Yousif Mirza
Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi (Arabic: يوسف محمد احمد ميرزا الحمادي) (born 8 October 1988) is an Emirati racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates.[2]
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| Full name | Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1988 Khorfakkan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | UAE Team Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Road, Track | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009 | Doha Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Al Nasr Pro Cycling Team–Dubai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017– | UAE Abu Dhabi[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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One-day races and Classics
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Medal record
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Mirza has won multiple Emirati national titles as well as winning the silver medal in the road race at the 2015 Asian Cycling Championships, qualifying him for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Brazil.[3] He was the first Emirati cyclist to compete in the Olympic road race. After his team Al Nasr Pro Cycling Team–Dubai disbanded at the end of the 2016 season, he joined the UAE Abu Dhabi team for 2017, becoming the first Emirati to ride for a UCI WorldTeam.[4]
Major results
- 2008
- 2nd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- 3rd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
- 2009
- 1st Team time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race, Arab Road Championships
- 3rd Sharjah Chrono
- 3rd Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
- 1st Stage 5
- 2010
- 1st
- 1st United Arab Emirates Season Opener
- 2nd Sharjah Chrono
- Arab Gulf Cycling Championship
- 3rd Road race
- 5th Time trial
- 3rd Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
- 1st Stages 1, 3 & 5
- 3rd Bakhan Chrono
- 3rd Vice President Cup
- 4th President's Cup Ras al Khaima
- 10th Road race, Asian Cycling Championships
- 2011
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- Arab Championships
- 1st Road race
- 1st Time trial
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Stages 7 & 8 Tour of the AGCC Arab Gu
- 1st Sharjah Chrono
- 2nd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
- 2nd Time trial, Arab Club Cycling Championships
- 3rd Road race, Games of the Gulf
- 5th Road race, Pan Arabian Games
- 2012
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Time trial Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Ijen
- 1st Al Khan (Sharjah)
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time Trial
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2 Sharjah Cycling Tour
- 2nd Time trial, National Road Championships
- 3rd Challenge du Prince–Trophée de l'Anniversaire
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- Tour of Al Zubarah
- 1st
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2018
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour of Egypt
- 1st Stage 5
References
- "UAE Team Emirates". Cyclingnews.com. Immediate Media Company. Archived from the original on 6 January 2019. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- "UAE Team Emirates complete 2020 roster with re-signing of former world champion Rui Costa". Cyclingnews.com. Future plc. 8 October 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2020.
- "Profile". Incheon 2014 official website. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
- Abulleil, Reem (30 January 2017). "Dubai Tour: Mirza ready to step it up with UAE Abu Dhabi". Sport 360. Retrieved 1 February 2017.
External links
- Yousif Mirza at Cycling Archives
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