Since emerging into the sport taking over the Alé-BTC Ljubljana WorldTeam licence in four years ago, UAE Team ADQ have been constantly developing into one of the sport’s leading teams. Perhaps the biggest sign was adding Elisa Longo Borghini for the 2025 season, where she won second GC titles at both the Giro d’Italia Women and the UAE Tour Women.
The team are currently racing their home race, the UAE Tour Women, bringing huge pressure, and they don’t just have eyes on taking a second consecutive GC with Longo Borghini, but also winning the sprint stages ahead of Sunday’s Queen stage to Jebel Hafeet.
To that end, they’ve recruited legendary German sprinter André Greipel, winner of 11 Tour de France stages, to help their fast women challenge the dominance of Lorena Wiebes and her SD Worx-Protime squad. This is Greipel’s second season with the team, though he has stepped up his involvement for 2026, a move which has already reaped benefits.
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