UAE Team Emirates-XRG have introduced the contract extension of Adam Yates, with the British rider staying on board by the 2028 season on a three-year deal.
The transfer implies that the group now has six riders below contract till at the least 2028 season. Juan Ayuso si additionally signed up till 2028, with UAE having rejected an advance for the Spaniard from XDS-Astana over the winter.
Promising Mexican GC rider Isaac Del Toro is below contract by 2029. 19-year-old Spaniard Pablo Torres – a runner-up on the Giro Subsequent Gen and Tour de l’Avenir final season – and 20-year-old Swiss puncheur Jan Christen are each signed up by the tip of the 2030 season.
After all, UAE’s celebrity rider Tadej Pogačar final 12 months signed a reported €50 million extension to maintain him on board by the tip of 2030.
UAE Team Emirates-XRG have the strongest Grand Tour and stage race roster within the males’s peloton, with most riders locked below contract for at the least the subsequent three years. João Almeida’s contract ends after 2026 however his future has nonetheless to be determined.
The transfer to maintain 32-year-old Yates on board “marks a dedication to expertise, depth, and management”, the group stated, with the Briton set to hitch Ayuso as co-leader on the upcoming Giro d’Italia.
Yates joined the group from Ineos Grenadiers for the 2023 season, ending third on the Tour de France that summer season and in addition carrying yellow after profitable the opening stage. He has additionally racked up wins on the GP de Montréal, Tour de Romandie, Tour de Suisse, and Tour of Oman (twice) in his time at UAE.
“It is an amazing feeling to increase my time with UAE Staff Emirates-XRG,” Yates stated. “I’ve felt at house right here from day one. The group surroundings, assist employees, and ambition all align completely with the place I need to be in my profession.
“I am excited for what the subsequent few years will convey.”
The group additionally introduced that Austrian racer Felix Großschartner has signed as much as prolong his contract by the tip of the 2027 season. The 31-year-old was a part of the assist squad behind Pogačar’s Giro d’Italia victory final season.
He, together with the aforementioned riders plus Mikkel Bjerg, Brandon McNulty, Antonio Morgado, Domen Novak, Marc Soler, and Jay Vine, is amongst 13 riders confirmed with UAE contracts for 2027.
“Renewing with UAE Staff Emirates-XRG was a simple resolution,” Großschartner stated.
“I’ve developed lots right here, each as a rider and a teammate, and I imagine we’ve much more to realize collectively. I am proud to be a part of such a motivated and forward-thinking group.”
