Yousif Mirza
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Full name | Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Khorfakkan, United Arab Emirates | 8 October 1988||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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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]
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
[edit]Road
[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 Road race, Arab Road Championships
- 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 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
- National Road Championships
- 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 Road race, GCC Games
- 5th Road race, Pan Arab Games
- 2012
- 1st Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
- National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Sharjah
- 1st Stages 1 & 2
- 1st Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
- 1st Stage 2
- 1st Al Khan (Sharjah)
- 1st Stage 3 Tour de Ijen
- 2013
- National Road Championships
- 1st Overall Tour of Al Zubarah
- 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 Overall Sharjah International Cycling Tour
- Tour of Al Zubarah
- 4th Road race, Asian Games
- 10th Overall Tour d'Algérie
- 2015
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 2016
- National Road Championships
- 4th Overall Tour de Tunisie
- 1st Stage 1
- 2017
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Road race, Asian Road Championships
- 2018
- 1st Road race, Asian Road Championships
- National Road Championships
- 2019
- National Road Championships
- 2nd Overall Tour d'Egypte
- 1st Stage 5
- 2022
- National Road Championships
- Asian Road Cycling Championships
- 4th Time trial
- 7th Road race
Track
[edit]- 2015
- 2nd Points race, Asian Track Championships
- 2017
- 3rd Points race, Asian Track Championships
- 3rd Omnium, Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
- 2018
- Asian Track Championships
- 2019
- 2nd Omnium, Asian Track Championships
- 2022
- 1st Points race, Islamic Solidarity Games
- 1st Points race, Asian Track Championships
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
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at ProCyclingStats
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at Cycling Quotient
- Yousef Mirza Bani Hammad at CycleBase
- 1988 births
- Living people
- Emirati male cyclists
- Olympic cyclists for the United Arab Emirates
- Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates
- Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
- Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games
- Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in cycling
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- People from Khor Fakkan
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists