News | Tour of Oman • February 8, 2024
Yates to lead UAE Team Emirates at Tour of Oman
Team in action at Figueria Classic, Murcia, Almeria & Jaen
After taking victory at last weeks Volta Valenciana, UAE Team Emirates are set for a packed weekend of racing which will see the team in action on several fronts.
Adam Yates will make his season debut to lead a strong team in Oman at the Muscat Classic (9 Feb) as a warm up to the main event, the Tour of Oman (10-14 Feb).
Yates: ” The team has started the year really well will a few wins already and that’s motivating for those of us who are about to kick-off our first race, so we’re going in with good spirits. My shape is pretty good.
I’ve been training at altitude for the past few weeks and now I’m keen to get going and test the legs in a race situation. Obviously the big goal early on will be UAE Tour but these races in Oman will be a bit of an acclimatisation to similar conditions over there, so it should be a perfect tester before the big one in UAE.”
The team in Oman will be lead by Sports Directors Fabio Baldato (Ita) and Yousif Mirza (UAE).
In Europe the team will take on the Figueira Champions Classic in Portugal and the Vuelta Murcia in Spain ( both 10 Feb) followed by the Clasica Almeria (11 Feb) and the Clasica Jaen (12 Feb).
Simone Pedrazzini (Swi) will lead the team as Sports Director in Figueira while Fabrizio Guidi (Ita) will oversee the Spanish races.
Muscat Classic [1.1] – 09-Feb-2024 & Tour of Oman [2.Pro] – 10-Feb-2024 / 14-Feb-2024
Finn Fisher Black (NZ)
Alvaro Hodeg (Col)
Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
Diego Ulissi (Ita)
Adam Yates (GB)
Abdulla Alhammadi (UAE) (Gen Z)
Mohammad Almutaiwei (UAE) (Gen Z)
Figueira Champions Classic [1.Pro] – 10-Feb-2024
Filippo Baroncini (Ita)
Isaac Del Toro (Mex)
Marc Hirschi (Swi)
Antonio Morgado (Por)
Rui Oliveira (Por)
Owen Cole (USA) (Gen Z)
Duarte Marivoet (Bel) (Gen Z)
Vuelta Ciclista a la Region de Murcia “Costa Calida” [1.1] – 10-Feb-2024
Igor Arrieta (Spa)
Alessandro Covi (Ita)
Rafal Majka (Pol)
Domen Novak (Slo)
Tim Wellens (Bel)
Luca Giaimi (Ita) (Gen Z)
Jonathan Guatibonza (Col) (Gen Z)
Clasica de Almeria [1.Pro] – 11-Feb-2024
Sjoerd Bax (Ned)
Alessandro Covi (Ita)
Sebastian Molano (Col)
Ivo Oliveira (Por)
Luca Giaimi (Ita) (Gen Z)
Jonathan Guatibonza (Col) (Gen Z)
Clásica Jaén [1.1] – 12-Feb-2024
Igor Arrieta (Spa)
Juan Ayuso (Spa)
Sjoerd Bax (Ned)
Alessandro Covi (Ita)
Domen Novak (Slo)
Marc Soler (Spa)
Tim Wellens (Bel)
