Take3 weeks ago
UAE Team Emirates-XRG have signed Marco Frigo from NSN Cycling Team on a two-year deal through 2028. It's not a marquee signing, but a precise one: a rider who can support Pogačar in the mountains and contest breakaways in the Classics.
Frigo ranks 120th in the UCI standings, but he's already finished the Tour de France 2026, won the Tour of the Alps 2025, and spent over 200km in the break at Amstel Gold Race 2026, finishing 10th and taking the combativity award. UAE aren't buying a leader—they're buying a universal rider who fills a narrow gap between super-domestiques and stars. That's the depth that turns roster construction into tactical advantage in the races that matter.
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