Saudi Tour Explained

Saudi Tour
Date:Early February
Region:Saudi Arabia
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI Asia Tour
Type:Stage race
Organiser:Amaury Sport Organisation
Number:8
Mostwins: (2 wins)

The AlUla Tour, formerly known as the Saudi Tour and the Tour of Saudi Arabia, is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the UCI Asia Tour for the first time. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and is classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race.[1]

Winners

YearWinnerSecondThird
1999 Amr Elnady Yuriy Plyukhin Ondrej Slobodník
2000No race
2001 Ghader Mizbani Mohamed Abdel Fattah Hossein Askari
2002 Ghader Mizbani Sergey Lavrenenko Sergey Tretyakov
2003–2012No race
2013 Murad Tarik Obaid Ali Abadi Ayman Al Habtra
2014–2019No race
2020 Phil Bauhaus Nacer Bouhanni Rui Costa
2021No race
2022 Maxim Van Gils Santiago Buitrago Rui Costa
2023 Ruben Guerreiro Davide Formolo Santiago Buitrago
2024[2] Simon Yates William Junior Lecerf Finn Fisher-Black

Notes and References

  1. News: ASO confirms inaugural Saudi Tour for 2020. 29 October 2019. Cyclingnews. 4 February 2020.
  2. Web site: 2024 Rankings after stage 5 . Alula Tour . 4 February 2024.