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UAE Tour Women 2026 overview
Date	February 5-8, 2026
Distance	533km
Start location	Al Mirfa
Finish location	Jebel Hafeet
Category	Women's WorldTour
Previous winner	Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ)
Previous edition	2025 UAE Tour Women

UAE Tour Women 2026 results

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MADINAT ZAYED, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES - FEBRUARY 05: Lorena Wiebes of Netherlands and Team SD Worx - Protime celebrates at finish line as stage winner during the 4th UAE Tour Women 2026, Stage 1 a 111km stage from Al Mirfa to Madinat Zayed on February 05, 2026 in Madinat Zayed, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by Tim de Waele/Getty Images) — Lorena Wiebes wins stage 1(Image credit: Getty Images)

Stage 1: Lorena Wiebes storms to dominant sprint victory

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) won stage 1 of the 2026 UAE Tour Women, taking her total number of victories in the Emirati stage race to seven.

After a flat stage to Madinat Zayed, the Dutch champion came through in a somewhat chaotic final to win ahead of Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) and Zoe Bäckstedt (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto).

2026 UAE Tour Women information

The UAE Tour Women is the third event of the Women's WorldTour, this year held from February 5-8.

The race will again include four stages around the Middle East nation. In previous years, the race has seen three flat sprints and a summit finish which decides the GC.

Three editions of the UAE Tour Women have been held so far. In 2023, Elisa Longo Borghini took the win ahead of her Trek teammate Gaia Realini.

Lotte Kopecky (SD Worx-ProTime) beat Neve Bradbury (Canyon-SRAM) to win in 2024, while Longo Borghini won again in 2025, dominating on the Jebel Hafeet climb on stage 3.

UAE Tour Women stages

Stage 1: Al Mirfa – Madinat Zayed, 111km
Stage 2: Dubai Police Academy – Hamdan Bin Mohamed Smart University, 145km
Stage 3: Abu Dhabi TeamLab Phenomena – Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 121km
Stage 4: Al Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium – Jebel Hafeet, 156km

UAE Tour Women
5 February 2026 - 8 February 2026 | United Arab Emirates | Women's WorldTour
- UAE Tour Women 2026 route
- Are Lorena Wiebes and Elisa Longo Borghini ready to copy and paste last year's success, or will they be challenged? – Analysing the UAE Tour Women contenders
- Stage 1 - UAE Tour Women: Lorena Wiebes storms to victory on stage 1 sprint | Al Mirfa - Madinat Zayed
  2026-02-05 111km
- Stage 2 | Dubai Police Academy - Hamdan Bin Mohamed Smart University
  2026-02-06 145km
- Stage 3 | Abu Dhabi TeamLab Phenomena - Abu Dhabi Breakwater
  2026-02-07 121km
- Stage 4 | Al Ain Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium - Jebel Hafeet
  2026-02-08 156km

UAE Tour Women 2026

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