A number of UAE Team Emirates’ riders will battle it out for their respective National Championships this week.  Individual time trial and road race events will be contested by 16 of our riders across four countries on Friday 23rd June and Sunday 25th June, with Przemysław Niemiec kicking things off on Friday as he goes in search of a Polish Road race title. 

Champion riders earn the right to wear a distinctive jersey or skinsuit with their national colours on them for the next 12 months and later on have the colours of their nation adorning their sleeves. 
Two of our riders National Champions this year with Jan Polanc becoming the new Slovenian Time Trial champion and Yousif Mirza the champion of the UAE's Road and Time Trial titles.
 
PLEASE FIND BELOW THE PARTICIPATION SCHEDULE: 
 
ITALY
Date: 23 June, 
Race type: Time Trial, Asti-Caluso (40.5 km)
Riders:Filippo Ganna and Oliviero Troia
 
Date: 25 June
Race type: Road race, Asti-Ivrea (245 km)
Riders:Matteo Bono, Simone Consonni, Valerio Conti, Roberto Ferrari, Filippo Ganna, Marco Marcato, Sacha Modolo, Simone Petilli, Edward Ravasi, Oliviero Troia and Diego Ulissi
 
POLAND
Date: 25 June
Race type: Road race, Gdynia (261 km)
Riders: Przemysław Niemiec

SLOVENIA
Date: 25 June
Race type: Road race, Kranj (166 km)
Riders: Marko Kump, Matej Mohoric and Jan Polanc
 
UNITED KINGDOM
Date: 25 June
Race type: Road race, Isle of Man (193.7 km)
Riders: Ben Swift