Dubai Tour

The Dubai Tour and the Abu Dhabi Tour will merge to form a single seven-stage WorldTour race through the UAE next season.

Magnus Cort Nielsen is happy to be racing well early in 2018 after a training crash left him with a broken collarbone just two months ago.

Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) sprinted to victory on the final stage of the 2018 Dubai Tour on Saturday and also took the overall title.

Elia Viviani took his second victory of the race and sealed the overall victory on Saturday, as a late crash marred the sprint.

The peloton faces Dubai Tour's one notable climb, Hatta Dam, and Brandon McNulty nearly holds off the peloton to win.

Young Brandon McNulty makes an impression with an all-day breakaway that nearly wins stage 4 at Dubai Tour.

Sonny Colbrelli rides his 53-tooth big ring up the finish climb to Hatta Dam and wins stage 4 at Dubai Tour.

Mark Cavendish earns his first win in nearly a year after fine-tuning his sprint tactics to overcome faster rivals and stronger teams.

After a one-year drought punctuated by injury in the Tour de France, Mark Cavendish sprints to a victory in stage 3 at Dubai Tour.

Mark Cavendish won the third stage at the Dubai Tour and now sits second overall at 4 seconds behind new leader Elia Viviani.

Elia Viviani sprints to victory in Dubai Tour stage 2 on his 29th birthday, his second victory of 2018 with Quick-Step.

Elia Viviani won the second stage of the race, while Dylan Groenewegen maintained his overall lead.

Dylan Groenewegen gets left out of conversations about sprint stars, but he keeps proving himself with wins against the best.

Marcel Kittel is the defending champ at Dubai Tour, but his top priority this February is getting acquainted with his new teammates.

The LottoNL-Jumbo edged Magnus Cort Nielsen and Elia Viviani in a finish-line sprint.

After five successful years hosting the Dubai Tour, United Arab Emirates hopes to attract the Giro d'Italia for its big start.

Caley Fretz scopes out new tech with Global Cycling Network in the pits of the Dubai Tour.

German sprinter Marcel Kittel packed a punch of his own with a stage 5 win to claim his second straight Dubai Tour title.

Defending champion Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) won the Dubai Tour after clinching the final stage on Saturday.

The Dubai Tour is forced to cancel stage 4 to Hatta Dam due to high winds, but riders and teams are satisfied with the decision.

Dubai Tour stage 3 was ripped apart by windy conditions, and John Degenkolb prevailed to win his first race of 2017.

Grivko punches Kittel in nervous, windy stage 3 at Dubai Tour, prompting officials to kick the Astana rider out of the race.

John Degenkolb out-foxes the pure sprinters on a windy day in Dubai to win stage 3 of the Dubai Tour.

Marcel Kittel sprinted to his second win in a row at the Dubai Tour in stage 2.

The German speeds to another victory in the desert and now leads the GC by 8 seconds.

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Mark Cavendish manages to collect a podium finish in Dubai Tour stage 1 despite a flat tire.

The German rode his teammates' wheels until 200 meters to go, and then surged to victory in stage 1 on Palm Jumeirah.

The four Middle Eastern races will be strung together in 2017 for the "gulf swing."

Dubai Tour expands from four to five stages in 2017 as organizers unveil the route for the early February race.

VeloNews's Caley Fretz talks with Global Cycling Network about the hot new tech spotted at the Dubai Tour.

German sprinter Marcel Kittel won the final stage of the Dubai Tour, and took the overall.

Marcel Kittel held off Ella Viviani and Mark Cavendish to win the final stage and overall in Dubai

Juan Jose Lobato wins on Hatta Dam, and Giacomo Nizzolo moves into the overall lead at the Dubai Tour.

Bradley Wiggins is racing at the Dubai Tour with no agenda other than to help the young riders he's taken under his wing.

Juan Jose Lobato takes the third stage at the Dubai Tour as Trek – Segafredo rider Giacomo Nizzolo surges into the overall lead.

Elia Viviani bested compatriots Sacha Modolo and Giacomo Nizzolo to take the Dubai Tour's second stage

The Sky rider was able to avoid a crash in the final kilometer that seemed to hold up his sprint rivals.

Wearing his new Etixx – Quick-Step colors, Marcel Kittel sprinted to his first victory of 2016 in Dubai.

Marcel Kittel endured a difficult 2015 season, but he began 2016 on a high note Wednesday by winning the Dubai Tour opener.

The German edges last year's overall winner in a bunch sprint.

Mark Cavendish and Marcel Kittel will face off for the first time in more a year starting Wednesday at the Dubai Tour.

Stage 3 will feature the steep Hatta Dam climb, where John Degenkolb won in 2015, and the final day will be for the sprinters.

The Dubai Tour reveals details of its first two stages, which will favor sprinters, as they usually do.

Bradley Wiggins will be among those lining up for the third Dubai Tour, which on Sunday announced a 2016 lineup featuring 10 WorldTour teams

With ample oil money and a hunger to host prestigious sports events, countries like Qatar and UAE are becoming a big part of pro cycling.

Why are bike races held in the sandy, sunny, and flat Middle East? Caley Fretz checks in from the Persian Gulf region.

Global Cycling Network talks to the pros at the Dubai Tour to understand what it's like to race in such an unusual place for cycling

Global Cycling Network walks the pits at Dubai Tour with Caley Fretz to see what sort of new gear teams are running for 2015

Photos from the final stage of the 2015 Dubai Tour

Mark Cavendish wins the final stage to take the overall in Dubai as John Degenkolb's leadout train gets derailed

Atop the final climb to Hatta Dam, Degenkolb proves to be strongest and fastest, winning the stage and claiming the overall lead

The German takes a 4-second lead into Saturday's final stage

Sky's Elia Vivani wins his first sprint of the season ahead of Mark Cavendish, who keeps the overall lead in Dubai

Mark Cavendish maintains his grip on the race lead with two stages remaining

Cavendish claims the first day of Dubai Tour in a fast sprint finish, won by a tire width over Andrea Guardini

Following two seasons of service to the big names at Sky, Ian Boswell is targeting the Tour of California in May

Cavendish claims victory in a sprint finish ahead of Andrea Guardini and Elia Viviani

Vincenzo Nibali will get in some early season race miles at the Dubai Tour alongside Cavendish, Tony Martin, Valverde, and others

UnitedHealthcare is among 16 teams heading to the Dubai Tour, a move that could indicate that the American squad might earn an invite to the Giro d'Italia

Abu Dhabi officials announced the four-day Abu Dhabi Tour, the latest in a series of races in the oil-rich Middle East

Tour de France Champion Nibali talks about his plans to race the Dubai Tour to kick off the 2015 season

Dubai Tour eliminates time trial in favor of hilly stage that it hopes will shake up the GC for the four-day early season stage race

The former world champ is off to a rough start, but Marcel Kittel expects a dogfight with Omega Pharma and Lotto for the sprints

Garmin neo-pro says his overall podium at the Dubai Tour is the perfect way to open his professional career

The race could expand beyond Dubai's urban landscape into the surrounding desert, and discussions are ongoing about a Giro start

Photos from the final stage of the 2014 Dubai Tour

Results from the final stage of the 2014 Dubai Tour

Phinney takes his first stage-race triumph, Kittel scores a hat trick and Cavendish finds himself shut out and winless for 2014

Taylor Phinney hangs tough as the peloton heads into the desert and Marcel Kittel storms to another victory in Dubai

1. Marcel KITTEL, Giant-Shimano, in 3:47:52 2. Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE, Movistar, at :00 3. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, at :00 4. Dylan VAN BAARLE, Garmin-Sharp, at :00 5. Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG, Giant-Shimano, at :00

With essentially no details of his new cycling project made public, peloton begins to questions the Formula One champ's plans

German takes a second consecutive bunch sprint in Dubai and Phinney draws closer to a major stage-race victory

American says starting the season in South America, Middle East leaves classics riders' tanks more full for the spring races

Garmin neo-pro upsets the world champion and holds onto third overall at the Dubai Tour

1. Marcel KITTEL, Giant-Shimano, in 2:50:30 2. Peter SAGAN, Cannondale, at :00 3. Taylor PHINNEY, BMC Racing, at :00 4. Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE, Movistar, at :00 5. Giacomo NIZZOLO, Trek Factory Racing, at :00

The Dubai skyline provides a striking backdrop to a stage that finishes on The Palm

German jumps to the win in his first showdown with the former world champion in Dubai

With a host of changes to how BMC Racing organizes training and pushes its riders, Max Sciandri says the Dubai opener was "the big one"