February 22/26 18:22 pm - UAE Tour: Stage 7 and Final GC
Posted by Editoress on 02/22/26
The UAE Tour came to a close with Isaac Del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) and Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) taking the final honours. The Mexican rider rode a controlled and risk-free final stage, the Abu Dhabi Ports Group Stage, to secure the overall in his first race of the season. Joining him on the final podium were Antonio Tiberi (BBahrain-Victorious) and Luke Plapp (Jayco-AlUla).
The final stage confirmed Jonathan Milan as the dominant sprinter of the race. The Italian claimed his third victory in as many bunch sprints and sealed the deal on the Green Jersey, a title he also won in 2025. In the final sprint, after the peloton reeled in the breakaway quartet of Callum Thornley, Daan Hoole, Aivaras Mikutis and Lorenzo Milesi with just 2 km to go, the Lidl-Trek sprinter powered to victory ahead of Erlend Blikra and Sam Welsford.
In the other classifications, Del Toro also claimed the White Jersey, while Silvan Dillier (Alpecin-Premier Tech) secured the Black Jersey. UAE Team Emirates XRG took the team classification.
Top Canadian on the final stage was Riley Pickrell (Modern Adventure Pro Cycling) in 9th at the same time as the winner. Derek Gee was top Canadian in the GC, 7th at 1:47 back.
| Stage 7: 149 km | |
| 1 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 2:56:48 |
| 2 Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 3 Sam Welsford (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 4 Ethan Vernon (GBr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 5 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 6 Madis Mihkels (Est) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 7 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 8 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 9 Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 10 Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 11 Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 12 Juan Sebasti‡n Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 13 Emmanuel Houcou (Fra) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 14 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 15 Steffen de Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | |
| 16 Robin Froidevaux (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 17 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 18 Gianluca Pollefliet (Bel) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 19 Nicolo Parisini (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 20 Pavel Nov‡k (Cze) Movistar | |
| 21 Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 22 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 23 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 24 Matthias Schwarzbacher (Svk) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 25 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 26 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 27 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 28 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 29 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 30 Carl-Frederik B_vort (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 31 Sebastian Kolze (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 32 Harold Tejada (Col) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 33 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 34 Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 35 Lucas P lapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 36 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 37 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 38 Ben Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 39 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 40 Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 41 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 42 Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 43 Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 44 R_mi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 45 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 46 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 47 Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar | |
| 48 Junior Lecerf (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 49 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar | |
| 50 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 51 Joshua Tarling (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 52 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 53 Ryan Mullen (Irl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 54 Simone Gualdi (Ita) Lotto-Intermarch_ | |
| 55 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 56 Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 57 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | |
| 58 Jorgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 59 Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 60 Gregor MŸhlberger (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 61 Artem Shmidt (USA) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 62 Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 63 Pier Andre Cote (Can) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 64 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 65 Tobias Halland Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 66 Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | |
| 67 Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 68 Peter Oxenberg (Den) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 69 Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 70 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | |
| 71 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 72 Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek | |
| 73 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 74 Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 75 Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 76 Felix Orn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarch_ | |
| 77 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 78 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpec in-Premier Tech | |
| 79 Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 80 Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 81 Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 82 Connor Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | |
| 83 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar | |
| 84 Sean Christian (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | |
| 85 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 86 Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 87 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 88 Florian S_n_chal (Fra) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 89 Anders H. Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 90 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 91 Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar | |
| 92 Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | |
| 93 Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | |
| 94 Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 95 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 96 Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 97 Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 98 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 99 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek | |
| 100 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 101 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | |
| 102 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 103 Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | |
| 105 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 106 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 107 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | |
| 108 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 109 Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | |
| 110 Dion Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 111 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | |
| 112 Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | all s.t. |
| 113 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 0:28 |
| 114 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 115 Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | |
| 116 Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | |
| 117 Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek | all s.t. |
| 118 Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United | 0:33 |
| 119 Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:38 |
| 120 Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 0:44 |
| 121 Lev Gonov (XX) XDS-Astana Team | 0:47 |
| 122 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar | 0:50 |
| 123 Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | |
| 124 Gleb Syritsa (XX) XDS-Astana Team | |
| 125 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarch_ | |
| 126 Afonso Eul‡lio (Por) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 127 Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora | |
| 128 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious | |
| 129 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | |
| 130 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | |
| 132 Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek | all s.t. |
| 133 Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 0:55 |
| 134 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious | 0:57 |
| 135 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | s.t. |
| 136 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 0:58 |
| 137 Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 1:12 |
| 138 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 1:38 |
| 139 Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 1:51 |
| 140 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora | 2:28 |
| 141 Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | s.t. |
| DNF Jan Hirt (Cze) NSN Cycling Team | |
| FInal GC | |
| 1 Isaac del Toro (Mex) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 21:10:30 |
| 2 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious at 0:20 | |
| 3 Lucas Plapp (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 1:14 |
| 4 Harold Tejada (Col) XDS-Astana Team | 1:25 |
| 5 Felix Gall (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 1:34 |
| 6 Lennert van Eetvelt (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 1:44 |
| 7 Derek Gee-West (Can) Lidl-Trek | 1:47 |
| 8 Jorgen Nordhagen (Nor) Visma-Lease a Bike | 1:55 |
| 9 Tobias Halland Johannes sen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 2:08 |
| 10 Remco Evenepoel (Bel) Red Bull-Bora | 2:25 |
| 11 Ilan van Wilder (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | 2:27 |
| 12 Mathys Rondel (Fra) Tudor Pro Cycling | 2:38 |
| 13 Michael Storer (Aus) Tudor Pro Cycling | 2:39 |
| 14 Byron Munton (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 2:42 |
| 15 Adam Yates (GBr) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 3:34 |
| 16 Anders H. Johannessen (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 3:44 |
| 17 Tijmen Graat (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 3:50 |
| 18 David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 3:56 |
| 19 Embret Svestad-Bardseng (Nor) INEOS Grenadiers | 3:57 |
| 20 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bike | 4:12 |
| 21 Eddie Dunbar (Irl) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 4:22 |
| 22 Georg Steinhauser (Ger) EF Education-EasyPost | 4:41 |
| 23 Pablo Castrillo (Esp) Movistar | 4:57 |
| 24 Junior Lecerf (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | 5:37 |
| 25 Jardi Christiaan van der Lee (Ned) EF Education-EasyPost | 5:48 |
| 26 Luca Vergallito (Ita) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 6:05 |
| 27 Markel Beloki (Esp) EF Education-EasyPost | 6:21 |
| 28 George Bennett (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 6:24 |
| 29 Pavel Nov‡k (Cze) M ovistar | 6:32 |
| 30 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 6:45 |
| 31 Sean Quinn (USA) EF Education-EasyPost | 7:18 |
| 32 Rudy Porter (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 7:25 |
| 33 Sergio Higuita (Col) XDS-Astana Team | 7:41 |
| 34 Nairo Quintana (Col) Movistar | 7:42 |
| 35 Stefan de Bod (RSA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 9:01 |
| 36 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 9:19 |
| 37 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 9:27 |
| 38 Mattia Gaffuri (Ita) Picnic-PostNL | 9:37 |
| 39 Ben Tulett (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | 10:08 |
| 40 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | 10:55 |
| 41 Harold M. L—pez (Ecu) XDS-Astana Team | 11:04 |
| 42 Ben O'Connor (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 12:35 |
| 43 Steven Kruijswijk (Ned) Visma-Lease a Bi ke | 14:29 |
| 44 Simone Gualdi (Ita) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 14:38 |
| 45 Damien Howson (Aus) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 14:46 |
| 46 Matthew Dinham (Aus) Picnic-PostNL | 14:48 |
| 47 Peter Oxenberg (Den) INEOS Grenadiers | 15:32 |
| 48 R_mi Cavagna (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 16:31 |
| 49 Hannes Wilksch (Ger) Tudor Pro Cycling | 16:52 |
| 50 Enzo Paleni (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 17:39 |
| 51 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Lidl-Trek | 17:43 |
| 52 Nickolas Zukowsky (Can) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 18:13 |
| 53 Patrick Gamper (Aut) Jayco-AlUla | 19:12 |
| 54 Anders Skaarseth (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 19:36 |
| 55 Afonso Eul‡lio (Por) Bahrain-Victorious | 19:38 |
| 56 Finn Fisher-Black (NZl) Red Bull-Bora | 20:08 |
| 57 Gregor Myhlberger (Aut) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 20:29 |
| 58 Lorenzo Milesi (Ita) Movistar | 20:34 |
| 59 Luke Durbridge (Aus) Jayco-AlUla | 22:11 |
| 60 Jonas Geens (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 23:17 |
| 61 James Knox (GBr) Picnic-PostNL | 24:39 |
| 62 Emil Herzog (Ger) Red Bull-Bora | 24:42 |
| 63 Joshua Tarling (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | 25:59 |
| 64 Aivaras Mikutis (Ltu) Tudor Pro Cycling | 26:03 |
| 65 Florian Vermeersch (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 26:42 |
| 66 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Lidl-Trek | 26:56 |
| 67 Artem Shmidt (USA) INEOS Grenadiers | 27:03 |
| 68 Alastair Mackellar (Aus) EF Education-EasyPost | 27:16 |
| 69 Nils Politt (Ger) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 27:17 |
| 70 Dion Smith (NZl) NSN Cycling Team | 27:19 |
| 71 Ayco Bastiaens (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | 28:04 |
| 72 Pietro Mattio (Ita) Visma-Lease a Bike | 28:09 |
| 73 Pier Andre Cote (Can) NSN Cycling Team | 28:22 |
| 74 Ben Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | 28:38 |
| 75 Axel Huens (Fra) Groupama-FDJ United | 28:45 |
| 76 Niklas Markl (Ger) Picnic-PostNL | 28:52 |
| 77 Lev Gonov (XX) XDS-Astana Team | 28:58 |
| 78 Tim Naberman (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 29:10 |
| 79 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Bahrain-Victorious | 29:50 |
| 80 Florian Senechal (Fra) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 30:38 |
| 81 Warre Vangheluwe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | 30:41 |
| 82 Rainer Kepplinger (Aut) Bahrain-Victorious | 31:07 |
| 83 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | 31:19 |
| 84 Nicolo Parisini (Ita) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 31:25 |
| 85 Madis Mihkels (Est) EF Education-EasyPost | 31:29 |
| 86 Owain Doull (GBr) Visma-Lease a Bike | 31:45 |
| 87 Connor Swift (GBr) INEOS Grenadiers | 31:54 |
| 88 Nadav Raisberg (Isr) NSN Cycling Team | 32:14 |
| 89 Manlio Moro (Ita) Movistar | 32:14 |
| 90 Arthur Kluckers (Lux) Tudor Pro Cycling | 32:21 |
| 91 Edward Theuns (Bel) Lidl-Trek | 32:29 |
| 92 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 32:32 |
| 93 Juan Sebastien Molano (Col) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 33:04 |
| 94 Baptiste Veistroffer (Fra) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 33:10 |
| 95 Gerben Thijssen (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 33:13 |
| 96 Daan Hoole (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 33:32 |
| 97 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 33:32 |
| 98 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Red Bull-Bora | 33:41 |
| 99 Sean Christian (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycli ng | 34:22 |
| 100 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Soudal-Quick Step | 34:22 |
| 101 Mathijs Paasschens (Ned) Bahrain-Victorious | 34:24 |
| 102 Johan Jacobs (Sui) Groupama-FDJ United | 34:53 |
| 103 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Soudal-Quick Step | 35:02 |
| 104 Casper Van Uden (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 35:04 |
| 105 Ezra Caudell (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 35:41 |
| 106 Cole Kessler (USA) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 35:50 |
| 107 Sebastian Kolze (Den) Tudor Pro Cycling | 36:01 |
| 108 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk (Ned) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 36:15 |
| 109 Ryan Mullen (Irl) NSN Cycling Team | 36:25 |
| 110 Emmanuel Houcou (Fra) Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team | 37:10 |
| 111 Gleb Syritsa (XX) XDS-Astana Team | 3 7:11 |
| 112 Steffen de Schuyteneer (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 37:37 |
| 113 Albert Torres (Esp) Movistar | 37:48 |
| 114 Felix Orn-Kristoff (Nor) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 38:35 |
| 115 Lewis Bower (NZl) Groupama-FDJ United | 38:40 |
| 116 Sam Welsford (Aus) INEOS Grenadiers | 39:32 |
| 117 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 39:32 |
| 118 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Lidl-Trek | 39:48 |
| 119 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Jayco-AlUla | 40:06 |
| 120 Mark Stewart (GBr) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 40:29 |
| 121 Silvan Dillier (Sui) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 40:35 |
| 122 Callum Thornley (GBr) Red Bull-Bora | 40:38 |
| 123 Carl-Frederik B_vort (Den) Uno-X Mobility | 40:45 |
| 124 Matthias Schwarzbacher (Svk) EF Education-EasyPost | 40:59 |
| 125 Ethan Vernon (G Br) NSN Cycling Team | 40:59 |
| 126 Riley Pickrell (Can) Modern Adventure Pro Cycling | 41:14 |
| 127 Rune Herregodts (Bel) UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 41:14 |
| 128 Cees Bol (Ned) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 41:15 |
| 129 Simone Consonni (Ita) Lidl-Trek | 43:37 |
| 130 Alessandro Romele (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | 44:41 |
| 131 Gianluca Pollefliet (Bel) Decathlon-CMA CGM Team | 45:15 |
| 132 Jasper de Buyst (Bel) Lotto-Intermarch_ | 45:31 |
| 133 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) XDS-Astana Team | 45:37 |
| 134 Matteo Milan (Ita) Groupama-FDJ United | 45:59 |
| 135 Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Mobility | 46:19 |
| 136 Robin Froidevaux (Sui) Tudor Pro Cycling | 46:30 |
| 137 Ethan Hayter (GBr) Soudal-Quick Step | 46:37 |
| 138 Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Premier Tech | 47:13 |
| 139 Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Red Bull-Bora | 47:30 |
| 140 Daniel Skerl (Ita) Bahrain-Victorious | 49:57 |
| 141 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Picnic-PostNL | 51:49 |
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UAE Tour: Stage 2
UAE Tour: Stage 5
UAE Tour: Stage 6
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