Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) won the final stage of the 2026 UAE Tour in a bunch sprint at the Abu Dhabi Breakwater, completing a hat-trick of stage victories. Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) finished safely in the peloton to confirm his overall title, 20 seconds ahead of Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious), with Luke Plapp (Team Jayco AlUla) third at 1:14.
The 149 km stage from the Zayed National Museum averaged 50.6 km/h, the fastest in UAE Tour history, driven by desert winds and aggressive early racing from Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe).
Stage 7 Results
Zayed National Museum - Abu Dhabi Breakwater • Feb 22 • 149km
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Jonathan MILAN | LTKLIDL-TREK | 2:56:48 |
| 🥈 | Erlend BLIKRA | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 🥉 | Samuel WELSFORD | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 4 | Ethan Kane VERNON | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 5 | Matteo MALUCELLI | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 6 | Madis MIHKELS | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 7 | Gerben THIJSSEN | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 8 | Luka MEZGEC | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 9 | Riley PICKRELL | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 10 | Daniel SKERL | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 11 | Matteo MILAN | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 12 | Juan Sebastian MOLANO BENAVIDES | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 13 | Emmanuel HOUCOU | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 14 | Niklas MÄRKL | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 15 | Steffen DE SCHUYTENEER | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 16 | Robin FROIDEVAUX | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 17 | Fabio JAKOBSEN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 18 | Gianluca POLLEFLIET | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 19 | Nicolo' PARISINI | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 20 | Pavel NOVÁK | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 21 | Mathys RONDEL | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 22 | Alberto DAINESE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 23 | Casper Cornelis VAN UDEN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 24 | Matthias SCHWARZBACHER | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 25 | Pietro MATTIO | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 26 | Stefan BISSEGGER | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 27 | Remco EVENEPOEL | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 28 | Antonio TIBERI | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 29 | Patrick GAMPER | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 30 | Carl-Frederik BÉVORT | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 31 | Sebastian KOLZE CHANGIZI | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 32 | Harold Alfonso TEJADA CANACUE | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 33 | Alessandro ROMELE | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 34 | Isaac DEL TORO ROMERO | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 35 | Lucas PLAPP | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 36 | David GAUDU | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 37 | Damiano CARUSO | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 38 | Ben SWIFT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 39 | Embret SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 40 | Axel HUENS | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 41 | Rudy PORTER | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 42 | Tijmen GRAAT | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 43 | Ilan VAN WILDER | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 44 | Rémi CAVAGNA | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 45 | Wilco KELDERMAN | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 46 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 47 | Lorenzo MILESI | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 48 | Junior LECERF | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 49 | Manlio MORO | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 50 | Adam Richard YATES | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 51 | Joshua Michael TARLING | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 52 | Enzo PALENI | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 53 | Ryan William MULLEN | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 54 | Simone GUALDI | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 55 | Finn Lachlan Fox FISHER-BLACK | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 56 | Cees BOL | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 57 | Lennert VAN EETVELT | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 58 | Jørgen NORDHAGEN | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 59 | Luca VERGALLITO | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 60 | Gregor MÜHLBERGER | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 61 | Artem SHMIDT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 62 | Ben TULETT | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 63 | Pier-André CÔTÉ | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 64 | Nikias ARNDT | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:00 |
| 65 | Tobias Halland JOHANNESSEN | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 66 | Felix GALL | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +0:00 |
| 67 | Tim NABERMAN | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 68 | Peter HANSEN | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 69 | Byron MUNTON | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 70 | Lewis BOWER | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:00 |
| 71 | Bert VAN LERBERGHE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 72 | Derek GEE | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 73 | Matthew DINHAM | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 74 | Georg STEINHAUSER | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 75 | Aivaras MIKUTIS | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 76 | Felix ØRN-KRISTOFF | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:00 |
| 77 | Kevin VERMAERKE | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 78 | Jonas RICKAERT | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 79 | Nils POLITT | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 80 | Stefan DE BOD | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 81 | Michael STORER | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 82 | Connor SWIFT | IGDINEOS GRENADIERS | +0:00 |
| 83 | Nairo Alexander QUINTANA ROJAS | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 84 | Sean CHRISTIAN | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 85 | Edward DUNBAR | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 86 | Mattia GAFFURI | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 87 | Ben O'CONNOR | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:00 |
| 88 | Florian SENECHAL | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 89 | Anders Halland JOHANNESSEN | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 90 | Ethan Edward HAYTER | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 91 | Pablo CASTRILLO ZAPATER | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:00 |
| 92 | Hannes WILKSCH | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 93 | Owain DOULL | TVLTEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE | +0:00 |
| 94 | Sergio Andres HIGUITA GARCIA | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 95 | Harm VANHOUCKE | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 96 | Markel BELOKI FERNANDEZ | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:00 |
| 97 | Silvan DILLIER | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:00 |
| 98 | George BENNETT | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 99 | Maximilian Richard WALSCHEID | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:00 |
| 100 | Florian VERMEERSCH | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 101 | James KNOX | TPPTEAM PICNIC POSTNL | +0:00 |
| 102 | Jarrad Eriks DRIZNERS | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 103 | Damien HOWSON | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 104 | Harold Martin LOPEZ GRANIZO | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:00 |
| 105 | Anders SKAARSETH | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 106 | Mattia CATTANEO | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 107 | Anthon CHARMIG | UXMUNO-X MOBILITY | +0:00 |
| 108 | Gianni MOSCON | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:00 |
| 109 | Rune HERREGODTS | UADUAE TEAM EMIRATES XRG | +0:00 |
| 110 | Dion Allan SMITH | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:00 |
| 111 | Ayco BASTIAENS | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:00 |
| 112 | Mark STEWART | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:00 |
| 113 | Nickolas ZUKOWSKY | PINPINARELLO-Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:28 |
| 114 | Jardi Christiaan VAN DER LEE | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:28 |
| 115 | Sean QUINN | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +0:28 |
| 116 | Jonas GEENS | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +0:28 |
| 117 | Edward THEUNS | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:28 |
| 118 | Johan JACOBS | GFCGROUPAMA-FDJ UNITED | +0:33 |
| 119 | Ezra CAUDELL | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:38 |
| 120 | Arthur KLUCKERS | TUDTUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM | +0:44 |
| 121 | Lev GONOV | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:47 |
| 122 | Albert TORRES BARCELO | MOVMOVISTAR TEAM | +0:50 |
| 123 | Nadav RAISBERG | NSNNSN CYCLING TEAM | +0:50 |
| 124 | Gleb SYRITSA | XATXDS ASTANA TEAM | +0:50 |
| 125 | Baptiste VEISTROFFER | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:50 |
| 126 | Afonso EULÁLIO | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:50 |
| 127 | Emil HERZOG | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +0:50 |
| 128 | Rainer KEPPLINGER | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:50 |
| 129 | Luke DURBRIDGE | JAYTEAM JAYCO ALULA | +0:50 |
| 130 | Patrick KONRAD | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:50 |
| 131 | Warre VANGHELUWE | SOUSOUDAL QUICK-STEP | +0:50 |
| 132 | Simone CONSONNI | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:50 |
| 133 | Cole KESSLER | MODMODERN ADVENTURE PRO CYCLING | +0:55 |
| 134 | Mathijs PAASSCHENS | TBVBAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | +0:57 |
| 135 | Amanuel GHEBREIGZABHIER | LTKLIDL-TREK | +0:57 |
| 136 | Roel VAN SINTMAARTENSDIJK | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +0:58 |
| 137 | Jasper DE BUYST | LOILOTTO INTERMARCHÉ | +1:12 |
| 138 | Alastair MACKELLAR | EFEEF EDUCATION - EASYPOST | +1:38 |
| 139 | Simon DEHAIRS | APTALPECIN-PREMIER TECH | +1:51 |
| 140 | Callum THORNLEY | RBHRED BULL - BORA - HANSGROHE | +2:28 |
| 141 | Daan HOOLE | DCTDECATHLON CMA CGM TEAM | +2:28 |
Evenepoel, whose GC hopes unravelled on Jebel Mobrah in Stage 3, launched three attacks in the opening kilometres, forcing UAE Team Emirates-XRG into an early chase they would rather have avoided. The former race leader's moves drew out Harold Tejada (XDS-Astana) but never threatened Del Toro's cushion, and a five-man breakaway settled things after 9 km.
Callum Thornley (Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe), Daan Hoole (Decathlon-CMA CGM), Ezra Caudell (Modern Adventure), Lorenzo Milesi (Movistar) and Aivaras Mikutis (Tudor Pro Cycling) held around a minute for most of the stage. Caudell cramped and dropped inside the final 30 km, and the remaining four were swept up with 2 km to go as Lidl-Trek, Uno-X Mobility and UAE Team Emirates-XRG drove the chase.
Milan launched a long sprint from roughly 300 m, using Erlend Blikra's (Uno-X Mobility) acceleration as a springboard. Blikra held second, with Samuel Welsford (INEOS Grenadiers) rounding out the podium. Fabio Jakobsen (Picnic PostNL) could only manage 17th.
Milan's week, Del Toro's arrival
Milan's three victories, on the sprint to Fujairah, the technical Dubai finish and Sunday's wind-assisted flat, secured the points classification and his 30th professional win. "It was super fast today due to the wind and the speed of the breakaway," Milan said. "I took a bit of last year's experience to sprint to victory today."
"We've showed that we have one of the best trains. I'm pretty happy for the victory and for how we made it," he added.
Del Toro's overall victory follows a 2025 season with 19 wins. The 22-year-old won Stage 1, reclaimed the Red Jersey with a record-breaking solo attack on Jebel Hafeet, and his team controlled every remaining threat. He also took the young rider classification. He races alongside Tadej Pogačar at Strade Bianche and the Tour de France.
UAE Tour 2026 takeaways
Headlines have focussed on Evenepoel's falters, and after a supercharged 2026 season start, the Belgian's UAE form suggests he may struggle to be a major challenge to Pogačar.
Isaac del Toro, meanwhile, has confirmed his status as the heir apparent, and a likely alternate option for any Grand Tour challenge where UAE Team Emirates decides not to deploy Pogačar.
Milan's sprint wins have confirmed that the Italian rider is not only one of the fastest sprinters in the peloton, but that Lidl-Trek has a dialed-in leadout. He'll be the clear favourite for the Giro d'Italia sprinter's jersey, while Lidl-Trek's leadout form bodes well for Mads Pedersen's Tour de France sprint campaign.
Image credits: RCS / Luca Bettini / SprintCyclingAgengy
