2019 UAE Tour

The 2019 UAE Tour was a road cycling stage race, that took place between 24 February and 2 March 2019 in the United Arab Emirates. It was the first edition of the UAE Tour and the third race of the 2019 UCI World Tour.^[2]

2019 UAE Tour

2019 UCI World Tour, race 3 of 38
Race details
Dates	24 February–2 March 2019
Stages	7
Distance	1,077[1] km (669.2 mi)
Winning time	26h 27' 29"
Results
Winner  Primož Roglič (SLO) (Team Jumbo–Visma)   Second  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) (Movistar Team)   Third  David Gaudu (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Youth  David Gaudu (FRA) (Groupama–FDJ) Sprints  Elia Viviani (ITA) (Deceuninck–Quick-Step)   Team Bora–Hansgrohe
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Teams

Twenty teams started the race. Each team had a maximum of seven riders:^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Bora–Hansgrohe
• CCC Team
• Groupama–FDJ
• Mitchelton–Scott
• Team Katusha–Alpecin
• UAE Team Emirates
• AG2R La Mondiale
• Deceuninck–Quick-Step
• Lotto–Soudal
• Team Dimension Data
• Team Sunweb
• Bahrain–Merida
• Astana
• EF Education First
• Movistar Team
• Team Jumbo–Visma
• Trek–Segafredo
• Team Sky

UCI Professional Continental teams

• Gazprom–RusVelo
• Team Novo Nordisk

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[4][5]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	24 February	Al Hudayriat Island to Al Hudayriat Island	16 km (9.9 mi)		Team time trial	Team Jumbo–Visma
2	25 February	Yas Island to Abu Dhabi	184 km (114 mi)		Flat stage	Fernando Gaviria (COL)
3	26 February	Al Ain to Jebel Hafeet	179 km (111 mi)		Medium mountain stage	Alejandro Valverde (ESP)
4	27 February	Palm Jumeirah to Hatta Dam	197 km (122 mi)		Hilly stage	Caleb Ewan (AUS)
5	28 February	Sharjah to Khor Fakkan	181 km (112 mi)		Flat stage	Elia Viviani (ITA)
6	1 March	Ajman to Jebel Jais	175 km (109 mi)		Mountain stage	Primož Roglič (SLO)
7	2 March	Dubai Safari Park to Dubai	145 km (90 mi)		Flat stage	Sam Bennett (IRL)

Stages

Stage 1

Stage 1 result[4][6] Rank Team Time 1 Team Jumbo–Visma 16' 49" 2 Team Sunweb + 7" 3 Bahrain–Merida + 9" 4 Team Sky + 14" 5 Movistar Team + 18" 6 CCC Team + 24" 7 Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 26" 8 EF Education First s.t. 9 Bora–Hansgrohe + 29" 10 Team Dimension Data s.t.

General classification after Stage 1[4][6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 16' 49" 2  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 3  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 4  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 5  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb + 7" 6  Chad Haga (USA) Team Sunweb s.t. 7  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 8  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 9  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team Sunweb s.t. 10  Rohan Dennis (AUS) Bahrain–Merida + 8"

Stage 2

Stage 2 result[4][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates 4h 36' 32" 2  Elia Viviani (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t. 3  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal s.t. 4  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Sky s.t. 5  Erik Baška (SVK) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 6  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 7  Sacha Modolo (ITA) EF Education First s.t. 8  Marcel Kittel (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 9  Marc Sarreau (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 10  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) CCC Team s.t.

General classification after Stage 2[4][7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 53' 21" 2  Jos van Emden (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 4  Koen Bouwman (NED) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 6" 6  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb + 7" 7  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 8  Nikias Arndt (GER) Team Sunweb s.t. 9  Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) Bahrain–Merida + 9" 10  Damiano Caruso (ITA) Bahrain–Merida s.t.

Stage 3

Stage 3 result[4][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 4h 44' 50" 2  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 5  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 12" 6  Davide Formolo (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 33" 7  Ilnur Zakarin (RUS) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 8  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 35" 9  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo s.t. 10  Jan Hirt (CZE) Astana s.t.

General classification after Stage 3[4][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 9h 38' 05" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 14" 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 31" 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 39" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 47" 6  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 54" 7  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb + 57" 8  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 1' 05" 9  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 07" 10  Davide Formolo (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 08"

Stage 4

Stage 4 result[4][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 4h 27' 07" 2  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo + 2" 3  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma s.t. 4  Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 5" 5  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 6  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 7  Diego Ulissi (ITA) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 9  Marco Haller (AUT) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 10  Bauke Mollema (NED) Trek–Segafredo s.t.

General classification after Stage 4[4][9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 14h 05' 10" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 38" 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 46" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 54" 6  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 01" 7  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 04" 8  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 1' 12" 9  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 14" 10  Davide Formolo (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 15"

Stage 5

Stage 5 result[4][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 4h 48' 59" 2  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 3  Marcel Kittel (GER) Team Katusha–Alpecin s.t. 4  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 5  Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data s.t. 6  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida s.t. 7  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Sky s.t. 8  Jakub Mareczko (ITA) CCC Team s.t. 9  Cees Bol (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 10  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb s.t.

General classification after Stage 5[4][10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 18h 54' 09" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 21" 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 38" 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 46" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 54" 6  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 01" 7  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 04" 8  Víctor de la Parte (ESP) CCC Team + 1' 12" 9  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 14" 10  Davide Formolo (ITA) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 15"

Stage 6

Stage 6 result[4][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 4h 15' 39" 2  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ s.t. 4  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 5  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team s.t. 6  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb s.t. 7  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 8  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe s.t. 9  Rui Costa (POR) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 10  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 5"

General classification after Stage 6[4][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 23h 09' 38" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 31" 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 44" 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 56" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 04" 6  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 08" 7  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 11" 8  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 29" 9  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 45" 10  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 1' 49"

Stage 7

Stage 7 result[4][12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 3h 17' 51" 2  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 3  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal s.t. 4  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) UAE Team Emirates s.t. 5  Elia Viviani (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step s.t. 6  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain–Merida s.t. 7  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Sunweb s.t. 8  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Mitchelton–Scott s.t. 9  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo s.t. 10  Kristoffer Halvorsen (NOR) Team Sky s.t.

Classification leadership table

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Youth classification	Team classification
1	Team Jumbo–Visma	Primož Roglič	Not awarded	Laurens De Plus	Team Jumbo–Visma
2	Fernando Gaviria		Fernando Gaviria
3	Alejandro Valverde		Stepan Kurianov	David Gaudu	Bora–Hansgrohe
4	Caleb Ewan
5	Elia Viviani
6	Primož Roglič
7	Sam Bennett		Elia Viviani
Final		Primož Roglič	Elia Viviani	David Gaudu	Bora–Hansgrohe

Classifications

Legend
	Denotes the winner of the general classification
	Denotes the winner of the points classification
	Denotes the winner of the young rider classification

Final general classification[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 26h 27' 29" 2  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team + 31" 3  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ + 44" 4  Emanuel Buchmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 56" 5  Wilco Kelderman (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 04" 6  Tom Dumoulin (NED) Team Sunweb + 1' 08" 7  Dan Martin (IRL) UAE Team Emirates + 1' 11" 8  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 1' 29" 9  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 45" 10  Michał Kwiatkowski (POL) Team Sky + 1' 49"

Final points classification[12] Rank Rider Team Points 1  Elia Viviani (ITA) Deceuninck–Quick-Step 57 2  Fernando Gaviria (COL) UAE Team Emirates 52 3  Stepan Kurianov (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo 52 4  Primož Roglič (SLO) Team Jumbo–Visma 48 5  Caleb Ewan (AUS) Lotto–Soudal 44 6  Charles Planet (FRA) Team Novo Nordisk 43 7  Sam Bennett (IRL) Bora–Hansgrohe 34 8  Alejandro Valverde (ESP) Movistar Team 30 9  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 24 10  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Trek–Segafredo 18

Final young rider classification[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  David Gaudu (FRA) Groupama–FDJ 26h 28' 13" 2  James Knox (GBR) Deceuninck–Quick-Step + 45" 3  Laurens De Plus (BEL) Team Jumbo–Visma + 1' 01" 4  Maximilian Schachmann (GER) Bora–Hansgrohe + 1' 12" 5  Pavel Sivakov (RUS) Team Sky + 3' 54" 6  Bjorg Lambrecht (BEL) Lotto–Soudal + 4' 02" 7  Aurélien Paret-Peintre (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 4' 28" 8  Niklas Eg (DEN) Trek–Segafredo + 4' 42" 9  Quentin Jaurégui (FRA) AG2R La Mondiale + 5' 12" 10  Artem Nych (RUS) Gazprom–RusVelo + 5' 41"

Final teams classification[12] Rank Team Time 1 Bora–Hansgrohe 78h 52' 35" 2 UAE Team Emirates + 35" 3 Astana + 5' 46" 4 AG2R La Mondiale + 5' 49" 5 CCC Team + 8' 19" 6 Team Sky + 8' 20" 7 Mitchelton–Scott + 9' 52" 8 Team Sunweb + 11' 14" 9 Trek–Segafredo + 16' 41" 10 Team Jumbo–Visma + 18' 53"