Alexander Kristoff will leave Katusha-Alpecin to race for UAE Team Emirates for 2018 and 2019. The former Milan-San Remo winner has struggled this season, failing to win a stage at the Tour de France, but he hit back by winning the RideLondon Surrey Classic on Sunday.
UAE Team Emirates announced it had reached a deal with Kristoff via brief message posted on social media.
It seems the Norwegian has signed a pre-contract, with the team saying "the definitive contract will be signed in the next few weeks, after some routine tests by the team's medical staff."
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Kristoff’s move to the UAE Team Emirates is the first big signing by the Middle East backed team for 2018. The team has been linked to Fabio Aru and Dan Martin for next season but so far only Kristoff has been confirmed.
The arrival of airline sponsor Emirates indicated the team had serious plans about competing at the highest level in the future, and more changes to the team’s roster are expected.
Louis Meintjes has been linked to Dimension Data, while Kristoff’s arrival would mean more competition in the team for other sprinters like Ben Swift and Andrea Guardini, who with Rui Costa and Diego Ulissi are all under contract for 2018, and Sacha Modolo who is at the end of his.
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