Saudi Tour

{{Short description|Annual professional road bicycle racing stage race}} {{Infobox cycling race | name = Saudi Tour | current_event = | image = | image_caption = | date = Early February | region = Saudi Arabia | english = | localnames = | nickname = | discipline = Road | competition = UCI Asia Tour (2020-2025)<br>UCI ProSeries (2026-) | type = Stage race | organiser = Amaury Sport Organisation | director = | website = | first = {{Start date and age|1999}} | number = 10 | final = | firstwinner = {{flagathlete|Amr Elnady|EGY}} | mostwins = {{flagathlete|Ghader Mizbani|IRN}} (2 wins) | mostrecent = {{flagathlete|Jan Christen|SUI}} }}

The '''AlUla Tour''', formerly known as the '''Saudi Tour''' and the '''Tour of Saudi Arabia''', is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race first held in Saudi Arabia in 1999. It has been held intermittently since its creation, and in 2020 joined the UCI Asia Tour for the first time. It is promoted by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO) and were classified by the International Cycling Union (UCI) as a 2.1 category race from 2020 to 2025.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/aso-confirms-inaugural-saudi-tour-for-2020/|title=ASO confirms inaugural Saudi Tour for 2020|date=29 October 2019|work=Cyclingnews|accessdate= 4 February 2020}}</ref> From 2026, the race were upgraded to UCI ProSeries and were classified as 2.Pro.<ref>{{cite web |title=AlUla Tour Upgraded to Second Tier of World’s Leading Cycling Races |url=https://www.mos.gov.sa/en/media/news/2026/01/07/alula-tour-2026 |website=www.mos.gov.sa |access-date=26 February 2026 |date=6 January 2026}}</ref>

==Winners== {| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" !Year !Winner !Second !Third |- |1999 |{{flagicon|EGY}} Amr Elnady |{{flagicon|UZB}} Yuriy Plyukhin |{{flagicon|SVK}} Ondrej Slobodník |- |2000 |colspan=3 align=center|No race |- |2001 |{{flagicon|IRN}} Ghader Mizbani |{{flagicon|EGY}} Mohamed Abdel Fattah |{{flagicon|IRN}} Hossein Askari |- |2002 |{{flagicon|IRN}} Ghader Mizbani |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Lavrenenko |{{flagicon|KAZ}} Sergey Tretyakov |- |2003–2012 |colspan=3 align=center|No race |- |2013 |{{flagicon|UAE}} Murad Tarik Obaid |{{flagicon|SAU}} Ali Abadi |{{flagicon|SAU}} Ayman Al Habtra |- |2014–2019 |colspan=3 align=center|No race |- |2020 |{{flagicon|DEU}} Phil Bauhaus |{{flagicon|FRA}} Nacer Bouhanni |{{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Costa |- |2021 |colspan=3 align=center|No race |- |2022 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Maxim Van Gils |{{flagicon|COL}} Santiago Buitrago |{{flagicon|PRT}} Rui Costa |- |2023 |{{flagicon|POR}} Ruben Guerreiro |{{flagicon|ITA}} Davide Formolo |{{flagicon|COL}} Santiago Buitrago |- |2024<ref>{{cite web |title=2024 Rankings after stage 5 |url=https://www.thealulatour.com/en/rankings |website=Alula Tour |access-date=4 February 2024}}</ref> |{{flagicon|GBR}} Simon Yates |{{flagicon|BEL}} William Junior Lecerf |{{flagicon|NZL}} Finn Fisher-Black |- |2025 |{{flagicon|GBR}} Tom Pidcock |{{flagicon|NOR}} Fredrik Dversnes |{{flagicon|NOR}} Johannes Kulset |- |2026<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cyclingnews.com/pro-cycling/races/alulatour-jan-christen-takes-final-stage-victory-and-overall-title-with-late-attack/|title=AlUla Tour: Jan Christen takes final stage victory and overall title with late attack|website=CyclingNews|last=Ostanek|first=Dani|date=31 January 2026|access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref> |{{flagicon|SUI}} Jan Christen |{{flagicon|COL}} Sergio Higuita |{{flagicon|ESP}} Igor Arrieta |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== * {{Official website|https://www.thealulatour.com/en}}

Category:Cycle racing in Asia Category:UCI Asia Tour races Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1999 Category:1999 establishments in Saudi Arabia Category:Saudi Tour