UAE Tour

The UAE Tour (Arabic: جولة الإمارات) are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was first held in 2023 as part of the UCI Women's World Tour.

UAE Tour
Race details
DateFebruary
RegionUnited Arab Emirates
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI World Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web sitewww.theuaetour.com
History (men)
First edition2019 (2019)
Editions5 (as of 2023)
First winner Primož Roglič (SLO)
Most wins Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (2 wins)
Most recent Remco Evenepoel (BEL)
History (women)
First edition2023 (2023)
Editions1 (as of 2023)
First winner Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)
Most recent Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA)

History

The Dubai Tour was first held in 2014, with the Abu Dhabi Tour first held in 2015. The Abu Dhabi Tour joined the UCI World Tour calendar in 2017.[1] In September 2018, the organisers of both races announced their intent to merge, resulting in the UAE Tour, a longer race that would use stages from both events.[1]

The first edition of the race took place between 24 February and 2 March 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI World Tour.[2] The 2020 UAE Tour was affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, with the last two stages cancelled and teams quarantined before being able to leave the country.[3]

Women's race

In January 2023, organisers announced that a women's race would be held for the first time, as part of the UCI Women's World Tour.[4] This was first staged over 4 days in early February 2023, prior to the men's race.[5]

Route

The race uses similar stages to that of the Abu Dhabi Tour and Dubai Tour - a combination of flat sprint stages and mountain stages using climbs such as Jebel Jais and Jebel Hafeet.[6] Stages in the open desert can be affected by crosswinds.[6] A time trial is also usually part of the route, with the 2019 and 2023 editions featuring a team time trial.[6]

The Jebel Jais climb is usually considered the queen stage of the Tour, with 20 kilometres (12 mi) of climbing at 5%, with some 7% in the last 2 kilometres (1.2 mi).[7][8]

Winners

Elite Men

Years General classification
Points classification
Sprints classification
Young rider classification
2019Slovenia Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma)Italy Elia Viviani (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)not awardedFrance David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ)
2020United Kingdom Adam Yates (Mitchelton–Scott)Australia Caleb Ewan (Lotto–Soudal)Serbia Veljko Stojnić (Vini Zabù–KTM)Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2021[9]Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)Netherlands David Dekker (Team Jumbo–Visma)France Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën Team)Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2022[10]Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)Belgium Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Fenix)Russia Dmitry Strakhov (Gazprom–RusVelo)Slovenia Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2023[11]Belgium Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)Belgium Tim Merlier (Soudal–Quick-Step)Belgium Edward Planckaert (Alpecin–Deceuninck)Belgium Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step)

Wins per country

Wins Country
3 Slovenia
1 Belgium
 Great Britain

Elite Women

Years General classification
Points classification
Sprints classification
Young rider classification
2023[12]Italy Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek–Segafredo)Netherlands Charlotte Kool (Team DSM)Poland Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon–SRAM)Italy Gaia Realini (Trek–Segafredo)

Wins per country

Wins Country
1 Italy

See also

References

  1. "CyclingPub.com - Dubai Tour and Abu Dhabi Tour merge to create WorldTour race UAE Tour". cyclingpub.com. 11 September 2018. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  2. "UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2019". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  3. "Final UAE Tour stages called off after two coronavirus cases confirmed". cyclingnews.com. 2020-02-27. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  4. "UAE TOUR breaks new ground in the Middle East as Women's Race joins the UCI Women's Worldtour Calendar in 2023". 4 January 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
  5. "UAE Tour Women 2023". cyclingnews.com. 2023-02-20. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  6. Moultrie, James (2023-02-16). "UAE Tour 2023 route". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 2023-04-06.
  7. "UAE Tour 2019: Leader Roglic Sprints to Queen Stage Win | CyclingStage.com". cyclingstage.com/uae-tour-2019/stage-6-results-uae-2019/.
  8. Ryan, Barry. "UAE Tour: Tadej Pogacar wins stage 4 on Jebel Jais mountain finish | CyclingStage.com". cyclingnews.com/races/uae-tour-2022/stage-4/results//.
  9. "Pogacar to make the UAE Tour his early-season standard". cyclingnews.com. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  10. Goddard, Ben (26 February 2022). "Tadej Pogačar seals UAE Tour victory atop Jebel Hafeet". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  11. Ryan, Barry (26 February 2023). "Remco Evenepoel seals UAE Tour victory". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  12. "Longo Borghini seals historic UAE Tour Women win after Kool sprints to victory". UAE Tour Women. 12 February 2023. Retrieved 2023-04-08.


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