UAE Team Emirates-XRG are expecting a "battle" on the final climbing day at the UAE Tour on Saturday, with their man, Isaac del Toro, set to throw everything at Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) to try and wrest back the red leader's jersey and defend Tadej Pogačar's title from 2025.
Del Toro sits just 21 seconds behind the Italian, with the Jebel Hafeet summit finish set to all but decide the GC on the penultimate day of racing, meaning he will likely need to both win the stage and distance Tiberi by 18 seconds to be sure of overall victory when accounting for bonus seconds.
