A total of 16 UCI WorldTeams and four UCI Professional Continental Teams will start the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour.
Scheduled from 23 to 26 February 2017 and organised by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council in collaboration with RCS Sport, this year’s edition is bigger than ever before.
The Abu Dhabi Tour is the only Middle Eastern race on the 2017 UCI WorldTour calendar. Each team will consist of eight riders.
Many of the best riders on the planet have confirmed their participation in the race.
Signed up are names such as previous Giro d’Italia and last Vuelta winner Nairo Quintana, Tour de France runner up Romain Bardet, previous Tour de France, Giro d’Italia and Vuelta a Espana winner Vincenzo Nibali and former Vuelta winner Fabio Aru.