 Dubai Tour - A line up full of stars [01-02-15 18:38 by staff GoNBike.com] | ||
NIBALI AND CAVENDISH AMONG THE 2015 DUBAI TOUR STARTERS Valverde, Martin, Rodríguez, Gilbert and Degenkolb amongst others complete the list of the starting champions. Press conference on 3rd February. A line up full of stars will take to the start of the 2015 Dubai Tour, the race, organised by the Dubai Sports Council in partnership with RCS Sport and running from 4th - 7th February. Some of the greatest cycling champions in the world are on the official entry list, including: Vincenzo Nibali, reigning Tour de France champion and former winner of the Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España, who is having is seasonal debut at the Dubai Tour; Mark Cavendish, former UCI Road World Champion and winner of 43 Grand Tour stages; Alejandro Valverde, winner of the 2014 UCI WorldTour ranking; Tony Martin, three times UCI Time Trial World Champion; Joaquim Rodríguez, two times winner of Il Lombardia; Philippe Gilbert, former UCI Road World Champion and John Degenkolb, 10-time winner of Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a España stages amongst others. The Teams As a class 2.HC race, 16 teams (including 10 WorldTour teams) of 8 riders will race it: AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA) – Bakelandts, Van Summeren ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ) – Nibali, Boom BARDIANI CSF (ITA) – Battaglin, Pirazzi BMC RACING TEAM (USA) – Gilbert, Zabel CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (POL) – Bole, Szmyd ETIXX–QUICK STEP (BEL) – Cavendish, Martin LAMPRE–MERIDA (ITA) – Pozzato, Xu MOVISTAR TEAM (ESP) – Valverde, Malori SKYDIVE DUBAI PRO CYCLING TEAM (UAE) – Mancebo, Gusev TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN (GER) – Degenkolb, Mezgec TEAM KATUSHA (RUS) – Rodriguez, Porsev TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA) – Megias, Verschoor TEAM SKY (GBR) – Thomas, Swift TINKOFF-SAXO (RUS) – Valgren, Kiserlovski UAE NATIONAL SELECTION - Badr Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Alhammadi, Mohammed Yousef Ahmed Abdulla UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM (USA) – Brajkovic and Canola The Race The inaugural Dubai tour took place in 2014, and has established itself on the international cycling calendar, with the UCI upgrading it from a 2.1 to 2.HC class race for its second running. Re-classing the race to the UCI’s second highest category allows a greater number of the elite UCI WorldTeams to race at the event. It also allows for a longer, more exciting race, with the total distance raced increasing by 60% to 660km. In this second edition of the race no time trial stage will be held, whilst a hill-climb finish has been added. The four stages will be: Stage 1 – The Westin Dubai Stage (Dubai - Dubai) 145km – sprint stage Stage 2 – Nakheel Stage (Dubai - Jumeirah Palm) 187km – sprint stage Stage 3 – Dubai Silicon Oasis Authority Stage (Dubai-Hatta) 205km – with hill-climb finish Stage 4 – The Burj Stage (Dubai - Burj Khalifa) 123km – sprint stage ::RCS Sport - Press Release:: | ||
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