UAE Team Emirates have announced their final roster for the 2018 season with 25 riders set to compete for the team. The team have been attending their first meeting in preparation for next season in Lugano, Switzerland.
The team have been particularly busy in the transfer market as they target podium places in the Grand Tours next year, after signing Dan Martin from Quick Step Floors and Fabio Aru from Astana.
In addition, they have also signed Alexander Kristoff and Sven Erik Bystrom from Katusha-Alpecin, Rory Sutherland from Movistar and Alexandr Riabushenko. Also joining the team is recently retired Paolo Tiralongo who will work asan assistant Directeur Sportif.
Amongst those leaving the team are Louis Meintjes (Dimension Data), Andrea Guardini (Bardiani-CSF) and Matej Mohoric (Bahrain-Merida).
The 25 riders are as follows:
Anass Ait el Abdia
Fabio Aru
Darwin Atapuma
Matteo Bono
Sven Erik Bystrøm
Simone Consonni
Valerio Conti
Rui Costa
Kristijan Durasek
Roberto Ferrari
Filippo Ganna
Alexander Kristoff
Vegard Stake Laengen
Marco Marcato
Daniel Martin
Yousif Mirza
Manuele Mori
Simone Petilli
Jan Polanc
Edward Ravasi
Aleksandr Riabushenko
Rory Sutherland
Ben Swift
Oliviero Troia
Diego Ulissi
