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Road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | United Arab Emirates |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI World Tour |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | RCS Sport |
Web site | theuaetour |
History (men) | |
First edition | 2019 |
Editions | 6 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Primož Roglič (SLO) |
Most wins | Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (2 wins) |
Most recent | Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) |
History (women) | |
First edition | 2023 |
Editions | 2 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Elisa Longo Borghini (ITA) |
Most recent | Lotte Kopecky (BEL) |
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]
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]
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]
Years | General classification |
Points classification |
Sprints classification |
Young rider classification |
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2019 | Primož Roglič (Team Jumbo–Visma) | Elia Viviani (Deceuninck–Quick-Step) | not awarded | David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) |
2020 | Adam Yates (Mitchelton–Scott) | Caleb Ewan (Lotto–Soudal) | Veljko Stojnić (Vini Zabù–KTM) | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) |
2021[9] | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) | David Dekker (Team Jumbo–Visma) | Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën Team) | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) |
2022[10] | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) | Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Fenix) | Dmitry Strakhov (Gazprom–RusVelo) | Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) |
2023[11] | Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) | Tim Merlier (Soudal–Quick-Step) | Edward Planckaert (Alpecin–Deceuninck) | Remco Evenepoel (Soudal–Quick-Step) |
2024[12] | Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto–Dstny) | Tim Merlier (Soudal–Quick-Step) | Mark Stewart (Team Corratec–Vini Fantini) | Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto–Dstny) |
Wins | Country |
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3 | Slovenia |
2 | Belgium |
1 | Great Britain |
Years | General classification |
Points classification |
Sprints classification |
Young rider classification |
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2023[13] | Elisa Longo Borghini (Trek–Segafredo) | Charlotte Kool (Team DSM) | Agnieszka Skalniak-Sójka (Canyon–SRAM) | Gaia Realini (Trek–Segafredo) |
2024[14] | Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx–Protime) | Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx–Protime) | Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx–Protime) | Neve Bradbury (Canyon–SRAM) |
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