The Dubai Tour was an annual professional

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held in

Dubai Dubai (Help:IPA/English, /duːˈbaɪ/ Help:Pronunciation respelling key, ''doo-BYE''; Modern Standard Arabic, Modern Standard Arabic: ; Emirati Arabic, Emirati Arabic: , Romanization of Arabic, romanized: Help:IPA/English, /diˈbej/) is the Lis ...

, which began in 2014 as part of the

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. It merged with the

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to become the

UAE Tour The UAE Tour () are road cycling stage races in the United Arab Emirates. A men's event was first held in 2019 as part of the UCI World Tour. It was created as a result of the merging of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the Dubai Tour. A women's event was ...

from 2019.

History

The race was classified as a 2.1. in 2014, meaning that more ProTeams can participate in the event. The race is organized by the Dubai Sports Council in partnership with

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, and was held for the first time between 5 and 8 February 2014. The race is a men's competition consisting of four stages. The race contains mainly flat stages, with some hillier parts. In 2015, the second edition of the race has been upgraded to 2.HC, meaning that more

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teams can compete in the event. During the race, the leader of the general classification wears a blue jersey, the leader of points classification is denoted by a red jersey and best young rider by white. The race does not award a mountains jersey. In 2019, the Dubai Tour was merged with the nearby

to become the

Past winners

References

External links

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Tour of Dubai Cycling
{{Dubai Tour UCI Asia Tour races Recurring sporting events established in 2014 Sports competitions in Dubai 2014 establishments in the United Arab Emirates Winter in the United Arab Emirates Recurring sporting events disestablished in 2018 2018 disestablishments in the United Arab Emirates Defunct cycling races the United Arab Emirates