2025 UAE Tour

The 2025 UAE Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 17 and 23 February in the United Arab Emirates. It was the seventh edition of the UAE Tour, and the third race of the 2025 UCI World Tour. The UAE Tour was held over seven stages.^[1] The race was won by Slovenian rider Tadej Pogačar of UAE Team Emirates XRG, following stage wins on both mountain stages.^[2]

For the women's race, see 2025 UAE Tour Women.

2025 UAE Tour

2025 UCI World Tour, race 3 of 36
Race details
Dates	17–23 February 2025
Stages	7
Distance	1,013.2 km (629.6 mi)
Winning time	23h 08' 42"
Results
Winner  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates XRG)   Second  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) (Lidl–Trek)   Third  Pello Bilbao (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Points  Jonathan Milan (ITA) (Lidl–Trek) Youth  Iván Romeo (ESP) (Movistar Team) Sprints  Đorđe Đurić (SRB) (Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini)   Team Movistar Team
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Teams

Fifteen UCI WorldTeams and five UCI ProTeams took part in the race.^[3]

UCI WorldTeams

• Alpecin–Deceuninck
• Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale
• EF Education–EasyPost
• Ineos Grenadiers
• Intermarché–Wanty
• Lidl–Trek
• Movistar Team
• Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
• Soudal–Quick-Step
• Team Bahrain Victorious
• Team Jayco–AlUla
• Team Picnic–PostNL
• UAE Team Emirates XRG
• Visma–Lease a Bike
• XDS Astana Team

UCI ProTeams

• Israel–Premier Tech
• Lotto
• Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini
• Tudor Pro Cycling Team
• VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè

Route

Stage characteristics and winners

Stage	Date	Course	Distance	Type		Stage winner
1	17 February	Madinat Zayed Shams Solar Park to Liwa Palace	138 km (86 mi)		Flat stage	Jonathan Milan (ITA)
2	18 February	Al Hudayriat Island to Al Hudayriat Island	12.2 km (7.6 mi)		Individual time trial	Josh Tarling (GBR)
3	19 February	Ras Al Khaimah to Jebel Jais	179 km (111 mi)		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
4	20 February	Fujairah Qidfa Beach to Umm Al Quwain	181 km (112 mi)		Flat stage	Jonathan Milan (ITA)
5	21 February	American University Dubai to Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University	160 km (99 mi)		Flat stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
6	22 February	Abu Dhabi Cycling Club to Abu Dhabi Breakwater	167 km (104 mi)		Flat stage	Tim Merlier (BEL)
7	23 February	Al Ain Hazza bin Zayed Stadium to Jebel Hafeet	176 km (109 mi)		Mountain stage	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)
Total			1,013.2 km (629.6 mi)

Stages

Stage 1

17 February 2025 — Madinat Zayed Shams Solar Park to Liwa Palace, 138 km (86 mi)^[4]

Stage 1 Result[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl–Trek 3h 31' 34" 2  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 3  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 4  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 0" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 6  Aaron Gate (NZL) XDS Astana Team + 0" 7  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 0" 8  Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) Lotto + 0" 9  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 10  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 0"

General classification after Stage 1[5] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl–Trek 3h 31' 24" 2  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 4" 3  Tobias Lund Andresen (DEN) Team Picnic–PostNL + 6" 4  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 10" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 10" 6  Aaron Gate (NZL) XDS Astana Team + 10" 7  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 10" 8  Lionel Taminiaux (BEL) Lotto + 10" 9  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 10" 10  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 10"

Stage 2

18 February 2025 – Al Hudayriat Island to Al Hudayriat Island, 12.2 km (7.6 mi) (ITT)^[6]

Stage 2 Result[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 12' 55" 2  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 13" 3  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 18" 4  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 21" 5  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Jayco–AlUla + 24" 6  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 27" 7  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 28" 8  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 39" 9  Florian Vermeersch (BEL) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 39" 10  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 40"

General classification after Stage 2[7] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers 3h 44' 29" 2  Stefan Bissegger (SUI) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 13" 3  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 18" 4  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 21" 5  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 27" 6  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 28" 7  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 34" 8  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 39" 9  Bruno Armirail (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 41" 10  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 42"

Stage 3

19 February 2025 – Ras Al Khaimah to Jebel Jais, 179 km (111 mi)^[8]

Stage 3 Result[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 4h 36' 04" 2  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 3  Felix Gall (AUT) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 0" 4  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 0" 5  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0" 6  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 7  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 4" 8  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 4" 9  Matthew Riccitello (USA) Israel–Premier Tech + 4" 10  Paul Seixas (FRA) Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale + 4"

General classification after Stage 3[9] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 8h 20' 41" 2  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 18" 3  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 23" 4  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 24" 5  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 26" 6  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 33" 7  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 34" 8  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 35" 9  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 38" 10  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 38"

Stage 4

20 February 2025 – Fujairah Qidfa Beach to Umm Al Quwain, 181 km (112 mi)^[10]

Stage 4 Result[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl–Trek 4h 03' 01" 2  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 0" 3  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 4  Daniel McLay (GBR) Visma–Lease a Bike + 0" 5  Fernando Gaviria (COL) Movistar Team + 0" 6  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 7  Dylan Groenewegen (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 8  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Steffen De Schuyteneer (BEL) Lotto + 0" 10  Gerben Thijssen (BEL) Intermarché–Wanty + 0"

General classification after Stage 4[11] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 12h 23' 42" 2  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 18" 3  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 23" 4  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 24" 5  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 25" 6  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 33" 7  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 34" 8  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 35" 9  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 38" 10  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 38"

Stage 5

21 February 2025 – American University Dubai to Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University, 160 km (99 mi)^[12]

Stage 5 Result[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 3h 16' 55" 2  Matteo Malucelli (ITA) XDS Astana Team + 0" 3  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0" 4  Sam Welsford (AUS) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 5  Oded Kogut (ISR) Israel–Premier Tech + 0" 6  Maikel Zijlaard (NED) Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 0" 7  Danny van Poppel (NED) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 8  Phil Bauhaus (GER) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 9  Elmar Reinders (NED) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 10  Luka Mezgec (SLO) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0"

General classification after Stage 5[13] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 15h 40' 34" 2  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 21" 3  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 27" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 28" 5  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 36" 6  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 37" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 38" 8  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 38" 9  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 41" 10  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 44"

Stage 6

22 February 2025 – Abu Dhabi Cycling Club to Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 167 km (104 mi)^[14]

Stage 6 Result[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tim Merlier (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step 3h 44' 14" 2  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 0" 3  Jonathan Milan (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 0" 4  Max Walscheid (GER) Team Jayco–AlUla + 0" 5  Fabio Jakobsen (NED) Team Picnic–PostNL + 0" 6  Dušan Rajović (SRB) Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini + 0" 7  Daniel Skerl (ITA) Team Bahrain Victorious + 0" 8  Enrico Zanoncello (ITA) VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè + 0" 9  Sam Welsford (AUS) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 0" 10  Steffen De Schuyteneer (BEL) Lotto + 0"

General classification after Stage 6[15] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 19h 24' 48" 2  Joshua Tarling (GBR) Ineos Grenadiers + 21" 3  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 27" 4  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 28" 5  Jay Vine (AUS) UAE Team Emirates XRG + 36" 6  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 37" 7  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 38" 8  Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL) Lotto + 38" 9  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 41" 10  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 44"

Stage 7

23 February 2025 – Al Ain Hazza bin Zayed Stadium to Jebel Hafeet, 176 km (109 mi)^[16]

Stage 7 Result[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 3h 44' 04" 2  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 33" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 35" 4  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 49" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 1' 16" 6  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 25" 7  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 05" 8  William Junior Lecerf (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 2' 11" 9  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl–Trek + 2' 33" 10  Ramses Debruyne (BEL) Alpecin–Deceuninck + 2' 51"

General classification after Stage 7[17] Rank Rider Team Time 1  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) UAE Team Emirates XRG 23h 08' 42" 2  Giulio Ciccone (ITA) Lidl–Trek + 1' 14" 3  Pello Bilbao (ESP) Team Bahrain Victorious + 1' 19" 4  Iván Romeo (ESP) Movistar Team + 1' 26" 5  Oscar Onley (GBR) Team Picnic–PostNL + 2' 10" 6  Finn Fisher-Black (NZL) Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe + 2' 43" 7  Pablo Castrillo (ESP) Movistar Team + 2' 59" 8  William Junior Lecerf (BEL) Soudal–Quick-Step + 3' 49" 9  Harold Tejada (COL) XDS Astana Team + 3' 52" 10  Patrick Konrad (AUT) Lidl–Trek + 4' 00"

Classification leadership table

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Jonathan Milan	Jonathan Milan	Jonathan Milan	Manuele Tarozzi	Jonathan Milan	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe
2	Josh Tarling	Josh Tarling	Josh Tarling		Josh Tarling	Ineos Grenadiers
3	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar	Carlos Samudio
4	Jonathan Milan		Jonathan Milan	Đorđe Đurić
5	Tim Merlier					Movistar Team
6	Tim Merlier
7	Tadej Pogačar				Iván Romeo
Final		Tadej Pogačar	Jonathan Milan	Đorđe Đurić	Iván Romeo	Movistar Team

Final classification standings

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

General classification

Final general classification (1–10)^[17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	23h 08' 42"
2	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	+ 1' 14"
3	Pello Bilbao (ESP)	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 1' 19"
4	Iván Romeo (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 26"
5	Oscar Onley (GBR)	Team Picnic–PostNL	+ 2' 10"
6	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 2' 43"
7	Pablo Castrillo (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 2' 59"
8	William Junior Lecerf (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 3' 49"
9	Harold Tejada (COL)	XDS Astana Team	+ 3' 52"
10	Patrick Konrad (AUT)	Lidl–Trek	+ 4' 00"

Points classification

Final points classification (1–10)^[17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Jonathan Milan (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	81
2	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	62
3	Tim Merlier (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	59
4	Đorđe Đurić (SRB)	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini	46
5	Carlos Samudio (PAN)	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini	38
6	Manuele Tarozzi (ITA)	VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	33
7	Oscar Onley (GBR)	Team Picnic–PostNL	30
8	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	29
9	Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL)	Lotto	26
10	Giulio Ciccone (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	23

Sprints classification

Final sprints classification (1–10)^[17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Đorđe Đurić (SRB)	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini	46
2	Carlos Samudio (PAN)	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini	38
3	Manuele Tarozzi (ITA)	VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	33
4	Jonathan Milan (ITA)	Lidl–Trek	17
5	Tadej Pogačar (SLO)	UAE Team Emirates XRG	9
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL)	Lotto	8
7	Lorenzo Quartucci (ITA)	Team Solution Tech–Vini Fantini	5
8	Robbe Ghys (BEL)	Alpecin–Deceuninck	5
9	Michael Leonard (CAN)	Ineos Grenadiers	5
10	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	3

Young rider classification

Final young rider classification (1–10)^[17]

Rank	Rider	Team	Time
1	Iván Romeo (ESP)	Movistar Team	23h 10' 08"
2	Oscar Onley (GBR)	Team Picnic–PostNL	+ 44"
3	Finn Fisher-Black (NZL)	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 1' 17"
4	Pablo Castrillo (ESP)	Movistar Team	+ 1' 33"
5	William Junior Lecerf (BEL)	Soudal–Quick-Step	+ 2' 23"
6	Lennert Van Eetvelt (BEL)	Lotto	+ 3' 17"
7	Georg Steinhauser (GER)	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 3' 35"
8	Matthew Riccitello (USA)	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 4' 55"
9	Alessandro Pinarello (ITA)	VF Group–Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè	+ 5' 55"
10	Joshua Tarling (GBR)	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 6' 54"

Teams classification

Final team classification (1–10)^[17]

Rank	Team	Time
1	Movistar Team	69h 35' 16"
2	Lidl–Trek	+ 6' 03"
3	Team Bahrain Victorious	+ 7' 51"
4	Red Bull–Bora–Hansgrohe	+ 9' 43"
5	Decathlon–AG2R La Mondiale	+ 10' 38"
6	UAE Team Emirates XRG	+ 12' 18"
7	EF Education–EasyPost	+ 19' 29"
8	Israel–Premier Tech	+ 20' 02"
9	XDS Astana Team	+ 22' 54"
10	Ineos Grenadiers	+ 25' 45"