Alpecin-Deceuninck confirm Jay Vine move to UAE Team Emirates
The Australian previously hinted that he'd remain with the Belgian team in 2023
- (opens in new tab)
- (opens in new tab)
- (opens in new tab)
- Sign up to our newsletter Newsletter

Alpecin-Decuninck have today confirmed that Vuelta a España stage winner Jay Vine will join UAE Team Emirates for the next two years, despite the 26-year-old recently dispelling transfer rumours.
In a statement shared with Cycling Weekly, the Belgian team said: “Jay Vine still had an agreement with our team until the end of 2023. We would have liked to keep him with us longer, but we respect his wish to leave earlier.”
The move will see the Australian climber make the step up to WorldTour level and join forces with two-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogačar.
In the same statement, Vine said: “I’m really excited to be joining UAE Team Emirates. With their strong combination of riders and their GC experience, this was the next logical step in my career.
“I’m really grateful for the opportunities both Alpecin-Deceuninck and the Zwift Academy have given me and how they’ve helped me find my place in the peloton.
“I’m motivated for the new season with UAE, and eager to further refine my GC ambitions, whilst helping the boys kick some goals.”
Speaking to VeloNews (opens in new tab) earlier this week, Vine quashed rumours of a move away from his current team.
“I’ve got a contract with Alpecin-Deceuninck until the end of ‘23," he said. "I did get some contacts from some teams after stage eight of the Vuelta, but nothing came from those chats, no."
Vine joined Alpecin-Deceuninck in 2021, having won his professional contract through the Zwift Academy program.
In August this year, the 26-year-old announced himself as one of the peloton’s strongest climbers with a duo of mountaintop stage wins at the Vuelta a España. Earlier this year, he won the Esports World Championships and placed second in both the Tour of Norway and the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey.
Alpecin Deceuninck said: “If Jay Vine thinks he can develop faster as a GC rider at Team UAE, we don’t want to deprive him of that opportunity, even given his late age to turn pro.
“The transition from Zwift to the road was not the most obvious. It took a lot of energy from our staff to help him make that transition. His departure only strengthens our conviction to continue working intensively with Zwift and Zwift Academy.”
Other notable riders moving to UAE Team Emirates for 2023 include Adam Yates, Tim Wellens and Felix Großschartner, all of whom are expected to further strengthen the squad.
Thank you for reading 10 articles this month* Join now for unlimited access
Enjoy your first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
*Read 5 free articles per month without a subscription
Join now for unlimited access
Try first month for just £1 / $1 / €1
Tom is one of Cycling Weekly's news and features writers. In 2020, he started The TT Podcast, covering both the men's and women's pelotons and featuring a number of British riders.
An enthusiastic cyclist himself, Tom likes it most when the road goes uphill and actively seeks out double-figure gradients on his rides.
He's also fluent in French and Spanish and holds a master's degree in International Journalism.
-
-
Campagnolo's redesigned Hyperon wheels promise you the 'magic ratio of performance'
The Italian climbing hoops return as a disc-brake all-rounder that at a little over 1,200g are still plenty light
By Luke Friend • Published
-
Nebraska to host the inaugural USA Cycling Gravel National Championship
A stars and stripes jersey is up for grabs alongside the largest gravel prize purse in American cycling history and entry into Gravel Worlds
By Anne-Marije Rook • Published
-
Tom Boonen invited to test Colnago V4Rs after criticism of Tadej Pogačar's bike
Boonen and fellow ex-pro Dirk de Wolf invited to Italy for a "public conversation" on the data they used to make claim that bike hindered two-time Tour de France champion
By Tom Thewlis • Published
-
Molano sprints to stage four victory at UAE Tour to save UAE Team Emirates' race
Colombian rider wins stage for home team at fourth opportunity, as Remco Evenepoel continues in race lead
By Adam Becket • Published
-
All the 2023 kits: EF Education-EasyPost share latest collaboration with Rapha
American WorldTour team become latest to release their new 2023 kit, here's the rest
By Adam Becket • Published
-
From Grand Tour victories to gold medals: The nine best signings of 2022
We look back at the signings that made the biggest impacts during this year's season
By Tom Thewlis • Published
-
Tadej Pogačar is still the best rider in the world, right?
16 wins, a third monument, but second at the Tour de France sums up his 2022
By Adam Becket • Published
-
‘There’s not much left in the tank’: Mathieu van der Poel becomes latest rider to feel effects of mental fatigue
After competing in the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France this year, Dutchman explains that he will only race one Grand Tour in 2023
By Tom Thewlis • Last updated
-
Adam Yates leaves Ineos Grenadiers for UAE Team Emirates
British rider agrees three year deal with new team
By Tom Thewlis • Published
-
Remco Evenepoel wins maiden grand tour at Vuelta a España
Juan Sebastián Molano takes a surprise final stage win after a messy sprint in Madrid
By Owen Rogers • Published