UAE Team Emirates, riding the Tour backed by Kumho Tyre

Only the best suppliers for UAE Team Emirates in the most important cycling race in the world.

In July, the Emirati pro cycling team will race the Tour de France 2017, with start from Düsseldorf (Germany) on July the 1st and traditional arrival on the Champs-Élysées in Paris on July the 23rd.
For this prestigious challenge, UAE Team Emirates will be backed by the quality of Kumho Tyre products: the tyres of the Korean company will fit the trucks, the bus and the team cars which will support the riders in the French race.

The cooperation of Kumho Tyre with the cycling team which has been managed by Giuseppe Saronni for 20 years reaches and important accomplishment: 10 sports seasons of relationship as official supplier of a team which during 2017 extended its international importance and among whose riders there are top cyclists such as Rui Costa, Louis Meintjes, Diego Ulissi, Sacha Modolo and Ben Swift.

“Every race for our team is a path towards a goal and it’s good to know that we’re travelling backed by precious partners such as Kumho Tyre – Saronni explained – The auto-vehicles of a cycling team, which are trucks, buses, motorhomes and cars, cover 60.000 km in a year; during the Tour de France our cyclists will pedal for 3.540 km and our auto-vehicles will travel for at least 7.000 km: this date point out why it’s important to choose top quality tyres which guarantee the best reliability on every kind of road.
During ten years of relation with Kumho Tyre, we covered together many kilometers, achieving top results, and we look forward to achieve many more satisfactions”.

Kumho Tyre, established more than 50 years ago, is part of the Kumho Asiana, one of the largest company in Korea.
It is one of the largest tyre producer in the world, thanks to the 9 factories and 4 research and development centers based in various continents.
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Photogallery by Bettini Photo.