UAE Team Emirates announces it will be taking over Alé-BTC-Ljubljana women's team

With the takeover it should mean that the team is in the Women's WorldTour in 2022

Marta Bastianelli of Alè BTC Ljubljana
Marta Bastianelli of Alè BTC Ljubljana
(Image credit: Getty)

UAE Team Emirates have announced that they will be taking over the Alé-BTC-Ljubljana women's team in 2022.

Merging ranks with a team that is already in the highest division of women's cycling means that UAE Team Emirates will very likely be in the top tier without having to wait for promotion like the teams of Jumbo-Visma, Cofidis and Uno-X.

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