Riders are bracing themselves for a brutal new climb to shake up the racing at the UAE Tour, Jebel Mobrah. The 14.9km ascent on the border of Ras al Khaimah and Fujairah averages a 12% gradient and only gets harder towards the top.
A relatively straightforward 168 kilometres of racing heads out of Umm al Quwain, bringing the riders to the foot of the lower slopes on stage 3. There are four kilometres at 7.6% set to wake up the legs before the final 7km climb to the line averages a stinging 12% average gradient.
“To be quite honest, I think the gaps are going to be so massive on a climb like that – obviously, you can never know how it’s gonna be raced or how people are gonna tackle a climb that is so unique – but just on paper, it looks so hard that it seems like the entire race will be decided,” said Gee-West.
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