2025 UAE Tour (WorldTour),
United Arab Emirates
7th Edition: February 17 - 23, 2025
Complete results
UAE Tour podium history | 2024 edition | Race organizer's preview | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7
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Sunday, February 23: 7th & Final Stage, Al Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium - Jebel Hafeet, 176 km
Tadej Pogacar wins the final stage and the 2025 UAE Tour. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Jebel Hafeet at 9:00 AM local time: 26C (78F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 26 km/hr (16 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to climb to 34C (92F) by 2:00 PM.
The stage: The classic mountain stage of the UAE Tour. In the first part, the route winds its way through Al Ain, where many of its landmarks (Al Ain University, Al Qattara, Al Hili) are visited, then takes a long ride through the desert to the west and eventually returns to Green Mubazzarah. Here begins the final climb of Jebel Hafeet, which – at 10 km long – will be the final judge of the race
Final kilometers:
The final climb winds through wide-ranging hairpin bends on a 3-lane roadway. Gradients are mainly around 8-9%, peaking at 11% with 3 km to go. There is a very short descent in the last km, before the closing ramp. The finish line is on straight asphalt.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage seven report.
Tadej Pogacar wins the seventh edition of the UAE Tour by attacking 7.7 km from the finish at Jebel Hafeet, where he had already claimed victory in 2020, 2021, and 2022, securing the Unity Trophy for the third time. The world champion put his stamp on an almost perfect week in a stage raced at extremely high speed (47.129 km/h average).The peloton arrived at the foot of the climb in a fragmented state after crosswinds once again disrupted the balance among the contenders. Big names like Felix Gall and 2024 winner Lennert Van Eetvelt were caught in the second group and could not regain contact with the 42 riders left at front.
Time to go. Tadej Pogacar attacks on the Jebel Hafeet climb.
UAE Team Emirates – XRG set a relentless pace at the base of the climb, splitting the lead group once more and setting the stage for Pogacar’s decisive attack. Only Giulio Ciccone and Oscar Onley managed to stay on his wheel, even if only for 200 metres. The Lidl-Trek rider crossed the line 32” behind the Red Jersey, finishing 3” ahead of Pello Bilbao, who secured his third career podium at the UAE Tour. In the other classifications, Jonathan Milan confirmed his Green Jersey, Djordje Djuric retained the Black Jersey, and Ivan Romeo claimed the White Jersey after Joshua Tarling struggled at the start of the climb.
Tadej Pogacar jumped from 89 to 91 professional wins today: the stage win was his 90th, the GC his 91st.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the UAE Tour 2025 winner Tadej Pogacar said: “The last stage went so fast because it was the last day for some riders who didn’t have a GC contender in their team and wanted to train for the opening weekend in Belgium next week. Crosswinds were suitable to make some chaos in the peloton. It split. Us, the GC riders, had to be attentive. Somehow it worked although at first I didn’t belive it was the right move.
"For me it was a really good day. I wouldn’t mind to go easy to the climb and cool myself instead, but it was a good situation with Rune [Herregodts] and Florian [Vermeersch] to the front. As Rune pulled off, it was my time to attack and go solo. I didn’t want to be surprised by a counter attack or anything. It was better to go at my own pace. Now I won’t take part in any stage race until June so I will switch my mind to one day classics and I hope to do well there also”.
The 2025 UAE Tour final podium, from left: Giulio Ciccone (2nd), Tadej Pogacar (1st) & Pello Bilbao (3rd)
Speaking immediately after being presented with the Red Jersey and the race winner’s trophy on the podium, Tadej Pogacar said: “Today’s race was just suffering until 2km to go when I could relax a bit and try to enjoy the last kilometres, thinking of seeing my family at the finish. It’s nice to finish the UAE Tour like this. For now, I’m glad I’ve won the first race of the season and I can enjoy from now on, going to the classics. I don’t mind if everything goes as smooth as last year. I was in a pretty good shape in Milano-Sanremo last year. This year I’m hoping for luck and finding the good moment in the race to get rid of the sprinters”.
2025 UAE Tour winner Tadej Pogacar. Photo: Sprint Cycling
Complete results:
176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.129 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3hr 44min 4sec |
| 2 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | @ 33sec |
| 3 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:35 |
| 4 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:49 |
| 5 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:16 |
| 6 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 1:25 |
| 7 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:05 |
| 8 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:11 |
| 9 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | 2:33 |
| 10 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:51 |
| 11 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 3:01 |
| 12 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | 3:55 |
| 13 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 14 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 16 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:02 |
| 18 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:40 |
| 19 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 4:54 |
| 20 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:56 |
| 21 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:19 |
| 23 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 24 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 5:41 |
| 25 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 26 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 5:44 |
| 27 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:15 |
| 28 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 29 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 6:38 |
| 30 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 6:39 |
| 31 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 7:23 |
| 32 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 33 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 7:37 |
| 34 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 35 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 7:39 |
| 36 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 7:42 |
| 37 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:49 |
| 38 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 8:11 |
| 39 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 8:58 |
| 40 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:20 |
| 41 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 42 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:46 |
| 43 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 11:12 |
| 44 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 45 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 11:19 |
| 46 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 47 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 11:43 |
| 48 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 11:48 |
| 49 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 11:59 |
| 50 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 51 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 12:34 |
| 52 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 13:55 |
| 53 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 14:09 |
| 54 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 55 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 14:32 |
| 56 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 57 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 14:59 |
| 59 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 15:45 |
| 60 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 16:29 |
| 61 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 62 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 16:37 |
| 63 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 64 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 16:41 |
| 65 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 16:56 |
| 66 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 16:58 |
| 67 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:07 |
| 68 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 17:47 |
| 69 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:51 |
| 70 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 72 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 73 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 74 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 75 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 76 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:42 |
| 77 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 78 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 19:12 |
| 79 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 81 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 82 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 19:34 |
| 83 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 19:47 |
| 84 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 85 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 86 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 87 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 88 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 89 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 90 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 91 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 93 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 94 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 95 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 96 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 97 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 21:32 |
| 99 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:45 |
| 100 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 22:37 |
| 101 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 22:49 |
| 102 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 103 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 23:38 |
| 104 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 105 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 23:43 |
| 106 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 107 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 24:41 |
| 108 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 109 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 110 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 111 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 26:31 |
| 112 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 26:43 |
| 113 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:56 |
| 114 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 115 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 27:25 |
| 116 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 117 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 30:43 |
Final GC after stage 7:
- GC winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Points classification winner: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Best young rider: Ivan Romeo (Movistar)
- Intermediate sprint classification winner: Djordje Djuric (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini)
- Teams classification winner: Movistar
1,013.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.776 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 23hr 8min 42sec |
| 2 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | @ 1min 14sec |
| 3 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 1:19 |
| 4 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 1:26 |
| 5 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:10 |
| 6 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:43 |
| 7 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 2:59 |
| 8 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:49 |
| 9 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 3:52 |
| 10 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | 4:00 |
| 11 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | 4:43 |
| 12 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 5:01 |
| 13 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 5:22 |
| 14 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:26 |
| 15 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:26 |
| 16 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 6:09 |
| 17 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 6:21 |
| 18 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:09 |
| 19 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 7:21 |
| 20 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:46 |
| 21 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:20 |
| 22 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 8:21 |
| 23 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 8:25 |
| 24 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 8:51 |
| 25 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 9:20 |
| 26 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 10:48 |
| 27 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 11:11 |
| 28 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 11:19 |
| 29 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 11:30 |
| 30 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 11:49 |
| 31 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 11:56 |
| 32 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 12:48 |
| 33 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 13:21 |
| 34 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 15:17 |
| 35 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:25 |
| 36 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:57 |
| 37 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 16:07 |
| 38 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 16:55 |
| 39 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 18:38 |
| 40 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 19:12 |
| 41 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 19:39 |
| 42 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 19:53 |
| 43 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 22:59 |
| 44 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 23:44 |
| 45 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 24:17 |
| 46 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 24:49 |
| 47 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 26:01 |
| 48 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 26:44 |
| 49 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 27:19 |
| 50 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 28:18 |
| 51 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 28:20 |
| 52 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 29:04 |
| 53 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 29:25 |
| 54 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 29:28 |
| 55 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 30:27 |
| 56 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 57 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 30:42 |
| 58 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 30:52 |
| 59 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 31:20 |
| 60 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 32:00 |
| 61 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 32:13 |
| 62 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 32:15 |
| 63 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 32:30 |
| 64 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 32:53 |
| 65 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 33:21 |
| 66 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 33:27 |
| 67 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 33:47 |
| 68 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 33:55 |
| 69 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 34:46 |
| 70 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 34:51 |
| 71 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 35:00 |
| 72 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 35:11 |
| 73 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 35:15 |
| 74 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 35:48 |
| 75 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 35:59 |
| 76 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 36:22 |
| 77 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 78 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 36:28 |
| 79 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 36:40 |
| 80 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 36:44 |
| 81 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 36:56 |
| 82 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 37:28 |
| 83 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 37:52 |
| 84 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 37:56 |
| 85 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 86 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 38:20 |
| 87 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 38:29 |
| 88 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 38:47 |
| 89 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 39:07 |
| 90 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 39:18 |
| 91 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 39:40 |
| 92 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 39:52 |
| 93 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 40:06 |
| 94 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 40:39 |
| 95 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 96 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 40:40 |
| 97 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 41:21 |
| 98 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 41:35 |
| 99 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 41:41 |
| 100 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 42:20 |
| 101 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 42:59 |
| 102 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 43:33 |
| 103 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 43:57 |
| 104 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 44:10 |
| 105 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 45:14 |
| 106 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 45:46 |
| 107 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 46:15 |
| 108 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 46:55 |
| 109 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 47:03 |
| 110 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 48:01 |
| 111 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 49:22 |
| 112 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 50:27 |
| 113 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 50:47 |
| 114 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 51:31 |
| 115 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 52:42 |
| 116 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 55:16 |
| 117 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 58:47 |
Stage 7 map & profile:
Stage 7 map
Stage 7 profile
Saturday, February 22: Stage 6, Abu Dhabi Cycle Club - Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 165 km
Tim Merlier takes his seventh career win at the UAE Tour. Photo: Getty Sport
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Weather at Abu Dhabi at 9:00 AM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain. By 1:00 the temperature is forecast to climb to 25C (77F).
The stage: A stage around the city of Abu Dhabi. Starting at the Abu Dhabi Cycle Club, the route passes through Khalifa City, Yas Island, and returns to Abu Dhabi via Saadiyat Island. The route crosses Al Maryah Island, Al Reem Island, and Yifenah Island, with a key passage at Qasr Al Hosn. The final approach leads from south to north, concluding at Abu Dhabi Breakwater in a likely sprint finish.
Final kilometers: The last 5 km are on a wide road with large half-curves leading to the finish line on tarmac.
Stage 6 gets started
The race: Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Tim Merlier said: “I like to win but I also like to be a bit safer than I was today. I was in the washing machine and I found a gap with 300m to go. I tried to surprise the others but the headwind was strong. I was suffering. It’s been a difficult victory for me to get. My lead out man crashed yesterday so maybe it wasn’t a good idea to do his job today but he still did. Unfortunately we lost each other. I got boxed in and I thought I wasn’t going to make it but I found that gap. I won’t win tomorrow but I always like to race here so I will come back next year”.
The Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “Today I kept my calm and didn’t try to break away. To be honest, I got bored, like most of the bunch today at some point. It’s also part of cycling. I tried to look around and admire the city but it’s always necessary to stay focused to avoid a crash. The UAE Tour is the home race for the team so it’s an honour for me to race here and fight for the victory tomorrow at Jebel Hafeet. I like this Red Jersey!”.
Racing around Abu Dhabi
Here's the race organizer's stage six summary:
Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 22 February 2025 – Tim Merlier dominated the final sprint of the UAE Tour, securing his third consecutive win at the Abu Dhabi Breakwater finish line. With a perfectly timed sprint, he edged out Jasper Philipsen and Green Jersey wearer Jonathan Milan, bringing his total to seven stage wins in The One and Only UCI WorldTour race in the Middle East.
The sprint finish was far than guaranteed, as the peloton only caught the last two breakaway survivors, Carlos Samudio and Manuele Tarozzi, with just 2.5 km to go. The duo had been part of a four-men breakaway that also featured Kristian Sbaragli and Black Jersey holder Djordje Djuric. Tomorrow, the decisive stage for the general classification unfolds with the summit finish at Jebel Hafeet. Red Jersey leader Tadej Pogacar will start with a 21" advantage over Joshua Tarling and 27" over Ivan Romeo.
Tadej Pogacar will start the final stage in the GC leader's red jersey.
PRESS CONFERENCE
Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner Tim Merlier said: “I was a bit dropped today. We tried to organise it like yesterday but it was difficult with the headwind. With 1.5km to go, I lost Bert [Van Lerberghe]. I was behind and he didn’t come back. I was far, I thought it was over but I found a gap with 300 metres to go and I surprised everyone. It was a long effort. I was happy to stay in the front”.
The Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “In a one-week stage race with an uphill sprint, one time trial, three bunch sprints and two mountain stages, you have to be good every day. We are used to the UAE Tour. I’m also used to Jebel Hafeet. I’ve already won there several times but I also lost once to Adam Yates who is now my team-mate. I hope I can deliver again tomorrow or if it’s not me, maybe Jay Vine can do it. For sure we’ll go for it, either way, and bring some more memories from the UAE. We have two cards to play. Jay is also up there on GC. He’s super strong. Let’s hope for good legs tomorrow. It’s going to be another windy day so we’ll have to stay focused from start to finish”.
STATISTICS
- Tim Merlier is the first rider with back-to-back wins at the UAE Tour.
- Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen finished 8 times in first and second. In 5 occasions the winner was Merlier, 3 times it was Philipsen. It’s the first time they finish 1-2 at the UAE Tour.
- Merlier, Philipsen and Milan shared only one podium before today in a professional race: that was two days ago, when the winner was Milan from Merlier in 2nd and Philipsen in 3rd.
- Belgium is the first country with 10 stage wins at the UAE Tour.
- Slovenia follows at 6; then Australia, Italy, the Netherlands, United Kingdom at 4.
Complete results:
165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.150 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 44min 14sec |
| 2 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 3 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 4 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 5 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 6 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 7 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 8 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 9 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 10 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 11 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 12 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 13 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 16 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 17 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 18 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 19 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 20 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 22 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 23 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 24 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 25 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 26 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 27 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 28 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 29 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 30 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 31 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 32 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 33 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 34 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 35 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 36 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 37 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 38 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 39 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 40 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 41 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 42 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 43 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 44 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 45 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 47 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 48 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 49 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 50 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 51 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 54 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 55 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 56 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 57 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 58 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 59 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 61 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 62 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 63 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 66 | William Barta | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 68 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 69 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 70 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 71 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 72 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 73 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 74 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 75 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 77 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 78 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 79 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 80 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 82 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 83 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 84 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 85 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 86 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 87 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 88 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 89 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 90 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 91 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 92 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 93 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 95 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 96 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 97 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 99 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 100 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 101 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | @ 54sec |
| 102 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | @ 0sec |
| 103 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | @ 0sec |
| 104 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 105 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 106 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 0sec |
| 107 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 0sec |
| 108 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | @ 0sec |
| 109 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:54 |
| 110 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 1:12 |
| 111 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:25 |
| 112 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:39 |
| 113 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 114 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 115 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 0sec |
| 116 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 0sec |
| 117 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 0sec |
| 118 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 0sec |
| 119 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:56 |
| 120 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 121 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | @ 0sec |
| 122 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:01 |
| 123 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:07 |
| 124 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 125 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | @ 0sec |
| 126 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:28 |
| 127 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | @ 0sec |
GC after stage 6:
- GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Intermediate sprint classification leader: Djordje Djuric (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini)
- Teams classification leader: Movistar
837.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.125 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 19hr 24min 48sec |
| 2 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 21sec |
| 3 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:27 |
| 4 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:28 |
| 5 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:36 |
| 6 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | 0:37 |
| 7 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:38 |
| 8 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 9 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:41 |
| 10 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:44 |
| 11 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:56 |
| 12 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:15 |
| 13 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:17 |
| 14 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:21 |
| 16 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 1:24 |
| 17 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 18 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:28 |
| 19 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:37 |
| 20 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:40 |
| 21 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:46 |
| 22 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 2:04 |
| 23 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:17 |
| 24 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:29 |
| 25 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 2:30 |
| 26 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:24 |
| 27 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:29 |
| 28 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:34 |
| 29 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3:45 |
| 30 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 3:47 |
| 31 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:57 |
| 32 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:03 |
| 33 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 4:04 |
| 34 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:35 |
| 35 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 4:54 |
| 36 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:57 |
| 37 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:24 |
| 38 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 5:59 |
| 39 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 6:56 |
| 40 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:03 |
| 41 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:00 |
| 42 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 8:20 |
| 43 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 9:16 |
| 44 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 9:18 |
| 45 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:21 |
| 46 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:30 |
| 47 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:48 |
| 48 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 11:27 |
| 49 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 12:26 |
| 50 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 12:48 |
| 51 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:06 |
| 52 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:17 |
| 53 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 13:29 |
| 54 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 13:30 |
| 55 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 13:33 |
| 56 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 13:38 |
| 57 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:59 |
| 58 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 14:01 |
| 59 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:03 |
| 60 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:32 |
| 61 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:35 |
| 62 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 14:38 |
| 63 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 14:49 |
| 64 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:52 |
| 65 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 14:59 |
| 66 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 15:14 |
| 67 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:19 |
| 68 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:51 |
| 69 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:04 |
| 70 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 16:37 |
| 71 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 16:38 |
| 72 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:00 |
| 73 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:07 |
| 74 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:16 |
| 75 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 17:23 |
| 76 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:31 |
| 77 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:49 |
| 78 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:53 |
| 79 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 17:54 |
| 80 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 17:59 |
| 81 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:04 |
| 82 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 18:14 |
| 83 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 18:25 |
| 84 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:32 |
| 85 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 18:34 |
| 86 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:38 |
| 87 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:40 |
| 88 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 18:42 |
| 89 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:44 |
| 90 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 18:50 |
| 91 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 19:11 |
| 92 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 93 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 19:21 |
| 94 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:22 |
| 95 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:24 |
| 96 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 19:34 |
| 97 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 19:35 |
| 98 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 19:51 |
| 99 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 100 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 20:08 |
| 101 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 20:17 |
| 102 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 20:23 |
| 103 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 20:26 |
| 104 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 20:42 |
| 105 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 20:43 |
| 106 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 20:44 |
| 107 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 21:06 |
| 108 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 21:24 |
| 109 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 21:29 |
| 110 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 21:39 |
| 111 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 22:04 |
| 112 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 22:22 |
| 113 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 22:23 |
| 114 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 22:46 |
| 115 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 23:38 |
| 116 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 24:00 |
| 117 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 24:06 |
| 118 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 24:13 |
| 119 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 24:25 |
| 120 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:23 |
| 121 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:11 |
| 122 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 27:14 |
| 123 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 29:19: |
| 124 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 29:55 |
| 125 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 126 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 31:54 |
| 127 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 35:19 |
Stage 6 map & profile:
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
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Friday, February 21: Stage 5, American University in Dubai - Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, 160 km
Tim Merlier wins UAE Tour stage five. Photo: Dario Berlingheri/Getty Images
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Weather at the race city of Dubai at 8:50 AM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the east at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain. The temperature is forecast to climb to 28C (82F) by 1:00 PM.
The stage: A stage in Dubai. The race will leave the city in the direction of the desert, passing the classic sites of these stages such as the Al Qudra Cycletrack and the Meydan Racecourse. It then reaches the Dubai Safari Park. The entire route winds along very wide and essentially straight, roads interspersed with roundabouts that have a very large radius and are well paved.
Final kilometers: The finale is on a wide avenue, with a 700 m straight.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary:
Tim Merlier extends his UAE Tour record by securing his sixth victory in the fastest-ever stage (48.571 km/h) of the One and Only UCI WorldTour race in the Middle East. It was once again Tadej Pogacar who shook the things up. The Red Jersey, along with Black Jersey holder Djordje Djuric and defending champion Lennart Van Eetvelt, joined an early-stage breakaway that animated the first part of the race.
Red jersey Tadej Pogacar leads the early break.
Thanks to the Intermediate Sprints, Pogacar and Van Eetvelt gained 3” over their GC competitors. With 39 km to go, the peloton reeled in the breakaway, setting the stage for a sprinter showdown. After a crash little over 3 km to go, the final sprint battle was between Merlier and Green Jersey holder Milan. This time it was the European Champion who had the best, while Malucelli edged out his compatriot with a last-second bike throw to claim second place.
Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner Tim Merlier said: “I was thinking during the race that maybe I could win the fastest ever stage of the UAE Tour. This is a WorldTour race so it’s a very important one for all of us. Yesterday there were several moves in the wind, then I couldn’t find any slipstream anymore, I had to pass two riders to choose my moment and I saw Jonathan Milan was already starting his sprint. I was lacking a bit of speed. Today, I was coming back from a pee stop when Tadej Pogacar attacked and we started pulling then we asked help from other teams. The guys did a very good job to bring it back. I’m very satisfied with today’s victory”.
Tadej Pogacar retains the GC leader's red jersey.
The Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: ““It was not the plan to extend my lead throughout time bonuses today but the move happened in a funny moment just like last year at Volta Catalunya when Domen [Novak] came with me to the front but today, other guys followed as well and it turned out to be a breakaway. We just sort of commit but we tried not to spend too much. It was a good day out, trying to keep the breakaway alive. We finished the stage much faster because of that. In the finale, my team-mates tried to make a bubble around me behind the sprinters’ teams, just to stay safe. For 90% of the peloton, it was a comfortable day on the road”.
The Green Jersey Jonathan Milan said: “It was a difficult finale and [team-mate] Simone [Consonni] crashed, quite far away from the end. But he was feeling good so we tried to move together. It just happens that in the last kilometres sometimes you miss each other, it’s important to learn from a situation like today’s and to keep pushing and looking for other victories. Tomorrow we have another good stage. I’m looking forward to it although I’m starting to feel the heat but I still have good legs. Congratulations to Tim Merlier for his win today. He did a nice sprint”.
STATISTICS
- Today’s stage was run at 48.751 kph, the new record for a road stage of the UAE Tour, beating the Al Mirfa stage of 2021, won by Mathieu Van der Poel at 46.771 kph.
- Tim Merlier recorded his 53rd professional win, the 3rd this year after stages 1 and 3 at the AlUla Tour.
- Matteo Malucelli (2nd) posted his first career top-3 in a World Tour race. Up to now he had recorded 41 podiums in Professional races, but not at World Tour level.
- Team Soudal-Quick Step, in its various denominations, is the first one with 10 stages won at the UAE Tour, leaving UAE Team Emirates at 9.
Complete results:
Sergio Higuita (XDS Astana) did not start.
There were two crashes in the final three kilometers of the stage.
160 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.752 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 16min 55sec |
| 2 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 3 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 4 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 6 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 10 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 11 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 13 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 14 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 15 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 16 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 17 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 18 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 19 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 20 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 21 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 22 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 23 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 24 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 25 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 27 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 28 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 31 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 32 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 33 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 34 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 36 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 37 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 38 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 40 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 41 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 42 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 43 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 44 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 45 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 46 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 47 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 49 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 50 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 51 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 52 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 53 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 54 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 56 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 57 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 58 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 59 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 60 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 61 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 62 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 63 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 64 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 65 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 66 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 67 | Logan Currie | Lotto | @ 50sec |
| 68 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | @ 0sec |
| 69 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:58 |
| 70 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 72 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 73 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | @ 0sec |
| 74 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:58 |
| 75 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 76 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | @ 0sec |
| 77 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:58 |
| 78 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 79 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 80 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 81 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 0sec |
| 82 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 0:58 |
| 83 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 85 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 0sec |
| 86 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:58 |
| 87 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 88 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 89 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 90 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:21 |
| 91 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | @ 0sec |
| 92 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:21 |
| 93 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 94 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:38 |
| 95 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | @ 0sec |
| 96 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:38 |
| 97 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 98 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 99 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | @ 0sec |
| 100 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:38 |
| 101 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:51 |
| 102 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:22 |
| 103 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 104 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 105 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 106 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 2:30 |
| 107 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 108 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 109 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 110 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 111 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 2:37 |
| 112 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:43 |
| 113 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:47 |
| 114 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 115 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:04 |
| 116 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 117 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:12 |
| 118 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 119 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | @ 0sec |
| 120 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:12 |
| 121 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | @ 0sec |
| 122 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 3:41 |
| 123 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:46 |
| 124 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:56 |
| 125 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | @ 0sec |
| 126 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:12 |
| 127 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 0sec |
| 128 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 129 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 130 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | @ 0sec |
| 131 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:12 |
| 132 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | @ 0sec |
| 133 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:42 |
GC after stage 5:
- GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Ldl-Trek)
- Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Intermediate sprint classification leader: Djordje Djuric (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini)
- Teams classification leader: Movistar
672.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.881 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15hr 40min 34sec |
| 2 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 21sec |
| 3 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:27 |
| 4 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:28 |
| 5 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:36 |
| 6 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | 0:37 |
| 7 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:38 |
| 8 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 9 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:41 |
| 10 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:44 |
| 11 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:56 |
| 12 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:15 |
| 13 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:17 |
| 14 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:21 |
| 16 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 1:24 |
| 17 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:24 |
| 18 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:28 |
| 19 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:37 |
| 20 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:40 |
| 21 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:46 |
| 22 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 2:04 |
| 23 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:17 |
| 24 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:29 |
| 25 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 2:30 |
| 26 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:16 |
| 27 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:24 |
| 28 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:29 |
| 29 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:34 |
| 30 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3:45 |
| 31 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 3:47 |
| 32 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:57 |
| 33 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:03 |
| 34 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 4:04 |
| 35 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 4:35 |
| 36 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 4:54 |
| 37 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:57 |
| 38 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:24 |
| 39 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:31 |
| 40 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 5:59 |
| 41 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 6:56 |
| 42 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:03 |
| 43 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 8:00 |
| 44 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 8:06 |
| 45 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 8:20 |
| 46 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 8:22 |
| 47 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:21 |
| 48 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:30 |
| 49 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:48 |
| 50 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 11:27 |
| 51 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 12:26 |
| 52 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 12:39 |
| 53 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 12:48 |
| 54 | Lars Craps | Lotto | s.t. |
| 55 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:06 |
| 56 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:17 |
| 57 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 13:29 |
| 58 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 13:30 |
| 59 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 13:38 |
| 60 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:59 |
| 61 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 14:01 |
| 62 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:03 |
| 63 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:32 |
| 64 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:35 |
| 65 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 14:38 |
| 66 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 14:49 |
| 67 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:52 |
| 68 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:59 |
| 69 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 14:59 |
| 70 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 15:14 |
| 71 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:19 |
| 72 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:51 |
| 73 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:04 |
| 74 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 16:41 |
| 75 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:06 |
| 76 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:07 |
| 77 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:16 |
| 78 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 17:23 |
| 79 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 17:28 |
| 80 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:31 |
| 81 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 17:32 |
| 82 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 17:34 |
| 83 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:53 |
| 84 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 17:54 |
| 85 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 17:55 |
| 86 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 17:59 |
| 87 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 88 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:04 |
| 89 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 18:14 |
| 90 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 18:25 |
| 91 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:32 |
| 92 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 18:34 |
| 93 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 18:35 |
| 94 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:38 |
| 95 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:40 |
| 96 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 18:42 |
| 97 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:44 |
| 98 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 18:50 |
| 99 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:56 |
| 100 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:11 |
| 101 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 19:17 |
| 102 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 19:21 |
| 103 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:22 |
| 104 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 19:51 |
| 105 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 19:51 |
| 106 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 20:08 |
| 107 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 20:17 |
| 108 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 20:23 |
| 109 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 20:26 |
| 110 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 20:27 |
| 111 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 20:43 |
| 112 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 20:44 |
| 113 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 21:06 |
| 114 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 21:21 |
| 115 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 21:24 |
| 116 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 21:29 |
| 117 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 21:38 |
| 118 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 21:39 |
| 119 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 22:04 |
| 120 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 22:22 |
| 121 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 23:40 |
| 122 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 24:00 |
| 123 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 24:17 |
| 124 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 24:25 |
| 125 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:23 |
| 126 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:11 |
| 127 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 27:14 |
| 128 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 27:36 |
| 129 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 27:48 |
| 130 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 29:19 |
| 131 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 29:55 |
| 132 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 31:54 |
| 133 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 35:25 |
Stage 5 map & profile:
Stage 5 map
Stage 5 profile
Thursday, February 20: Stage 4, Taqa/Fujairah Qidfa Beach - Umm Al Quwain, 181 km
Lidl-Trek's Jonathan Milan gets his second stage with this UAE Tour. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Umm Al Quwain at 9:00 AM, local time: 20C (68F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 3 km/hr (2 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain, rising to 8% at 2:00 PM. The temperature is projected to climb to 25C (77F) by 1:00 PM.
The stage: Starting in Fujairah Qidfa Beach to reach Umm Al Quwain, the stage crosses the desert areas on the edge of the Hajar Mountains. It touches the largest number of Emirates of all the stages. After Masafi, the desert route diverges from the direct highway, mostly following wide, well-paved and straight roads leading to the final sprint in Umm al Quwain. Wind and occasional sand might be determining factors.
Final kilometers: The final km is on a wide avenue.
The stage finish from a distance. Photo: Sprint Cycling
The race: Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Jonathan Milan said: “I think I started sprinting a bit too early. At the end, this throw of the bike made the difference in my favour on the photo-finish. I’m really happy with the result. I was looking forward to this. Echelons always make races more interesting. They are important ahead of the classics to get used to how to move. We were always inside [the first group], we were ready for them. We moved in a perfect way today. It’s easier with this team to deliver this kind of result. It hurt the legs and made a bit of a selection. We’re here to win as much as possible”.
Here's the race organizer's stage four report:
Umm Al Quwain, 20 February 2025 – After winning the opening stage, Jonathan Milan doubles his tally with a photo-finish victory in stage 4 of the UAE Tour. The Lidl-Trek sprinter launched his sprint early and held off a late comeback from Belgian rivals Merlier and Philipsen, securing his third win of the season.
The TAQA Stage saw a chaotic finale, with the peloton splitting multiple times due to the fierce winds—though never catching Red Jersey wearer Tadej Pogačar off guard. The Slovenian remains firmly in control of the general classification, while the Green Jersey now belongs to Jonathan Milan, and the Black Jersey is taken over by Dorde Duric.
The peloton speeds across the desert. Sprint Cycling photo
Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner Jonathan Milan said: “I saw Tim Merlier coming very fast, then I waited for the photo finish and I eventually was told that I won but I didn’t know. In my first years as a pro, I wasn’t so successful because I had to gain experience first, learn how to move. Step by step, I got there. Today’s stage gives me a lot of confidence for Milano-Sanremo considering the level of the sprinters at the UAE Tour but Milano-Sanremo has a different finale. We knew there was a high chance of echelons with the wind there was today, but we were always ready and always in the front group”.
Tadej Pogacar will start stage five in the red GC leader's jersey. Sprint Cycling photo
The Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “My aim in the echelons was staying safe and not losing time. In the echelons, you have fun if you are in the front group and you don’t if you are behind. It wasn’t our initiative, we followed the moves. I’m always up for action anyway. I enjoyed it today. The team did an amazing job staying in the front when it was important. It was hard but we had some fun. I thought it would be safer to have a sprint in a reduced group. Some people think we have easy stages at the UAE Tour but so far, there has been some action every day. It also makes it a good preparation race for the classics”.
STATISTICS
- Jonathan Milan records his 2nd win at the UAE Tour, becoming the most successful Italian rider in this race.
- 19th professional win for Jonathan Milan, already the 3rd this year. Last year he finished the season with 11 wins, with only one as early as February.
- Jonathan Milan joins Sam Bennett (2021), Jasper Philipsen (2022), Tadej Pogacar (2022) and Tim Merlier (2023): the only riders who scored 2 wins in one edition at the UAE Tour. The record is just one win away: Merlier won 3 times last year.
- 12th leader’s jersey at the UAE Tour for Tadej Pogacar, which equals the sum of his two closest rivals: 7 by Primoz Roglic and 5 by Remco Evenepoel.
Stage 4 gets started. Photo: Sprint Cycling
Complete results:
181 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.688 km/hr
| 1 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 4hr 3min 1sec |
| 2 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 3 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 4 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 5 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 7 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 8 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 10 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 11 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 13 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 14 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 17 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 18 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 19 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 20 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 21 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 23 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 26 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 27 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 28 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 29 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 30 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 31 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 33 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 34 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 35 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 36 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 37 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 38 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 40 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 41 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 42 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 43 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 44 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 45 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 46 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 47 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 48 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 49 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 50 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 51 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 52 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 53 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 54 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 55 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 56 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 57 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 58 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 60 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 62 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 64 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 65 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 67 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 68 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 69 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 70 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 72 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 73 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 75 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 77 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 78 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 80 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 81 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 82 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 83 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | @ 15sec |
| 84 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:21 |
| 85 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 86 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 87 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 88 | Lars Craps | Lotto | s.t. |
| 89 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 90 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 91 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:38 |
| 92 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 93 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:48 |
| 94 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 95 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 96 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:10 |
| 97 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 1:17 |
| 98 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 99 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:27 |
| 100 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 101 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 102 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:41 |
| 103 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:52 |
| 104 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:00 |
| 105 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 2:18 |
| 106 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 107 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:52 |
| 108 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 109 | William Barta | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 110 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:32 |
| 111 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:01 |
| 112 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:15 |
| 113 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 115 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 116 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 117 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 118 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 119 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 120 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 121 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 122 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 123 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 124 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 125 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 126 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 127 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 128 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 129 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 130 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 131 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 132 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 5:11 |
| 133 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 5:21 |
| 134 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
GC after stage 4:
- GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Sprint classification leader: Dorde Duric (Solution Tech-Vini Fantini)
- Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers
512.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.323 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 12hr 23min 42sec |
| 2 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 18sec |
| 3 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 0:23 |
| 4 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:24 |
| 5 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:25 |
| 6 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:33 |
| 7 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | 0:34 |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:35 |
| 9 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:38 |
| 10 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 11 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:39 |
| 12 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:41 |
| 13 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:45 |
| 14 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:51 |
| 15 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:53 |
| 16 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:12 |
| 17 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:14 |
| 18 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 19 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:17 |
| 20 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:18 |
| 21 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:21 |
| 22 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:25 |
| 23 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:34 |
| 24 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 2:01 |
| 25 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:14 |
| 26 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:26 |
| 27 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 2:27 |
| 28 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:28 |
| 29 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:33 |
| 30 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:54 |
| 31 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | 3:09 |
| 32 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:21 |
| 33 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 3:42 |
| 34 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 3:44 |
| 35 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:54 |
| 36 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:00 |
| 37 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 38 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 4:01 |
| 39 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 4:51 |
| 40 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:54 |
| 41 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 4:58 |
| 42 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 5:55 |
| 43 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:02 |
| 44 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:28 |
| 45 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:23 |
| 46 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 7:57 |
| 47 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 8:03 |
| 48 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 8:17 |
| 49 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:20 |
| 50 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 8:54 |
| 51 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:27 |
| 52 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:34 |
| 53 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 10:08 |
| 54 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 11:00 |
| 55 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 11:11 |
| 56 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 11:30 |
| 57 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:31 |
| 58 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:38 |
| 59 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 12:23 |
| 60 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 12:35 |
| 61 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 12:45 |
| 62 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:03 |
| 63 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:14 |
| 64 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 13:26 |
| 65 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 13:27 |
| 66 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 13:35 |
| 67 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 13:51 |
| 68 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:00 |
| 69 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:29 |
| 70 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:32 |
| 71 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:42 |
| 72 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 73 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 14:46 |
| 74 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 14:56 |
| 75 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:01 |
| 76 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 15:10 |
| 77 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:28 |
| 78 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 15:31 |
| 79 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:42 |
| 80 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:48 |
| 81 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:01 |
| 82 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 16:42 |
| 83 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:03 |
| 84 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 17:06 |
| 85 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:13 |
| 86 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:14 |
| 87 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 17:25 |
| 88 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:28 |
| 89 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 17:34 |
| 90 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 17:35 |
| 91 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 17:49 |
| 92 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:50 |
| 93 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 17:51 |
| 94 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 17:52 |
| 95 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 18:01 |
| 96 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 97 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:06 |
| 98 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 18:23 |
| 99 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:29 |
| 100 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 18:31 |
| 101 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 18:36 |
| 102 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:37 |
| 103 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 18:39 |
| 104 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:41 |
| 105 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:53 |
| 106 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:08 |
| 107 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 19:14 |
| 108 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 19:18 |
| 109 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:19 |
| 110 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 19:26 |
| 111 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 19:48 |
| 112 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 113 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 20:20 |
| 114 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 20:28 |
| 115 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 20:40 |
| 116 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 20:41 |
| 117 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:03 |
| 118 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 119 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 21:18 |
| 120 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 21:21 |
| 121 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 21:27 |
| 122 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 21:36 |
| 123 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 22:01 |
| 124 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 22:19 |
| 125 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 23:59 |
| 126 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 24:22 |
| 127 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 25:55 |
| 128 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:20 |
| 129 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 26:24 |
| 130 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:08 |
| 131 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 28:54 |
| 132 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 29:22 |
| 133 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 31:51 |
| 134 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 32:55 |
Stage 4 map & profile:
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
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Wednesday, February 19: Stage 3, Ras Khaimah - Jebel Jais, 181 km
Tadej Pogacar wins the stage and is the new GC leader.
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Weather at Jebel Jais at 9:00 AM local time: 16C (61F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 6 km/hr (4 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to climb to 18C (64F) by 1:00 PM.
The stage: The first of the two mountain stages of this UAE Tour. The stage is divided into two distinct parts. The first one approaches the final mountain by undulating through the desert, while the last one features approximately 20 km of continuous climbing all the way to the finish. Starting in Ras al Khaimah, the race reaches Al Marjan Island and returns to the desert. After the Ras al Khaimah airport, the race heads straight for Jais Mountain. The final climb is approximately 20 km long with a constant 5% gradient, with slightly higher gradients around 7% in the last 2 km.
Final kilometers
The final climb winds through hairpin bends on a very wide roadway. Gradients are mainly around 4-5% in the first part and 5-7% in the second one, peaking at 9% around 2 km from the finish. The finish is on straight asphalt roads.
The race: Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and new Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “It feels amazing to get the first win of the year, finally back racing and super happy with a victory after three days. It was hard for the guys to control the race because it was a long stage. We got no help whatsoever until the final climb. We executed the plan very well. Everybody in the team deserves the victory. We asked Ineos if they wanted to pay honor to the jersey but Rune [Herregodts] was left pulling all day. Lotto helped us a bit and we tried to do the climb at our pace. It’s special to win in the UAE with the rainbow jersey. Part of me was hoping that Joshua Tarling would hold on to the bunch and retain the red jersey but I’ll be more than happy to wear the race leader’s jersey tomorrow. The GC is not over though. In three flat stages, you never know what can happen here. Tomorrow we’ll only past half way into the race”.
Here's the race organizer's stage three report:
Jebel Jais, 19 February 2025 – Tadej Pogačar claims his first victory of 2025 at Jebel Jais, outpowering his rivals in an uphill sprint launched from the front in the last 300 meters. The Slovenian, now tied with Tim Merlier at five stage wins in the UAE Tour, perfectly executed his team’s strategy, as they controlled most of the final climb. An attack by Felix Gall at 1,500 meters from the finish put Red Jersey Joshua Tarling in trouble, but the UAE Team Emirates – XRG responded immediately, with an impressive Jay Vine setting up Pogačar. In the general classification, the Slovenian now leads with an 18-second advantage over Tarling, who retained the White Jersey, and 23 seconds over Castrillo.
The peloton on its way to the Jebel Jais climb. Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency
Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner and new Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “Everybody watching this race knows that Jebel Jais is windy. It meant the guys pulling were suffering quite a lot but when you’re in the bunch, it’s not like that. Today’s race was no science fiction. I was hoping for Joshua Tarling to stay closer and keep the red jersey so I would have continued racing in the rainbow jersey.
Pogacar starts throwing some high heat. Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency
"At the end I’m happy to lead the race but we also know that Jebel Jais isn’t very suitable for making differences. Every year we hear that this is a sprint of the GC riders. It’s easier to have bigger gaps in steeper climbs, not only for me but in general. It’s great that my parents finally have a chance to come here and watch this race. They’re enjoying it and I also enjoyed to see them on the start line and know that they’d be here at the finish. Today is a confirmation that my winter training has been good. But I already had that feeling yesterday. It’s a motivation booster”.
Tadej Pogacar can sit up and celebrate his victory. Photo: Sprint Cycling Agency
The White Jersey Joshua Tarling said: “I’m satisfied with how it went. It was quite a smooth pace the whole way up so I’ve settled into a rhythm until Decathlon-AG2R started to really ramp it so with one and half kilometre to get, I was a bit off the back but I some left to keep the pace uphill. We a nice few safe stages and I’ll head into the last day the same way we did today for me and Carlos [Rodriguez]”.
STATISTICS
- 5th stage win at the UAE Tour for Tadej Pogacar, equalling Tim Merlier for the record.
- Tadej Pogacar recorded his 89th professional win, the first this season. His wait for a win was 130 days: since he won Il Lombardia last October.
- Only 2 riders won stages at the UAE Tour wearing the Rainbow Jersey: Alejandro Valverde in Jebel Hafeet in 2019 and Tadej Pogacar in Jebel Jais this year.
- Oscar Onley posted his 2nd season podium. He was 2nd, like in the 5th stage of the Tour Down Under in Willunga Hill.
Complete results:
Sean Quinn (EF Education-EasyPost) did not start.
181 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.338 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4hr 36min 4sec |
| 2 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 3 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 4 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 5 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 6 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 7 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | @ 4sec |
| 8 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 9 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 10 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 11 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 12 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 14 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:07 |
| 15 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 16 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 17 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:10 |
| 18 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:20 |
| 19 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 20 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 21 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:26 |
| 22 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:28 |
| 23 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 0:31 |
| 24 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 0:33 |
| 25 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 26 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:42 |
| 27 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:44 |
| 28 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 0:50 |
| 29 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 0:52 |
| 30 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:56 |
| 31 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 1:02 |
| 32 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:08 |
| 33 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | 1:13 |
| 34 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:18 |
| 35 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:19 |
| 36 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 37 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 1:24 |
| 38 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:00 |
| 39 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 40 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 41 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 42 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 44 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:19 |
| 45 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:26 |
| 46 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 2:43 |
| 47 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 3:01 |
| 48 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:40 |
| 49 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 4:14 |
| 50 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 4:16 |
| 51 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:35 |
| 52 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 53 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 54 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4:42 |
| 55 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:53 |
| 56 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:08 |
| 57 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 6:48 |
| 58 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 59 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:15 |
| 60 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 61 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 8:15 |
| 62 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 64 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 9:31 |
| 65 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 10:15 |
| 66 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 67 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 10:17 |
| 68 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 69 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 70 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 71 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 72 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 73 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 74 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 77 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 10:51 |
| 78 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 10:53 |
| 79 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 10:58 |
| 80 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 81 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 82 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 83 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 84 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 85 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 11:41 |
| 86 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 11:55 |
| 87 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 12:44 |
| 88 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 12:49 |
| 89 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 90 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 13:07 |
| 91 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 92 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 14:35 |
| 93 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 15:07 |
| 94 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 15:10 |
| 95 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 15:38 |
| 96 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 97 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 98 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 99 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 15:40 |
| 100 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 101 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 102 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 103 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 15:49 |
| 104 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 105 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 106 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 107 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:55 |
| 108 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 15:57 |
| 109 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 110 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 111 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 112 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 113 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 115 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 116 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 117 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 118 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 119 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 120 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 121 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 122 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 123 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 124 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 125 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 126 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 127 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 128 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 17:31 |
| 129 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 130 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 22:39 |
| 131 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 132 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 133 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 134 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 135 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 23:16 |
GC after stage 3:
- GC leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Points classification leader: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates-XRG)
- Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers
331.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.690 km/hr
| 1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8hr 20min 41sec |
| 2 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 18sec |
| 3 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 0:23 |
| 4 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:24 |
| 5 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:26 |
| 6 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:33 |
| 7 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | 0:34 |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:35 |
| 9 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:38 |
| 10 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 11 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:39 |
| 12 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:41 |
| 13 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:45 |
| 14 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:50 |
| 15 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:51 |
| 16 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:53 |
| 17 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:12 |
| 18 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:14 |
| 19 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 20 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:17 |
| 21 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:18 |
| 22 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:21 |
| 23 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:25 |
| 24 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:34 |
| 25 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 2:01 |
| 26 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 2:06 |
| 27 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:13 |
| 28 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:14 |
| 29 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:26 |
| 30 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 2:27 |
| 31 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 2:28 |
| 32 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:33 |
| 33 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:51 |
| 34 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:54 |
| 35 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:08 |
| 36 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | 3:09 |
| 37 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 3:21 |
| 38 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:36 |
| 39 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 3:44 |
| 40 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:54 |
| 41 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:00 |
| 42 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 43 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 4:02 |
| 44 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:54 |
| 45 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | 5:55 |
| 46 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 6:00 |
| 47 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 6:02 |
| 48 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 6:30 |
| 49 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 6:45 |
| 50 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 7:15 |
| 51 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 7:23 |
| 52 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 8:03 |
| 53 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:20 |
| 54 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 55 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 8:54 |
| 56 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 9:27 |
| 57 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 9:34 |
| 58 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 9:47 |
| 59 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 10:14 |
| 60 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 10:41 |
| 61 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 11:00 |
| 62 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 11:38 |
| 63 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | 12:23 |
| 64 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 12:42 |
| 65 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 12:45 |
| 66 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 12:57 |
| 67 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:01 |
| 68 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:03 |
| 69 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 13:12 |
| 70 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 13:14 |
| 71 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 13:19 |
| 72 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 13:26 |
| 73 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 13:30 |
| 74 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 13:32 |
| 75 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 13:34 |
| 76 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:00 |
| 77 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:08 |
| 78 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 14:11 |
| 79 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 14:15 |
| 80 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 14:21 |
| 81 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 14:21 |
| 82 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:29 |
| 83 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 14:43 |
| 84 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 14:46 |
| 85 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 14:48 |
| 86 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 15:07 |
| 87 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 15:11 |
| 88 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 15:28 |
| 89 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 15:40 |
| 90 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 15:48 |
| 91 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 16:00 |
| 92 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 16:25 |
| 93 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 16:52 |
| 94 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 17:07 |
| 95 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 17:25 |
| 96 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:28 |
| 97 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 17:35 |
| 98 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 17:47 |
| 99 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 17:50 |
| 100 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 17:51 |
| 101 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 18:01 |
| 102 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 103 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 18:04 |
| 104 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:12 |
| 105 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 18:26 |
| 106 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:29 |
| 107 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 18:31 |
| 108 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 18:37 |
| 109 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 18:39 |
| 110 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 18:40 |
| 111 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:41 |
| 112 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 18:45 |
| 113 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:53 |
| 114 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 19:08 |
| 115 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 19:14 |
| 116 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 19:19 |
| 117 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 19:27 |
| 118 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 19:44 |
| 119 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 19:48 |
| 120 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 20:00 |
| 121 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 20:07 |
| 122 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 20:20 |
| 123 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 20:40 |
| 124 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 20:41 |
| 125 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 21:03 |
| 126 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 21:15 |
| 127 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 21:21 |
| 128 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 21:40 |
| 129 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 22:09 |
| 130 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 26:20 |
| 131 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:08 |
| 132 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 27:40 |
| 133 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 27:57 |
| 134 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 29:22 |
| 135 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 30:10 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
Tuesday, February 18: Stage 2, Al Hudayriyat Island 12.2 km individual time trial
Joshua Tarling wins the time trial and becomes the new GC leader. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the Al Hudayriyat Island race site at 8:40 AM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the north at 8 km/hr (5 mph). There is a 3% chance of rain. The temperature is forecast to climb to 24C (76F) at 1:00 PM.
The stage: Stage 2 is an Individual Time Trial that takes place entirely inside Al Hudayriyat Island. The route is very fast and features only a few right-angle bends and two U-turns. The road is perfectly flat, wide and with sweeping turns, which will allow the riders to maintain very high speeds (wind permitting).
Final kilometers: Wide curves, wide road, excellent pavement. The finish line is on asphalt.
The race: Team Visma | Lease a bike riders Olav Kooij and Julien Vermote are both ill and did not start the stage. Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) crashed near the end of stage one and also did not start.
Joshua Tarling on his way to winning the stage.
Here is the race organizer's stage two report:
Al Hudayriyat Island, 18 February 2025 – Joshua Tarling confirmed his status as main favorite, setting a record speed for the UAE Tour at 56.671 km/h and becoming the youngest rider to wear the Red Jersey. The British champion covered the 12.2 km of the Tudor ITT in a time of 12’55”, beating Stefan Bissegger by 13” and Tadej Pogacar by 18”. Further back among the GC contenders, Pello Bilbao finished at 39”, Giulio Ciccone at 42”, Carlos Rodriguez at 43”, Alexey Lutsenko at 45”, and defending champion Lennert Van Eetvelt at 46”. Behind them the former Red Jersey Jonathan Milan, who finished at 1’13”. Tomorrow, the Ras Al Khaimah-Jebel Jais will represent the first big chance for the climbers.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and new Red Jersey Joshua Tarling said: “From the end of last year I kept having bad luck and coming second to Remco [Evenepoel] in the TTs. So I needed this, so badly. I had a good winter. I went to the Teide with the team. I got confidence for today. The first part was very windy with a headwind then a long crosswind section. The first part was the hardest then I got my respite with the corners towards the end. It was kind of two halves. 56.6km/h, that was cool! Now that I have the confidence back, I’m excited for tomorrow’s hard stage, the coming weekend and the rest of the season”.
And Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner and Red Jersey Joshua Tarling said: “I had a bit of a bumpy end of last season, I just needed to regain confidence and it’s exciting to be here for that. It was a mix of bad luck and competing against guys like Remco [Evenepoel] and [Filippo] Ganna. After the Olympics, I was struggling a bit at la Vuelta. I did my first altitude training camp at the Teide to prepare for today’s time trial. I had more chances to beat Tadej [Pogacar] on a flat course like this. I used a 68×11 gear. I’m not going to let the jersey go easy tomorrow. Carlos [Rodriguez] is a better climber than me, and obviously there’s Tadej, but I’ll try to hold on as long as I can. The season looks pretty good this year”.
STATISTICS
- At 56.671 kph, Joshua Tarling set the new record for a TT at the UAE Tour, beating the 55,929 kph of Filippo Ganna on stage 2, 2021.
- Joshua Tarling turned 21 three days ago: he becomes the second-youngest winner at the UAE Tour after Mathias Vacek (19 years 8 months 13 days, Dubai 2022), the youngest from the UK.
- 4th stage win for the UK at the UAE Tour after stage 3 2020 (Adam Yates), stage 2 2022 (Mark Cavendish), stage 7 2023 (Adam Yates).
- At 21 years and 3 days, Joshua Tarling is the youngest ever leader in the history of UAE Tour, beating Luke Plapp (22 years 63 days, stage 2, 2023).
Joshua Tarling will start stage three in the GC leader's red jersey.
Complete results:
12.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.671 km/hr
| 1 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 12min 55sec |
| 2 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 13sec |
| 3 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:18 |
| 4 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:21 |
| 5 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:24 |
| 6 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 0:27 |
| 7 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:28 |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:39 |
| 9 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 10 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:40 |
| 11 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:41 |
| 12 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:42 |
| 13 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 14 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:43 |
| 15 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:44 |
| 16 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:45 |
| 17 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | 0:46 |
| 18 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 19 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 21 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 0:47 |
| 22 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | 0:49 |
| 23 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 24 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:50 |
| 25 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 26 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:51 |
| 27 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 28 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 29 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:54 |
| 30 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:55 |
| 31 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 32 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 33 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 0:59 |
| 34 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 35 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:01 |
| 36 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 37 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:02 |
| 38 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 39 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:03 |
| 40 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:06 |
| 41 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:07 |
| 42 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 43 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:09 |
| 44 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 45 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:10 |
| 46 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 1:12 |
| 47 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 1:13 |
| 48 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 49 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 50 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:14 |
| 51 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 1:15 |
| 52 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 53 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 54 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:16 |
| 56 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:18 |
| 57 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 1:20 |
| 58 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:21 |
| 59 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 60 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 61 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:22 |
| 62 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:26 |
| 63 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 64 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:27 |
| 65 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 66 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:28 |
| 67 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 68 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:29 |
| 69 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:30 |
| 70 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:32 |
| 71 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 72 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:33 |
| 73 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 75 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:36 |
| 76 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 77 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 1:38 |
| 78 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:39 |
| 79 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 80 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 1:40 |
| 81 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 82 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:41 |
| 83 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 84 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 85 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 86 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:43 |
| 87 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 88 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:44 |
| 89 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 90 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 1:45 |
| 91 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 92 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 1:46 |
| 93 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:47 |
| 94 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:48 |
| 95 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:49 |
| 96 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 97 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 1:50 |
| 98 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 1:52 |
| 99 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:54 |
| 100 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:58 |
| 101 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 2:00 |
| 102 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 103 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:01 |
| 104 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:02 |
| 105 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 106 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 107 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | 2:03 |
| 108 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 109 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | 2:04 |
| 110 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:06 |
| 111 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:07 |
| 112 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:08 |
| 113 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 2:09 |
| 114 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:11 |
| 115 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:13 |
| 116 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 117 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 2:15 |
| 118 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:16 |
| 119 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 120 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 121 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:17 |
| 122 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 2:19 |
| 123 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:23 |
| 124 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:24 |
| 125 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:25 |
| 126 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 127 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:27 |
| 128 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:29 |
| 129 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:31 |
| 130 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:32 |
| 131 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:37 |
| 132 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:40 |
| 133 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 2:46 |
| 134 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:47 |
| 135 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | 2:50 |
| 136 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 3:13 |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Points classification leader: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Best young rider: Joshua Tarling (INEOS Grenadiers)
- Intermediate sprint classification leader: Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè)
- Teams classification leader: INEOS Grenadiers
150.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.146 km/hr
| 1 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | 3hr 44min 29sec |
| 2 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 13sec |
| 3 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:18 |
| 4 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:21 |
| 5 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | 0:27 |
| 6 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | 0:28 |
| 7 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 0:34 |
| 8 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | 0:39 |
| 9 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:41 |
| 10 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | 0:42 |
| 11 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 12 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | 0:43 |
| 13 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:44 |
| 14 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | 0:45 |
| 15 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | 0:46 |
| 16 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 17 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | 0:47 |
| 18 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | 0:49 |
| 19 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:51 |
| 20 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 22 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:54 |
| 23 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:55 |
| 24 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 25 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:02 |
| 26 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 1:03 |
| 27 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:06 |
| 28 | William Barta | Movistar Team | 1:12 |
| 29 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:15 |
| 30 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:16 |
| 31 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:21 |
| 32 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:26 |
| 33 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 34 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | 1:27 |
| 35 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:29 |
| 36 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:30 |
| 37 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:33 |
| 38 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 39 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 1:36 |
| 40 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | 1:38 |
| 41 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:41 |
| 42 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:43 |
| 43 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:44 |
| 44 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | 1:45 |
| 45 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | 1:47 |
| 46 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | 1:49 |
| 47 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | 1:52 |
| 48 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:53 |
| 49 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:54 |
| 50 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 1:56 |
| 51 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:58 |
| 52 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:01 |
| 53 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:02 |
| 54 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | 2:03 |
| 55 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 56 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | 2:04 |
| 57 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 58 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:08 |
| 59 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 60 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:12 |
| 61 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 62 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | 2:15 |
| 63 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 2:19 |
| 64 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:20 |
| 65 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:23 |
| 66 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:27 |
| 67 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:34 |
| 68 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:35 |
| 69 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:36 |
| 70 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 71 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | 2:47 |
| 72 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:48 |
| 73 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 75 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:49 |
| 76 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:54 |
| 78 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:56 |
| 79 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 80 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | 2:58 |
| 81 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 2:59 |
| 82 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 83 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:00 |
| 84 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:02 |
| 85 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 86 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 3:03 |
| 87 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:04 |
| 88 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:05 |
| 89 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:19 |
| 90 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 91 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:21 |
| 92 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:24 |
| 93 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 3:25 |
| 94 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 95 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:29 |
| 96 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:30 |
| 97 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:31 |
| 98 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 3:32 |
| 99 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:34 |
| 100 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 3:46 |
| 101 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 3:49 |
| 102 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 103 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | 3:51 |
| 104 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:53 |
| 105 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 106 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 3:55 |
| 107 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:56 |
| 108 | Logan Currie | Lotto | 3:58 |
| 109 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:59 |
| 110 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 111 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 4:02 |
| 112 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:11 |
| 113 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 4:12 |
| 114 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 115 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | 4:14 |
| 116 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 4:19 |
| 117 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 4:31 |
| 118 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 4:37 |
| 119 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 120 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | 4:38 |
| 121 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | 4:40 |
| 122 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | 4:46 |
| 123 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:51 |
| 124 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 4:52 |
| 125 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 5:12 |
| 126 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:15 |
| 127 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | 5:16 |
| 128 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 5:26 |
| 129 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 130 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 5:31 |
| 131 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | 5:32 |
| 132 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 5:39 |
| 133 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 6:20 |
| 134 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 6:51 |
| 135 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:01 |
| 136 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:02 |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Monday, February 17: Stage 1, Shams Solar Power Station Madinat Zayed - Liwa Palace, 138 km
Jonathan Milan wins stage one. Photo: Sprint Cycling
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Weather at the finish city of Liwa at 9:00 AM, local time: 22C (72F), mostly cloudy, with the wind from the east at 18 km/hr (11 mph). The temperature is forecast to climb to 29C (85F) at 1:00 PM.
There is a 1% chance of rain, growing to 24% at 4:00 PM.
The stage: The desert stage. The first part (north-south direction) is about 45 km long, on wide, straight roads. After reaching Liwa, the race enters an area of very pronounced dunes, which make up most of the stage. A series of ups and downs leads to Moreeb Dune, where the race will take two laps of the Moreeb Dune cycle path (18.1 km each lap), marked by rather steep climbs and descents with double digit gradients. It then returns to Liwa for the finish. The stage is on wide, straight roads with good pavement.
Final kilometers: The stage finale features a wide bend on a roundabout. The home straight is all uphill, around 5%.
The peloton speeds across the desert.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage one report:
First UAE Tour victory for the Lidl-Trek sprinter, who also claims the Red Jersey as the overall leader ahead of Philipsen – later relegated from 2nd to 52nd – and Fisher-Black. Tomorrow, a battle against the clock awaits on Al Hudayriyat Island.
Liwa Palace, 17 February 2025 – Jonathan Milan claims victory on the challenging finish at Liwa Palace, securing his first-ever win at the UAE Tour and wearing the Red Jersey as the overall leader for the first time. The Lidl-Trek rider, who had already won a stage at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana earlier this season, timed his sprint perfectly to edge out Jasper Philipsen – later relegated to 52nd place for irregular sprinting – and Finn Fisher-Black in a thrilling finale.
With this victory, Milan also takes the lead in both the Green Jersey and White Jersey classifications, while the Black Jersey for intermediate sprints goes to Manuele Tarozzi, the last breakaway rider to be caught by the peloton. Tomorrow, the individual time trial on Al Hudayriyat Island will serve as the first real test for the GC contenders.
Stage one gets started. Photo: Sprint Cycling
The pack approaches the line. Photo: Getty Sport
Complete results:
- Chris Harper (Jayco AlUla) did not start.
- Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Deceuninck) was relegated from 2nd to 52nd.
138 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.137 km/hr
| 1 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 3hr 31min 34sec |
| 2 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 3 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 4 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | s.t. |
| 5 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 6 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 9 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 11 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 12 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 13 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 16 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 18 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 19 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 21 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 22 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 25 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 26 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 27 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 29 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 31 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 35 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 36 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 37 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 38 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 39 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 40 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 41 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 44 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 46 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 48 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 49 | William Barta | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 51 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | @ 16sec |
| 54 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:18 |
| 55 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 56 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 57 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:20 |
| 58 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:25 |
| 59 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:35 |
| 60 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 62 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:40 |
| 63 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:42 |
| 64 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 65 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:46 |
| 66 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 67 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 68 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 69 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 71 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 72 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:13 |
| 73 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 74 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 75 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:15 |
| 77 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:17 |
| 78 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 79 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 80 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 1:23 |
| 81 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:28 |
| 82 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:33 |
| 83 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 84 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 1:38 |
| 86 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 87 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 88 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 89 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 90 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:42 |
| 91 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 92 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 1:46 |
| 93 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 94 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 95 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 96 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 97 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:57 |
| 98 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:06 |
| 99 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:08 |
| 100 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 101 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:12 |
| 104 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 105 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 106 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 107 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 108 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 109 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 2:19 |
| 110 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 111 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 112 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 2:27 |
| 113 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:32 |
| 114 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 115 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:44 |
| 116 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 117 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 2:59 |
| 118 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 119 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 120 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 121 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 122 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 123 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 124 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:08 |
| 125 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:10 |
| 126 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 127 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 128 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 129 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 130 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:25 |
| 131 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:40 |
| 132 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 3:49 |
| 133 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 3:51 |
| 134 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 4:05 |
| 135 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:15 |
| 136 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:00 |
| 137 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 7:43 |
| 138 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:12 |
| 139 | Olav Kooij | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
GC after stage 1:
- GC leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Points classification leader: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Best young rider: Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
- Teams classification leader: Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe
| 1 | Jonathan Milan | Lidl-Trek | 3hr 31min 24sec |
| 2 | Finn Fisher-Black | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Tobias Lund Andresen | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:06 |
| 4 | Lennert Van Eetvelt | Lotto | 0:10 |
| 5 | Oscar Onley | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 6 | Aaron Gate | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 7 | Harold Tejada | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Lionel Taminiaux | Lotto | s.t. |
| 9 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 11 | Thomas Gloag | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 12 | Victor Langellotti | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 13 | Ben Zwiehoff | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Giulio Ciccone | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 15 | Alessandro Pinarello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 16 | Danny van Poppel | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | Patrick Konrad | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 18 | Matthew Riccitello | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 19 | Pablo Castrillo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 20 | Roberto Gonzalez | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 21 | Kobe Goossens | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 22 | Florian Kajamini | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Anton Palzer | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | Torstein Træen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 25 | Alexey Lutsenko | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 26 | Paul Seixas | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 27 | Georg Steinhauser | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 28 | Jay Vine | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 29 | Iván Romeo | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Esteban Chaves | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 31 | Sergio Higuita | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Einer Rubio | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Arthur Kluckers | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 34 | Carlos Rodriguez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 35 | Ben Swift | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 36 | Gijs Van Hoecke | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 37 | Reuben Thompson | Lotto | s.t. |
| 38 | Bart Lemmen | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 39 | Pello Bilbao | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 40 | Junior Lecerf | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 41 | Felix Gall | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Joshua Tarling | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 43 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 44 | Stefan Bissegger | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | Kevin Colleoni | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 46 | Michael Storer | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 48 | Jan Hirt | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 49 | William Barta | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 51 | Bruno Armirail | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 52 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 53 | Mattia Pinazzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 0:26 |
| 54 | Niklas Behrens | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 0:28 |
| 55 | Lorenzo Quartucci | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 56 | Kristian Sbaragli | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 57 | Gerben Kuypers | Intermarché-Wanty | 0:30 |
| 58 | Sean Quinn | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:35 |
| 59 | Dusan Rajovic | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 0:45 |
| 60 | Fernando Gaviria | Movistar Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 62 | Gianluca Pollefliet | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:50 |
| 63 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:52 |
| 64 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 65 | Manuele Tarozzi | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 66 | Alastair Mackellar | EF Education-EasyPost | 0:56 |
| 67 | Steffen De Schuyteneer | Lotto | s.t. |
| 68 | Enrico Zanoncello | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 69 | Hugh Carthy | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 70 | Haoyu Su | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Sam Welsford | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 72 | Pascal Eenkhoorn | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:23 |
| 73 | Casper Pedersen | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 74 | Timo Kielich | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 75 | Hannes Wilksch | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Ryan Mullen | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 1:25 |
| 77 | Chris Froome | Israel-Premier Tech | 1:27 |
| 78 | Oded Kogut | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 79 | Nadav Raisberg | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 80 | Ide Schelling | XDS Astana Team | 1:33 |
| 81 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:38 |
| 82 | Florian Vermeersch | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:43 |
| 83 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen | Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 84 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Edward Theuns | Lidl-Trek | 1:48 |
| 86 | Simone Consonni | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 87 | Robbe Ghys | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 88 | Pier-André Côté | Israel-Premier Tech | s.t. |
| 89 | Lorenzo Conforti | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 90 | Carlos Samudio | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 91 | Josef Cerný | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:52 |
| 92 | Federico Biagini | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 93 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 1:56 |
| 94 | Tosh Van der Sande | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 95 | Daniel McLay | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
| 96 | Jack Rootkin-Gray | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 97 | Filip Maciejuk | Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | 2:07 |
| 98 | Robert Donaldson | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:16 |
| 99 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:18 |
| 100 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 2:18 |
| 101 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 102 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Alex Edmondson | Team Picnic PostNL | 2:22 |
| 104 | Filippo Fiorelli | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | s.t. |
| 105 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 106 | Silvan Dillier | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 107 | Daan Hoole | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 108 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 109 | Manlio Moro | Movistar Team | 2:29 |
| 110 | Jardi Van Der Lee | EF Education-EasyPost | s.t. |
| 111 | Daniel Skerl | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 112 | Davide Cimolai | Movistar Team | 2:37 |
| 113 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:42 |
| 114 | Jonathan Castroviejo | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
| 115 | Luke Durbridge | Team Jayco-AlUla | 2:54 |
| 116 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 117 | Djordje Djuric | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | 3:09 |
| 118 | Domen Novak | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 119 | Filippo Fortin | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 120 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier | Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 121 | Jonas Gregaard | Lotto | s.t. |
| 122 | Logan Currie | Lotto | s.t. |
| 123 | Gerben Thijssen | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 124 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 3:18 |
| 125 | Rune Herregodts | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:20 |
| 126 | Adrien Petit | Intermarché-Wanty | s.t. |
| 127 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 128 | Johan Price-Pejtersen | Alpecin-Deceuninck | s.t. |
| 129 | Julius van den Berg | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 130 | Alexander Krieger | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:35 |
| 131 | Ramses Debruyne | Alpecin-Deceuninck | 3:50 |
| 132 | Lars Craps | Lotto | 3:59 |
| 133 | Kim Heiduk | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:01 |
| 134 | Matteo Malucelli | XDS Astana Team | 4:15 |
| 135 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 4:25 |
| 136 | Michael Leonard | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:10 |
| 137 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 7:53 |
| 138 | Julien Vermote | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | 14:22 |
| 139 | Olav Kooij | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | s.t. |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
The race organizer posted this preview to the 2025 UAE Tour:
The one and only UCI World Tour race in the Middle East kicks off tomorrow with the Desert Stage. Grand finale on Sunday in Jebel Hafeet. Great anticipation for the season debut of world champion and two-time winner Tadej Pogačar and for the 2024 champion Lennert Van Eetvelt. Jasper Philipsen, Tim Merlier, Jonathan Milan, and Olav Kooij headline the list of world class sprinters.
It's about time for these gents to race.
United Arab Emirates, 16 February 2025 – A total of 140 riders will line up tomorrow for the opening stage of the seventh edition of the UAE Tour, organized by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council. The one and only UCI WorldTour race in the Middle East will once again feature a star-studded field.
Among the many big names at the start, the most anticipated is Tadej Pogačar. The world champion, UCI ranking leader, and two-time UAE Tour winner (2021 and 2022) will make his season debut, facing off against defending champion Lennert Van Eetvelt, the breakout star of 2024 and winner on Jebel Hafeet. Other top contenders for the general classification include Pello Bilbao, Carlos Rodríguez, Alexey Lutsenko, Giulio Ciccone, and Einer Rubio.
There is also great excitement for the battle among the sprinters, as many of the world’s fastest finishers will compete in the multiple sprint opportunities throughout the race. Among them are Tim Merlier, the record holder with five stage wins, Jasper Philipsen and Dylan Groenewegen, both with two stage wins each, Olav Kooij, who claimed a stage victory in 2024, and Jonathan Milan, returning to the race after already securing a win early in the season. The list of top sprinters is completed by Fabio Jakobsen, Arvid De Kleijn, Phil Bauhaus, and Sam Welsford.
Tadej Pogacar: “It has always been a dream of mine to be the world champion. Finally I have the rainbow jersey, it feels unreal to ride every day with it and to come here in the home country of the team with this jersey is amazing. It’s great to be able to show it here. So far, I’ve started every single season with some doubts about my preparation. I hope my shape is good enough to compete at the highest level again. Fingers crossed that it’s like last year and the years before. As long as I’m eager and motivated to start the season, I’ll give my best. The time trial is important at the UAE Tour but I don’t think it’ll make a big difference, maybe a few seconds. It’s not long, so I believe the biggest gaps can open in echelons in the crosswinds”.
Lennert Van Eetvelt: “It’s a very nice feeling to come back and see name on the trophy as the defending champion. I have very good memory from winning the Jebel Hafeet stage and GC last year. It was awesome. It was a bit of a surprise and I’m glad to sit here alongside Tadej [Pogacar]. We never want to start a race for finishing second but when he starts, it’s hard to compete with him and being realistic, it’s a race for the second place”.
Tim Merlier: “It would be nice to make a hat trick with winning stage 1 once again. But the competition is very high with a lot of top sprinters on the start line. It looks from my first race that my legs are good and I’ll have some opportunities to try and win a stage here”.
Jasper Philipsen: “The UAE Tour is a really good race to start with because it lasts for one week and there’s a very competitive field of sprinters. This year in particular, it’s great to start here with a nice weather, one week before the opening weekend in Belgium. There won’t be many sprints before the first classics so it’s nice to test the sprinting legs here”.
Jonathan Milan: “The UAE Tour is an important race and a good one to start with. The level of the competitors is very high. I’ll be looking for a victory with the help of a strong team, I’m pretty confident”.
Pello Bilbao: “We all know the two classical climbs of the UAE Tour. They are single climbs at end of a stage. It’s kind of a test for all riders. This time around, we know how complicated it’ll be to fight for the victory but we’re here to give a good challenge. The only way to beat Tadej [Pogacar] would be to surprise him on a flat section but even that, we know it’ll be very difficult. Being short, the time trial might be important for the podium but not for the overall victory”.
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The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour are provided by ALÉ, proud jersey partner of the leader jersey by ENIT and ITALIA.IT.
- Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by International Holding Company: IHC
- Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Mubadala
- White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Nakheel
- Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by ALDAR
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Start list with back numbers, February 16, 2025
| Lotto | |
| 1 | Lennert Van Eetvelt |
| 2 | Lars Craps |
| 3 | Logan Currie |
| 4 | Steffen De Schuyteneer |
| 5 | Lionel Taminiaux |
| 6 | Reuben Thompson |
| 7 | Jonas Gregaard |
| Alpecin-Deceuninck | |
| 11 | Jasper Philipsen |
| 12 | Ramses Debruyne |
| 13 | Silvan Dillier |
| 14 | Robbe Ghys |
| 15 | Timo Kielich |
| 16 | Johan Price-Pejtersen |
| 17 | Jonas Rickaert |
| Bahrain Victorious | |
| 21 | Pello Bilbao |
| 22 | Rainer Kepplinger |
| 23 | Daniel Skerl |
| 24 | Phil Bauhaus |
| 25 | Andrea Pasqualon |
| 26 | Torstein Træen |
| 27 | Max van der Meulen |
| Decathlon Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 31 | Bruno Armirail |
| 32 | Stefan Bissegger |
| 33 | Geoffrey Bouchard |
| 34 | Felix Gall |
| 35 | Rasmus Søjberg Pedersen |
| 36 | Gianluca Pollefliet |
| 37 | Paul Seixas |
| EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 41 | Esteban Chaves |
| 42 | Hugh Carthy |
| 43 | Alastair Mackellar |
| 44 | Sean Quinn |
| 45 | Jack Rootkin-Gray |
| 46 | Georg Steinhauser |
| 47 | Jardi Van Der Lee |
| INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 51 | Joshua Tarling |
| 52 | Jonathan Castroviejo |
| 53 | Kim Heiduk |
| 54 | Victor Langellotti |
| 55 | Michael Leonard |
| 56 | Carlos Rodriguez |
| 57 | Ben Swift |
| Intermarché-Wanty | |
| 61 | Gerben Kuypers |
| 62 | Kevin Colleoni |
| 63 | Kobe Goossens |
| 64 | Simone Petilli |
| 65 | Adrien Petit |
| 66 | Gerben Thijssen |
| 67 | Gijs Van Hoecke |
| Israel-Premier Tech | |
| 71 | Chris Froome |
| 72 | Pier-André Côté |
| 73 | Jan Hirt |
| 74 | Oded Kogut |
| 75 | Alexey Lutsenko |
| 76 | Nadav Raisberg |
| 77 | Matthew Riccitello |
| Lidl-Trek | |
| 81 | Giulio Ciccone |
| 82 | Simone Consonni |
| 83 | Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier |
| 84 | Daan Hoole |
| 85 | Patrick Konrad |
| 86 | Jonathan Milan |
| 87 | Edward Theuns |
| Movistar Team | |
| 91 | Einer Rubio |
| 92 | William Barta |
| 93 | Pablo Castrillo |
| 94 | Davide Cimolai |
| 95 | Fernando Gaviria |
| 96 | Manlio Moro |
| 97 | Iván Romeo |
| Red Bull-Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 101 | Finn Fisher-Black |
| 102 | Filip Maciejuk |
| 103 | Ryan Mullen |
| 104 | Anton Palzer |
| 105 | Danny van Poppel |
| 106 | Sam Welsford |
| 107 | Ben Zwiehoff |
| Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | |
| 111 | Kristian Sbaragli |
| 112 | Djordje Djuric |
| 113 | Filippo Fortin |
| 114 | Roberto Gonzalez |
| 115 | Lorenzo Quartucci |
| 116 | Dusan Rajovic |
| 117 | Carlos Samudio |
| Soudal Quick-Step | |
| 121 | Tim Merlier |
| 122 | Ayco Bastiaens |
| 123 | Josef Cerný |
| 124 | Pascal Eenkhoorn |
| 125 | Junior Lecerf |
| 126 | Casper Pedersen |
| 127 | Bert Van Lerberghe |
| Team Jayco-AlUla | |
| 131 | Dylan Groenewegen |
| 132 | Robert Donaldson |
| 133 | Luke Durbridge |
| 134 | Chris Harper |
| 135 | Luka Mezgec |
| 136 | Elmar Reinders |
| 137 | Max Walscheid |
| Team Picnic-PostNL | |
| 141 | Fabio Jakobsen |
| 142 | Tobias Lund Andresen |
| 143 | Alex Edmondson |
| 144 | Enzo Leijnse |
| 145 | Niklas Märkl |
| 146 | Oscar Onley |
| 147 | Julius van den Berg |
| Team Visma | Lease a Bike | |
| 151 | Olav Kooij |
| 152 | Niklas Behrens |
| 153 | Thomas Gloag |
| 154 | Bart Lemmen |
| 155 | Daniel McLay |
| 156 | Tosh Van der Sande |
| 157 | Julien Vermote |
| Tudor Pro Cycling Team | |
| 161 | Michael Storer |
| 162 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi |
| 163 | Arvid de Kleijn |
| 164 | Arthur Kluckers |
| 165 | Alexander Krieger |
| 166 | Hannes Wilksch |
| 167 | Maikel Zijlaard |
| UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 171 | Tadej Pogacar |
| 172 | Mikkel Bjerg |
| 173 | Rune Herregodts |
| 174 | Sebastian Molano |
| 175 | Domen Novak |
| 176 | Florian Vermeersch |
| 177 | Jay Vine |
| VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | |
| 181 | Filippo Fiorelli |
| 182 | Federico Biagini |
| 183 | Lorenzo Conforti |
| 184 | Alessandro Pinarello |
| 185 | Mattia Pinazzi |
| 186 | Manuele Tarozzi |
| 187 | Enrico Zanoncello |
| XDS Astana Team | |
| 191 | Sergio Higuita |
| 192 | Aaron Gate |
| 193 | Florian Kajamini |
| 194 | Matteo Malucelli |
| 195 | Ide Schelling |
| 196 | Haoyu Su |
| 197 | Harold Tejada |