UAE Emirates-XRG shares the official snaps, but Pogacar shares the photos we really want to see from team camp

Off-season is the time to relax, recharge and hit reset. But not before most teams get together one more time for an official team camp — a few days of team-building, looking back at 2025 and ahead to 2026. And of course: meet-and-greets for all the sponsors.

UAE Emirates-XRG spent the past days in the Emirates, paying visits to their headline backers — the same partners who helped the team rack up 95 official wins in 2025 and continue to attract the peloton’s biggest names.

Alongside the talking points, photo ops and autographs, there was time to celebrate — and to laugh. The women’s squad, UAE Team ADQ, also delivered in style: 28 victories this season, crowned by Elisa Longo Borghini’s overall win at the Giro d’Italia Women, plus stage wins for Maeva Squiban at the Tour de France Femmes.

Beyond Emirates, the team also visited XRG, ADNOC and Analogai. Out came the yellow Tour de France bike and Tadej Pogacar’s new rainbow jersey; riders tested virtual-reality demos, shook hands, smiled for the cameras and signed plenty of merch. It’s a good thing UAE documented so much of it — Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe didn’t share anything from their camp.

Between the official appointments there was pure fun in the desert: a string of stars suited up with helmets and hit the kart track. Exactly the kind of behind-the-scenes pictures fans love — and the ones we’ve used as our lead images.