UAE Team ADQ has been awarded a Women’s World Tour licence for the upcoming season. The squad has today revealed its jersey, which it says was inspired by the sights of the Emirati sunset.
The team consists of 15 athletes from 8 different countries. The technical leadership and management of the team will be taken over by Rubens Bertogliati, while Fortunato Lacquaniti will be the Sporting Manager.
The average age of the team’s athletes is 25.7 years old, ranging from the most experienced Mavi Garcia, Ursa Pintar, Marta Bastianelli and Eugenia Bujak, to the youngest, the Russian Alena Ivanchenko at 18 years old. New riders to sign with the team are Erica Magnaldi and Sofia Bertizzolo, Safeeya Al Sayegh, the first rider from the UAE on the WorldTour, Linda Zanetti and Maria Novoloskaia.
Roster for 2022:
AL SAYEGH Safeeya UAE 23/09/2001
BASTIANELLI Marta ITA 30/04/1987
BERTIZZOLO Sofia ITA 21/08/1997
BOOGAARD Maaike NED 24/08/1998
BUJAK Eugenia SLO 25/06/1989
GARCIA Mavi ESP 02/01/1984
IVANCHENKO Alena RUS 16/11/2003
MAGNALDI Erica ITA 24/08/1992
NOVOLOSKAIA Maria RUS 28/07/1999
PATUELLI Alessia ITA 22/12/2002
PINTAR Ursa SLO 03/10/1985
TOMASI Laura ITA 01/07/1999
TREVISI Anna ITA 08/05/1992
WRIGHT Sophie GBR 15/03/1999
ZANETTI Linda SUI 19/03/2002
Team manager: Rubens Bertogliati
Sporting manager: Fortunato Lacquaniti
Sporting directors: Giuseppe Lanzoni, Michele Devoti and Gorazd Penko.
Further details about the new team will be released over the next weeks.
