UAE Team L'Imad (styled as UAE Team L'IMAD) is a professional cycling team based in UAE and logistically headquartered in Italy, which competes in elite road bicycle racing events such as the UCI Women's World Tour. In the 2024 season, it had a roster of sixteen riders representing eleven different nationalities.
The title sponsor of the team is L'Imad, a sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates chaired by Tahnoun bin Zayed Al Nahyan.
Team history In September 2019, the team announced they had brought onboard Slovenian co-title sponsor, BTC Ljubljana, for the 2020 season; enabling the squad to apply for top-tier UCI Women's WorldTour status through to the end of the 2023 season with the name of Alé BTC Ljubljana.
In October 2021, confirmed it would take over and rebrand the team, joining a growing list of men's teams that have a top-level women's team. In mid-December 2021, the team kit for the 2022 season was revealed, along with the new team name, UAE Team ADQ, with the team bringing on sovereign wealth fund Abu Dhabi Developmental Holding Company (ADQ) as an additional sponsor.
The managerial leadership passed to former cyclist Rubens Bertogliati, who is still supported by Lacquaniti, while the squad for the 2022 season is made up of fifteen riders, including the confirmed riders Bastianelli, Bujak and García.
In the 2023 season, UAE Team ADQ heavily restructured its technical staff and athletes. Among others, two strong Italian athletes such as Silvia Persico and Chiara Consonni arrived. In November 2023, Maria Camila Garcia was appointed CEO of the team.
As of April 2026, the team's sponsors include indoor cycling software MyWhoosh, bicycle manufacturer Colnago, International Holding Company, ADQ, Analog and NMDC Group.
Kit and equipment For the 2026 WorldTour season, the team's bicycle framesets were Colnago-made, with Shimano groupsets, ENVE wheels, and components from Colnago, ENVE, Continental, Fizik, Elite, and Wahoo.
Team roster
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Major wins
2011 Stage 3, Ladies Tour of Qatar, Monia Baccaille Stage 5, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Nicole Cooke Gp Cento Carnevale D'europa, Monia Baccaille 2012 Grand Prix de Dottignies, Monia Baccaille Stage 2, Tour of Chongming Island, Monia Baccaille Overall Trophée d'Or Féminin, Elena Cecchini Stage 1, Elena Cecchini Stage 3, Susanna Zorzi Overall Giro Toscana Femminile, Małgorzata Jasińska Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska 2013 Stage 5, Energiewacht Tour, Valentina Carretta Mountains classification Festival Luxembourgeois du cyclisme féminin, Valentina Scandolara Italian rider classification Giro Rosa, Tatiana Guderzo Stage 2, Tour Féminin en Limousin, Tatiana Antoshina Stage 6, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Valentina Scandolara Stage 7, Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Tatiana Guderzo Stage 6, Holland Ladies Tour, Tatiana Guderzo 2014 Sprints classification Vuelta Internacional Femenina a Costa Rica, Shelley Olds Stages 3 & 5, Shelley Olds GP Comune di Cornaredo, Shelley Olds Sprints classification Energiewacht Tour, Marta Tagliaferro Winston-Salem Cycling Classic, Shelley Olds Stage 2, La Route de France, Barbara Guarischi Points classification Trophée d'Or Féminin, Barbara Guarischi Teams classification Stage 3, Barbara Guarischi Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Shelley Olds Points classification, Shelley Olds Mountains classification, Małgorzata Jasińska Prologue & Stage 1, Shelley Olds Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska 2015 Young rider classification Ladies Tour of Qatar, Beatrice Bartelloni Stage 1, Annalisa Cucinotta Stage 4, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Annalisa Cucinotta Stage 2, Ladies Tour of Norway, Shelley Olds Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Małgorzata Jasińska Stage 2, Małgorzata Jasińska La Madrid Challenge by La Vuelta, Shelley Olds 2016 Gran Prix San Luis Femenino, Małgorzata Jasińska Teams classification Tour Femenino de San Luis Stage 2, Marta Tagliaferro Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli GP della Liberazione, Marta Bastianelli Stage 5, Gracia–Orlová, Marta Tagliaferro 2017 Points classification Santos Women's Tour, Chloe Hosking Mountains classification, Janneke Ensing Stage 3, Chloe Hosking Drentse Acht van Westerveld, Chloe Hosking GP della Liberazione, Marta Bastianelli Stage 1, Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Marta Bastianelli Stage 3, The Women's Tour, Chloe Hosking Stage 9, Giro d'Italia Femminile, Marta Bastianelli Sprints classification Ladies Tour of Norway, Daiva Tušlaitė Mountains classification, Janneke Ensing Stage 2, Chloe Hosking Stage 6, Holland Ladies Tour, Janneke Ensing 2018 Stage 4, Women's Tour Down Under, Chloe Hosking Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, Chloe Hosking Points classification Women's Herald Sun Tour, Chloe Hosking Stage 2, Setmana Ciclista Valenciana, Marta Bastianelli Le Samyn des Dames, Janneke Ensing Gold Trophy in Euro-Women's Bike Race, Marta Bastianelli Gent–Wevelgem, Marta Bastianelli Grand Prix de Dottignies, Marta Bastianelli Brabantse Pijl Dames Gooik, Marta Bastianelli Commonwealth Games Road Race, Chloe Hosking Trofee Maarten Wynants, Marta Bastianelli Basque rider classification Emakumeen Euskal Bira, Ane Santesteban Stage 3, BeNe Ladies Tour, Marta Bastianelli Overall Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli Stage 2, Soraya Paladin 2019 Mountains classification Women's Tour Down Under, Nadia Quagliotto Stage 4, Chloe Hosking Points classification Women's Herald Sun Tour, Chloe Hosking Points classification Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Soraya Paladin Stage 1, Karlijn Swinkels Stages 2 & 3, Soraya Paladin German rider classification Thüringen Rundfahrt der Frauen, Romy Kasper Stage 2a, BeNe Ladies Tour, Jelena Erić Mountains classification Giro della Toscana Int. Femminile – Memorial Michela Fanini, Soraya Paladin Stage 1, Chloe Hosking Stage 2, Soraya Paladin Overall Giro delle Marche in Rosa, Soraya Paladin Mountains classification, Soraya Paladin Stage 3, Soraya Paladin Tour of Guangxi Women's WorldTour, Chloe Hosking 2020 Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas, Marta Bastianelli 2021 Stage 2, Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Anastasia Chursina Stage 2, Tour de Suisse, Marta Bastianelli La Périgord Ladies, Marta Bastianelli Stage 2, (ITT) Holland Ladies Tour, Marlen Reusser Stage 1, Challenge by La Vuelta, Marlen Reusser Stage 5, Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l'Ardèche, Marta Bastianelli Giro dell'Emilia Internazionale Donne Elite, Marta Bastianelli Stage 1, The Women's Tour, Marta Bastianelli Chrono des Nations, Marlen Reusser 2022 Vuelta a la Comunitat Valenciana Feminas, Marta Bastianelli Mountains classification Setmana Ciclista Valenciana Stage 4, Marta Bastianelli Omloop van het Hageland, Marta Bastianelli Trofeo Oro in Euro–Women’s Bike Race, Sofia Bertizzolo Omloop van Borsele, Maaike Boogaard Overall Grand Prix Elsy Jacobs, Marta Bastianelli Points classification, Marta Bastianelli Team classification Stage 1, Marta Bastianelli Points classification Bretagne Ladies Tour, Marta Bastianelli Stage 1 & 2, Marta Bastianelli Stage 3, Alena Ivanchenko Stage 3, Vuelta a Burgos Feminas, Margarita Victoria García 2023 Stage 3, Tour de Suisse, Eleonora Gasparrini Stage 9, Giro d'Italia, Chiara Consonni Overall Tour of Chongming Island, Chiara Consonni Stage 3, Chiara Consonni 2024 Stage 2, Giro d'Italia, Chiara Consonni 2025 Overall UAE Tour, Elisa Longo Borghini Stage 3, Elisa Longo Borghini Brabantse Pijl, Elisa Longo Borghini Dwars door Vlaanderen, Elisa Longo Borghini 2026 Clásica de Almería, Federica Venturelli
National and continental champions
2011 Italy Track (Team Sprint), Elisa Frisoni Italy Track (Scratch race), Tatiana Guderzo Italy Track (500m TT), Elisa Frisoni Italy Track (Sprint), Elisa Frisoni 2012 Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo 2013 Russia Time Trial, Tatiana Antoshina Italy Time Trial, Tatiana Guderzo Italy Track (Omnium), Marta Tagliaferro Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo 2014 Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Marta Tagliaferro Italy Track (Team Pursuit), Tatiana Guderzo 2015 Poland Road Race, Małgorzata Jasińska 2016 Italy Track (Points Race), Maria Giulia Confalonieri 2017 Lithuania Road Race, Daiva Tušlaitė 2018 Lithuania Time Trial, Daiva Tušlaitė European Road Race, Marta Bastianelli 2019 Japan Time Trial, Eri Yonamine Japan Road Race, Eri Yonamine 2020 Slovenia Road Race, Urša Pintar Slovenia Time Trial, Urška Žigart Spain Time Trial, Mavi García Spain Road Race, Mavi García Thailand Road Race, Jutatip Maneephan 2021 Swiss Time Trial, Marlen Reusser Swiss Road Race, Marlen Reusser Slovenia Time Trial, Eugenia Bujak Slovenia Road Race, Eugenia Bujak Spain Time Trial, Mavi Garcia Spain Road Race, Mavi García 2022 UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh Spain Time Trial, Mavi García Spain Road Race, Mavi García 2023 British Time Trial, Elizabeth Holden UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh 2024 Polish Road Race, Dominika Włodarczyk Latvian Road Race, Anastasia Carbonari UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh UAE Road Race, Safia Al Sayegh 2025 Australian Time Trial, Brodie Chapman UAE Time Trial, Safia Al Sayegh
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