Matteo Trentin has signed a two-year contract with the team and will compete for UAE Team Emirates starting in 2021. The Italian rider will leave the CCC team, which is still looking for sponsors to keep the team alive after this season.

"I am very happy to join the UAE. It is an ambitious team that is doing very well and I hope to contribute with good results," Trentin said in a statement released by his new team.

"Finding a team with a long and ambitious project is not easy in these times.

Trentin just joined the CCC team earlier this season from Mitchelton Scott, but coach Jim Ochowicz prematurely withdrew from the commitment in early June, citing the title sponsor's impact on the shoe retail business due to the coronavirus pandemic He confirmed that the Last month, the team announced that CCC riders still under contract after the end of this year would be free to sign with others.

A specialist in cobbled classics, Trentin has won stages in all three Grand Tours throughout his career and was European champion in 2017, winning Paris-Tour for the second time. He was disappointed to lose the rainbow jersey to Mads Pedersen in a breakaway group at last year's Yorkshire World Championships.

"My goals for the future are ...... First, I have some unfinished business at the World Championships, where I want to improve on last year," Trentin said. Then Milan-San Remo, Tour of Flanders, Paris-Roubaix. Then Milan-St. Remo, Tour de Flanders, Paris-Roubaix, and then the green jersey at the Tour de France.

Trentin will bolster the UAE Team Emirates team, led by Alexander Kristoff and Fernando Gaviria, in the classics and sprints The 31-year-old is currently competing in the Tour de France.

"Matteo is a strong reinforcement for the team, especially considering the Classics roster," said UAE Team Emirates manager Mauro Gianetti. 'He has proven himself to be versatile in different types of races. We like his way of racing and his winning mentality."