Abu Dhabi Sports Council, organiser of the UAE Tour, has confirmed the full list of teams participating in the 2024 edition of the UAE Tour, taking place from February 19-25.
Across seven stages, sixteen UCI WorldTeams will be joined by four UCI ProTeams that will race along the roads of the Middle East, starting and finishing in Abu Dhabi.
As with past editions, the sixth edition of the one and only UCI WorldTour race in the Middle East will see leading professional teams, including Team Visma | Lease a Bike, UAE Team Emirates, INEOS Grenadiers and Soudal Quick-Step, at the start line. The full list of confirmed teams is as follows:
UCI WorldTeams
ALPECIN-DECEUNINCK
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS
BORA – HANSGROHE
COFIDIS
DECATHLON AG2R LA MONDIALE TEAM
EF EDUCATION – EASYPOST
INEOS GRENADIERS
INTERMARCHÉ – WANTY
LIDL-TREK
MOVISTAR TEAM
SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
TEAM DSM-FIRMENICH POSTNL
TEAM JAYCO ALULA
TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
UCI ProTeams
ISRAEL – PREMIER TECH (qualified by ranking)
LOTTO DSTNY (qualified by ranking)
CORRATEC – VINI FANTINI
TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM
UAE Tour
The men’s race will feature four sprinters’ stages, two mountain stages best suited to the peloton’s climbers, and a 12.1-km long, high-speed individual time trial.
Feb 19, 2024 – Stage 1 – Al Dhafra Walk Madinat Zayed-Liwa Palace, 143km
Feb 20, 2024 – Stage 2 – Al Hudayriyat Island ITT, 12.1km
Feb 21, 2024 – Stage 3 – Al Marjan Island-Jebel Jais, 176km
Feb 22, 2024 – Stage 4 – Dubai Police Officer’s club-Dubai Harbour, 173km
Feb 23, 2024 – Stage 5 – Al Aqah-Umm al Quwain, 182km
Feb 24, 2024 – Stage 6 – Louvre Abu Dhabi Museum-Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 138km
Feb 25, 2024 – Stage 7 – Al Ain Bait Mohammed Bin Khalifa-Jebel Hafeet, 161km
