Multiple road closures to affect Dubai on Thursday
The race will begin at the Dubai Police Officer's Club on Latifa Hospital Street, and finish at Dubai Harbour, covering a distance of 149 kilometres.
إليكم خريطة مسار طواف السيدات 2025، الذي يقام يوم الخميس 6 فبراير، حيث ينطلق في تمام الساعة 12:45 ظهرًا من أمام نادي ضباط شرطة دبي، إلى نقطة النهاية في دبي هاربر، لمسافة 149 كيلومتراً. يتضمن ترتيبات مسار الطواف إغلاقاً مؤقتاً لبعض الشوارع وإعادة فتحها خلف آخر متسابقة. تدعوكم… pic.twitter.com/rMIK7204PJ
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Streets including Latifa Hospital Street, Oud Metha Road, Al Seef Street, Corniche Street, Al Khaleej Street, Omar bin Al Khattab Street, Baniyas Road, Rebat Street, Tripoli Street, Zayed bin Hamdan, Al Qudra Street, Sayh As Salam Street, Umm Suqeim Street, King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud Street and the Dubai Harbour area are affected.
The race is due to finish around 4:40 p.m. The final road closure will reopen when the last cyclist crosses the finish line.
The UAE Tour Women event is made up of four stages and runs until February 9.
Stage 2 will take place between Al Dhafra Fort-Al Mirfa (111km), Stage 3 is between Al Ain Qasr Al Muwaiji-Jebel Hafeet, (152km) and Stage 4 takes place in Abu Dhabi Fatima Bint Mubarak Ladies Academy-Abu Dhabi Breakwater, (128km).
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