UAE Team ADQ

{{short description|Italian cycling team}}

{{distinguish|BTC City Ljubljana}}

{{Infobox cycling team

| name = UAE Team ADQ

| image = File:UAE reims 1408433.jpg

| code = UAD

| registered = UAE

| founded = {{start date|2011}}

| disbanded =

| website =

| teammanager = Melissa Moncada

| discipline = Road

| bicycles = Colnago

| status = UCI Women's Team (2011–2019)
{{nowrap|UCI Women's WorldTeam (2020–)}}

| season = 2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016–2019
2020–2021
2022–

| oldname =Mcipollini–Giordana
MCipollini–Giambenini–Gauss
MCipollini–Giordana
Alé–Cipollini
Alé–Cipollini–Galassia
Alé–Cipollini
Alé BTC Ljubljana
UAE Team ADQ

| kitimage =

| current =

|caption=Riders at the 2022 Tour de France Femmes}}

UAE Team ADQ is a professional cycling team{{cite web|url=http://www.alecipolliniteam.com/|title=ALÉ – Cipollini – Galassia Women Procycling Team|work=alecipolliniteam.com}} 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.

Team history

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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/ale-cipollini-adds-btc-ljubljana-as-new-title-sponsor/|title=Alé–Cipollini adds BTC Ljubljana as new title sponsor|date=20 September 2019}}

In October 2021, {{UCI team code|UAD|2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-team-emirates-confirm-takeover-of-ale-btc-ljubljana-womens-team/|title=UAE Team Emirates confirm takeover of Alè BTC Ljubljana women's team|first=Stephen|last=Farrand|website=CyclingNews|date=12 October 2021|access-date=12 October 2021}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/uae-womens-team-reveals-sponsor-2022-jersey-and-roster/|title=UAE women's team reveals sponsor, 2022 jersey and roster|first=Laura|last=Weislo|website=CyclingNews|date=16 December 2021|access-date=16 December 2021}}

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

{{main|List of Alé BTC Ljubljana rosters}}

{{Updated|26 January 2025}}.{{cite web|url=https://www.uci.org/team-details/19528|title=UAE Team ADQ|work=UCI.org|publisher=Union Cycliste Internationale|access-date=26 January 2025}}

{{Cycling squad start}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Safia Al Sayegh|nat=UAE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|9|23}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Alena Amialiusik|nat=|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1989|2|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Elynor Bäckstedt|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|12|6}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Sofia Bertizzolo|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|8|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Brodie Chapman|nat=AUS|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|4|9}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Eleonora Camilla Gasparrini|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|3|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Lara Gillespie|nat=IRL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|4|21}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Lizzie Holden|nat=GBR|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|9|12}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Alena Ivanchenko|nat=|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2003|11|16}}}}

{{Cycling squad mid}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Elisa Longo Borghini|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1991|12|10}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Erica Magnaldi|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1992|8|24}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Greta Marturano|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|6|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Tereza Neumanová|nat=CZE|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|8|9}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Silvia Persico|nat=ITA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1997|7|25}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Maëva Squiban|nat=FRA|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|3|19}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Karlijn Swinkels|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|1998|10|28}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Sofie van Rooijen|nat=NED|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2002|7|13}}}}

{{Cycling squad rider|name=Dominika Włodarczyk|nat=POL|birthdate={{birth date and age|df=yes|2001|1|27}}}}

{{Cycling squad end}}

Major wins

{{palmares start}}

;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

:File:Jersey yellow.svg Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin, Elena Cecchini

::Stage 1, Elena Cecchini

::Stage 3, Susanna Zorzi

:20px 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

:File:Jersey blue.svg 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

:20px Sprints classification Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Shelley Olds

::Stages 3 & 5, Shelley Olds

:GP Comune di Cornaredo, Shelley Olds

:20px Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour, Marta Tagliaferro

:Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, Shelley Olds

:Stage 2, La Route de France, Barbara Guarischi

:20px Points classification Trophée d'Or Féminin, Barbara Guarischi

::Teams classification

::Stage 3, Barbara Guarischi

:20px Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Shelley Olds

::20px Points classification, Shelley Olds

::20px Mountains classification, Małgorzata Jasińska

::Prologue & Stage 1, Shelley Olds

::Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska

;2015

:20px 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

:20px Points classification Santos Women's Tour, Chloe Hosking

::20px 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

:20px Sprints classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Daiva Tušlaitė

::File:Jersey polkadot.svg 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

:20px 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

:20px Basque rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Ane Santesteban

:Stage 3, BeNe Ladies Tour, Marta Bastianelli

:20px Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin

::Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli

::Stage 2, Soraya Paladin

;2019

:20px Mountains classification Women's Tour Down Under, Nadia Quagliotto

::Stage 4, Chloe Hosking

:20px Points classification Women's Herald Sun Tour, Chloe Hosking

:20px Points classification Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Soraya Paladin

::Stage 1, Karlijn Swinkels

::Stages 2 & 3, Soraya Paladin

:20px German rider classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Romy Kasper

:Stage 2a, BeNe Ladies Tour, Jelena Erić

:20px Mountains classification Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin

::Stage 1, Chloe Hosking

::Stage 2, Soraya Paladin

:20px Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa, Soraya Paladin

::20px 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

:20px 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

:20px Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Marta Bastianelli

::20px Points classification, Marta Bastianelli

::Team classification

::Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli

:20px 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

;2023

:Stage 3, Tour de Suisse, Eleonora Gasparrini

:Stage 9, Giro d'Italia, Chiara Consonni

:20px Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Chiara Consonni

::Stage 3, Chiara Consonni

;2024

:Stage 2, Giro d'Italia, Chiara Consonni

;2025

:20px Overall UAE Tour, Elisa Longo Borghini

::Stage 3, Elisa Longo Borghini

:Brabantse Pijl, Elisa Longo Borghini

:Dwars door Vlaanderen, Elisa Longo Borghini

{{palmares end}}

National and continental champions

{{palmares start}}

;2011

:20px Italy Track (Team Sprint), Elisa Frisoni

:20px Italy Track (Scratch race), Tatiana Guderzo

:20px Italy Track (500m TT), Elisa Frisoni

:20px Italy Track (Sprint), Elisa Frisoni

;2012

:20px Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo

;2013

:20px Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina

:20px Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo

:20px Italy Track (Omnium), Marta Tagliaferro

:20px Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro

:20px Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo

;2014

:20px Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro

:20px Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo

;2015

:20px Poland Road Race, Małgorzata Jasińska

;2016

:20px Italy Track (Points Race), Maria Giulia Confalonieri

;2017

:20px Lithuania Road Race, Daiva Tušlaitė

;2018

:20px Lithuania Time Trial, Daiva Tušlaitė

:20px European Road Race, Marta Bastianelli

;2019

:20px Japan Time Trial, Eri Yonamine

:20px Japan Road Race, Eri Yonamine

;2020

:20px Slovenia Road Race, Urša Pintar

:20px Slovenia Time Trial, Urška Žigart

:20px Spain Time Trial, Mavi García

:20px Spain Road Race, Mavi García

:20px Thailand Road Race, Jutatip Maneephan

;2021

:20px Swiss Time Trial, Marlen Reusser

:20px Swiss Road Race, Marlen Reusser

:20px Slovenia Time Trial, Eugenia Bujak

:20px Slovenia Road Race, Eugenia Bujak

:20px Spain Time Trial, Mavi Garcia

:20px Spain Road Race, Mavi García

;2022

:20px UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh

:20px UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh

:20px Spain Time Trial, Mavi García

:20px Spain Road Race, Mavi García

;2023

:20px British Time Trial, Elizabeth Holden

:20px UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh

:20px UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh

;2024

:20px Polish Road Race, Dominika Włodarczyk

:20px Latvian Road Race, Anastasia Carbonari

:20px UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh

:20px UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh

;2025

:20px Australian Time Trial, Brodie Chapman

: 20px UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh

{{palmares end}}

References

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