Everything is ready for the second edition of the Abu Dhabi Tour, the four-stage race in the UAE capital territory, starting Thursday 20 October from Madinat Zayed with an impressive parade of champions. The event’s success and growing stature means that from 2017 it will join the WorldTour calendar, the UCI’s highest event ranking. 

It will be the premiere racing appearance for the Official Ambassador Mark Cavendish on the Abu Dhabi routes, as last year a shoulder injury meant he was unable to ride. Alongside the Manxman the entry list boasts the Giro d’Italia winner Vincenzo Nibali (Italy), Alberto Contador (Spain), with his seven overall Grand Tour wins, the trio of puncheurs John Degenkolb (Germany), Michael Matthews (Australia) and Diego Ulissi (Italy), the sprinter André Greipel (Germany) and three gold medalists from Rio 2016: the Italian Elia Viviani (Omnium), the Briton Bradley Wiggins (Team Pursuit) and the Belgian Greg Van Avermaet (Individual Road Race).

Provisional start list

AST ASTANA PRO TEAM KAZ
1 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA
2 AGNOLI Valerio ITA
3 FUGLSANG Jakob DEN
4 GUARDINI Andrea ITA
5 KANGERT Tanel EST
6 SMUKULIS Gatis LAT
D.S. SHEFER Alexandr

BMC BMC RACING TEAM USA
11 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL
12 BOHLI Tom SUI
13 DRUCKER Jean Pierre LUX
14 GERTS Floris NED
15 HERMANS Ben BEL
16 SCHÄR Michael SUI
D.S. LEDANOIS Yvon

CCC CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE POL
21 REBELLIN Davide ITA
22 BANASZEK Alan POL
23 HIRT Jan CZE
24 OWSIAN Lukasz POL
25 PALUTA Michal POL
26 PATERSKI Maciej POL
D.S. MISSAGLIA Gabriele

GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO RUS
31 FIRSANOV Sergey RUS
32 FOLIFOROV Alexander RUS
33 KOLOBNEV Alexandr RUS
34 MAIKIN Roman RUS
35 NYCH Artem RUS
36 SHALUNOV Evgeny RUS
D.S. KHAMIDULIN Renat

LAM LAMPRE - MERIDA ITA
41 ULISSI Diego ITA
42 FENG Chun Kai TPE
43 KUMP Marko SLO
44 MODOLO Sacha ITA
45 POLANC Jan SLO
46 RAVASI Edward ITA
D.S. SCIREA Mario

LTS LOTTO SOUDAL BEL
51 GREIPEL André GER
52 DE GENDT Thomas BEL
53 FRISON Frederik BEL
54 SIEBERG Marcel GER
55 VANENDERT Jelle BEL
56 WALLAYS Jelle BEL
D.S. AERTS Mario

MCC MINSK CYCLING CLUB BLR
61 BAZHKOU Stanislau BLR
62 HOLOVASH Oleksandr UKR
63 IVASHKIN Anton BLR
64 KLIMIANKOU Kanstantsin BLR
65 PAPOK Siarhei BLR
66 SOBAL Yauheni BLR
D.S. TSYLINSKAYA Natallia

MOV MOVISTAR TEAM ESP
71 AMADOR BIKKAZAKOVA Andrey CRC
72 ANACONA GOMEZ Winner COL
73 BETANCUR GOMEZ Carlos A. COL
74 LOBATO DEL VALLE Juan Jose ESP
75 QUINTANA ROJAS Dayer Uberney COL
76 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco J. ESP
D.S. GARCIA ACOSTA Jose Vicente

ANS NASR DUBAI UAE
81 AHAMED YOUSEF AHMED ALMANSOORI UAE
82 BADR MOHAMED AHMED ALHAMMADI UAE
83 BRAJKOVIC Janez SLO
84 JABER HUSSAIN AHMED ALMANSOORI UAE
85 MAJID MOHAMMED ALBALUSHI UAE
86 YOUSIF MOHAMED AHMED MIRZA UAE
D.S. HADAD Khalil

ONE ONE PRO CYCLING GBR
91 DOMAGALSKI Karol POL
92 HOUSE Kristian GBR
93 MCCORMICK Hayden NZL
94 SMITH Dion NZL
95 VON HOFF Steele AUS
96 WILLIAMS Samuel GBR
D.S. WINSTON Matthew

OBE ORICA BIKEEXCHANGE AUS
101 MATTHEWS Michael AUS
102 DOCKER Mitchell AUS
103 KEUKELEIRE Jens BEL
104 MEZGEC Luka SLO
105 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN
106 VERONA QUINTANILLA Carlos ESP
D.S. LAPAGE Laurenzo

DDD TEAM DIMENSION DATA RSA
111 CAVENDISH Mark GBR
112 EISEL Bernhard AUT
113 REGUIGUI Youcef ALG
114 RENSHAW Mark AUS
115 SBARAGLI Kristian ITA
116 THOMSON Jay Robert RSA
D.S. HEYNDERICKX Jean-Pierre

TGA TEAM GIANT - ALPECIN GER
121 DEGENKOLB John GER
122 DE KORT Koen NED
123 LUDVIGSSON Tobias SWE
124 SINKELDAM Ramon NED
125 TUSVELD Martijn NED
126 WAEYTENS Zico BEL
D.S. RECK Mattias

SKY TEAM SKY GBR
131 VIVIANI Elia ITA
132 DOULL Owain GBR
133 FENN Andrew GBR
134 KWIATKOWSKI Michal POL
135 ROCHE Nicholas IRL
136 VAN POPPEL Danny NED
D.S. LANCASTER Brett

WGN TEAM WIGGINS GBR
141 WIGGINS Bradley GBR
142 DAVIES Scott GBR
143 DIBBEN Jonathan GBR
144 LATHAM Christopher GBR
145 PEARSON Michael GBR
146 TENNANT Andrew GBR
D.S. COPE Simon

TNK TINKOFF RUS
151 CONTADOR VELASCO Alberto ESP
152 BALLERINI Davide ITA
153 BASKA Erik SVK
154 HANSEN Jesper DEN
155 KOLAR Michal SVK
156 SAGAN Juraj SVK
D.S. MICHAELSEN Lars

TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO USA
161 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA
162 ALLEGAERT Piet BEL
163 BERNARD Julien FRA
164 COLEDAN Marco ITA
165 MOSCA Jacopo ITA
166 REIJNEN Kiel USA
D.S. BAFFI Adriano

WIL WILIER TRIESTINA - SOUTHEAST ITA
171 MARECZKO Jakub ITA
172 AMEZQUETA MORENO Julen ESP
173 BELLETTI Manuel ITA
174 BUSATO Matteo ITA
175 POZZATO Filippo ITA
176 ZHUPA Eugert ALB
D.S. PARSANI Serge