Road Closures Ahead of Abu Dhabi Tour 2018
- Roads around Abu Dhabi will be closed this week due to the Abu Dhabi Tour cycling race
- Zayed the First Street and Gate Towers area in Al Maryah Island will be partially closed from 11:30AM for the 12.6km stage on Saturday (24th Feb)
- Roads in Al Ain starting from the central district on 137th Street, Othman bin Affan all the way to Jebel Hafeet will be closed from 11:15AM-4PM for the 199km finish on Sunday
- Drivers need to take alternative routes on some roads, until Sunday, when the race will finish
- The Abu Dhabi Tour is an annual men’s cycling stage race that takes place in the United Arab Emirates
- The Abu Dhabi Tour was inaugurated in 2015, making the 208 edition the fourth consecutive year of the Tour
- When inaugurated, the Abu Dhabi Tour was part of the UCI Asia Tour, ranked as a category 2.HC event
- The Abu Dhabi Tour is organised by RCS Sport, which also organises the Giro d’Italia and the nearby Dubai Tour
- The first two editions of the Abu Dhabi Tour were made up of four stages; three of which flat and suited to the sprinters and one mountain-top finish at Jebel Hafeet
