UAE Tour Women 2024: All you need to know

UAE Tour Women 2024: Key details

UAE Tour Women 2024: Race information

The UAE Tour Women 2024 is the second edition of the race with the 2023 race marking the first ever women's WorldTour race held in the Middle East. Organised by RCS Sports and the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, the four-stage race will take place from 8-11 February, passing through the Middle Eastern country's desert landscapes and tall urban skylines. 

Fabrizio D’Amico, chief operating officer at RCS Sports and UAE Tour director, said of the inaugural event:

"Seeing the Women’s UAE Tour coming to reality is something we are very proud of"

"With the Abu Dhabi Sports Council we worked with the objective of bringing further cycling excitement to the region and in doing so, it is therefore natural to offer the same playing field to women with a women’s version of the UAE Tour at the same level as the men’s race. 

"We want this new race to become one of the best and most important races of the UCI Women’s WorldTour calendar with the goal also to help the development of women’s cycling within the Country and the whole Continent."

The men's version of the race, the UAE Tour, has taken place every year since 2019. 

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UAE Tour Women 2024: The route

The race’s opening stage will be held in Dubai on 8 February, passing classic sites on very straight, flat roads. One for the sprinters.

Stage two or 'the desert stage' crosses vast expanses of deserts before reaching wide, straight roads interspersed with roundabouts heading to the finish.

There's only one summit finish and it's on day three. Jebel Hafeet awaits, after winding through Al Ain and across the desert once again. Pitched at an average 6.6% over 11km, the climb winds up through the Martian landscape, peaking out at 11%, 3km from the finish. 

The race will conclude in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the UAE, on 12 February. The final stage will play out over 105km from Louvre Abu Dhabi to the Abu Dhabi Breakwater, taking in the sights of the city. It’ll be another day for the sprinters, with no climbs in sight, before the overall race winner is crowned.

UAE Tour Women 2024: Stage-by-stage

UAE Tour Women 2024: The jerseys

General Classification/Leader's: Red

General points: Green

Intermediate sprint: Black

Young rider's: White

UAE Tour Women: Recent winners

2023: Elisa Longo Borghini (Ita) Trek–Segafredo

Official race links

UAE Tour Women official website

UAE Tour Women official Twitter page