2025 AlUla Tour

The 2025 AlUla Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 28 January and 1 February 2025 in Saudi Arabia. The race was rated as a category 2.1 event on the 2025 UCI Asia Tour calendar and is the ninth edition of the Saudi Tour.

2025 AlUla Tour

2025 UCI Asia Tour, race 4 of 19
Race details
Dates	28 January – 1 February 2025
Stages	5
Distance	764.4 km (475.0 mi)
Winning time	17h 26' 25"
Results
Winner  Tom Pidcock (GBR) (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team)   Second  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) (Uno-X Mobility)   Third  Johannes Kulset (NOR) (Uno-X Mobility) Points  Tom Pidcock (GBR) (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) Youth  Johannes Kulset (NOR) (Uno-X Mobility) Sprints  Jens Reynders (BEL) (Wagner Bazin WB)   Team Uno-X Mobility
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Teams

Seventeen teams entered the race, including six UCI WorldTeams, seven UCI ProTeams, three UCI Continental teams and the Saudi Arabian National Team. All teams entered a full squad of seven riders, with the exception of Tudor Pro Cycling Team, who entered six. In total, 118 riders started the race.^[1][2] 106 riders finished all five stages.^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Picnic PostNL
• XDS Astana Team

UCI ProTeams

• Caja Rural–Seguros RGA
• Equipo Kern Pharma
• Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team
• Team TotalEnergies
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• Uno-X Mobility
• Wagner Bazin WB

UCI Continental Teams

• JCL Team Ukyo
• Roojai Insurance
• Terengganu Cycling Team

National team

• Saudi Arabia

Route

Stage characteristics and winners^[4]

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	28 January	Al Manshiyah Train Station to Al Manshiyah Train Station	142.7 km (88.7 mi)		Flat stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
2	29 January	AlUla Old Town to Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah	157.7 km (98.0 mi)		Hilly stage	Tom Pidcock (GBR)
3	30 January	Hegra to Tayma Fort	180.6 km (112.2 mi)		Flat stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
4	31 January	Maraya to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid	140.9 km (87.6 mi)		Hilly stage	Tom Pidcock (GBR)
5	1 February	AlUla Camel Cup Track to AlUla Camel Cup Track	169.6 km (105.4 mi)		Flat stage	Matteo Moschetti (ITA)

Stages

Stage 1

28 January 2025 — Al Manshiyah Train Station to Al Manshiyah Train Station, 142.7 km (88.7 mi)^[5]

Stage 1 Result (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 3h 10' 21" 2  Sebastian Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 3  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 4  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 6  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 7  Pierre Barbier (FRA) Wagner Bazin WB + 0" 8  Alberto Bruttomesso (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Sasha Weemaes (BEL) Wagner Bazin WB + 0" 10  Andrea D'Amato (ITA) JCL Team Ukyo + 0"

General classification after Stage 1 (1–10)[6] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 3h 10' 11" 2  Sebastian Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 4" 3  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 6" 4  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 7" 5  Jens Reynders (BEL) Wagner Bazin WB + 8" 6  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team Picnic PostNL + 9" 7  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 10" 8  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 10" 9  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Jayco–AlUla + 10" 10  Pierre Barbier (FRA) Wagner Bazin WB + 10"

Stage 2

29 January 2025 — AlUla Old Town to Bir Jaydah Mountain Wirkah, 157.7 km (98.0 mi)^[7]

Stage 2 Result (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 3h 18' 15" 2  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Soudal–Quick-Step + 4" 3  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 7" 4  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 18" 5  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Terengganu Cycling Team + 21" 6  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 27" 7  Yannis Voisard (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 27" 8  Rafal Majka (POL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 27" 9  Hugo Aznar (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 30" 10  Alessandro Fancellu (ITA) JCL Team Ukyo + 34"

General classification after Stage 2 (1–10)[8] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 6h 28' 26" 2  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Team Bahrain Victorious + 8" 3  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 13" 4  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 28" 5  Stefan de Bod (RSA) Terengganu Cycling Team + 31" 6  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 34" 7  Yannis Voisard (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 37" 8  Adne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 44" 9  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team Picnic PostNL + 48" 10  Unai Iribar (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 50"

Stage 3

30 January 2025 — Hegra to Tayma Fort, 180.6 km (112.2 mi)^[9]

Stage 3 Result (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 4h 16' 23" 2  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 3  Sebastian Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 4  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 0" 5  Pierre Barbier (FRA) Wagner Bazin WB + 0" 6  Marc Brustenga (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0" 7  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ) XDS Astana Team + 0" 8  Florian Dauphin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 9  Alberto Bruttomesso (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 10  Sebastian Kolze Changizi (DEN) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0"

General classification after Stage 3 (1–10)[10] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 10h 44' 49" 2  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Team Bahrain Victorious + 8" 3  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 13" 4  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 34" 5  Yannis Voisard (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 37" 6  Adne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 44" 7  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team Picnic PostNL + 48" 8  Calum Johnston (GBR) Caja Rural–Seguros RGA + 50" 9  Max van der Meulen (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 50" 10  Johannes Kulset (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 50"

Stage 4

31 January 2025 — Maraya to Skyviews of Harrat Uwayrid, 140.9 km (87.6 mi)^[11]

Stage 4 Result (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 3h 9' 46" 2  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 12" 3  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Team Bahrain Victorious + 12" 4  Johannes Kulset (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 12" 5  Edward Dunbar (IRL) Team Jayco–AlUla + 16" 6  Thomas Pesenti (ITA) Soudal–Quick-Step + 24" 7  Xabier Azparren (ESP) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 24" 8  Alessandro Fancellu (ITA) JCL Team Ukyo + 24" 9  Joris Delbove (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 24" 10  Max van der Meulen (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 24"

General classification after Stage 4 (1–10)[12] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 13h 54' 22" 2  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Team Bahrain Victorious + 29" 3  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 32" 4  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 11" 5  Johannes Kulset (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 13" 6  Yannis Voisard (SUI) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 1' 14" 7  Adne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 21" 8  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team Picnic PostNL + 1' 25" 9  Max van der Meulen (NED) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 27" 10  Alessandro Fancellu (ITA) JCL Team Ukyo + 1' 38"

Stage 5

1 February 2025 — AlUla Camel Cup Track to AlUla Camel Cup Track, 169.6 km (105.4 mi)^[13]

Stage 5 Result (1–10)[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Matteo Moschetti (ITA) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 3h 32' 00" 2  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 3  Sebastian Molano (COL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0" 4  Alexander Kristoff (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 0" 5  Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ) XDS Astana Team + 0" 6  Florian Dauphin (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 0" 7  Arvid de Kleijn (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 8  Alberto Bruttomesso (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Sasha Weemaes (BEL) Wagner Bazin WB + 0" 10  Marc Brustenga (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 0"

General classification after Stage 5 (1–10)[14] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tom Pidcock (GBR) Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 17h 26' 25" 2  Fredrik Dversnes (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 09" 3  Johannes Kulset (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 12" 4  Adne Holter (NOR) Uno-X Mobility + 1' 22" 5  Rainer Kepplinger (AUT) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 23" 6  Alan Hatherly (RSA) Team Jayco–AlUla + 1' 26" 7  Frank van den Broek (NED) Team Picnic PostNL + 1' 26" 8  Alessandro Fancellu (ITA) JCL Team Ukyo + 1' 39" 9  Diego Uriarte (ESP) Equipo Kern Pharma + 1' 51" 10  Jordan Jegat (FRA) Team TotalEnergies + 1' 58"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Active rider classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Tim Merlier	Tim Merlier	Tim Merlier	Nur Aiman Rosli	Frank van den Broek	Team Jayco–AlUla
2	Tom Pidcock	Tom Pidcock	Tom Pidcock		Adne Holter	Uno-X Mobility
3	Tim Merlier		Tim Merlier	Jens Reynders
4	Tom Pidcock		Tom Pidcock		Johannes Kulset
5	Matteo Moschetti'
Final		Tom Pidcock	Tom Pidcock	Jens Reynders	Johannes Kulset	Uno-X Mobility

Classification standings

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

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	17h 26' 25"
2	Fredrik Dversnes (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 1' 09"
3	Johannes Kulset (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 1' 12"
4	Adne Holter (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 1' 22"
5	Rainer Kepplinger (AUT)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 23"
6	Alan Hatherly (RSA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 1' 26"
7	Frank van den Broek (NED)	Team Picnic PostNL	+ 1' 26"
8	Alessandro Fancellu (ITA)	JCL Team Ukyo	+ 1' 39"
9	Diego Uriarte (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 1' 51"
10	Jordan Jegat (FRA)	Team TotalEnergies	+ 1' 58"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	30
2	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	30
3	Sebastian Molano (COL)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	30
4	Dylan Groenewegen (NED)	Team Jayco–AlUla	30
5	Matteo Moschetti (ITA)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	29
6	Rainer Kepplinger (AUT)	Team Bahrain Victorious	21
7	Alan Hatherly (RSA)	Team Jayco–AlUla	21
8	Edward Dunbar (IRL)	Team Jayco–AlUla	13
9	Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)	XDS Astana Team	10
10	Pierre Barbier (FRA)	Wagner Bazin WB	10

Active rider classification

Final active rider classification (1–10)^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Points
1	Jens Reynders (BEL)	Wagner Bazin WB	21
2	Nur Aiman Rosli (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	8
3	Fredrik Dversnes (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	6
4	Tom Pidcock (GBR)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	4
5	Johannes Kulset (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	4
6	Shahmir Aiman (MAS)	Terengganu Cycling Team	4
7	Kane Richards (AUS)	Roojai Insurance	4
8	Aivaras Mikutis (LTU)	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	3
9	Emils Liepins (LAT)	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	3
10	Jonas Abrahamsen (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	3

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[14]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Johannes Kulset (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	17h 27' 37"
2	Adne Holter (NOR)	Uno-X Mobility	+ 10"
3	Frank van den Broek (NED)	Team Picnic PostNL	+ 14"
4	Alessandro Fancellu (ITA)	JCL Team Ukyo	+ 27"
5	Diego Uriarte (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 39"
6	Max van der Meulen (NED)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 09"
7	Yevgeniy Fedorov (KAZ)	XDS Astana Team	+ 1' 13"
8	Nicolas Vinokurov (KAZ)	XDS Astana Team	+ 1' 59"
9	Nicolo Buratti (ITA)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 2' 20"
10	Hugo Aznar (ESP)	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 2' 38"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[14]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Uno-X Mobility	52h 23' 04"
2	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 2' 26"
3	Equipo Kern Pharma	+ 2' 26"
4	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 2' 27"
5	Team TotalEnergies	+ 4' 05"
6	XDS Astana Team	+ 4' 16"
7	Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	+ 5' 27"
8	Team Jayco–AlUla	+ 5' 50"
9	Caja Rural–Seguros RGA	+ 7' 14"
10	Wagner Bazin WB	+ 8' 24"