UAE Tour

The UAE Tour (Arabic: جولة الإمارات) is a road cycling stage race in the United Arab Emirates. It 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.

UAE Tour
Race details
DateFebruary
RegionUnited Arab Emirates
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI World Tour
TypeStage race
OrganiserRCS Sport
Web sitewww.theuaetour.com
History
First edition2019 (2019)
Editions4 (as of 2022)
First winner Primož Roglič (SLO)
Most wins Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (2 wins)
Most recent Tadej Pogačar (SLO)

History

The first edition of the UAE Tour took place between 24 February and 2 March 2019 as part of the 2019 UCI World Tour.[1]

Winners

Years General classification
Points classification
Sprints classification
Young rider classification
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[2] Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) David Dekker (Team Jumbo–Visma) Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroën Team) Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2022[3] Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin–Fenix) Dmitry Strakhov (Gazprom–RusVelo) Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)

See also

References

  1. "UCI reveal WorldTour calendar for 2019". Cycling News. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  2. "Pogacar to make the UAE Tour his early-season standard". cyclingnews.com. 27 February 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2022.
  3. Goddard, Ben (26 February 2022). "Tadej Pogačar seals UAE Tour victory atop Jebel Hafeet". cyclingnews.com. Retrieved 5 April 2022.


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