From the 20th to the 26th of February there will be cycling on the screen everyday as the peloton heads to the final race of the Middle East micro-block with the UAE Tour on the menu. The first stage-race of the season counts with a set of sprint stages that lure an incredible set of riders, and a GC battle that promises to deliver a lot of spectacle.
The startlist quality is rather enormous specially when it comes to the sprinters, where you find names like Mark Cavendish, Pascal Ackermann, Marc Sarreau, Jasper Philipsen, Sam Bennett, Arnaud Démare, Elia Viviani, Rudy Barbier, Olav Kooij, Dylan Groenewegen and Cees Bol.
As for the riders eyeing the GC, you will find the likes of defending champion Tadej Pogacar coming back to defend his title, João Almeida, Gino Mäder, Pello Bilbao, Aleksandr Vlasov, Jai Hindley, Adam Yates, Tom Dumoulin, Jan Hirt, Fausto masnada and Romain Bardet. Filippo Ganna is also one to watch.
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UAE Team Emirates
1 Pogacar, Tadej
2 Ackermann, Pascal
3 Almeida, João
4 Bennett, George
5 Bjerg, Mikkel
6 Majka, Rafał
7 Richeze, Maximiliano
AG2R Citroën Team
11 Jungels, Bob
12 Berthet, Clément
13 Bouchard, Geoffrey
14 Lapeira, Paul
16 Venturini, Clément
17 Sarreau, Marc
Alpecin - Fenix
21 Philipsen, Jasper
22 Rickaert, Jonas
23 Sbaragli, Kristian
24 Stannard, Robert
25 Thwaites, Scott
26 Vermeersch, Gianni
Astana Qazaqstan Team
31 De La Cruz, David
32 Bod, Stefan de
33 Gidich, Yevgeniy
34 Henao, Sebastián
35 Natarov, Yuriy
36 Pronskiy, Vadim
37 Zakharov, Artyom
Bahrain Victorious
41 Mäder, Gino
42 Bilbao, Pello
43 Maciejuk, Filip
44 Milan, Jonathan
45 Osorio, Alejandro
46 Pernsteiner, Hermann
47 Price-Pejtersen, Johan
Bardiani CSF Faizanè
51 Cañaveral, Johnatan
52 Covili, Luca
53 Modolo, Sacha
54 Rastelli, Luca
55 Tonelli, Alessandro
57 Zoccarato, Samuele
Bora - Hansgrohe
61 Hindley, Jai
62 Archbold, Shane
63 Bennett, Sam
64 Konrad, Patrick
65 Mullen, Ryan
66 Poppel, Danny van
67 Vlasov, Aleksandr
EF Education - EasyPost
71 Guerreiro, Ruben
72 Bissegger, Stefan
73 Kudus, Merhawi
74 Langeveld, Sebastian
75 Powless, Neilson
76 Quinn, Sean
77 Berg, Marijn van den
Gazprom - RusVelo
81 Kochetkov, Pavel
82 Kukrle, Michael
83 Malucelli, Matteo
84 Nekrasov, Denis
85 Rovny, Ivan
86 Strakhov, Dmitry
87 Vacek, Mathias
Groupama - FDJ
91 Démare, Arnaud
92 Badilatti, Matteo
93 Davy, Clément
94 Guarnieri, Jacopo
95 Konovalovas, Ignatas
96 Scotson, Miles
97 Sinkeldam, Ramon
INEOS Grenadiers
101 Yates, Adam
102 Ganna, Filippo
103 Plapp, Luke
104 Amador, Andrey
105 Kwiatkowski, Michal
107 Viviani, Elia
Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert
111 Meintjes, Louis
112 Devriendt, Tom
113 Hirt, Jan
114 Johansen, Julius
115 Taaramäe, Rein
Israel - Premier Tech
121 Barbier, Rudy
122 Berwick, Sebastian
123 Dowsett, Alex
124 Impey, Daryl
125 Jones, Taj
126 Zabel, Rick
Jumbo - Visma
131 Dumoulin, Tom
132 Bouwman, Koen
133 Harper, Chris
134 Kooij, Olav
135 Roosen, Timo
136 Emden, Jos van
Lotto Soudal
141 Drizners, Jarrad
142 Holmes, Matthew
143 Schwarzmann, Michael
144 Vervloesem, Xandres
Movistar Team
151 Verona, Carlos
152 Barta, Will
153 Norsgaard, Mathias
154 Kanter, Max
155 Rodríguez, Oscar
156 Samitier, Sergio
157 Torres, Albert
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
161 Cavendish, Mark
163 Masnada, Fausto
164 Mørkøv, Michael
165 Steels, Stijn
166 Tricht, Stan Van
167 Vernon, Ethan
Team BikeExchange - Jayco
171 Groenewegen, Dylan
172 Bewley, Sam
173 Groves, Kaden
174 Howson, Damien
175 Mezgec, Luka
176 O'Brien, Kelland
177 Stewart, Campbell
Team DSM
181 Bardet, Romain
182 Arensman, Thymen
183 Bol, Cees
184 Dainese, Alberto
185 Leknessund, Andreas
186 Märkl, Niklas
187 Nieuwenhuis, Joris
Trek - Segafredo
191 Brustenga, Marc
192 Cataldo, Dario
193 Egholm, Jakob
194 Liepins, Emīls
195 Pellaud, Simon