UAE Team Emirates will race in Hong Kong

UAE Team Emirates will be travelling to Asia to compete in the Sun Hung Kai Properties Hong Kong Cyclothon on October 8th. This year the competition has qualified as a UCI 1.1 race.

The 2016 edition of this event was won by Matej Mohoric, who will be in Hong Kong again this year to take on the 103 km route.

Here are the 4 riders who will compete, guided by Simone Pedrazzini:
– Andrea Guardini (Italy)
– Seid Lizde (Italy)
– Matej Mohoric (Slovenia)
– Ben Swift (Great Britain)

Simone Pedrazzini, Sports Director: “Many of the participants will be paying close attention to our team, one of the two World Tour formations attending, especially since we will be deploying Mohoric, the 2016 winner.
Besides the Slovenian captain, we will be able to count on the speed provided by Guardini and Swift, as well as the enthusiasm of our trainee, Lizde”.

Matej Mohoric (photo): “I won the last edition of the race; at that time it was a  criterium. This year the event has become a UCI 1.1 category race, so the level of competitiveness has increased along with the length of the route. It would be nice to figure among the major players again this year as well.”