Dubai Tour

Dubai Tour
Race details
Date February
Region Dubai
Discipline Road
Competition UCI Asia Tour 2.HC
Type Stage race
Organiser Dubai Sports Council and RCS Sport
History
First edition 2014 (2014)
Editions 3 (as of 2016)
First winner  Taylor Phinney (USA)
Most wins No repeat winner
Most recent  Marcel Kittel (GER)

The Dubai Tour is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Dubai, which began in 2014 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. The race was classified as a 2.1. in 2013. The race is organized by the Dubai Sports Council in partnership with RCS Sport, and was held for the first time between 5 and 8 February 2014. The race is a men's competition consisting of four stages. The race contains mainly flat stages, with some hillier parts.[1] In 2015, the second edition of the race has been upgraded to 2.HC, meaning that more UCI World Tour teams can compete in the event.[2]

During the race, the leader of the general classification wears a blue jersey, the leader of points classification is denoted by a red jersey and best young rider by white. The race does not award a mountains jersey.

Past winners

General classification

Rider Team
2014 United States Phinney, TaylorTaylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team
2015 United Kingdom Cavendish, MarkMark Cavendish (GBR) Etixx–Quick-Step
2016 Germany Kittel, MarcelMarcel Kittel (GER) Etixx–Quick-Step

References

  1. ↑ "Road closures all over emirate for Dubai Tour". TimeOutDubai.com. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ↑ Emil Axelgaard (1 October 2014). "Dubai Tour upgraded for second edition". Cycling Quotes. CyclingQuotes.com 2013. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Dubai Tour.
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 8/1/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.