When, on Thursday, Italian former world champion Marta Bastianelli and last year’s Tour De France Femmes sensation Silvia Persico take to the start line of UAE Tour Women with their four UAE Team ADQ team-mates, it will be a huge moment – not just for the sport of cycling, but the whole sense of what the bicycle could mean in the region. The Emirati women’s pro cycling team will be able race “at home” for