Emīls Liepiņš is a Latvian cyclist, who currently rides for UCI WorldTeam Team dsm–firmenich PostNL. In October 2020, he was named in the startlist for the 2020 Vuelta a España.

Dobele is a town in the cultural region Zemgale in Latvia, and is located near the center of Latvia on the banks of the river Bērze. It received town rights in 1917 whilst being a part of the German occupied Courland Governorate during the First World War. As of 2020, the population was 8,856.