The 2022 UAE Tour was a road cycling stage race that took place between 20 and 26 February 2022 in the United Arab Emirates. It was the fourth edition of the UAE Tour and the opening race of the 2022 UCI World Tour.^[1][2]

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2022 UAE Tour

2022 UCI World Tour, race 1 of 32
Race details
Dates	20–26 February 2022
Stages	7
Distance	1,058 km (657.4 mi)
Winning time	25h 38' 16"
Results
Winner  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates)   Second  Adam Yates (GBR) (Ineos Grenadiers)   Third  Pello Bilbao (ESP) (Team Bahrain Victorious) Points  Jasper Philipsen (BEL) (Alpecin–Fenix) Youth  Tadej Pogačar (SLO) (UAE Team Emirates) Sprints  Dmitry Strakhov (RUS) (Gazprom–RusVelo)   Team UAE Team Emirates
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All but one of the 18 UCI WorldTeams, and three UCI ProTeams, make up the 20 teams that are participating in the race.^[3][4] Cofidis, the only UCI WorldTeam to not be participating in the race, declined their invitation, citing a full schedule.^[5] Alpecin–Fenix and Arkéa–Samsic received automatic invitations as the best performing UCI ProTeams in the 2021 season,^[6][7] but only the former accepted their invitation. The other two UCI ProTeams, Bardiani–CSF–Faizanè and Gazprom–RusVelo, were selected by RCS Sport, the race organisers.^[8]

With many teams experiencing positive COVID-19 test results and having to withdraw riders and staff from competition,^[9] only 10 teams were able to enter a full squad of seven riders, with a further seven teams entering six riders each. Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux and Trek–Segafredo were only able to enter five riders each, while Lotto–Soudal was the only team to enter a squad of four riders. Gazprom–RusVelo also had one late non-starter, reducing their squad to six riders. In total, 125 riders started the race, of which 122 finished.^[10][11]

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Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Sprints classification	Young rider classification	Team classification
1	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen	Jasper Philipsen	Dmitry Strakhov	Jasper Philipsen	Bora–Hansgrohe
2	Mark Cavendish					EF Education–EasyPost
3	Stefan Bissegger	Stefan Bissegger			Stefan Bissegger
4	Tadej Pogačar	Tadej Pogačar			Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates
5	Jasper Philipsen
6	Mathias Vacek
7	Tadej Pogačar
Final		Tadej Pogačar	Jasper Philipsen	Dmitry Strakhov	Tadej Pogačar	UAE Team Emirates

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• On stage 2, Sam Bennett, who was third in the points classification, wore the green jersey, because first-placed Jasper Philipsen wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification and second-placed Dmitry Strakhov wore the black jersey as the leader of the sprints classification. For the same reason, Mark Cavendish wore the green jersey on stage 3.
• On stages 2 and 3, Xandres Vervloesem, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Jasper Philipsen wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stage 4, Tadej Pogačar, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Stefan Bissegger wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.
• On stages 5–7, João Almeida, who was second in the young rider classification, wore the white jersey, because first-placed Tadej Pogačar wore the red jersey as the leader of the general classification.