The first edition of the women’s UAE Tour (UAE Tour Women, officially) will have a Spanish presence. Among the 20 teams that will take the start, the Movistar Team, Laboral Kutxa – Euskadi Foundation and the new Zaaf Team. This was confirmed this Monday by the organization of the race itself, which will take place from February 9 to 12. From the 20th to the 26th of the same month, it will be the turn of the men’s race, which will celebrate its fifth anniversary.
Specifically, the peloton that will roll through the Middle East will be made up of thirteen World Tour teams (first category) and seven Continental teams (second). “The event’s introduction on the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar shows the growing popularity of cycling, offering local cycling fans greater opportunities to experience world-class racing in the region,” he explains. the organization of the race in your ad.
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The route of the UAE Tour Women, already known, It will have a total of 468 kilometers divided into four stages. Three are for sprinters and one final stage will be reserved for climbers. The race, in fact, ends at the top of Jebel Hafeet, the same climb that occurs in the men’s race (with an average of 8-9% gradient)where Tadej Pogacar has reigned in the last three editions of the UAE Tour.