its service course

New arrivals will complement each other and, according to Costa, avoid conflict when they do race together

Lampre GM says finding the budget for Horner was difficult, but should prove worthwhile for the team's young riders

The 42-year-old is expected to captain the Italian team at the Giro and Vuelta this season

Lampre riders at Tour Down Under say they would welcome the addition of the American Vuelta winner to the team's 2014 roster

Copeland says Horner's talent, experience and popularity make him a valuable property, and he's hunting the resources to bring him to Lampre

American grand tour winner's deal with Italian squad 'essentially 100-percent done'

With a doping investigation lingering, Lampre-Merida is focusing on 2014 — which includes anchoring its grand tour plans around Rui Costa

World champion Rui Costa and his new Lampre team have started working on 2014 and the new manager is building him a Tour squad

The Portuguese rider left Movistar for the Italian squad after winning the world championship

The 34-year-old Italian will focus on the Giro next year, while Nibali's goal is to win the Tour

Costa cuts a one-year deal to see if he fits in while testing his wings

Italian former Giro champion will try to ride into the top five of his second grand tour of the year

31-year-old Damiano Cunego will lead the Italian team, which boasts an average age of 29

We tour Michele Scarponi's Lampre-issue Merida aero machine in Naples