Posted by Editoress on 02/16/26
Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) confirmed himself to be one of the riders to watch on the coming stages of the UAE Tour by winning the first stage ahead of the entire peloton.
Del Toro got the better of Cees Bol (Decathlon-CMA CGM Team) in a sprint fought all the way to the final metre, with Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain-Victorious) rounding out the first podium.
Top Canadian on the stage was Riley Pickrell (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling) in 7th at the same time as the winner.
Results from the first stage of the UAE Tour in the UAE
| Stage 1: Madinat Zayed Majlis to Liwa,118km | |
| 1 Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 2:30:56 |
| 2 Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 3 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 4 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 5 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 6 Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 7 Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 8 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 9 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 10 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 11 Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 12 Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 13 Afonso Eulálio (Por) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 14 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 15 Madis Mihkels (Est) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 16 Sebastian Kolze (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 17 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 18 Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 19 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 20 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 21 Harold Tejada (Col) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 22 Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 23 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 24 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 25 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 26 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar | |
| 27 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 28 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 29 Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 30 Lev Gonov (XX) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 31 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 32 Harold M. López (Ecu) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 33 Carl-Frederik Bévort (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 34 Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar | |
| 35 Sam Welsford (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 36 Pavel Novák (Cze) Movistar | |
| 37 Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 38 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 39 Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 40 Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 41 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 42 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 43 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar | |
| 44 Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 45 Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 46 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 47 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 48 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 49 Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 50 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 51 Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 52 Finlay Pickering (GBr) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 53 Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 54 Anders H. Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 55 Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek | |
| 56 Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 57 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 58 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 59 Junior Lecerf (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 60 Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 61 Ben Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 62 Dion Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 63 Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 64 Juan Sebastián Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 65 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 66 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 67 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 68 Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 69 Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 70 Florian Sénéchal (Fra) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 71 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 72 Jorgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 73 Gleb Syritsa (XX) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 74 Steffen de Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 75 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 76 Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 77 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 78 Peter Oxenberg (Den) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 79 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 80 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 81 Chris Harper (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 82 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 83 Robbe Ghys (Bel) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 84 Pier André-Coté (Can) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 85 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 86 Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 87 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 88 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | |
| 89 Ryan Mullen (Irl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 90 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 91 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 92 Matthias Schwarzbacher (Svk) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 93 Sean Christian (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 94 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 95 Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 96 Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 97 Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 98 Joshua Tarling (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 99 Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 100 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 101 Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar | |
| 102 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 103 Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 104 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 105 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 106 Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 107 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 108 Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 109 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 110 Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 111 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 112 Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 113 Felix Orn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 114 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 115 Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 116 Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 117 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 118 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 119 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar | |
| 120 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 121 Nicolo Parisini (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 122 Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 123 Gianluca Pollefliet (Bel) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 124 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 125 Connor Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 126 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 127 Simone Gualdi (Ita) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 128 Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto-Intermarché | |
| 129 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
| 130 Emmanuel Houcou (Fra) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 131 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | |
| 132 Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 133 Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 134 Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 135 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 136 Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 137 Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 138 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 139 Artem Shmidt (USA) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 140 Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 141 Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 142 Robin Froidevaux (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 143 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 144 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek | |
| 145 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora | all s.t. |
| DNS Martin Urianstad Bugge (Nor) Uno-X Mobility) |
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