Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi (Arabic: يوسف محمد احمد ميرزا الحمادي) (born 8 October 1988) is an Emirati former racing cyclist, who competed as a professional for UCI WorldTeam UAE Team Emirates from 2017 to 2022.[3]
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| Full name | Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 October 1988 Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 176 cm (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 63 kg (139 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Role | Rider | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rider type | All-rounder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 2009 | Doha Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2016 | Al Nasr Pro Cycling Team–Dubai | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2017–2022 | UAE Abu Dhabi[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[4] 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.[5]
His older brother, Badr, also competed as a professional road cyclist.
Major results
editRoad
edit- 2008
- 2nd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
- 3rd
Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- National Road Championships
- 3rd Road race
- 3rd Time trial
- 3rd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
- 2009
- 1st
Team time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
- 3rd
- 3rd Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
- 1st Stage 5
- 3rd Sharjah Chrono
- 2010
- 1st
Road race, National Road Championships
- 1st United Arab Emirates Season Opener
- 2nd Sharjah Chrono
- Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- 3rd
- 5th Time trial
- 3rd
- 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 Road Championships
- 2011
- Arab Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 4th Road race
- 1st
- 1st
Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st Sharjah Chrono
- Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
- 1st Stages 7 & 8
- 2nd
Time trial, Arab Club Cycling Championships
- 2nd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
- 3rd
- 5th Road race, Pan Arab Games
- 2012
- 1st
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Road race
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Al Khan (Sharjah)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Ijen
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 2nd Time trial
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st
- Challenge du Prince
- 3rd Trophée de l'Anniversaire
- 6th Trophée Princier
- 4th Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
- 1st Stage 2
- 2014
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st Stage 1
- 1st
- Tour of Al Zubarah
- 1st
Points classification
- 1st Stages 2 & 3
- 1st
- 4th Road race, Asian Games
- 10th Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 1st
Mountains classification
- 1st
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 3rd Time trial
- 1st
- 2nd
Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 4th Overall Tour de Tunisie
- 1st Stage 1
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2018
- 1st
Road race, Asian Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 1st Stage 5
- 2021
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 1st
- Asian Road Cycling Championships
- 4th Time trial
- 7th Road race
Track
edit- 2011
- 3rd
- 2013
- Arab Track Championships
- 1st
- 1st
- 2nd
- 2nd
- 1st
- 2015
- 2nd
- 2017
- 3rd
Points race, Asian Track Championships
- 3rd
- 2018
- Asian Track Championships
- 1st
- 2nd
- 1st
- 2019
- 2nd
- 2022
- 1st
- 1st
References
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ "UAE Team Emirates". UCI.org. Union Cycliste Internationale. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "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
edit- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at UCI
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at Cycling Archives (archived)
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at ProCyclingStats
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at Cycling Quotient
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at CycleBase