UAE Tour Women 2026: Lorena Wiebes wins Stage 1 and wears the 1st Red Jersey

Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) has won stage 1, the Al Masaood Equipment Rental Stage, of the fourth edition of the UAE Tour Women, ahead of Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) and Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto). Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) is also the first Red Jersey of the race as she leads the General Classification.

PROVISIONAL STAGE RESULTS

1) Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime), 111km in 2h26’17”, average speed 45.528 km/h
2) Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) s.t.
3) Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) s.t.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1) Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
2) Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) at 4″
3) Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) at 6″

THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS

The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour Women are provided by ALÉ

Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Ports Group – Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Mubadala – Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Burjeel Holdings – Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto)
Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by Aldar – Femke de Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Red Jersey Lorena Wiebes said: “This win makes it a great start of the season. We did a good job as a team in the last ten kilometres. We knew from two years ago that this is a difficult finish. The straight line is so long. We could also use the other teams in the final and luckily I got a gap for sprinting. UAE Team ADQ did a very good lead out. We know that we don’t have our best lead out here so we started our lead out early, then Barbara [Guarischi] and I would find our way. That’s how we could use Team UAE and it worked out well today. I chose Lara Gillespie’s wheel, seeing that her train had a lot of speed. I gambled a bit by choosing the left side. I said this morning that one stage win was my target but we’ll try to get the next two as well. We also have Anna [van der Breggen] there for GC so hopefully we can show some more good things in the coming days”.

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