The UAE Abu Dhabi team has revealed its new colours and ambitions for the future at a presentation in Abu Dhabi.
Rui Costa, Louis Meintjes, Filippo Ganna, Matej Mohoric, Andrea Guardini and UAE rider Youssef Mirza were at the presentation and showed off the new black and white jersey created by Champion System, which also has the colours of the red, white and green UAE flag. The team will use red and black Colnago bikes.
General manager Giuseppe Saronni revealed how he and fellow manager Mauro Gianetti managed to secure backing from the UAE in just ten days after original funding from China failed to materialise.
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"I never had time to think that we wouldn't pull it off - we didn't have the time to think," Saronni admitted to Gazzetta dello Sport.
"In ten days we defined everything. Perhaps the lack of time actually helped us because we didn't have a chance to think. We knew that we had to grab this chance or everything was over. I want to point out that we were never given extra time by the UCI; we completed our dossier in time for the audit by Ernst&Young and for the UCI Licence Commission."
Saronni confirmed that the team will represent the UAE and Abu Dhabi, further strengthening the sport in the area that also hosts the Dubai Tour and the Abu Dhabi Tour. The Middle East now has two WorldTour teams following the creation of the Bahrain-Merida team, while Italy has none. The UAE Abu Dhabi team's service course and management will be in Italy and will rise from the ashes of the Lampre-Merida team, but the team will be registered in the UAE.
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