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UAE Tour 2021 - Stage 1

Al Ruwais > Al Mirfa, 176.0km

21.02-27.02

The UAE Tour is a UCI WorldTour stage race held in February in the United Arab Emirates. Recognised for its deserts and dunes, and crosswind stages, the race was first held in 2019 as a merger of the Abu Dhabi Tour and Dubai Tour, two other stage races. The leader of the general classification wears the red jersey.

Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix 3:45:47
2 David Dekker Jumbo-Visma + 00.00
3 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.00
4 Emils Liepins Trek-Segafredo + 00.00
5 Elia Viviani Cofidis + 00.00
6 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates + 00.00
7 Anthony Roux Groupama-FDJ + 00.00
8 Chris Harper Jumbo-Visma + 00.03
9 Joao Almeida Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.03
10 Fausto Masnada Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.03
11 Shane Archbold Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.03
12 Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers + 00.03
13 Fernando Gaviria UAE Team Emirates + 00.03
14 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo + 00.06
15 Maximiliano Richeze UAE Team Emirates + 00.06
16 Neilson Powless EF Education-NIPPO + 00.06
17 Gianni Vermeersch Alpecin-Fenix + 00.06
18 Mattia Cattaneo Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.03
19 Kiel Reijnen Trek-Segafredo + 00.03
20 Ruben Fernandez Cofidis + 00.03
21 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates + 00.55
22 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis + 01.02
23 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.03
24 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
25 Nathan Haas Cofidis + 08.29
26 Rémy Rochas Cofidis + 08.29
27 Rick Zabel Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
28 Nikias Arndt Team DSM + 08.29
29 Hector Carretero Movistar Team + 08.29
30 Antonio Tiberi Trek-Segafredo + 08.29
31 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
32 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
33 Harry Tanfield Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
34 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 08.29
35 Koen De Kort Trek-Segafredo + 08.29
36 Albert Torres Movistar Team + 08.29
37 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
38 Max Walscheid Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
39 Matteo Pelucchi Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
40 Domenico Pozzovivo Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
41 Patrick Konrad BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
42 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team + 08.29
43 Jack Haig Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
44 Emanuel Buchmann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
45 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates + 08.29
46 Fabio Sabatini Cofidis + 08.29
47 Attilio Viviani Cofidis + 08.29
48 Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
49 Simone Petilli Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
50 Jan Polanc UAE Team Emirates + 08.29
51 Iñigo Elosegui Movistar Team + 08.29
52 Thymen Arensman Team DSM + 08.29
53 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team + 08.29
54 Mathias Frank AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
55 Davide Formolo UAE Team Emirates + 08.29
56 Davide Villella Movistar Team + 08.29
57 James Whelan EF Education-NIPPO + 08.29
58 Stefan de Bod Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
59 Ruben Guerreiro EF Education-NIPPO + 08.29
60 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
61 Riccardo Minali Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
62 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
63 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
64 Thomas De Gendt Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
65 Jaakko Hänninen AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
66 Tsgabu Grmay Team BikeExchange + 08.29
67 Attila Valter Groupama-FDJ + 08.29
68 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ + 08.29
69 André Greipel Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
70 Iljo Keisse Deceuninck-Quick Step + 08.29
71 Jasper De Buyst Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
72 Daniel Martinez INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
73 Mark Donovan Team DSM + 08.29
74 Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange + 08.29
75 Sergio Higuita EF Education-NIPPO + 08.29
76 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
77 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
78 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 08.29
79 Matteo Moschetti Trek-Segafredo + 08.29
80 Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
81 Luis León Sánchez Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
82 Vincenzo Nibali Trek-Segafredo + 08.29
83 François Bidard AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
84 Chris Froome Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
85 Ben Hermans Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
86 Lawson Craddock EF Education-NIPPO + 08.29
87 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-NIPPO + 08.29
88 Samuele Battistella Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
89 Phil Bauhaus Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
90 Omer Goldstein Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
91 Matteo Badilatti Groupama-FDJ + 08.29
92 William Bonnet Groupama-FDJ + 08.29
93 Louis Vervaeke Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
94 Tony Gallopin AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
95 Wesley Kreder Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
96 Kevin Van Melsen Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
97 Matteo Sobrero Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
98 Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange + 08.29
99 Jonathan Milan Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
100 Roger Kluge Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
101 Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
102 Jonas Rickaert Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
103 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
104 Dmitriy Gruzdev Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
105 Andrey Amador INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
106 Ivan Sosa INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
107 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma + 08.29
108 Yevgeniy Gidich Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
109 Alexey Lutsenko Astana-Premier Tech + 08.29
110 Florian Stork Team DSM + 08.29
111 Christoph Pfingsten Jumbo-Visma + 08.29
112 Koen Bouwman Jumbo-Visma + 08.29
113 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen Team DSM + 08.29
114 Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma + 08.29
115 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo-Visma + 08.29
116 Lasse Norman Leth Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.29
117 Roy Jans Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
118 Michael Hepburn Team BikeExchange + 08.29
119 Wout Poels Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
120 Cees Bol Team DSM + 08.29
121 Jan Hirt Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.29
122 Fred Wright Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
123 Alex Dowsett Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
124 Jack Bauer Team BikeExchange + 08.29
125 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious + 08.29
126 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers + 08.29
127 Sam Bennett Deceuninck-Quick Step + 08.29
128 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R Citroën Team + 08.29
129 Harm Vanhoucke Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
130 Alberto Dainese Team DSM + 08.29
131 Kevin Colleoni Team BikeExchange + 08.29
132 Matthias Brändle Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.29
133 Michael Schwarzmann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
134 Pascal Ackermann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
135 Martin Laas BORA-hansgrohe + 08.29
136 Harry Sweeny Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
137 Caleb Ewan Lotto-Soudal + 08.29
138 Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange + 08.29
139 Alexys Brunel Groupama-FDJ + 15.46

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix 3:45:37
2 David Dekker Jumbo-Visma + 00.04
3 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.06
4 Joao Almeida Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.07
5 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates + 00.08
6 Emils Liepins Trek-Segafredo + 00.10
7 Elia Viviani Cofidis + 00.10
8 Anthony Roux Groupama-FDJ + 00.10
9 Mattia Cattaneo Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.11
10 Chris Harper Jumbo-Visma + 00.13
11 Fausto Masnada Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.13
12 Shane Archbold Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.13
13 Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers + 00.13
14 Fernando Gaviria UAE Team Emirates + 00.13
15 Kiel Reijnen Trek-Segafredo + 00.13
16 Ruben Fernandez Cofidis + 00.13
17 Damiano Caruso Bahrain Victorious + 00.13
18 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo + 00.16
19 Maximiliano Richeze UAE Team Emirates + 00.16
20 Neilson Powless EF Education-NIPPO + 00.16
21 Gianni Vermeersch Alpecin-Fenix + 00.16
22 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates + 01.05
23 Kenneth Vanbilsen Cofidis + 01.12
24 Omer Goldstein Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.37
25 Bert-Jan Lindeman Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
26 Nathan Haas Cofidis + 08.39
27 Rémy Rochas Cofidis + 08.39
28 Rick Zabel Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
29 Nikias Arndt Team DSM + 08.39
30 Hector Carretero Movistar Team + 08.39
31 Antonio Tiberi Trek-Segafredo + 08.39
32 Ben Zwiehoff BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
33 Cesare Benedetti BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
34 Harry Tanfield Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
35 Alejandro Valverde Movistar Team + 08.39
36 Koen De Kort Trek-Segafredo + 08.39
37 Albert Torres Movistar Team + 08.39
38 Giacomo Nizzolo Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
39 Max Walscheid Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
40 Matteo Pelucchi Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
41 Domenico Pozzovivo Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
42 Patrick Konrad BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
43 Gregor Mühlberger Movistar Team + 08.39
44 Jack Haig Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
45 Emanuel Buchmann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
46 Rafal Majka UAE Team Emirates + 08.39
47 Fabio Sabatini Cofidis + 08.39
48 Attilio Viviani Cofidis + 08.39
49 Andrea Vendrame AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
50 Simone Petilli Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
51 Jan Polanc UAE Team Emirates + 08.39
52 Iñigo Elosegui Movistar Team + 08.39
53 Thymen Arensman Team DSM + 08.39
54 Antonio Pedrero Movistar Team + 08.39
55 Mathias Frank AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
56 Davide Formolo UAE Team Emirates + 08.39
57 Davide Villella Movistar Team + 08.39
58 James Whelan EF Education-NIPPO + 08.39
59 Stefan de Bod Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
60 Ruben Guerreiro EF Education-NIPPO + 08.39
61 Louis Meintjes Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
62 Riccardo Minali Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
63 Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
64 Tosh Van der Sande Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
65 Thomas De Gendt Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
66 Jaakko Hänninen AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
67 Tsgabu Grmay Team BikeExchange + 08.39
68 Attila Valter Groupama-FDJ + 08.39
69 Matthieu Ladagnous Groupama-FDJ + 08.39
70 André Greipel Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
71 Iljo Keisse Deceuninck-Quick Step + 08.39
72 Jasper De Buyst Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
73 Daniel Martinez INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
74 Mark Donovan Team DSM + 08.39
75 Nick Schultz Team BikeExchange + 08.39
76 Sergio Higuita EF Education-NIPPO + 08.39
77 Kristian Sbaragli Alpecin-Fenix + 08.39
78 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
79 Olivier Le Gac Groupama-FDJ + 08.39
80 Matteo Moschetti Trek-Segafredo + 08.39
81 Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
82 Luis León Sánchez Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
83 Vincenzo Nibali Trek-Segafredo + 08.39
84 François Bidard AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
85 Chris Froome Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
86 Ben Hermans Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
87 Lawson Craddock EF Education-NIPPO + 08.39
88 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-NIPPO + 08.39
89 Samuele Battistella Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
90 Phil Bauhaus Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
91 Matteo Badilatti Groupama-FDJ + 08.39
92 William Bonnet Groupama-FDJ + 08.39
93 Louis Vervaeke Alpecin-Fenix + 08.39
94 Tony Gallopin AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
95 Wesley Kreder Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
96 Kevin Van Melsen Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
97 Matteo Sobrero Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
98 Luka Mezgec Team BikeExchange + 08.39
99 Jonathan Milan Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
100 Roger Kluge Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
101 Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
102 Jonas Rickaert Alpecin-Fenix + 08.39
103 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin-Fenix + 08.39
104 Dmitriy Gruzdev Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
105 Andrey Amador INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
106 Ivan Sosa INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
107 Jos Van Emden Jumbo-Visma + 08.39
108 Yevgeniy Gidich Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
109 Alexey Lutsenko Astana-Premier Tech + 08.39
110 Florian Stork Team DSM + 08.39
111 Christoph Pfingsten Jumbo-Visma + 08.39
112 Koen Bouwman Jumbo-Visma + 08.39
113 Asbjørn Kragh Andersen Team DSM + 08.39
114 Sepp Kuss Jumbo-Visma + 08.39
115 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo-Visma + 08.39
116 Lasse Norman Leth Team Qhubeka NextHash + 08.39
117 Roy Jans Alpecin-Fenix + 08.39
118 Michael Hepburn Team BikeExchange + 08.39
119 Wout Poels Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
120 Cees Bol Team DSM + 08.39
121 Jan Hirt Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 08.39
122 Fred Wright Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
123 Alex Dowsett Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
124 Jack Bauer Team BikeExchange + 08.39
125 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious + 08.39
126 Luke Rowe INEOS Grenadiers + 08.39
127 Sam Bennett Deceuninck-Quick Step + 08.39
128 Lawrence Warbasse AG2R Citroën Team + 08.39
129 Harm Vanhoucke Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
130 Alberto Dainese Team DSM + 08.39
131 Kevin Colleoni Team BikeExchange + 08.39
132 Matthias Brändle Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.39
133 Michael Schwarzmann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
134 Pascal Ackermann BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
135 Martin Laas BORA-hansgrohe + 08.39
136 Harry Sweeny Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
137 Caleb Ewan Lotto-Soudal + 08.39
138 Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange + 08.39
139 Alexys Brunel Groupama-FDJ + 15.56

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 David Dekker Jumbo-Visma 3:45:41
2 Joao Almeida Deceuninck-Quick Step + 00.03
3 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates + 00.04
4 Mattias Skjelmose Trek-Segafredo + 00.12
5 Neilson Powless EF Education-NIPPO + 00.12
6 Mikkel Bjerg UAE Team Emirates + 01.01
7 Omer Goldstein Israel Start-Up Nation + 08.33
8 Rémy Rochas Cofidis + 08.35
9 Antonio Tiberi Trek-Segafredo + 08.35
10 Attilio Viviani Cofidis + 08.35
11 Iñigo Elosegui Movistar Team + 08.35
12 Thymen Arensman Team DSM + 08.35
13 James Whelan EF Education-NIPPO + 08.35
14 Stefan de Bod Astana-Premier Tech + 08.35
15 Jaakko Hänninen AG2R Citroën Team + 08.35
16 Attila Valter Groupama-FDJ + 08.35
17 Daniel Martinez INEOS Grenadiers + 08.35
18 Mark Donovan Team DSM + 08.35
19 Sergio Higuita EF Education-NIPPO + 08.35
20 Brandon Rivera INEOS Grenadiers + 08.35
21 Matteo Moschetti Trek-Segafredo + 08.35
22 Stefan Bissegger EF Education-NIPPO + 08.35
23 Samuele Battistella Astana-Premier Tech + 08.35
24 Matteo Sobrero Astana-Premier Tech + 08.35
25 Jonathan Milan Bahrain Victorious + 08.35
26 Filippo Ganna INEOS Grenadiers + 08.35
27 Jasper Philipsen Alpecin-Fenix + 08.35
28 Ivan Sosa INEOS Grenadiers + 08.35
29 Yevgeniy Gidich Astana-Premier Tech + 08.35
30 Florian Stork Team DSM + 08.35
31 Jonas Vingegaard Jumbo-Visma + 08.35
32 Fred Wright Bahrain Victorious + 08.35
33 Gino Mäder Bahrain Victorious + 08.35
34 Harm Vanhoucke Lotto-Soudal + 08.35
35 Alberto Dainese Team DSM + 08.35
36 Kevin Colleoni Team BikeExchange + 08.35
37 Harry Sweeny Lotto-Soudal + 08.35
38 Kaden Groves Team BikeExchange + 08.35
39 Alexys Brunel Groupama-FDJ + 15.52

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Mathieu van der Poel Alpecin-Fenix 20
2 Joao Almeida Deceuninck-Quick Step 18
3 David Dekker Jumbo-Visma 16
4 Michael Mørkøv Deceuninck-Quick Step 14
5 Tadej Pogacar UAE Team Emirates 10
6 Emils Liepins Trek-Segafredo 9
7 Elia Viviani Cofidis 7
8 Mattia Cattaneo Deceuninck-Quick Step 6
9 Omer Goldstein Israel Start-Up Nation 5
10 Anthony Roux Groupama-FDJ 4
11 Chris Harper Jumbo-Visma 3
12 Fausto Masnada Deceuninck-Quick Step 1

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Deceuninck-Quick Step 11:17:27
2 UAE Team Emirates + 00.03
3 Trek-Segafredo + 00.03
4 Cofidis + 00.59
5 Jumbo-Visma + 08.26
6 Alpecin-Fenix + 08.29
7 Groupama-FDJ + 16.52
8 Bahrain Victorious + 16.55
9 INEOS Grenadiers + 16.55
10 EF Education-NIPPO + 16.58
11 Team Qhubeka NextHash + 25.21
12 Movistar Team + 25.21
13 BORA-hansgrohe + 25.21
14 Team DSM + 25.21
15 AG2R Citroën Team + 25.21
16 Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux + 25.21
17 Israel Start-Up Nation + 25.21
18 Lotto-Soudal + 25.21
19 Astana-Premier Tech + 25.21
20 Team BikeExchange + 25.21

Race profile

Race
UAE Tour
Start date
21.02.2021
End date
27.02.2021
Total distance
176.0 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.UWT
Country
United Arab Emirates
Discipline
Road
First edition
2019

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