UAE reinforced by Julius Johansen for 2025 | Relief

Joxean Fernandez “Matsin” already warned just a few days ago in Relevo that next year there will be a quantitative new addition to the UAE Team Emirates squad. Instead of the 30 riders allowed by the International Cycling Union (UCI), The Emirates squad will reduce its squad to 29 players, one less than for the 2024 season.the one in which they overtook all their rivals in the UCI rankings.

“He will be a cyclist who will surprise no one, someone who will get to work 100 kilometers ahead of the peloton and help us in various races

“, assured the one who has just extended until 2028 the post of team manager of the structure led by Tadej Pogacar. “We have very clear leaders and we do not need more.”

Thus, as Relevo found out, The cyclist who will complete the UAE Team Emirates roster in 2025 will be Julius Johansen.. At 25, the Dane arrived after a disappointing season in Portugal’s Sabgal-Anicolor, where he highlighted alleged doping practices among his teammates.

To, The Dane shone with the colors of his country, with which he managed to win the Junior World Championships in 2017. ahead of cyclists of Tom Pidcock’s stature, Mattias Skjelmos or Matteo Jorgenson. However, between 2022 and 2023, Johansen raced for Intermarché, a WorldTour team with whom he competed in two La Vuelta races (2022 and 2023).

However, rumors pointing to the Dane as a newcomer to the UAE are not new. Already at the end of October during the concentration of the Emirati team in Abu Dhabi – in which, among other things, the renewal of Tadej Pogačar was announced -, several team riders praised Johansen’s signing behind the scenes.

However, this will not happen until next Monday. when the best cycling team on the planet officially announces the signing of Johansen, a powerful rider with a special taste for time trials, trained in the depths of the Scandinavian velodromes and, after Runa Herregodts (Intermarche-Vanti), Jonathan Narvaez (Ineos Grenadiers), Pablo Torres (support team) and Florian Vermeersch (Lotto Dstny), the latest addition to the team under Tadej Pogačar for next season.