Twenty-four teams are set to take part in the inaugural UAE Tour, which starts on Sunday.
The seven-day race will start with a team time-trial on the Al Hudayriat Island in the opening stage.
Dimension Data’s Louis Meintjes (pictured) is set to take part in the inaugural UAE Tour, starting this weekend. Photo: Stiehl Photography
Dimension Data has been included in the starting list, with South Africans Louis Meintjes, Reinardt Janse van Rensburg and Jay Thomson included the team.
View the full starting lists below of all the teams.
Movistar Team
1. Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa)
2. Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc)
3. Daniele Bennati (Ita)
4. Rubén Fernandez (Spa)
5. Lluís Guillermo Mas Bonet (Spa)
6. Nelson Oliveira (Por)
7. Jasha Sütterlin (Ger)
AG2R La Mondiale
11. Pierre Latour (Fra)
12. Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra)
13. Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra)
14. Samuel Dumoulin (Fra)
15. Tony Gallopin (Fra)
16. Quentin Jauregui (Fra)
17. Aurelien Paret-Peintre (Fra)
Astana Pro Team
21. Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa)
22. Manuele Boaro (Ita)
23. Daniil Fominykh (Kaz)
24. Omar Fraile Matarranza (Spa)
25. Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz)
26. Jan Hirt (Cze)
27. Davide Villella (Ita)
Bahrain-Merida
31. Vincenzo Nibali (Ita)
32. Phil Bauhaus (Ger)
33. Damiano Caruso (Ita)
34. Rohan Dennis (Aus)
35. Heinrich Haussler (Aus)
36. Marcel Sieberg (Ger)
37. Jan Tratnik (Slo)
Bora-Hansgrohe
41. Davide Formolo (Ita)
42. Erik Baška (Svk)
43. Sam Bennett (Irl)
44. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger)
45. Peter Sagan (Svk)
46. Christoph Pfingsten (Ger)
47. Maximilian Schachmann (Ger)
CCC Team
51. Serge Pauwels (Bel)
52. Patrick Bevin (NZl)
53. Víctor de la Parte (Spa)
54. Alessandro De Marchi (Ita)
55. Jakub Mareczko (Ita)
56. Lukasz Owsian (Pol)
57. Joey Rosskopf (USA)
Deceuninck-QuickStep
61. Elia Viviani (Ita)
62. Dries Devenyns (Bel)
63. Remco Evenepoel (Bel)
64. Mikkel Frølich Honore (Den)
65. James Knox (GBr)
66. Michael Mørkøv (Den)
67. Fabio Sabatini (Ita)
EF Education First
71. Tejay van Garderen (USA)
72. Sean Bennett (USA)
73. Simon Clarke (Aus)
74. Daniel McLay (GBr)
75. Sacha Modolo (Ita)
76. Julius van den Berg (Ned)
77. James Whelan (Aus)
Gazprom-Rusvelo
81. Alexander Porsev (Rus)
82. Ildar Arslanov (Rus)
84. Stepan Kurianov (Rus)
85. Artem Nych (Rus)
86. Sergey Shilov (Rus)
87. Anton Vorobyev (Rus)
Groupama-FDJ
91. Anthony Roux (Fra)
92. Bruno Armirail (Fra)
93. Mickaël Delage (Fra)
94. David Gaudu (Fra)
95. Sebastien Reichenbach (Swi)
96. Marc Sarreau (Fra)
97. Miles Scotson (Aus)
Lotto Soudal
101. Caleb Ewan (Aus)
102. Adam Blythe (GBr)
103. Adam Hansen (Aus)
104. Roger Kluge (Ger)
105. Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel)
106. Maxime Monfort (Bel)
107. Enzo Wouters (Bel)
Mitchelton-Scott
111. Michael Albasini (Swi)
112. Jack Bauer (NZl)
113. Sam Bewley (NZl)
114. Brent Bookwalter (USA)
115. Tsgabu Grmay (Eth)
116. Luka Mezgec (Slo)
117. Callum Scotson (Aus)
Dimension Data
121. Mark Cavendish (GBr)
122. Bernhard Eisel (Aut)
123. Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier Werkilu (Eri)
124. Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA)
125. Roman Kreuziger (Cze)
126. Louis Meintjes (RSA)
127. Jay Robert Thomson (RSA)
Team Jumbo-Visma
131. Primoz Roglic (Slo)
132. Koen Bouwman (Ned)
133. Laurens De Plus (Bel)
134. Tom Leezer (Ned)
135. Paul Martens (Ger)
136. Tony Martin (Ger)
137. Jos van Emden (Ned)
Katusha-Alpecin
141. Marcel Kittel (Ger)
142. Alex Dowsett (GBr)
143. Marco Haller (Aut)
144. Pavel Kochetkov (Rus)
145. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa)
146. Rick Zabel (Ger)
147. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus)
Team Novo Nordisk
152. Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra)
153. Sam Brand (GBr)
154. Fabio Calabria (Aus)
155. Peter Kusztor (Hun)
156. Andrea Peron (Ita)
157. Charles Planet (Fra)
Team Sky
161. Kenny Elissonde (Fra)
162. Michał Gołaś (Pol)
163. Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor)
164. Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol)
165. Gianni Moscon (Ita)
166. Salvatore Puccio (Ita)
167. Pavel Sivakov (Rus)
Team Sunweb
171. Tom Dumoulin (Ned)
172. Nikias Arndt (Ger)
173. Cees Bol (Ned)
174. Max Kanter (Ger)
175. Wilco Kelderman (Ned)
176. Robert Power (Aus)
177. Max Walscheid (Ger)
Trek-Segafredo
181. Richie Porte (Aus)
182. William Clarke (Aus)
183. Niklas Eg (Den)
184. Markel Irizar Aranburu (Spa)
185. Bauke Mollema (Ned)
186. Matteo Moschetti (Ita)
187. Kiel Reijnen (USA)
UAE Team Emirates
191. Alexander Kristoff (Nor)
192. Fernando Gaviria (Col)
193. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por)
194. Vegard Stake Laengen (Nor)
195. Daniel Martin (Irl)
196. Oliviero Troia (Ita)
197. Diego Ulissi (Ita)
