Teams
Looking for: The yellow jersey and nothing less
Tour riders
l João Almeida (Por) 25
l Juan Ayuso (Esp) 21
l Tadej Pogačar (Slo) 25
l Nils Politt (Ger) 30
l Pavel Sivakov (Fra) 26
l Marc Soler (Esp) 30
l Adam Yates (GBr) 31
l Tim Wellens (Bel) 33
Tour 2023 highlights
l Took the yellow jersey on day one with Adam Yates
l Three stage wins in total
l Finished with two riders on the podium: Pogačar 2nd, Yates 3rd
l Pogačar won the youth classification for the fourth year in a row
We're halfway there, now we just need to win the Tour,” said UAE Team Emirates manager Mauro Gianetti in a recent interview with Cyclingnews. Two editions without landing the final yellow jersey have left the team bruised but determined to reclaim the top step.
To achieve that this year, UAE Team Emirates will bring a much-changed and incredibly strong squad to the Tour de France, bolstered with young talent and set up for supremacy in the mountains. Again, Tadej Pogačar will be marshaled by his lieutenant Adam Yates, but will also have the backing of Tour debutants João Almeida and Juan Ayuso, both slated for their own GC success one day. Pavel Sivakov, a talented climber that slipped through the net at Ineos Grenadiers, gives the team even more firepower.
With such a strong squad, it’s hard to believe that, until this May, UAE Team Emirates had gone more than two years without winning a Grand Tour. Their project, supported by companies linked to the ruling state of the United Arab Emirates, brought great wealth into the sport, and the team looked
