Yousif Mohamed Ahmed Mirza Al-Hammadi ( ar, يوسف محمد احمد ميرزا الحمادي) (born 8 October 1988) is an Emirati former
racing cyclist
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, who competed as a professional for
UCI WorldTeam
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from 2017 to 2022.
Mirza has won multiple Emirati national titles as well as winning the silver medal in the road race at the
2015 Asian Cycling Championships
The 2015 Asian Cycling Championships took place at the King’s 80th Birthday Anniversary Velodrome in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand from 4 to 14 February 2015.
Medal summary Road
Men
Women
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Women
Medal table
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, qualifying him for the
2016 Summer Olympics
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in Brazil. He was the first Emirati cyclist to compete in the
Olympic road race. After his team disbanded at the end of the 2016 season, he joined the team for 2017, becoming the first Emirati to ride for a
UCI WorldTeam
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.
His older brother,
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, also competed as a professional road cyclist.
Major results
Road
;2008
: 2nd Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
: National Road Championships
::3rd Road race
::3rd Time trial
: 3rd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
;2009
: 1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Team time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
: 2nd Road race, National Road Championships
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Road race, Arab Road Championships
: 3rd Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
::1st Stage 5
: 3rd Sharjah Chrono
;2010
: 1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race, National Road Championships
: 1st United Arab Emirates Season Opener
: 2nd Sharjah Chrono
: Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
::3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Road race
::5th Time trial
: 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
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Road race
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Time trial
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
::4th Road race
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall UAE International Emirates Post Tour
::1st Stage 1
: 1st Sharjah Chrono
: Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
::1st Stages 7 & 8
: 2nd
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Time trial, Arab Club Cycling Championships
: 2nd President's Cup Ras al Khaima
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Road race,
GCC Games
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: 5th Road race,
Pan Arab Games
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;2012
: 1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Time trial, Arab Gulf Cycling Championships
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
::2nd Road race
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall Tour of Sharjah
::1st Stages 1 & 2
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall Tour of the AGCC Arab Gulf
::1st Stage 2
: 1st Al Khan (Sharjah)
: 1st Stage 3
Tour de Ijen
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicy ...
;2013
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::2nd Time trial
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
Tour of Al Zubarah
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...
::1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stages 1 & 2
:
Challenge du Prince
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::3rd Trophée de l'Anniversaire
::6th Trophée Princier
: 4th Overall
Sharjah International Cycling Tour
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::1st Stage 2
;2014
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
: 1st
![Jersey yellow](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/29/Jersey_yellow.svg)
Overall
Sharjah International Cycling Tour
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::1st
![Jersey green](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c5/Jersey_green.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stage 1
:
Tour of Al Zubarah
Tour of Al Zubarah is a men's four-days cycle race which takes place in Zubarah, Qatar and was rated by the UCI as 2.2 and forms part of the UCI Asia Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which wer ...
::1st
![Jersey white](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Jersey_white.svg)
Points classification
::1st Stages 2 & 3
: 4th
Road race,
Asian Games
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: 10th Overall
Tour d'Algérie
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 ...
::1st
![Jersey polkadot](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Jersey_polkadot.svg)
Mountains classification
;2015
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::3rd Time trial
: 2nd
![Silver medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg)
Road race,
Asian Road Championships
: 4th Overall
Tour d'Egypte
Tour d'Egypte is a professional road cycling stage race held annually each February in Egypt. Tour d'Egypte is part of the UCI Africa Tour
The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
;2016
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
: 4th Overall
Tour de Tunisie
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2005 by the Un ...
::1st Stage 1
;2017
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
: 2nd
![Silver medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg)
Road race,
Asian Road Championships
;2018
: 1st
![Gold medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg)
Road race,
Asian Road Championships
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
;2019
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
: 2nd Overall
Tour d'Egypte
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The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing competitions which were introduced in 2 ...
::1st Stage 5
;2021
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
;2022
: National Road Championships
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Road race
::1st
![UAE NC](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/UAE_NC.png)
Time trial
:
Asian Road Cycling Championships
:: 4th Time trial
:: 7th Road race
Track
;2011
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Points race, Arab Track Championships
;2013
: Arab Track Championships
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Scratch race
::1st
![Gold medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3d/Gold_medal_blank.svg)
Team pursuit
::2nd
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Omnium
::2nd
![Silver medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/6e/Silver_medal_blank.svg)
Points race
;2015
: 2nd
![Silver medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg)
Points race,
Asian Track Championships
;2017
: 3rd
![Bronze medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5c/Bronze_medal_asia.svg)
Points race,
Asian Track Championships
: 3rd
![Bronze medal blank](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/34/Bronze_medal_blank.svg)
Omnium,
Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games
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;2018
:
Asian Track Championships
::1st
![Gold medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg)
Points race
::2nd
![Silver medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg)
Omnium
;2019
: 2nd
![Silver medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Silver_medal_asia.svg)
Omnium,
Asian Track Championships
;2022
: 1st
Points race
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,
Islamic Solidarity Games
The Islamic Solidarity Games ( ar, ألعاب التضامن الإسلامي) is a multinational, multi-sport event. The Games involve the elite athletes of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation who compete in a variety of sports. The Solidari ...
: 1st
![Gold medal asia](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f8/Gold_medal_asia.svg)
Points race,
Asian Track Championships
References
External links
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mirza, Yousif
1988 births
Living people
Emirati male cyclists
Place of birth missing (living people)
Cyclists at the 2010 Asian Games
Cyclists at the 2014 Asian Games
Cyclists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic cyclists for the United Arab Emirates
Cyclists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games competitors for the United Arab Emirates
People from Khor Fakkan
Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in cycling