Del Toro steals a march on the sprinters to win stage 1 of the UAE Tour

Isaac del Toro won the opening stage of the UAE Tour on Monday with a surprise attack at the end of a day shortened from 144 km to 118 km due to high winds.

Stage 1 seemed likely to go to the sprinters but a slightly uphill finish proved enough of a launching pad for Del Toro to jump clear in the final kilometer, where he held on to win ahead of Cees Bol (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious).

[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90100 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]

[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90100 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]