The Saudi Tour, formerly known as the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional

road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional form of bicycle racing, in terms of numbers of competitors, events and spectators. The two most common ...

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first held in

Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA), is a country in Western Asia. It covers the bulk of the Arabian Peninsula, and has a land area of about , making it the List of Asian countries by area, fifth-largest country in Asia ...

in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the

UCI Asia Tour The UCI Continental Circuits are a series of road bicycle racing Road bicycle racing is the cycle sport discipline of road cycling, held primarily on Road surface, paved roads. Road racing is the most popular professional sport, professional form ...

for the first time. It is promoted by the

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(ASO) and is classified by the

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(UCI) as a 2.1 category race.

Winners

References

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