Two-time champion Tadej Pogacar will have Adam Yates as his right-hand man, with the duo heading Team UAE's Tour de France lineup, it was announced Monday. 

British climber Yates's assistance will prove useful in the mountains for Pogacar, as he seeks to dethrone sitting champion Jonas Vingegaard. 

Yates is in his first season with UAE after moving from Ineos, and his climbing credentials are going to be called upon over a 21-day route crammed with peaks. 

Pogacar, winner in 2020 and 2021, also will have alongside him his faithful 'sherpa' Rafal Majka of Poland, Austrian climber Felix Grossschartner, Marc Soler, Matteo Trentin, Mikkel Bjerg and Vegard Stake Laengen.

"We have a very good group," the Slovenian Pogacar said ahead of Saturday's start in Bilbao. "There will be some serious competitors, but that will always be the case in the biggest races. We are going there to put on a good show and, of course, with the aim of victory."

Team UAE Emirates lineup:

Tadej Pogacar (SLO), Rafal Majka (POL), Mikkel Bjerg (DEN), Felix Grossschartner (AUT), Marc Soler (ESP), Matteo Trentin (ITA), Vegard Stake Laengen (NOR), Adam Yates (GBR).