2025 AlUla Tour (2.1), Saudi Arabia
Formerly
Saudi Tour
5th edition: Jan 28 - Feb 1, 2025
Saudi/AlUla Tour podium history | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
2025 AlUla Tour overall map
Saturday, February 1: 5th & Final Stage, AlUla Camel Cup Track - AlUla Camel Cup Track, 169.6 km
Matteo Moschetti wins stage five.
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Weather at the city of AlUla, near the course, at 4:45 PM, local time: 19C (67F), fair, with the wind from the north at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary.
The final stage of the 2025 AlUla Tour had all the ingredients to worry the GC contenders with strong winds blowing over the twisty course around the Camel Cup Track, but Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) again showed his impressive shape never being trapped in an echelon. The British rider made it in the first group to the line capturing the overall victory. Pidcock wins his first ever elite stage race ahead of Fredrik Dversnes and Johannes Kulset (both of Uno X Mobility). It was a perfect day for the Q36.5 squad with Matteo Moschetti sprinting to victory in this last stage and beating Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco AlUla) and Juan-Sebastian Molano (UAE XRG) to the line.
When they woke up this morning and looked out of their windows, the GC contenders and especially Green Jersey Tom Pidcock knew that they would have a very busy and eventful day. Wind was indeed on the menu of their fifth and final stage, and with the many changes in direction, echelons were bound to happen. Wind was also in all the conversations as the riders gathered at the AlUla Camel cup track, start of this last stage. And straight from the beginning, the 115 remaining riders had to battle their way to the front of the peloton.
HATHERLY IN A SECOND ECHELON
The first breakaway attempt occurred at km 13 when Mikkel Bjerg (UAE XRG) and Aivaras Mikutis (Tudor) powered away. They enjoyed a 1’30” lead when the pace picked up dramatically in the pack and the wind started having its effect. Indeed at km 25, the pack broke up into several groups with 29 men in the first group including the likes of Green Jersey Pidcock, his main rival Rainer Kepplinger (TBV) but also Tim Merlier (Soudal Quickstep), Alexander Kristoff (Uno X Mobility) but not second man overall Alan Hatherly (Jayco AlUla), his team-mate Dylan Groenewegen or White jersey, Johannes Kulset (Uno X).
4 ESCAPEES
At km 39, the front two riders were caught. At the first Intermediate Active sprint won by Mikutis (Q36), the gap between the two main groups had reached 35”. The battle continued when Rainer Kepplinger suffered a puncture at km 55, dropping out of the leading group. The second Active sprint was later won by Liepins (Q36) as the gap had slightly dropped. Eventually, the situation settled down and the pack bunched up together again at km 79. Shortly after, at km 90, four men gave it a go at the front: Uriarte (EKP), Garibbo (JCL), Bregnhoj (TSG) and Desal (WB2). Not too concerned by this breakaway, the pack let the escapees pull away. At km 105, they could enjoy a lead of 1’10.
ECHELONS PART 2
A right turn made the situation change again as the strongest riders of the peloton made the best of the crosswind. This time Rainer Kepplinger and Alan Hatherly were trapped behind. The two GC contenders never managed to reduce the gap and would eventually lose their second and third positions on the podium. While the front four were caught at km 145, the gap between the two main echelons started increasing. With 20kms to go the leading Green jersey group including all the main sprinters had a 17” lead. That gap increased to 25” at the first passage on the line where a bonus sprint was claimed by Dversnes (UNO X). With 4kms to go, there was no catching the front group of around forty riders enjoying a 45” lead.
MOSCHETTI BACK IN WINNING WAYS
On the long final straight and at an extremely fast speed due to the tailwind, Matteo Moschetti timed his effort perfectly, only just outsprinting Dylan Groenewegen and Juan-Sebastian Molano. The Italian claims his first success since 2023 and the 10th of his career. He also gives his Q36.5 team a third stage victory on this AlUla after the two won by Pidcock.
Matteo Moschetti wins the final stage.
PIDCOCK IN A LEAGUE OF HIS OWN
Finishing in the leading group (23rd of the stage), Pidcock naturally keeps the leadership of the event and wins the AlUla Tour for the first time. The double Olympic Mountain-bike champion captures his first ever stage race at the elite professional level. In the final overall standings, Pidcock wins by a comfortable lead of 1’09” over Fredrik Dversnes and 1’12” over Johannes Kulset who also wins the White jersey for the best young rider. The points classification is also claimed by Pidcock while Reinders (WB2) wins the Orange jersey for the Most Active rider.
2025 AlUla Tour winner Tom Pidcock
Complete results:
169.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.000 km/hr
| 1 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3hr 32min 0sec |
| 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 3 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 4 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 5 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 6 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 7 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 10 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 11 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 12 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 13 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 14 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 16 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | @ 4sec |
| 17 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 18 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 19 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 20 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 21 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 23 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 25 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 27 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 28 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 29 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 30 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 31 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 32 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 33 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 34 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 36 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:12 |
| 37 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:14 |
| 39 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:57 |
| 40 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 41 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 42 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 43 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 44 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 45 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 46 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 47 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 48 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 49 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 50 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 51 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 52 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 53 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 55 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 57 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 58 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 59 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 60 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 61 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 62 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 63 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 64 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 66 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 67 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 68 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 70 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 1:28 |
| 71 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:29 |
| 72 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 2:24 |
| 73 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:56 |
| 74 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:29 |
| 75 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 76 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 77 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 78 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 79 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 82 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 83 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 84 | Abdulaziz Azzam Alabdulmunim | Saudi National Team | 6:37 |
| 85 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 86 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 87 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 88 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 89 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 90 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 91 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 93 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 94 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 95 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 96 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 97 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 98 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 99 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 100 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 10:44 |
| 101 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 102 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 103 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 104 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 105 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | 19:30 |
Final GC after stage 5:
- GC winner: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Points classification winner: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility)
- Teams classification winner: Uno-X Mobility
764.4 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.830 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 17hr 26min 25sec |
| 2 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | @ 1min 9sec |
| 3 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 1:12 |
| 4 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | 1:22 |
| 5 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | 1:23 |
| 6 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:26 |
| 7 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:26 |
| 8 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:39 |
| 9 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:51 |
| 10 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 1:58 |
| 11 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 2:21 |
| 14 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:22 |
| 15 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | 2:25 |
| 16 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:44 |
| 17 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 3:11 |
| 18 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:30 |
| 19 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 3:31 |
| 20 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | 3:32 |
| 21 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:33 |
| 22 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:48 |
| 23 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:50 |
| 24 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | 4:02 |
| 25 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:34 |
| 26 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 4:51 |
| 27 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:56 |
| 28 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | 5:16 |
| 29 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 5:40 |
| 30 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | 5:59 |
| 31 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 6:24 |
| 32 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:02 |
| 34 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:03 |
| 35 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 7:54 |
| 36 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 7:58 |
| 37 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 8:06 |
| 38 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | 8:20 |
| 39 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 8:30 |
| 40 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | 8:39 |
| 41 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | 8:42 |
| 42 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 8:48 |
| 43 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | 8:55 |
| 44 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 9:13 |
| 45 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 9:16 |
| 46 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 47 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:22 |
| 48 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 9:30 |
| 49 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 9:40 |
| 50 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | 9:41 |
| 51 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | 9:46 |
| 52 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 9:52 |
| 53 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | 10:22 |
| 54 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | 10:23 |
| 55 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 10:29 |
| 56 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:37 |
| 57 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 11:02 |
| 58 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 11:23 |
| 59 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | 11:30 |
| 60 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:53 |
| 61 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 12:02 |
| 62 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 12:18 |
| 63 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 12:20 |
| 64 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 12:45 |
| 65 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 12:57 |
| 66 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13:06 |
| 67 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13:12 |
| 68 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | 13:25 |
| 69 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 13:40 |
| 70 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 14:13 |
| 71 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 14:20 |
| 72 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:21 |
| 73 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 74 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 15:40 |
| 75 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 15:49 |
| 76 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | 16:01 |
| 77 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | 16:07 |
| 78 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 16:09 |
| 79 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 80 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 17:03 |
| 81 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 17:18 |
| 82 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | 17:43 |
| 83 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | 18:04 |
| 84 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 18:05 |
| 85 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 18:13 |
| 86 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | 18:56 |
| 87 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 19:20 |
| 88 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 19:31 |
| 89 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 20:05 |
| 90 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | 20:58 |
| 91 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 20:59 |
| 92 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | 22:03 |
| 93 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | 22:05 |
| 94 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 23:13 |
| 95 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | 23:23 |
| 96 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 23:55 |
| 97 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | 24:05 |
| 98 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 24:58 |
| 99 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 26:15 |
| 100 | Azzam Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz | Saudi National Team | 26:26 |
| 101 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | 27:11 |
| 102 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | 28:17 |
| 103 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | 28:58 |
| 104 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | 30:12 |
| 105 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 38:02 |
| 106 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 51:26 |
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Stage 5 map
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Friday, January 31: Stage 4, Maraya - Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, 140.9 km
Tom Pidcock wins stage four. Photo: AlUla Tour/Charly Lopez
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Weather at the city of Alula, very close to the finish, at 3:55 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair, and no wind and no rain.
The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four report.
In impressive fashion overall leader Tom Pidcock (Q36.5) made the best of the extremely steep climb to the Skyviews of Harrad Uwayrid to capture his second stage success at the AlUla Tour and comfort his Green jersey. The British double Olympic champion in Mountain bike started pulling away halfway up the climb never to be caught despite the headwind on the very long straight to the finish. Pidcock crossed the line with a 12sec advantage over Alan Hatherly (Jayco AlUla) and Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain Victorious). With one stage to go, he can enjoy a 29sec overall lead over his closest rival.
Alan Hatherly finishes second and Rainer Kepplinger is third. Photo: Sprint Cycling
After Hegra yesterday, the riders of the 2025 AlUla Tour were gifted with another spectacular start for their fourth stage of the week. Indeed in the middle of Ashar Valley, the impressive mirror building of the Maraya Concert Hall was the place to be. The 116 remaining riders of the race took off at 1:03 PM for another demanding stage including the very steep climb up to the Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid. A day for the climbers and for the GC contenders, the first of course being Green jersey Tom Pidcock.
INTENSE BATTLE FOR THE BREAKAWAY
It was an intense battle as soon as km 0 with the first Intermediate Active sprint being set at km 20. That first sprint was claimed by Saenta (TSG) ahead of Romele (XAT) and Orange jersey wearer Reinders (WB2). Eventually three riders powered away: Romele and Vinokourov (XAT) and Reinders. They would later be caught (at km 55) by 5 other riders: Koishi (JCL), Abd Halim (TSG), Miltiadis and Thimachai (ROI) and Renard Haquin (WB2), while the pack remained at 1’30”.
The peloton racing across the desert. Sprint Cycling photo
MORE POINTS FOR MOST ACTIVE RIDER REINDERS
At the second Intermediate Active sprint (km 71), Reinders collected three extra points while the pack led by teams Q36.6 and Jayco-Al Ula had moved closer at 1’20. Five riders remained at the front enjoying a 1’ lead with 20kms to go while Vinokourov, Miltiadis and Thimachai failed to keep up with the pace. The final escapees were eventually caught at km 130 just as the road started going uphill. On the steepest parts of the climb, Tom Pidcock took command of the front group of around thirty riders.
PIDCOCK UNSTOPPABLE
The Brit then powered away halfway up the hill. He reached the top with a 20” advantage over a group of four including Hatherly, Dunbar (both Jayco-AlUla) and Kepplinger (TBV), capturing three extra seconds at the bonus sprint. On the final straight and despite the headwind with 8kms to go, Pidcock managed to keep a decent enough lead. He eventually crossed the finish line well clear of Hatherly, second and Kepplinger third.
GREEN JERSEY SOLIDLY ON SHOULDERS OF PIDCOCK
After his success at Bir Jaydah Mountain on Wednesday, Pidcock adds a second win to his season, the 7th of his pro career. The 25-year-old increases his overall lead. He now has a 29sec advantage over Kepplinger and 32” over Hatherly with only one stage to go. Pidcock is now the joint-leader of the points classification alongside Tim Merlier (Soudal- Quickstep), also a two-time stage winner on this edition. The White jersey for the best young rider changes shoulders and goes from those of Adne Holter to those of his Uno X Mobility team-mate Johannes Kulset. Jens Reinders comforts his lead in the Most Active Rider’s standings
140.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.549 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3hr 9min 46sec |
| 2 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 12sec |
| 3 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 4 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 5 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:16 |
| 6 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 0:24 |
| 7 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 9 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 10 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 11 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 12 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 13 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 14 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 15 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 16 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 18 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 19 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 20 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 21 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:50 |
| 22 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 23 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 24 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 25 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 26 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 27 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 28 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 30 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 31 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 32 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 33 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:51 |
| 34 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 35 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 36 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 37 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 38 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 39 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 40 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 41 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 42 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 43 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | 2:22 |
| 44 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 45 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 46 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 48 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:17 |
| 49 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 50 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 4:00 |
| 51 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 52 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 53 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 54 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 55 | Azzam Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 57 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 58 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 59 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 60 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 62 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 63 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 64 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 65 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 66 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 67 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 68 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 69 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 70 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 71 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 72 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 73 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 74 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 4:56 |
| 76 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | 6:48 |
| 77 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 78 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 79 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 80 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 81 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 82 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 7:01 |
| 83 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 84 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 85 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 86 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 87 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:30 |
| 88 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 89 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 90 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 91 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 92 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 93 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 95 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 96 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 97 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 98 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 99 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 100 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 101 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | 7:35 |
| 102 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 9:54 |
| 103 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 104 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 107 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 108 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 109 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 110 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 113 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 114 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 115 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 17:11 |
GC after stage 4:
- GC leader: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Points classification leader: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Johannes Kulset (Uno-X Mobility)
- Teams classification leader: Uno-X Mobility
594.8 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.773 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 13hr 54min 22sec |
| 2 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | @ 29sec |
| 3 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:32 |
| 4 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 1:11 |
| 5 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 1:13 |
| 6 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:14 |
| 7 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | 1:21 |
| 8 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | 1:25 |
| 9 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | 1:27 |
| 10 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:38 |
| 11 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:50 |
| 12 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 13 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 1:57 |
| 14 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 16 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:58 |
| 17 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 2:21 |
| 18 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | 2:28 |
| 19 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:36 |
| 20 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2:37 |
| 21 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | 2:38 |
| 22 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:42 |
| 23 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:54 |
| 24 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:56 |
| 25 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | 3:07 |
| 26 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | 3:08 |
| 27 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 3:10 |
| 28 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:18 |
| 29 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 3:28 |
| 30 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:36 |
| 31 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | 3:40 |
| 32 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:55 |
| 33 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 3:57 |
| 34 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:02 |
| 35 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | 4:22 |
| 36 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 4:28 |
| 37 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | 4:33 |
| 38 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:47 |
| 39 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 5:28 |
| 40 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | 5:57 |
| 41 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:08 |
| 42 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 6:15 |
| 43 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 6:23 |
| 44 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 6:55 |
| 45 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:06 |
| 46 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:12 |
| 47 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | 7:26 |
| 48 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:36 |
| 49 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | 7:45 |
| 50 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 7:54 |
| 51 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 8:01 |
| 52 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 53 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 8:36 |
| 54 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | 8:41 |
| 55 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 8:46 |
| 56 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:21 |
| 57 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 9:24 |
| 58 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | 9:33 |
| 59 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | 9:49 |
| 60 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | 10:21 |
| 61 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 10:29 |
| 62 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | 10:30 |
| 63 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:36 |
| 64 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:40 |
| 65 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | 10:45 |
| 66 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | 10:55 |
| 67 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 11:24 |
| 68 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 11:39 |
| 69 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 11:52 |
| 70 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 12:23 |
| 71 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 12:37 |
| 72 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 12:44 |
| 73 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13:13 |
| 74 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 13:15 |
| 75 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:26 |
| 76 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | 13:28 |
| 77 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 13:31 |
| 78 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | 13:33 |
| 79 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 14:02 |
| 80 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | 14:24 |
| 81 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 14:25 |
| 82 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | 14:30 |
| 83 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 14:44 |
| 84 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 14:54 |
| 85 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | 15:07 |
| 86 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 15:24 |
| 87 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | 15:29 |
| 88 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 15:39 |
| 89 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 15:58 |
| 90 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 16:08 |
| 91 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | 16:30 |
| 92 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | 16:49 |
| 93 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 94 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | 17:10 |
| 95 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | 17:24 |
| 96 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 17:31 |
| 97 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 98 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | 17:36 |
| 99 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | 17:39 |
| 100 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 18:04 |
| 101 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | 18:17 |
| 102 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 19:34 |
| 103 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 19:37 |
| 104 | Azzam Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz | Saudi National Team | 19:52 |
| 105 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 21:05 |
| 106 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | 21:28 |
| 107 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 23:01 |
| 108 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 23:16 |
| 109 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | 24:15 |
| 110 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 26:56 |
| 111 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 27:21 |
| 112 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 27:27 |
| 113 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | 27:58 |
| 114 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 28:33 |
| 115 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 40:45 |
Stage 4 map & profile:
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
Thursday, January 30: Stage 3, Hegra - Tayma Fort, 180.6 km
Tim Merlier (left) beats Dylan Groenewegen for the stage win. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet
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The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Tim Merlier returned at the top of the points classification after another impeccable sprint in Saudi Arabia, this time in Tayma Fort, where the third stage of the race concluded. It was the Belgian’s tenth success in the Middle East, and his fourth at the AlUla Tour in just two starts there.
The longest stage of the race saw the bunch leave behind Hegra – one of the major places of the Nabataean civilization more than 2000 years ago and a stunning UNESCO World Heritage Site nowadays – and take on an undulating course that didn’t put any problems to the sprinters’ teams, who easily controlled the seven-man breakaway.
Ayco Bastiaens was once again on pace-setting duties, spending dozens of kilometers at the front of the bunch and working tirelessly to claw back time. The breakaway was caught just before the crosswinds wreaked havoc, leaving some 40-odd riders in the front group. It was the cue for Soudal Quick-Step to put down the hammer and push hard in the last 30 kilometers together with other teams to distance those caught out the back.
In the hectic finale, Bert Van Lerberghe again did a phenomenal job, guiding Tim through the many corners and launching him 200 meters from the line. The European Champion put in a monster sprint on the urban cobbles of Tayma Fort and won by a bike length – a success that will see him sport the red jersey on the penultimate day of the race.
Tim Merlier wins stage three. Photo: Getty Sport
“I can’t say I was stressed in the echelons, because I had a good team around me and they put in another superb effort to keep me protected. I felt good today, the final kilometers were a bit hectic, but we remained calm despite some confusion there and Bert did a superb job once again. As I exited the last corner I just went full gas until the finish, and now I’m delighted that I could celebrate another win in this part of the world, where I enjoy racing”, a happy Tim said after the stage.
Complete results:
180.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.265 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 4hr 16min 23sec |
| 2 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 3 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 6 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 7 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 9 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 11 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 12 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 13 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 14 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 15 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 16 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 17 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 19 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 20 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 21 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 22 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 23 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 24 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 25 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 26 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 27 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 28 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 29 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 30 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 31 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 32 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 34 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 35 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 36 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 37 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 38 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 39 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 40 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 41 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 42 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | @ 15sec |
| 43 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 44 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 45 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:21 |
| 47 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:23 |
| 48 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 49 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 50 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 51 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 52 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 53 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 54 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 55 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 57 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 58 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 60 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 61 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 62 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 63 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 64 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 65 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 66 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 68 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 69 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 72 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 73 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 74 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 75 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 76 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 77 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 78 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 0:32 |
| 79 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | 0:37 |
| 80 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 81 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 82 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 83 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:02 |
| 84 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 85 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 86 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 87 | Azzam Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 88 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 89 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 90 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 91 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 92 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 93 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:08 |
| 94 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | 1:20 |
| 95 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 1:23 |
| 96 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:24 |
| 97 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 98 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 1:31 |
| 99 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:31 |
| 100 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:39 |
| 101 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | 1:55 |
| 102 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | @ 0sec |
| 103 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 104 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 2:08 |
| 105 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 106 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 2:10 |
| 107 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 108 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 109 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | 2:38 |
| 110 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | 2:51 |
| 112 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | @ 0sec |
| 113 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | @ 0sec |
| 114 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 6:34 |
| 115 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 6:39 |
| 116 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 7:20 |
GC after stage 3:
- GC leader: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Cycling Team)
- Points classification leader: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
- Best young rider: Ådne Holter (Uno-X Mobility)
- Teams classification leader: Uno-X Mobility
453.9 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.227 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 10hr 44min 49sec |
| 2 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | @ 8sec |
| 3 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:13 |
| 4 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 0:34 |
| 5 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 6 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | 0:44 |
| 7 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:48 |
| 8 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:50 |
| 9 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 10 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 11 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:54 |
| 12 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:01 |
| 13 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:04 |
| 14 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:13 |
| 15 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 16 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 1:20 |
| 17 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | 1:25 |
| 19 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 1:30 |
| 20 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:32 |
| 21 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:33 |
| 22 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:34 |
| 23 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:36 |
| 24 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:44 |
| 25 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | 1:47 |
| 26 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 1:53 |
| 27 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 28 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:58 |
| 29 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 30 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:05 |
| 31 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | 2:06 |
| 32 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 2:07 |
| 33 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 2:12 |
| 34 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | 2:12 |
| 35 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:15 |
| 36 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 2:24 |
| 37 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 2:25 |
| 38 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | 2:30 |
| 39 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:38 |
| 40 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:52 |
| 41 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:59 |
| 42 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 43 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:15 |
| 44 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | 3:22 |
| 45 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 46 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:23 |
| 47 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 3:25 |
| 48 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:41 |
| 49 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 3:48 |
| 50 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 51 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 4:19 |
| 52 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 4:25 |
| 53 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | 4:28 |
| 54 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 4:33 |
| 55 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 5:08 |
| 56 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:09 |
| 57 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | 5:10 |
| 58 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 5:11 |
| 59 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:30 |
| 60 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:32 |
| 61 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:36 |
| 62 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:38 |
| 63 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | 5:40 |
| 64 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:43 |
| 65 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | 5:50 |
| 66 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 6:01 |
| 67 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 6:03 |
| 68 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | 6:08 |
| 69 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | 6:17 |
| 70 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:27 |
| 71 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | 6:32 |
| 72 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | 6:41 |
| 73 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | 6:42 |
| 74 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 75 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 76 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | 6:47 |
| 78 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:11 |
| 79 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 7:24 |
| 80 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 81 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 82 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 7:26 |
| 83 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | 7:29 |
| 84 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 7:30 |
| 85 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | 7:39 |
| 86 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 7:56 |
| 87 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:57 |
| 88 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 7:59 |
| 89 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | 8:10 |
| 90 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | 8:28 |
| 91 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | 8:47 |
| 92 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 8:57 |
| 93 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 9:13 |
| 94 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:18 |
| 95 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 9:27 |
| 96 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | 9:41 |
| 97 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:49 |
| 98 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | 9:53 |
| 99 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | 10:09 |
| 100 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 10:58 |
| 101 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 11:11 |
| 102 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 11:54 |
| 103 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 12:50 |
| 104 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:09 |
| 105 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | 13:26 |
| 106 | Azzam Alabdulmunim Abdulaziz | Saudi National Team | 15:39 |
| 107 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 15:47 |
| 108 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | 16:32 |
| 109 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | 17:15 |
| 110 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 17:20 |
| 111 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | 17:51 |
| 112 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 18:26 |
| 113 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 20:20 |
| 114 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 21:47 |
| 115 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 23:21 |
| 116 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 28:06 |
Stage 3 map & profile:
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
Wednesday, January 29: Stage 2, AlUla Old Town - Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah, 130.6 km
Tom Pidcock gets his first win in his new Team Q36.5 race kit.
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Weather forecast at AlUla for Wednesday at noon: 19C (65F), Sunny, with the wind from the north at 9 km/hr (5 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: The race was neutralized due to concerns about the road surface. The shortened race resumed for one final climb towards the finish line.
Here's the race organizer's stage two summary:
The first hilly stage of the 2025 AlUla Tour saw double Mountain-bike Olympic champion Tom Pidcock shine under his new Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team colours. The British rider made the best of the final climb up Bir Jaydah Mountain to power away with 500m to go. He eventually crossed the finish line triumphantly beating Rainer Kepplinger (Bahrain Victorious) and World Mountain-bike champion Alan Hatherly (Jayco-AlUla). Thanks to his first win of the season, Pidcock takes command of the GC and will be wearing the overall leader’s Green Jersey.
After a first day of intense racing on Tuesday, some of the 118 riders of the Al Ula Tour had the pleasure of having a stroll in the labyrinth of picturesque streets of the Old Town that welcomed the start of the day’s stage. Moments of calm before the battle on stage 2: a 157kms ride all the way to the south-west of Al Ula where a final difficult circuit including three climbs up Bir Jaydah Mountain Wikrah would welcome the riders for one of the toughest stage of the event.
5 MEN IN THE LEAD
As soon as kilometre 3, five riders pulled away from the pack: Raccani (JCL), Rosli and Abd Halim (TSG), Thimachai (ROI) and Reynders (WB2). Their lead grew to 2’05” as soon as kilometre 7.5. At the first Intermediate Active Sprint (km 77), won by Most Active Rider (Orange Jersey) Muhammad Rosli who was already present in yesterday’s breakaway, the gap had reached 3’20”. The front men then started struggling. Thimachain was the first to be dropped shortly followed by Rosli and Abd Halim, leaving only two men in the lead while the peloton led by teams Q36.5, Jayco-AlUla and Picnic Post.nl moved closer.
RACE NEUTRALISED
Once on the final circuit, after Raccani made it first at the second Intermediate Active Sprint at the first passage of the line (km 103), a decision was taken to shorten the distance of the race due to a lot of gravel on the descent and based on the safety concerns of the riders. There would therefore only be one extra lap to be covered (instead of two) and the descent would be neutralized. After that neutralization, with five kilometres to go, the front two could only count on a lead of 28”. They were eventually caught three kilometres from the finish.
PIDCOCK UNLEASHED
On the final climb up Bir Jaydah Mountain, Rafal Majka (UAD) set up an intense pace with only a few riders managing to follow. After Kepplinger (TBV) was the first to attack, the decisive move came with 500m to go when Tom Pidcock made his effort. He managed to pull away in the last 300m and victoriously crossed the line, beating Kepplinger by 4” and a man who had beaten him at the UCI Mountain-Bike World Championships last year: South-Africa’s Alan Hatherly by 7”.
NEW OVERALL LEADER
Pidcock claims the 6th professional road win of his career after successes such as a stage at the 2022 Tour de France or the Amstel Gold race last year. By doing so the 25-year-old double Olympic Champion (2020 and 2024) captures the overall leader’s Green Jersey and can now enjoy an 8” lead over his closest rival Kepplinger. The Brit also leads the points classification while Adne Holter (UXM) becomes the new best young rider (White Jersey). Muhammad Rosli keeps the Most Active rider’s Orange jersey on his shoulders.
Complete results:
130.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.526 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3hr 18min 15sec |
| 2 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:07 |
| 4 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:18 |
| 5 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:21 |
| 6 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 0:27 |
| 7 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 8 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 9 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:30 |
| 10 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | 0:34 |
| 11 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 12 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 0:39 |
| 13 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 14 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 0:40 |
| 15 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 16 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 18 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 19 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:47 |
| 20 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 0:51 |
| 21 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 22 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | 0:54 |
| 23 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 0:55 |
| 24 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 25 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:00 |
| 26 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:03 |
| 27 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | 1:08 |
| 28 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:11 |
| 29 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 30 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | 1:15 |
| 31 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:19 |
| 32 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 1:20 |
| 33 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:22 |
| 34 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:25 |
| 35 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 36 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 37 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | 1:33 |
| 38 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | 1:37 |
| 39 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:39 |
| 40 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:42 |
| 41 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 1:49 |
| 42 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:26 |
| 43 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | 2:28 |
| 44 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 45 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 46 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 47 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 48 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 2:31 |
| 49 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 2:51 |
| 50 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | 3:03 |
| 51 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:10 |
| 52 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 53 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | 3:15 |
| 54 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 55 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 56 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 57 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 58 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3:28 |
| 59 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 60 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 61 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | 3:42 |
| 62 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:18 |
| 63 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 4:23 |
| 64 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 65 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:59 |
| 66 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 68 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | 5:09 |
| 69 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 70 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:22 |
| 72 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:30 |
| 73 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 74 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 75 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 76 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 78 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 6:11 |
| 79 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | 6:15 |
| 80 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | 6:28 |
| 81 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:32 |
| 82 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 83 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 84 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 85 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 86 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 6:37 |
| 87 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | s.t. |
| 88 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 90 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:01 |
| 91 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 92 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 7:04 |
| 93 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 94 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | 7:14 |
| 95 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 96 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 97 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 98 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 99 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 100 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 101 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:51 |
| 102 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 103 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 104 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:35 |
| 106 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 8:45 |
| 107 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 8:53 |
| 108 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 109 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 11:22 |
| 110 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 11:24 |
| 111 | Abdulaziz Azzam Alabdulmunim | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 113 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 114 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 12:00 |
| 115 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 116 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 12:36 |
| 117 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 13:00 |
| 118 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | 13:18 |
GC after stage 2:
- GC leader: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Points classification leader: Tom Pidcock (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)
- Most active rider: Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli (Terengganu Cycling Team)
- Best young rider: Ådne Holter (Uno-X Mobility)
- Teams classification leader: Uno-X Mobility
273.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.215 km/hr
| 1 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 6hr 28min 26sec |
| 2 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | @ 8sec |
| 3 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:13 |
| 4 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco-AlUla | 0:28 |
| 5 | Stefan de Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:31 |
| 6 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 0:34 |
| 7 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0:37 |
| 8 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | 0:44 |
| 9 | Frank van den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | 0:48 |
| 10 | Unai Iribar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:50 |
| 11 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 12 | Diego Uriarte | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 13 | Max van der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 14 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 15 | Hugo Aznar | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0:52 |
| 16 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | 0:57 |
| 17 | Alessandro Fancellu | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:01 |
| 18 | Nicolo Garibbo | JCL Team Ukyo | 1:04 |
| 19 | Nicolas Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | 1:05 |
| 20 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:10 |
| 21 | Iñigo Elosegui | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:13 |
| 22 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 1:19 |
| 23 | Jordan Jegat | Team TotalEnergies | 1:20 |
| 24 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | 1:21 |
| 25 | Pablo Carrascosa | Equipo Kern Pharma | 1:22 |
| 26 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | XDS Astana Team | 1:25 |
| 27 | Anton Kuzmin | XDS Astana Team | 1:30 |
| 28 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:32 |
| 29 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | 1:35 |
| 30 | Nicolò Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 31 | Cériel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 32 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1:42 |
| 33 | Lev Gonov | XDS Astana Team | 1:43 |
| 34 | Pierre-Henry Basset | XDS Astana Team | 1:47 |
| 35 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 1:49 |
| 36 | Jan Castellon | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:50 |
| 37 | Abner González | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:52 |
| 38 | Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 2:02 |
| 39 | Joris Delbove | Team TotalEnergies | 2:07 |
| 40 | Sergi Darder | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:36 |
| 41 | Gorka Sorarrain | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:38 |
| 42 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | 2:59 |
| 43 | Yuma Koishi | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 44 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 45 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | 3:01 |
| 46 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | 3:02 |
| 47 | Alessandro Romele | XDS Astana Team | 3:13 |
| 48 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:18 |
| 49 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | 3:25 |
| 50 | Javier Ibanez | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 51 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 52 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 53 | Henri-Francois Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | 3:41 |
| 54 | Florian Dauphin | Team TotalEnergies | 3:48 |
| 55 | Fabien Grellier | Team TotalEnergies | 3:56 |
| 56 | Xabier Azparren | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 3:59 |
| 57 | Marino Kobayashi | JCL Team Ukyo | 4:22 |
| 58 | Samuel Leroux | Team TotalEnergies | 4:28 |
| 59 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | 4:33 |
| 60 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 61 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 62 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | 4:45 |
| 63 | Marc Brustenga | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5:09 |
| 64 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:20 |
| 65 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 5:21 |
| 66 | Ivo Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:32 |
| 67 | Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 5:34 |
| 68 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | 5:40 |
| 69 | Andrea D'Amato | JCL Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 70 | Nicolò Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 71 | Casper van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 72 | Alexandre Vinokurov | XDS Astana Team | s.t. |
| 73 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | 6:08 |
| 74 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 6:37 |
| 75 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | 6:42 |
| 76 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 77 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 78 | Lucas Boniface | Team TotalEnergies | 6:47 |
| 79 | Anze Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:49 |
| 80 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:51 |
| 81 | Simone Raccani | JCL Team Ukyo | 7:06 |
| 82 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | 7:11 |
| 83 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 7:24 |
| 84 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | 7:24 |
| 85 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco-AlUla | s.t. |
| 86 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 87 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | 7:30 |
| 88 | Nicola Marcerou | Team TotalEnergies | 7:33 |
| 89 | Shahmir Aiman | Terengganu Cycling Team | 7:45 |
| 90 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | 7:47 |
| 91 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 7:51 |
| 92 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 7:57 |
| 93 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | 8:05 |
| 94 | Masaki Yamamoto | JCL Team Ukyo | 8:10 |
| 95 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | 8:33 |
| 96 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 8:50 |
| 97 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | 8:55 |
| 98 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:03 |
| 99 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:03 |
| 100 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco-AlUla | 9:07 |
| 101 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 9:26 |
| 102 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 10:48 |
| 103 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 10:58 |
| 104 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 11:26 |
| 105 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 11:54 |
| 106 | Ibai Azanza | Equipo Kern Pharma | 12:24 |
| 107 | Arvid de Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 13:09 |
| 108 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | 14:23 |
| 109 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | 14:37 |
| 110 | Abdulaziz Azzam Alabdulmunim | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 111 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 15:10 |
| 113 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 15:13 |
| 114 | Bader Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 115 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | 16:42 |
| 116 | Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 16:55 |
| 117 | Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 18:12 |
| 118 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 20:46 |
Stage 2 map & profile:
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
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Tuesday, January 28: Stage 1, Al Manshiyah Train Station - Al Manshiyah Train Station, 142.7 km
Tim Merlier wins the first stage. Photo: AlUla Tour/Pauline Ballet
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Weather at AlUla at 8:00 AM, local time: 9C (49F), fair, with no wind. The forecast is for the temperature to climb to 22C (72F) in the afternoon.
The race: here's the report from stage winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.
Tim Merlier was unstoppable on the opening stage of the Middle East race, delivering Soudal Quick-Step’s first victory of the year and confirming he remains the fastest man in the sport, after an excellent 2024 during which he racked up a total of 16 wins.
“It’s always great to start the season with a victory, especially on your first day of racing. I like this event and the weather and I’m happy I could win on the first day here. I knew I was in a good shape coming to the start, but I wanted to see exactly where I was after the winter, and I’m delighted with the outcome.”
The finish in Al Manshiyah Train Station was identical with the one of last year, when Tim came from the back in a spectacular manner to clinch a solid third place despite a late bike change. This time, everything went smoothly for the European Champion, who unleashed his sprint with 150 meters to go and gave no chance to the other riders, taking a clear and comfortable victory Tuesday afternoon.
“Getting a victory early in the season is good because it motivated the team even more. The sprint was nervous and it wasn’t easy to get everything in place, but we managed it in the end. The guys did a tremendous amount of work controlling the breakaway and Bert provided another perfect lead-out when it mattered. I lost him a bit with two kilometers to go, but came back in his wheel in the U-turn and he took me in an ideal position from where I started my sprint at the right moment. I’m happy with this result, it’s a really nice confidence-boost”, said Tim, who leads the GC, but also the points classification at the AlUla Tour.
Complete results:
142.7 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.980 km/hr
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 10min 21sec |
| 2 | Juan Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 3 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 5 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 6 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 7 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 8 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 9 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 10 | Andrea D'Amato | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 11 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 12 | Sergi Darder Gari | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 13 | Marc Brustenga Masague | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 14 | Lev Gonov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 15 | Lucas Boniface | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 16 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 17 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Alessandro Romele | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 19 | Gorka Sorarrain Agirrezabala | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 20 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 21 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 22 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 23 | Unai Iribar Jauregi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 24 | Ivo Alves Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 25 | Florian Dauphin | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 26 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 27 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 28 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 29 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 30 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 31 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 32 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 33 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 34 | Javier Ibañez Beltran De Salazar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 35 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 36 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 37 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 38 | Pierre Henry Basset | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 39 | Nicolya Vinokurov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 40 | Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 41 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 42 | Abner González Rivera | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 43 | Nicolò Garibbo | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 44 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 45 | Diego Uriarte Belzunegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 46 | Nicolo' Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 47 | Frank Van Den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 48 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 49 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 52 | Stefan De Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 53 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 54 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 55 | Anton Kuzmin | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Max Van Der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 57 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 58 | Nicolo' Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 60 | Ceriel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 61 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | @ 11sec |
| 62 | Hugo Aznar Vijuesca | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0' 12'' |
| 63 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 64 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 65 | Alessandro Fancellu | Jcl Team Ukyo | 0' 17'' |
| 66 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 67 | Jan Castellón Ribalta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0' 21'' |
| 68 | Pablo Carrascosa Miller | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 69 | Xabier Azparren Irurzun | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 70 | Henri François Renard Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 71 | Casper Van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 72 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 73 | Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abd Halim | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 74 | Alexandr Vinokurov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 76 | Yuma Koishi | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 77 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 78 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | @ 0sec |
| 79 | Jordan Jegat | Totalenergies | 0' 31'' |
| 80 | Samuel Leroux | Totalenergies | 0' 40'' |
| 81 | Thomas Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 0' 41'' |
| 82 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 83 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 84 | Simone Raccani | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 85 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 86 | Nicola Marcerou | Totalenergies | 0' 46'' |
| 87 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0' 49'' |
| 88 | Joris Delbove | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 89 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 90 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1' 09'' |
| 91 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 92 | Anže Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 93 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 94 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 95 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 96 | Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | @ 0sec |
| 97 | Marino Kobayashi | Jcl Team Ukyo | 1' 44'' |
| 98 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco Alula | 1' 56'' |
| 99 | Fabien Grellier | Totalenergies | 1' 57'' |
| 100 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2' 13'' |
| 101 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 2' 24'' |
| 102 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 2' 44'' |
| 103 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 3' 03'' |
| 104 | Bader Abdulaziz Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Abdulaziz Azzam Alabdulmunim | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 107 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 3' 25'' |
| 108 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4' 40'' |
| 109 | Masaki Yamamoto | Jcl Team Ukyo | 4' 45'' |
| 110 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 5' 08'' |
| 111 | Arvid De Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Ibai Azanza Burusco | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5' 10'' |
| 113 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 114 | Wavel Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 5' 21'' |
| 115 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6' 14'' |
| 116 | Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 6' 38'' |
| 117 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 7' 36'' |
| 118 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
GC after stage 1:
| 1 | Tim Merlier | Soudal Quick-Step | 3hr 10min 11sec |
| 2 | Juan Sebastian Molano | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Maikel Zijlaard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0' 06'' |
| 4 | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Mobility | 0' 07'' |
| 5 | Jens Reynders | Wagner Bazin WB | 0' 08'' |
| 6 | Frank Van Den Broek | Team Picnic PostNL | 0' 09'' |
| 7 | Matteo Moschetti | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0' 10'' |
| 8 | Dylan Groenewegen | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 9 | Max Walscheid | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 10 | Pierre Barbier | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 11 | Alberto Bruttomesso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 12 | Sasha Weemaes | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 13 | Andrea D'Amato | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 14 | Fabio Jakobsen | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 15 | Sergi Darder Gari | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 16 | Marc Brustenga Masague | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 17 | Lev Gonov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 18 | Lucas Boniface | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 19 | Jonas Abrahamsen | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 20 | Yevgeniy Fedorov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 21 | Alessandro Romele | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 22 | Gorka Sorarrain Agirrezabala | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 23 | Blake Quick | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 24 | Alan Hatherly | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 25 | Leander Van Hautegem | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 26 | Unai Iribar Jauregi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 27 | Ivo Alves Oliveira | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 28 | Florian Dauphin | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 29 | Luka Mezgec | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 30 | Kenneth Van Rooy | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 31 | Rainer Kepplinger | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 32 | Bert Van Lerberghe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 33 | Niklas Märkl | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 34 | Aiman Cahyadi | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 35 | Elmar Reinders | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 36 | Javier Ibañez Beltran De Salazar | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 37 | Thomas Pesenti | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 38 | Zak Erzen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 39 | Calum Johnston | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 40 | Pierre Henry Basset | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 41 | Nicolya Vinokurov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 42 | Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 43 | Edward Dunbar | Team Jayco Alula | s.t. |
| 44 | Abner González Rivera | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 45 | Nicolò Garibbo | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 46 | Tom Pidcock | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 47 | Diego Uriarte Belzunegi | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 48 | Nicolo' Buratti | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 49 | Mathias Bregnhøj | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 50 | Yannis Voisard | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 51 | Nickolas Zukowsky | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 52 | Andrea Pasqualon | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 53 | Stefan De Bod | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 54 | Dylan Hopkins | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 55 | Anton Kuzmin | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 56 | Max Van Der Meulen | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
| 57 | Nils Eekhoff | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 58 | Nicolo' Parisini | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 59 | Ådne Holter | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 60 | Ceriel Desal | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 61 | Johannes Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 62 | Mikkel Norsgaard Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 63 | Frederik Frison | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0' 21'' |
| 64 | Hugo Aznar Vijuesca | Equipo Kern Pharma | 0' 22'' |
| 65 | Emils Liepins | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 66 | Roland Thalmann | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 67 | Alessandro Fancellu | Jcl Team Ukyo | 0' 27'' |
| 68 | Jordi Warlop | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 69 | Jan Castellón Ribalta | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0' 31'' |
| 70 | Pablo Carrascosa Miller | Equipo Kern Pharma | s.t. |
| 71 | Xabier Azparren Irurzun | Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 72 | Henri François Renard Haquin | Wagner Bazin WB | s.t. |
| 73 | Casper Van Uden | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 74 | Metkel Eyob | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 75 | Muhammad Shahmir Aiman Abd Halim | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 76 | Alexandr Vinokurov | Xds Astana Team | s.t. |
| 77 | Magnus Kulset | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 78 | Yuma Koishi | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 79 | Jonathan Vervenne | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 80 | Jordan Jegat | Totalenergies | 0' 41'' |
| 81 | Samuel Leroux | Totalenergies | 0' 50'' |
| 82 | Thomas Oliver Stockwell | Bahrain Victorious | 0' 51'' |
| 83 | Patompob Phonarjthan | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 84 | Adria Pericas | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 85 | Simone Raccani | Jcl Team Ukyo | s.t. |
| 86 | Andreas Miltiadis | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 87 | Nicola Marcerou | Totalenergies | 0' 56'' |
| 88 | Aivaras Mikutis | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 0' 59'' |
| 89 | Joris Delbove | Totalenergies | s.t. |
| 90 | John Degenkolb | Team Picnic PostNL | s.t. |
| 91 | Gibbe Staes | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 1' 19'' |
| 92 | Ali Al Shaikhahmed | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 93 | Anže Ravbar | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | s.t. |
| 94 | Muhammad Haizam Mohd Shabri | Terengganu Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 95 | Kane Richards | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 96 | Rasmus Bøgh Wallin | Uno-X Mobility | s.t. |
| 97 | Marino Kobayashi | Jcl Team Ukyo | 1' 54'' |
| 98 | Patrick Gamper | Team Jayco Alula | 2' 06'' |
| 99 | Fabien Grellier | Totalenergies | 2' 07'' |
| 100 | Sebastian Kolze Changizi | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | 2' 23'' |
| 101 | Tanawat Saenta | Roojai Insurance | 2' 34'' |
| 102 | Ayco Bastiaens | Soudal Quick-Step | 2' 54'' |
| 103 | Ali Jassas | Saudi National Team | 3' 13'' |
| 104 | Bader Abdulaziz Almuhanna | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 105 | Jehad Alfairouz | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 106 | Abdulaziz Azzam Alabdulmunim | Saudi National Team | s.t. |
| 107 | Enzo Leijnse | Team Picnic PostNL | 3' 35'' |
| 108 | Daniel Babor | Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4' 50'' |
| 109 | Masaki Yamamoto | Jcl Team Ukyo | 4' 55'' |
| 110 | Alexander Kristoff | Uno-X Mobility | 5' 18'' |
| 111 | Arvid De Kleijn | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | s.t. |
| 112 | Ibai Azanza Burusco | Equipo Kern Pharma | 5' 20'' |
| 113 | Kongphob Thimachai | Roojai Insurance | s.t. |
| 114 | Wavel Alhur Alkulaif | Saudi National Team | 5' 31'' |
| 115 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6' 24'' |
| 116 | Muhammad Nur Aiman Rosli | Terengganu Cycling Team | 6' 48'' |
| 117 | Ali Jehad Alhassan | Saudi National Team | 7' 46'' |
| 118 | Warre Vangheluwe | Soudal Quick-Step | s.t. |
Stage 1 map & profile:
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
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Start list with back numbers, January 27, 2025:
| TEAM JAYCO ALULA | |
| 1 | DYLAN GROENEWEGEN |
| 2 | EDWARD DUNBAR |
| 3 | PATRICK GAMPER |
| 4 | ALAN HATHERLY |
| 5 | LUKA MEZGEC |
| 6 | ELMAR REINDERS |
| 7 | MAX WALSCHEID |
| SOUDAL QUICK-STEP | |
| 11 | TIM MERLIER |
| 12 | AYCO BASTIAENS |
| 13 | THOMAS PESENTI |
| 14 | WARRE VANGHELUWE |
| 15 | BERT VAN LERBERGHE |
| 16 | JONATHAN VERVENNE |
| 17 | JORDI WARLOP |
| UAE TEAM EMIRATES - XRG | |
| 21 | RAFAL MAJKA |
| 22 | IVO ALVES OLIVEIRA |
| 23 | MIKKEL NORSGAARD BJERG |
| 24 | JUAN SEBASTIAN MOLANO |
| 25 | ADRIA PERICAS |
| 26 | ANŽE RAVBAR |
| 27 | GIBBE STAES |
| Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 31 | TOM PIDCOCK |
| 32 | XABIER AZPARREN IRURZUN |
| 33 | FREDERIK FRISON |
| 34 | EMILS LIEPINS |
| 35 | MATTEO MOSCHETTI |
| 36 | NICOLO' PARISINI |
| 37 | NICKOLAS ZUKOWSKY |
| TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | |
| 41 | ARVID DE KLEIJN |
| 42 | SEBASTIAN KOLZE CHANGIZI |
| 43 | AIVARAS MIKUTIS |
| 44 | ROLAND THALMANN |
| 45 | YANNIS VOISARD |
| 46 | MAIKEL ZIJLAARD |
| TEAM PICNIC POSTNL | |
| 51 | FABIO JAKOBSEN |
| 52 | JOHN DEGENKOLB |
| 53 | NILS EEKHOFF |
| 54 | ENZO LEIJNSE |
| 55 | NIKLAS MÄRKL |
| 56 | FRANK VAN DEN BROEK |
| 57 | CASPER VAN UDEN |
| UNO-X MOBILITY | |
| 61 | ALEXANDER KRISTOFF |
| 62 | JONAS ABRAHAMSEN |
| 63 | FREDRIK DVERSNES |
| 64 | ÅDNE HOLTER |
| 65 | JOHANNES KULSET |
| 66 | MAGNUS KULSET |
| 67 | RASMUS BØGH WALLIN |
| BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
| 71 | MAX VAN DER MEULEN |
| 72 | ALBERTO BRUTTOMESSO |
| 73 | NICOLO' BURATTI |
| 74 | ZAK ERZEN |
| 75 | RAINER KEPPLINGER |
| 76 | ANDREA PASQUALON |
| 77 | THOMAS OLIVER STOCKWELL |
| XDS ASTANA TEAM | |
| 81 | YEVGENIY FEDOROV |
| 82 | PIERRE HENRY BASSET |
| 83 | LEV GONOV |
| 84 | ANTON KUZMIN |
| 85 | ALESSANDRO ROMELE |
| 86 | ALEXANDR VINOKUROV |
| 87 | NICOLYA VINOKUROV |
| EQUIPO KERN PHARMA | |
| 91 | UNAI IRIBAR JAUREGI |
| 92 | IBAI AZANZA BURUSCO |
| 93 | HUGO AZNAR VIJUESCA |
| 94 | MARC BRUSTENGA MASAGUE |
| 95 | PABLO CARRASCOSA MILLER |
| 96 | IÑIGO ELOSEGUI MOMEÑE |
| 97 | DIEGO URIARTE BELZUNEGI |
| TOTALENERGIES | |
| 101 | JORDAN JEGAT |
| 102 | LUCAS BONIFACE |
| 103 | FLORIAN DAUPHIN |
| 104 | JORIS DELBOVE |
| 105 | FABIEN GRELLIER |
| 106 | SAMUEL LEROUX |
| 107 | NICOLA MARCEROU |
| CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA | |
| 111 | ABNER GONZÁLEZ RIVERA |
| 112 | DANIEL BABOR |
| 113 | JAN CASTELLÓN RIBALTA |
| 114 | SERGI DARDER GARI |
| 115 | JAVIER IBAÑEZ BELTRAN DE SALAZAR |
| 116 | CALUM JOHNSTON |
| 117 | GORKA SORARRAIN AGIRREZABALA |
| SAUDI NATIONAL TEAM | |
| 121 | ALI AL SHAIKHAHMED |
| 122 | ABDULAZIZ AZZAM ALABDULMUNIM |
| 123 | JEHAD ALFAIROUZ |
| 124 | ALI JEHAD ALHASSAN |
| 125 | WAVEL ALHUR ALKULAIF |
| 126 | BADER ABDULAZIZ ALMUHANNA |
| 127 | ALI JASSAS |
| JCL TEAM UKYO | |
| 131 | MARINO KOBAYASHI |
| 132 | ANDREA D'AMATO |
| 133 | ALESSANDRO FANCELLU |
| 134 | NICOLÒ GARIBBO |
| 135 | YUMA KOISHI |
| 136 | SIMONE RACCANI |
| 137 | MASAKI YAMAMOTO |
| TERENGGANU CYCLING TEAM | |
| 141 | MUHAMMAD NUR AIMAN ROSLI |
| 142 | MUHAMMAD SHAHMIR AIMAN ABD HALIM |
| 143 | MATHIAS BREGNHØJ |
| 144 | AIMAN CAHYADI |
| 145 | STEFAN DE BOD |
| 146 | METKEL EYOB |
| 147 | MUHAMMAD HAIZAM MOHD SHABRI |
| ROOJAI INSURANCE | |
| 151 | BLAKE QUICK |
| 152 | DYLAN HOPKINS |
| 153 | ANDREAS MILTIADIS |
| 154 | PATOMPOB PHONARJTHAN |
| 155 | KANE RICHARDS |
| 156 | TANAWAT SAENTA |
| 157 | KONGPHOB THIMACHAI |
| WAGNER BAZIN WB | |
| 161 | CERIEL DESAL |
| 162 | PIERRE BARBIER |
| 163 | HENRI FRANÇOIS RENARD HAQUIN |
| 164 | JENS REYNDERS |
| 165 | LEANDER VAN HAUTEGEM |
| 166 | KENNETH VAN ROOY |
| 167 | SASHA WEEMAES |