2026 UAE Tour

For the women's race, see 2026 UAE Tour Women.

2026 UAE Tour

2026 UCI World Tour, race 3 of 36
Race details
Dates	16–22 February 2026
Stages	7
Distance	978.2 km (607.8 mi)
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The 2026 UAE Tour is a road cycling stage race that will take place between 16 and 22 February in the United Arab Emirates. It will be the eighth edition of the UAE Tour, and the third race of the 2026 UCI World Tour.

Teams

All eighteen UCI WorldTeams, three UCI ProTeams will take part in the race. ^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Premier Tech
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Decathlon CMA CGM
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Groupama–FDJ United
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Lidl–Trek
• Lotto–Intermarché
• Movistar Team
• NSN Cycling Team
• Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Picnic–PostNL
• Visma–Lease a Bike
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Uno-X Mobility
• XDS Astana Team

UCI ProTeams

• Modern Adventure Pro Cycling
• Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	16 February	Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa Palace	144 km (89 mi)118 km (73 mi)		Flat stage	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)
2	17 February	Al Hudayriat Island to Al Hudayriat Island	12.2 km (7.6 mi)		Individual time trial	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)
3	18 February	Umm Al Quwain to Jebel Mobrah	182 km (113 mi)		Mountain stage	Antonio Tiberi  (ITA)
4	19 February	Fujairah to Fujairah	182 km (113 mi)		Flat stage	Jonathan Milan  (ITA)
5	20 February	Dubai Al Mamzar Park to Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University	165 km (103 mi)		Flat stage
6	21 February	Al Ain Museum to Jebel Hafeet	168 km (104 mi)		Mountain stage
7	22 February	Zayed National Museum to Abu Dhabi Breakwater	149 km (93 mi)		Flat stage
Total			978.2 km (607.8 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

16 February 2026 — Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa Palace, 118 km (73 mi) ^[2]

Stage 1 Result [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG 2h 30' 56" 2   Cees Bol  (NED) Decathlon CMA CGM + 0" 3   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 4   Matteo Malucelli  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 0" 5   Alessandro Romele  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 0" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 7   Riley Pickrell  (CAN) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 0" 8   Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 0" 9   Ethan Vernon  (GBR) NSN Cycling Team + 0" 10   Tobias Halland Johannessen  (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 [3] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG 2h 30' 46" 2   Cees Bol  (NED) Decathlon CMA CGM + 4" 3   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6" 4   Jonathan Milan  (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 7" 5   Ben Tulett  (GBR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 8" 6   Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 9" 7   Matteo Malucelli  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 10" 8   Alessandro Romele  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 10" 9   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 10" 10   Riley Pickrell  (CAN) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 10"

Stage 2

17 February 2026 – Al Hudayriat Island to Al Hudayriat Island, 12.2 km (7.6 mi) (ITT) ^[4]

Stage 2 Result [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Remco Evenepoel  (BEL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe 13' 03" 2   Joshua Tarling  (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 6" 3   Rémi Cavagna  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ United + 12" 4   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 25" 5   Daan Hoole  (NED) Lidl–Trek + 26" 6   Luke Plapp  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 26" 7   Artem Shmidt  (USA) Ineos Grenadiers + 29" 8   Florian Vermeersch  (BEL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 30" 9   Stefan Bissegger  (SUI) Decathlon CMA CGM + 31" 10   Rune Herregodts  (BEL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 32"

General classification after Stage 2 [5] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Remco Evenepoel  (BEL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe 2h 43' 59" 2   Joshua Tarling  (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 6" 3   Rémi Cavagna  (FRA) Groupama–FDJ United + 12" 4   Ethan Hayter  (GBR) Soudal–Quick-Step + 25" 5   Daan Hoole  (NED) Lidl–Trek + 26" 6   Luke Plapp  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 26" 7   Florian Vermeersch  (BEL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 30" 8   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 30" 9   Stefan Bissegger  (SUI) Decathlon CMA CGM + 31" 10   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 32"

Stage 3

18 February 2026 – Umm Al Quwain to Jebel Mobrah, 182 km (113 mi) ^[6]

Stage 3 Result [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 24' 44" 2   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 15" 3   Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 29" 4   Harold Tejada  (COL) XDS Astana Team + 41" 5   Felix Gall  (AUT) Decathlon CMA CGM + 51" 6   Tobias Halland Johannessen  (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 51" 7   Derek Gee-West  (CAN) Lidl–Trek + 1' 07" 8   Jørgen Nordhagen  (NOR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 07" 9   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 07" 10   Luke Plapp  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 13"

General classification after Stage 3 [7] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious 7h 09' 03" 2   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 21" 3   Harold Tejada  (COL) XDS Astana Team + 1' 00" 4   Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 1' 07" 5   Luke Plapp  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 19" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 21" 7   Derek Gee-West  (CAN) Lidl–Trek + 1' 22" 8   Felix Gall  (AUT) Decathlon CMA CGM + 1' 28" 9   Jørgen Nordhagen  (NOR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 30" 10   Tobias Halland Johannessen  (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 43"

Stage 4

19 February 2026 – Fujairah to Fujairah, 182 km (113 mi) ^[8]

Stage 4 Result [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Jonathan Milan  (ITA) Lidl–Trek 4h 03' 06" 2   Ethan Vernon  (GBR) NSN Cycling Team + 0" 3   Matteo Milan  (ITA) Groupama–FDJ United + 0" 4   Gerben Thijssen  (BEL) Alpecin–Premier Tech + 0" 5   Robin Froidevaux  (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 6   Matteo Malucelli  (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 0" 7   Steffen De Schuyteneer  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 0" 8   Riley Pickrell  (CAN) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling + 0" 9   Sam Welsford  (AUS) Ineos Grenadiers + 0" 10   Emmanuel Houcou  (FRA) Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 4 [9] Rank Rider Team Time 1   Antonio Tiberi  (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious 11h 12' 09" 2   Isaac del Toro  (MEX) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 21" 3   Harold Tejada  (COL) XDS Astana Team + 1' 00" 4   Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL) Lotto–Intermarché + 1' 07" 5   Luke Plapp  (AUS) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 19" 6   Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 1' 21" 7   Derek Gee-West  (CAN) Lidl–Trek + 1' 22" 8   Felix Gall  (AUT) Decathlon CMA CGM + 1' 28" 9   Jørgen Nordhagen  (NOR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 1' 30" 10   Tobias Halland Johannessen  (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 43"

Stage 5

20 February 2026 – Dubai Al Mamzar Park to Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, 165 km (103 mi) ^[10]

Stage 6

21 February 2026 – Al Ain Museum to Jebel Hafeet, 168 km (104 mi) ^[11]

Stage 7

22 February 2026 – Zayed National Museum to Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 149 km (93 mi) ^[12]

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Isaac del Toro	Isaac del Toro	Isaac del Toro	Jonathan Milan	Isaac del Toro	XDS Astana Team
2	Remco Evenepoel	Remco Evenepoel	Remco Evenepoel		Joshua Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers
3	Antonio Tiberi	Antonio Tiberi	Isaac del Toro	Silvan Dillier	Antonio Tiberi	UAE Team Emirates XRG
4	Jonathan Milan
5
6
7
Final

Classification standings

Legend
	Denotes the leader of the general classification		Denotes the leader of the sprints classification
	Denotes the leader of the points classification		Denotes the leader of the young rider classification

General classification

General classification after stage 4 (1–10) ^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonio Tiberi  (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	11h 12' 09"
2	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 21"
3	Harold Tejada  (COL)	XDS Astana Team	+ 1' 00"
4	Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL)	Lotto–Intermarché	+ 1' 07"
5	Luke Plapp  (AUS)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 1' 19"
6	Ilan Van Wilder  (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 1' 21"
7	Derek Gee-West  (CAN)	Lidl–Trek	+ 1' 22"
8	Felix Gall  (AUT)	Decathlon CMA CGM	+ 1' 28"
9	Jørgen Nordhagen  (NOR)	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 1' 30"
10	Tobias Halland Johannessen  (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 1' 43"

Points classification

Points classification after stage 4 (1–10) ^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	36
2	Antonio Tiberi  (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	32
3	Jonathan Milan  (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	30
4	Silvan Dillier  (SUI)	Alpecin–Premier Tech	24
5	Remco Evenepoel  (BEL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	20
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL)	Lotto–Intermarché	18
7	Ethan Vernon  (GBR)	NSN Cycling Team	18
8	Patrick Gamper  (AUT)	Team Jayco–AlUla	16
9	Joshua Tarling  (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	16
10	Cees Bol  (NED)	Decathlon CMA CGM	16

Sprints classification

Sprints classification after stage 4 (1–10) ^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Silvan Dillier  (SUI)	Alpecin–Premier Tech	24
2	Patrick Gamper  (AUT)	Team Jayco–AlUla	16
3	Jonathan Milan  (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	10
4	Stefan De Bod  (RSA)	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	10
5	Jonas Rickaert  (BEL)	Alpecin–Premier Tech	10
6	Ben Tulett  (GBR)	Visma–Lease a Bike	5
7	Luka Mezgec  (SLO)	Team Jayco–AlUla	5
8	Georg Steinhauser  (GER)	EF Education–EasyPost	4
9	James Knox  (GBR)	Team Picnic–PostNL	4
10	Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL)	Lotto–Intermarché	3

Young rider classification

Young rider classification after stage 4 (1–10) ^[9]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Antonio Tiberi  (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	11h 12' 09"
2	Isaac del Toro  (MEX)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 21"
3	Lennert Van Eetvelt  (BEL)	Lotto–Intermarché	+ 1' 07"
4	Jørgen Nordhagen  (NOR)	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 1' 30"
5	Mathys Rondel  (FRA)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 1' 57"
6	Tijmen Graat  (NED)	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 2' 44"
7	Embret Svestad-Bårdseng  (NOR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 3' 20"
8	Pablo Castrillo  (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 3' 21"
9	Markel Beloki  (ESP)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3' 30"
10	Georg Steinhauser  (GER)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3' 35"

Teams classification

Team classification after stage 4 (1–10) ^[9]

Rank	Team	Time
1	UAE Team Emirates XRG	33h 42' 01"
2	Visma–Lease a Bike	+ 36"
3	Pinarello–Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 4' 23"
4	Uno-X Mobility	+ 4 24"
5	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 4' 39"
6	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 4' 48"
7	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 6' 18"
8	Movistar Team	+ 6' 38"
9	Lidl–Trek	+ 7' 33"
10	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	+ 8' 23"

References

1. "The teams of the 2026 edition of the UAE Tour and UAE Tour Women are announced". UAE Tour. 27 January 2026. Retrieved 31 January 2026.
2. "Stage 1". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
3. Fletcher, Patrick (16 February 2026). "UAE Tour: Isaac del Toro upsets the sprinters with sensational attack to win stage 1". CyclingNews. Retrieved 16 February 2026.
4. "Stage 2". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
5. Ostanek, Dani (17 February 2026). "UAE Tour: Remco Evenepoel takes leader's jersey with storming time trial victory on stage 2". CyclingNews. Retrieved 17 February 2026.
6. "Stage 3". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
7. Price, Matilda (18 February 2026). "UAE Tour: Antonio Tiberi soars to stage win, race lead on Jebel Mobrah summit finish as Remco Evenepoel loses two minutes". CyclingNews. Retrieved 18 February 2026.
8. "Stage 4". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
9. Price, Matilda (19 February 2026). "UAE Tour stage 4: Jonathan Milan blasts to commanding bunch sprint victory as break caught in sight of the line". CyclingNews. Retrieved 19 February 2026.
10. "Stage 5". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
11. "Stage 6". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.
12. "Stage 7". UAE Tour . RCS Sport . Retrieved 25 January 2026.

External links

• Official website