Milan (Italy), 17 December 2021. A few days before the start of the new year, Pirelli announces yet another sporting partnership with another cycling team in the top UCI category: the World Tour UAE Team Emirates.
The team, which has a high-profile roster starting with Slovenian Tadej Pogacar, will ride on Pirelli tyres in 2022 and 2023, choosing between the P ZERO RACE TLR or clincher tyres and the lightweight P ZERO TUB SL tubulars.
The recently formed UAE Team ADQ women’s team will also ride on Pirelli tyres.
The partnership is all Made in Italy and brings together for the first time two big names in Italian sport: Colnago and Pirelli. The famous Cambiago-based manufacturer has chosen Pirelli for the team and its bikes too. In the near future the Colnago range will be equipped with Pirelli tyres.
Technical development remains as always, a central aspect of the collaboration with UAE Team Emirates, as feedback generated by the riders will help Pirelli to design high performing products for the many passionate cyclists.
New faces and familiar ones will come together for this purpose. Pirelli’s “veterans” include Denmark’s Mikkel Bjerg, who has already won a world time trial championship (U23, Harrogate 2019) with the Milanese company’s tyres, and Italy’s Matteo Trentin (silver medal in Yorkshire, in the same year).
The Italian rider has also contributed his feedback to the development of the P ZERO tyres since their first appearance in the World Tour in 2018.
nice ! with all the punctures they will have we might see other teams win grand tours !