The UAE Tour is an annual professional cycling race in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was held for the first time in 2019 and is part of the UCI World Tour. The first edition was won by Primoz Roglic in 2019, followed by Adam Yates in 2020 and Tadej Pogacar from Slovenia in 2021 and 2022.
UAE Tour: Popular race to kick off the season
The Tour of the UAE has become one of the most popular races at the start of the cycling season due to its route and the sunny weather. However, the event has also been criticised due to the human rights situation in the Emirates.
The UAE Tour 2023 comprises a total of seven stages, on which 1016.3 kilometres have to be covered. The riders will face climbs, such as Jebel Jais (stage 3) and Jebel Hafeet (stage 7), as well as flat stages and a team time trial on the second day.
The stages of the UAE Tour 2023
Stage 1: Monday, 20.02.2023, Al Dhafra Castle - Qassar Al Mighayra St. - Al Mirfa, 151 kilometres
Stage 2: Tuesday, 21.02.2023, Khalifa Port - Khalifa Port, 17.3 kilometres (team time trial)
Stage 3: Wednesday, 22.02.2023, Umbrella Beach Al Fujairah - Jebel Jais, 185 kilometres
Stage 4: Thursday, 23.02.2023, Al Shindagha - Dubai Harbour, 174 kilometres
Stage 5: Friday, 24.02.2023, Al Marjan Island - Umm al Quwain, 170 kilometres
Stage 6: Saturday, 25.02.2023, Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 166 kilometres
7th stage: Sunday, 26.02.2023, Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium - Jebel Hafeet, 153 kilometres
UAE Tour 2023: TV broadcast & live stream
The UAE Tour 2023 will be broadcast live on Eurosport 2. Cycling fans can also watch the tour on GCN+ and Discovery+ (both via paid subscription).
The start list of the UAE Tour 2023
- 1 Remco Evenepoel
- 2 Josef Cerny
- 3 Tim Merlier
- 4 Mauro Schmid
- 5 Pieter Serry
- 6 Bert van Lerberghe
- 7 Louis Vervaeke
- 11 Geoffrey Bouchard
- 12 Alex Baudin
- 13 Clement Berthet
- 14 Jaakko Hänninen
- 15 Paul Lapeira
- 16 Valentin Paret-Peintre
- 17 Larry Warbasse
- 21 Ramon Sinkeldam
- 22 Maurice Ballerstedt
- 23 Senne Leysen
- 24 Jason Osborne
- 25 Edward Planckaert
- 26 Jensen Plowright
- 27 Fabio Van Den Bossche
- 31 Mark Cavendish
- 32 Cees Bol
- 33 Dmitriy Gruzdev
- 34 Alexey Lutsenko
- 35 Davide Martinelli
- 36 Javier Romo
- 37 Harold Tejada
- 41 Pello Bilbao
- 42 Nikias Arndt
- 43 Matevz Govekar
- 44 Fran Miholjevic
- 45 Wouter Poels
- 46 Johan Price-Pejtersen
- 47 Phil Bauhaus
- 51 Sam Bennett
- 52 Shane Archbold
- 53 Emanuel Buchmann
- 54 Patrick Gamper
- 55 Ryan Mullen
- 56 Danny van Poppel
- 57 Ben Zwiehoff
- 61 Andrey Amador
- 62 Diego Andres Camargo
- 63 Simon Carr
- 64 Stefan de Bod
- 65 Georg Steinhauser
- 66 Marijn van den Berg
- 67 Lukasz Wisniowski
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- 71 Luca Colnaghi
- 72 Luca Covili
- 73 Riccardo Lucca
- 74 Filippo Magli
- 75 Alessandro Tonelli
- 76 Enrico Zanoncello
- 77 Samuele Zoccarato
- 81 Arnaud Demare
- 82 Clement Davy
- 83 Ignatas Konovalovas
- 84 Laurence Pithie
- 85 Michael Storer
- 86 Reuben Thompson
- 87 Bram Welten
- 91 Elia Viviani
- 92 Kim Heiduk
- 93 Luke Plapp
- 94 Ben Swift
- 95 Joshua Tarling
- 96 Ben Tulett
- 97 Cameron Litter
- 101 Louis Meintjes
- 102 Julius Johansen
- 103 Tom Paquot
- 104 Simone Petilli
- 105 Pure Taaramäe
- 106 Gerben Thijssen
- 107 Boy van Poppel
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- 111 Jakob Fuglsang
- 112 Itamar Unicorn
- 113 Derek Gee
- 114 Ben Hermans
- 115 Taj Jones
- 116 Matthew Riccitello
- 117 Mads Würtz Schmidt
- 121 Sepp Kuss
- 122 Thomas Gloag
- 123 Michel Hessmann
- 124 Lennard Hofstede
- 125 Olav Kooij
- 126 Timo Roosen
- 127 Tosh van der Sande
Lotto Dstny
- 131 Caleb Ewan
- 132 Thomas De Gendt
- 133 Jarrad Drizners
- 134 Jacopo Guarnieri
- 135 Michael Schwarzmann
- 136 Rüdiger Selig
- 137 Eduardo Sepulveda
- 141 Fernando Gaviria
- 142 Juri Hollmann
- 143 Johan Jacobs
- 144 Oier Lazkano
- 145 Oscar Rodriguez
- 146 One Augusto Rubio
- 147 Albert Torres
- 151 Andreas Leknessund
- 152 Tobias Lund Andresen
- 153 Alex Edmondson
- 154 Frederik Rodenberg
- 155 Niklas Märkl
- 156 Harm Vanhoucke
- 157 Sam Welsford
- 161 Dylan Groenewegen
- 162 Michael Hepburn
- 163 Jan Maas
- 164 Luka Mezgec
- 165 Blake Quick
- 166 Elmar Reinders
- 167 Callum Scotson
- 171 Antonio Tiberi
- 172 Jon Aberasturi
- 173 Marc Brustenga
- 174 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier
- 175 Asbjörn Hellemose
- 176 Emils Liepins
- 177 Antwan Tolhoek
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
- 181 Arvid de Kleijn
- 182 Sebastian Kolze Changizi
- 183 Mika Heming
- 184 Arthur Kluckers
- 185 Rick Pluimers
- 186 Yannis Voisard
- 187 Maikel Zijlaard
- 191 Adam Yates
- 192 Mikkel Bjerg
- 193 Vegard Stake Laengen
- 194 Brandon McNulty
- 195 Juan Sebastian Molano
- 196 Marc Soler
- 197 Jay Vine
