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Cédric FONTENEAU Management

UCI 2.2 · United Arab Emirates

The Tour of Sharjah

Since 2016, we have supported the Sharjah Sports Council in running its international stage race, now a reference among UCI Class 2 events.

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Our role

Technical and sporting coordinator

In 2016, the Sharjah Sports Council asked us to help a race facing logistical and sporting difficulties. Arriving as a team of six in the first year, we brought fresh energy to the event.

Edition after edition, our responsibilities have grown: we are now the race’s technical and sporting coordinator, with a team of 23 specialists in 2026, each in charge of one area of the organisation.

The jury presidents appointed by the UCI have praised every edition in their reports. Training is part of the job too: Emirati commissaires work with our international commissaires, in liaison with the national federation.

The CFM technical team on stage at the 2024 Tour of Sharjah presentation

What we take care of

  • General secretariat: invitations, entries, dialogue with teams
  • Writing the UCI-compliant technical guide
  • Stage design, start and finish areas
  • Relations with the UCI and the jury president, race report
  • Technical direction, team managers’ meeting
  • Regulator, info motorbike, electronic time board
  • International commissaires and commissaire motorbikes
  • Finish line and structures management
  • Morning route marking and distance boards
  • Timing, photo-finish and live results
  • Neutral service and printing of leader jerseys
  • Protocol and media relations

2026 edition · 23 – 27 January 2026

Five stages, from the desert to the Hajar mountains

  1. Stage 1

    Pride & Generosity

    Sharjah Flag Island → Wheat Farm

  2. Stage 2

    Al Jubail

    Sharjah → Kalba

  3. Stage 3

    Al Heera

    Individual time trial

  4. Stage 4

    Eastern Region

    Dibba → Khorfakkan, summit finish at Al Suhub

  5. Stage 5

    Heritage & Culture

    Sharjah Falconers Club → Sharjah Mosque

The field

Continental and professional teams from Asia, Europe and America, national teams (United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Iraq, Morocco, Tunisia, Rwanda…) and Emirati clubs: Class 2.2 lets local teams race against the international elite.

Juniors and para-cycling

Alongside the elite race, we also run the junior and para-cycling events, helping the next generation of Emirati cycling grow.

In pictures

Instructions to a rider before a stage start
Team managers’ meeting
Working session with Sharjah Sports Council officials
Organisation car on the desert roads
The commissaires’ committee presented on stage
The winner’s trophy in front of the heritage arch

Photos: Tour of Sharjah 2024

Continuous improvement

Every UCI report becomes an action plan

  • Info motorbike and electronic time board in the convoy
  • Two regulator motorbikes, at the front and back of the race
  • Two radio channels for every commissaire, three for the jury president
  • Safety briefing with the jury president
  • Green zones and marked parking at the starts
  • Every driver registered with a UCI ID

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