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UAE Tour Women 2026 - Stage 1

Al Mirfa > Madinat Zayed, 111.0km

05.02-08.02

Lorena Wiebes powered to a dominant win on stage 1 of the UAE Tour Women in Madinat Zayed, extending her race record for stage victories. Patient in the headwind finish, the Dutch champion launched late and won by several bike lengths ahead of Lara Gillespie and Zoe Bäckstedt. It was her seventh UAE Tour Women stage win and 119th pro road victory, putting her into the red leader’s jersey for stage 2.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lorena Wiebes Team SD Worx-Protime 2:26:17
2 Lara Gillespie UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
3 Zoe Backstedt CANYON//SRAM + 00.00
4 Maggie Coles-Lyster Human Powered Health + 00.00
5 Martina Alzini Cofidis Women Team + 00.00
6 Gladys Verhulst-Wild AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
7 Georgia Baker Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
8 Emma Norsgaard Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
9 Rachele Barbieri Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.00
10 Carys Lloyd Movistar Team Women + 00.00
11 Charlotte Kool Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
12 Alexandra Manly AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
13 Nienke Veenhoven Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.00
14 Karolina Kumiega St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
15 Linda Zanetti Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.00
16 Aidi Gerde Tuisk Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 00.00
17 Alison Jackson St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
18 Vittoria Guazzini FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
19 Alicia Gonzalez St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
20 Alexandra Volstad EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
21 Chiara Consonni CANYON//SRAM + 00.00
22 Amalie Dideriksen Cofidis Women Team + 00.00
23 Irma Siri Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.00
24 Scarlett Souren VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
25 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
26 Marta Pavesi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.00
27 Megan Jastrab UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
28 Mylène de Zoete Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
29 Marthe Goossens AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
30 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
31 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
32 Laura Lizette Sander Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 00.00
33 Nikola Noskova Cofidis Women Team + 00.00
34 Niamh Fisher-Black Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
35 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 00.00
36 Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
37 Arlenis Sierra Movistar Team Women + 00.00
38 Matilde Vitillo Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
39 Susanne Andersen Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.00
40 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney CANYON//SRAM + 00.00
41 Silvia Zanardi Human Powered Health + 00.00
42 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
43 Marlen Reusser Movistar Team Women + 00.00
44 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
45 Caroline Wreszin St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
46 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
47 Justine Ghekiere AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
48 Silvia Persico UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
49 Ilse Pluimers AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
50 Quinty Ton Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
51 Noä Jansen Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
52 Steffi Häberlin Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
53 Lieke Nooijen Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.00
54 Quinty Schoens VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
55 Auke De Buysser EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
56 Kim Le Court AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.00
57 Daria Pikulik Human Powered Health + 00.00
58 Elisa Longo Borghini UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
59 Elena Cecchini Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
60 Marit Raaijmakers Human Powered Health + 00.00
61 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
62 Maria Martins CANYON//SRAM + 00.00
63 Sophie von Berswordt-Wallrabe VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
64 Eleonora Ciabocco Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.00
65 Pfeiffer Georgi Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.00
66 Tiffany Cromwell CANYON//SRAM + 00.00
67 Kamilla Aasebø Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.00
68 Mia Griffin Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.00
69 Jade Wiel FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
70 Amanda Spratt Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
71 Axelle Dubau-Prévôt EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
72 Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
73 Floortje Mackaij Movistar Team Women + 00.00
74 Alexis Magner EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
75 Amber van der Hulst VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.00
76 Margot Vanpachtenbeke Lidl-Trek Women + 00.00
77 Elisa De Vallier Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.00
78 Chiara Reghini Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.00
79 Femke Markus Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
80 Femke de Vries Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.00
81 Francesca Barale Movistar Team Women + 00.00
82 Barbara Guarischi Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
83 Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.00
84 Christina Schweinberger Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
85 Elynor Backstedt UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
86 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
87 Margaux Vigié Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.00
88 Daniek Hengeveld Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.00
89 Aude Biannic Movistar Team Women + 00.00
90 Victorie Guilman Cofidis Women Team + 00.00
91 Anniina Ahtosalo Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.00
92 Evy Kuijpers Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
93 Marthe Truyen Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
94 Kristyna Burlova Cofidis Women Team + 00.17
95 Jeanne Korevaar Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.20
96 Laura Tomasi Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.51
97 Robyn Clay Team Picnic PostNL Women + 01.35
98 April Tacey Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.16
99 Marion Borras Cofidis Women Team + 03.16
100 Sonia Rossetti Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.16
101 Elyne Roussel St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.16
102 Mari Hole Mohr Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.16
103 Sara Luccon Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.16
104 Megan Arens Team Picnic PostNL Women + 03.16
105 Sofia Arici Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.16
106 Linda Laporta Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.16
107 Monica Castagna Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.16
108 Martina Fidanza Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 03.16
109 Magdalene Lind Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.16
110 Emilie Morier St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.16
111 Neve Bradbury CANYON//SRAM + 03.16
112 Meis Poland VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 03.16
113 Nina Buijsman Human Powered Health + 03.16
114 Nina Berton EF Education-Oatly + 03.16
115 Anneke Dijkstra VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 03.16
116 Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health + 12.59
117 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 12.59
118 Misia Belotti Vini Fantini-BePink + 12.59
- Fien Van Eynde Fenix-Premier Tech DNS

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Lorena Wiebes Team SD Worx-Protime 2:26:07
2 Lara Gillespie UAE Team ADQ + 00.04
3 Zoe Backstedt CANYON//SRAM + 00.06
4 Femke de Vries Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.07
5 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.08
6 Alison Jackson St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.09
7 Maggie Coles-Lyster Human Powered Health + 00.10
8 Martina Alzini Cofidis Women Team + 00.10
9 Gladys Verhulst-Wild AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
10 Georgia Baker Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.10
11 Emma Norsgaard Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
12 Rachele Barbieri Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.10
13 Carys Lloyd Movistar Team Women + 00.10
14 Charlotte Kool Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.10
15 Alexandra Manly AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
16 Nienke Veenhoven Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.10
17 Karolina Kumiega St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.10
18 Linda Zanetti Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.10
19 Aidi Gerde Tuisk Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 00.10
20 Vittoria Guazzini FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.10
21 Alicia Gonzalez St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.10
22 Alexandra Volstad EF Education-Oatly + 00.10
23 Chiara Consonni CANYON//SRAM + 00.10
24 Amalie Dideriksen Cofidis Women Team + 00.10
25 Irma Siri Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.10
26 Scarlett Souren VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.10
27 Marta Pavesi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.10
28 Megan Jastrab UAE Team ADQ + 00.10
29 Mylène de Zoete Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.10
30 Marthe Goossens AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
31 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 00.10
32 Lauretta Hanson Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
33 Laura Lizette Sander Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 00.10
34 Nikola Noskova Cofidis Women Team + 00.10
35 Niamh Fisher-Black Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
36 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 00.10
37 Eva van Agt FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.10
38 Arlenis Sierra Movistar Team Women + 00.10
39 Matilde Vitillo Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.10
40 Susanne Andersen Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.10
41 Katarzyna Niewiadoma-Phinney CANYON//SRAM + 00.10
42 Silvia Zanardi Human Powered Health + 00.10
43 Anna van der Breggen Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.10
44 Marlen Reusser Movistar Team Women + 00.10
45 Monica Trinca Colonel Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.10
46 Caroline Wreszin St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.10
47 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.10
48 Justine Ghekiere AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
49 Silvia Persico UAE Team ADQ + 00.10
50 Ilse Pluimers AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
51 Quinty Ton Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.10
52 Noä Jansen Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.10
53 Steffi Häberlin Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.10
54 Lieke Nooijen Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.10
55 Quinty Schoens VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.10
56 Auke De Buysser EF Education-Oatly + 00.10
57 Kim Le Court AG Insurance-Soudal Team + 00.10
58 Daria Pikulik Human Powered Health + 00.10
59 Elisa Longo Borghini UAE Team ADQ + 00.10
60 Elena Cecchini Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.10
61 Marit Raaijmakers Human Powered Health + 00.10
62 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
63 Maria Martins CANYON//SRAM + 00.10
64 Sophie von Berswordt-Wallrabe VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.10
65 Eleonora Ciabocco Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.10
66 Pfeiffer Georgi Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.10
67 Tiffany Cromwell CANYON//SRAM + 00.10
68 Kamilla Aasebø Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.10
69 Mia Griffin Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.10
70 Jade Wiel FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.10
71 Amanda Spratt Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
72 Axelle Dubau-Prévôt EF Education-Oatly + 00.10
73 Karlijn Swinkels UAE Team ADQ + 00.10
74 Floortje Mackaij Movistar Team Women + 00.10
75 Alexis Magner EF Education-Oatly + 00.10
76 Amber van der Hulst VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.10
77 Margot Vanpachtenbeke Lidl-Trek Women + 00.10
78 Elisa De Vallier Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.10
79 Chiara Reghini Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.10
80 Femke Markus Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.10
81 Francesca Barale Movistar Team Women + 00.10
82 Barbara Guarischi Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.10
83 Katrine Aalerud Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.10
84 Christina Schweinberger Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.10
85 Elynor Backstedt UAE Team ADQ + 00.10
86 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.10
87 Margaux Vigié Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.10
88 Daniek Hengeveld Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.10
89 Aude Biannic Movistar Team Women + 00.10
90 Victorie Guilman Cofidis Women Team + 00.10
91 Anniina Ahtosalo Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.10
92 Evy Kuijpers Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.10
93 Marthe Truyen Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.10
94 Kristyna Burlova Cofidis Women Team + 00.27
95 Jeanne Korevaar Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.30
96 Laura Tomasi Uno-X Mobility Women + 01.01
97 Robyn Clay Team Picnic PostNL Women + 01.45
98 April Tacey Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.26
99 Marion Borras Cofidis Women Team + 03.26
100 Sonia Rossetti Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.26
101 Elyne Roussel St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.26
102 Mari Hole Mohr Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.26
103 Sara Luccon Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.26
104 Megan Arens Team Picnic PostNL Women + 03.26
105 Sofia Arici Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.26
106 Linda Laporta Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.26
107 Monica Castagna Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.26
108 Martina Fidanza Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 03.26
109 Magdalene Lind Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.26
110 Emilie Morier St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.26
111 Neve Bradbury CANYON//SRAM + 03.26
112 Meis Poland VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 03.26
113 Nina Buijsman Human Powered Health + 03.26
114 Nina Berton EF Education-Oatly + 03.26
115 Anneke Dijkstra VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 03.26
116 Petra Stiasny Human Powered Health + 13.09
117 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 13.09
118 Misia Belotti Vini Fantini-BePink + 13.09
- Fien Van Eynde Fenix-Premier Tech DNS

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Zoe Backstedt CANYON//SRAM 2:26:13
2 Carys Lloyd Movistar Team Women + 00.04
3 Nienke Veenhoven Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women + 00.04
4 Alexandra Volstad EF Education-Oatly + 00.04
5 Irma Siri Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.04
6 Scarlett Souren VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 00.04
7 Marta Pavesi Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.04
8 Babette van der Wolf EF Education-Oatly + 00.04
9 Laura Lizette Sander Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 00.04
10 Gaia Segato Vini Fantini-BePink + 00.04
11 Auke De Buysser EF Education-Oatly + 00.04
12 Felicity Wilson-Haffenden Lidl-Trek Women + 00.04
13 Eleonora Ciabocco Team Picnic PostNL Women + 00.04
14 Kamilla Aasebø Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.04
15 Elisa De Vallier Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.04
16 Chiara Reghini Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.04
17 Francesca Barale Movistar Team Women + 00.04
18 Eglantine Rayer Girault FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.04
19 Anniina Ahtosalo Uno-X Mobility Women + 00.04
20 Robyn Clay Team Picnic PostNL Women + 01.39
21 Elyne Roussel St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 03.20
22 Sara Luccon Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.20
23 Megan Arens Team Picnic PostNL Women + 03.20
24 Sofia Arici Vini Fantini-BePink + 03.20
25 Monica Castagna Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 03.20
26 Meis Poland VolkerWessels Women's Pro Cycling Team + 03.20
27 Andrea Casagranda Vini Fantini-BePink + 13.03
28 Misia Belotti Vini Fantini-BePink + 13.03

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Lorena Wiebes Team SD Worx-Protime 20
2 Lara Gillespie UAE Team ADQ 16
3 Zoe Backstedt CANYON//SRAM 12
4 Maggie Coles-Lyster Human Powered Health 9
5 Femke de Vries Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 8
6 Juliette Berthet FDJ United-SUEZ 8
7 Martina Alzini Cofidis Women Team 7
8 Franziska Koch FDJ United-SUEZ 6
9 Gladys Verhulst-Wild AG Insurance-Soudal Team 5
10 Vittoria Guazzini FDJ United-SUEZ 5
11 Georgia Baker Liv AlUla Jayco 4
12 Alison Jackson St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 3
13 Emma Norsgaard Lidl-Trek Women 3
14 Pfeiffer Georgi Team Picnic PostNL Women 3
15 Rachele Barbieri Team Picnic PostNL Women 2
16 Carys Lloyd Movistar Team Women 1
17 Margaux Vigié Team Visma | Lease a Bike Women 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 AG Insurance-Soudal Team 7:18:51
2 St Michel-Preference Home-Auber 93 + 00.00
3 Cofidis Women Team + 00.00
4 CANYON//SRAM zondacrypto + 00.00
5 Lidl-Trek + 00.00
6 UAE Team ADQ + 00.00
7 FDJ United-SUEZ + 00.00
8 Liv AlUla Jayco + 00.00
9 Movistar Team + 00.00
10 Team SD Worx-Protime + 00.00
11 Human Powered Health + 00.00
12 EF Education-Oatly + 00.00
13 Uno-X Mobility + 00.00
14 Fenix-Premier Tech + 00.00
15 Top Girls Fassa Bortolo + 00.00
16 Team Picnic PostNL + 00.00
17 VolkerWessels Cycling Team + 00.00
18 Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 00.00
19 Hitec Products-Fluid Control + 03.16
20 Vini Fantini-BePink + 06.32

Race profile

Race
UAE Tour Women
Start date
05.02.2026
End date
08.02.2026
Total distance
111.0 km
Gen
Women
Cat
2.WWT
Country
United Arab Emirates
Discipline
Road
First edition
2023

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