2023 Saudi Tour

The 2023 Saudi Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 30 January and 3 February 2023 in Saudi Arabia. The race is rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2023 UCI Asia Tour calendar, and is the seventh edition of the Saudi Tour.

2023 Saudi Tour

2023 UCI Asia Tour
Race details
Dates	30 January–3 February 2023
Stages	5
Distance	830.5 km (516.0 mi)
Results
Winner  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) (Movistar Team)   Second  Davide Formolo (ITA) (UAE Team Emirates)   Third  Santiago Buitrago (COL) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Points  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) (Team Jayco–AlUla) Youth  Santiago Buitrago (COL) (Team Bahrain Victorious)   Team Movistar Team
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Teams

Made up of 16 cycling teams, only two teams did not enter seven riders (UAE Team Emirates and Astana Qazaqstan Team entered six riders each). In total, 110 riders started the race.^[1]

UCI WorldTeams

• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• UAE Team Emirates
• Team DSM
• Cofidis
• Movistar Team
• Astana Qazaqstan Team

UCI ProTeams

• Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
• Human Powered Health
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Euskaltel–Euskadi
• Team Corratec
• Bingoal WB

UCI Continental Teams

• JCL Team Ukyo
• Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team

National team

• Saudi Arabia

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[2]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	30 January	Alula Airport to Khaybar	180.5 km (112.2 mi)		Flat stage	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)
2	31 January	Winter Park to Shalal Sijlyat Rocks	184 km (114 mi)		Flat stage	Jonathan Milan (ITA)
3	1 February	Al Manshiyah Train Station to Abu Rakah	159.5 km (99.1 mi)		Flat stage	Søren Wærenskjold (NOR)
4	2 February	Maraya to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid	163.5 km (101.6 mi)		Flat stage	Ruben Guerreiro (POR)
5	3 February	Al Ula Old Town to Maraya	143 km (89 mi)		Flat stage	Simone Consonni (ITA)
Total			830.5 km (516.0 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

30 January 2023 — AIUIa International Airport to Khaybar, 180.5 km (112.2 mi)^[3]

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla 4h 08' 09" 2  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 0" 4  Søren Wærenskjold (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 8  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 10  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[4][5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla 4h 07' 59" 2  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Team Bahrain Victorious + 4" 3  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 6" 4  Marcus Hansen (DEN) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 7" 5  Søren Wærenskjold (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 6  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 10" 7  Ivo Oliveira (POR) UAE Team Emirates + 10" 8  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 10" 9  Stian Fredheim (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 10" 10  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 10"

Stage 2

31 January 2023 — Winter Park to Shalal Sijlyat Rocks, 184 km (114 mi)^[6]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious 4h 53' 35" 2  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 3  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 4  Erlend Blikra (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 0" 7  Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 8  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 9  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 10  Szymon Sajnok (POL) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[7][8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla 9h 01' 28" 2  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 6" 3  Max Walscheid (GER) Cofidis + 12" 4  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 12" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 16" 6  Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 7  Erlend Blikra (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team + 16" 8  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 19" 9  Pier-André Côté (CAN) Human Powered Health + 19" 10  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 19"

Stage 3

1 February 2023 — Al Manshiyah Train Station > Abu Rakah, 159.5 km (99.1 mi)^[9]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Søren Wærenskjold (NOR) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 4h 23' 18" 2  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 3  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 4  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 0" 5  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Felix Grossschartner (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 7  Davide Formolo (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 8  Alessandro Fedeli (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 9  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 10  Pier-André Côté (CAN) Human Powered Health + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[10][11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious 13h 24' 46" 2  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 8" 3  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 16" 4  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) Movistar Team + 17" 5  Felix Grossschartner (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 18" 6  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 19" 7  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 19" 8  Pier-André Côté (CAN) Human Powered Health + 19" 9  Andoni Lopez de Abetxuko (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 19" 10  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 19"

Stage 4

2 February 2023 — Maraya > Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, 163.5 km (101.6 mi)^[12]

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) Movistar Team 3h 45' 01" 2  Davide Formolo (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 3  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 4  Felix Großschartner (AUT) UAE Team Emirates + 4" 5  Will Barta (USA) Movistar Team + 22" 6  Gregor Mühlberger (AUT) UAE Team Emirates + 23" 7  Axel Mariault (FRA) Cofidis + 23" 8  Xabier Mikel Azparren (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 23" 9  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 28" 10  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 28"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[13][14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) Movistar Team 17h 09' 51" 2  Davide Formolo (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 8" 3  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 9" 4  Felix Großschartner (AUT) UAE Team Emirates + 16" 5  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 24" 6  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 32" 7  Will Barta (USA) Movistar Team + 37" 8  Xabier Mikel Azparren (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 38" 9  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 43" 10  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 43"

Stage 5

3 February 2023 — AIUIa Old Town > Maraya, 143 km (89 mi)^[15]

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis 3h 10' 13" 2  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 3  Pascal Ackermann (GER) UAE Team Emirates + 0" 4  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 5  Max Kanter (GER) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 0" 7  Juan Jose Lobato (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 0" 8  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 0" 9  Szymon Sajnok (POL) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 10  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 24"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[16][17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Ruben Guerreiro (POR) Movistar Team 20h 20' 04" 2  Davide Formolo (ITA) UAE Team Emirates + 8" 3  Santiago Buitrago (COL) Team Bahrain Victorious + 9" 4  Felix Großschartner (AUT) UAE Team Emirates + 18" 5  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 24" 6  Cees Bol (NED) Astana Qazaqstan Team + 32" 7  Simone Consonni (ITA) Cofidis + 33" 8  Will Barta (USA) Movistar Team + 37" 9  Xabier Mikel Azparren (ESP) Euskaltel–Euskadi + 38" 10  Marco Tizza (ITA) Bingoal WB + 43"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Active rider classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Dylan Groenewegen	Marcus Sander Hansen	Marcus Sander Hansen	Movistar Team
2	Jonathan Milan	Jonathan Milan
3	Søren Wærenskjold	Jonathan Milan	Jonathan Milan
4	Ruben Guerreiro	Ruben Guerreiro	Santiago Buitrago	UAE Team Emirates
5	Simone Consonni	Dylan Groenewegen
Final		Ruben Guerreiro	Dylan Groenewegen	Marcus Sander Hansen	Santiago Buitrago	UAE Team Emirates

Final classification standings

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