Following the recent unveiling of participating teams in the inaugural UAE Tour Women, Abu Dhabi Sports Council, organiser of the UAE Tour pro men’s race, has now confirmed the full list of teams participating in the 2023 edition of the race, which takes place from 20-26 February.
Across seven stages, sixteen UCI WorldTeams will be joined by four UCI ProTeams that will race along the roads of the United Arab Emirates, starting and finishing in Abu Dhabi.
The UAE Tour has seen its two most recent general classification victories go to UAE Team Emirates, with Tadej Pogacar winning the last two editions in 2021 and 2022. Mitchelton-Scott (now Team Jayco-AlUla) secured the lead the year before with Adam Yates topping the standings in 2020, and in 2019, Primoz Roglic of Jumbo-Visma secured the race’s first-ever red jersey.
UAE Team Emirates has also enjoyed the most time in the red leader’s jersey since the UAE Tour’s inception, with Tadej Pogačar wearing it for an impressive 10 stages so far.
Primoz Roglic, meanwhile, has donned the jersey for a total of seven stages, and in third, Adam Yates has worn it three times. Elsewhere, Alpecin-Fenix (now Alpecin-Deceuninck) have also held the leader’s jersey for three stages, with Jasper Philipsen wearing it for two stages in 2022 and Mathieu van der Poel once in 2021.
The UAE Tour will be the second WorldTour stage race in the 2023 UCI calendar, following the Santos Tour Down Under won by Jay Vine of UAE Team Emirates.
As with past editions, the fifth edition of the one and only UCI WorldTour race in the Middle East will see elite professional teams, including Jumbo-Visma, UAE Team Emirates, INEOS Grenadiers and Soudal – Quick Step at the start line.
The full list of confirmed teams is as follows:
UCI WorldTeams
AG2R Citroen Team
Alpecin-Deceuninck
Astana Qazaqstan Team
Bahrain – Victorious
BORA – hansgrohe
EF Education – Easypost
Groupama – FDJ
INEOS Grenadiers
Intermarché – Circus – Wanty
Jumbo-Visma
Movistar Team
Soudal – Quick Step
Team DSM
Team Jayco AlUla
Trek – Segafredo
UAE Team Emirates
UCI ProTeams
Lotto-Dstny
Israel – Premier Tech
Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè
Tudor Pro Cycling Team
