Dubai Women’s Tour to return in 2022 | Cyclingnews
The UAE Cycling Federation ended up pressured to cancel this year’s Dubai Women’s Tour owing to COVID-19 but verified they will bring the race back in 2022. The next version of the UCI 2.2 event was scheduled to acquire place from February 5-8.
“Owing to the latest situation with the COVID-19 pandemic the 2021 variation is canceled. The future edition will be in 2022,” a representative from the UAE Cycling Federation told Cyclingnews.
The women’s race calendar has faced a collection of cancellations setting up with the Cadel Evans Fantastic Ocean Highway Race, Tour Down Less than and Herald Solar Tour, all referred to as off immediately after the pandemic created it challenging for groups to journey to Australia for the January and February races.
Vuelta CV Feminas and Setmana Ciclista Valenciana had been also set to choose area in February but is not going to go forward. Other occasions such as the Ronde van Drenthe and the Itzulia Basque State have been postponed, and Journey London Classique and Tour de Yorkshire have been cancelled.
The peloton has now turned notice to ‘opening weekend’ with Omloop Het Nieuwsblad on February 27. The 1.Pro traditional will established the tone for the get started of the Women’s WorldTour at Strade Bianche in March.
The Dubai Women’s Tour held its initial version final calendar year with Lucy van der Haar (Hitec Products and solutions) successful the opening stage and the in general title. Samah Khaled (Crew UAE) gained the next stage, Tatsiana Sharakova (Minsk Cycling Club) received the 3rd phase and Nicole Steigenga (Doltcini Van Eyck Activity) gained the fourth and ultimate stage.
The Italian nationwide group had been scheduled to vacation to contend at the Dubai Women’s Tour with Marta Bastianelli this calendar year and had been stunned by its cancellation.
“This worries every person,” explained Italian countrywide workforce coach Dino Salvoldi. “We had planned to go to Dubai, but the race was cancelled, and the exact same occurred for two races in Spain in Valencia. We as a nationwide group will return to do two periods a 7 days at the Montichiari velodrome. But it will not be uncomplicated to protect a thirty day period just with instruction.”
