Building on a previously confirmed partnership with Trek-Segafredo, Pirelli has confirmed another tie-up with a UCI WorldTour team – UAE Team Emirates.
The team, which has a high-profile roster including Slovenian Tour de France winner Tadej Pogačar, 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 UAE Team Emirates partnership also brings together two Italian firms – Colnago and Pirelli. Colnago, the 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.
Matteo Barbieri, General Manager of Pirelli Cycling, said “Pirelli’s commitment to the world of professional cycling is even broader and more important today. With this new partnership we’re not only celebrating the arrival of our tyres on a new World Tour team, but we’re signing an all-Italian agreement that will see us on the bikes of one of the most prestigious names in cycling: Colnago.
“It’s an honour and a pride for us. It’s also a new technical collaboration that will help us take our products to the next level, for the professional and amateur riders.”
Nicola Rosin, Colnago CEO, said “It’s a partnership that fills us with pride because we’re talking about Pirelli, the absolute reference brand in motorsport racing and which, in cycling, has now embarked on a path of excellence and product innovation. We are ready to win together.”
