The 2023 UAE Tour Women was a

road cycling Road cycling is the most widespread form of cycling in which cyclists ride on paved roadways. It includes Recreational cycling, recreational, Road bicycle racing, racing, Bicycle commuting, commuting, and utility cycling. As users of the road, ...

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that took place between 9 and 12 February 2023 in the

United Arab Emirates The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...

. It was the inaugural edition of the UAE Tour Women, and the third race of the

2023 UCI Women's World Tour The 2023 UCI Women's World Tour is a competition that includes twenty-seven road cycling events throughout the 2023 women's cycling season. It is the eighth edition of the UCI Women's World Tour, the ranking system launched by the Union Cyclis ...

. The race was won by Italian rider

Elisa Longo Borghini Elisa Longo Borghini (born 10 December 1991) is an Italian professional road cyclist, who rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . During her career, Longo Borghini has won two bronze medals in the road race at the Summer Olympic Games, taking third-p ...

of Trek–Segafredo.

Teams

Thirteen UCI Women’s WorldTeams and seven UCI Women’s Continental Teams took part in the race. UCI Women's WorldTeams * * * * * * * * * * * * * UCI Women's Continental Teams * * * * * * *

Route

The route was announced in January 2023, with three sprint stages and one mountain stage.

Result

The race was dominated by Trek–Segafredo, with

and her teammate

Gaia Realini Gaia Realini (born 19 June 2001) is an Italian professional racing cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTour Team . Major results Cyclo-cross ;2019-2020 : 2nd Citta Di Jesolo : 3rd National Under-23 Championships : 3rd Saccolong ...

winning stage three to

Jebel Hafeet Jabal Hafeet ( ar, جَبَل حَفِيْت, Jabal Ḥafīt, "Mount Hafeet"; variously transcribed Jabal, Jabel or Jebal and Hafit or Hafeet – literally "empty mountain") is a mountain in the region of Tawam, on the border of the United Arab ...

by a minute ahead the peloton.

Amanda Spratt Amanda Spratt (born 17 September 1987) is an Australian road cyclist, who currently rides for UCI Women's WorldTeam . Spratt was selected to represent Australia at the 2012 London and 2016 Rio Olympics. In 2012, 2016 and 2020 she won the Aust ...

of Trek–Segafredo retained the leaders jersey of the

UCI Women's World Tour The UCI Women's World Tour is the premier annual female elite road cycling tour. History In order to increase the coverage of Women's cycling the UCI held a summit in December 2014 between the UCI Women’s Working Group and the UCI Women's ...

References

External links

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