World champion Bugsher returns to the “Emirates Tawaf” after two years of absence

The seventh edition of the Emirates Tour of Bicycles, which takes place during the period from 17 to 23 February, is witnessing a strong competition between a group of the most prominent cyclists in the world, in light of the numbers, statistics and previous achievements, topped by four trades who have won the title before or raised the coronation platforms And they are the UAE XRG team, the Slovenian Tadi Bugsher, the Belgian Lynnart van Etville, the Lotto team, the title holder, the Belgian Tim Merler, the European champion Sudal Quick, and the Dutchman Olaf Koy, the Vizma Les Pike team.

Over the past sixth circumambulations, five heroes have been crowned with the title, including Tadi Bugsher Drag, the Emirates team, which crowned the title twice in a row.

The first edition in 2019 witnessed the coronation of the Slovenian Primose Rojlich Drag, the former Jumbo Vizma team, and currently within the ranks of the German Red Paul team, while the title of the second edition was crowned in 2020, the British Adam Bings Drag, the Emirates – XRG team, and in the third and fourth editions 2021-2022, crowned the title The Slovenian Tadi Bugsher Drag, the Emirates team, while crowned the fifth version of the Belgian Rimco Avenpol Drag, the Sudal Kwik Step team, which is absent due to the injury, and in the last version 2024 the title was crowned by its compatriot, Lennart Van Eteplet Drag, the Loto team.

Tadi Bugsher returns to the competition for the title after an absence since the last version crowned the title in 2022, supported by what he achieved last season, where he crowned the world champion with the Emirates XRG team, and won the title of the best bike in the world for the fourth consecutive season.

As for the Belgian Lynnar, the defending champion enters the competition strongly to maintain the title, as the last victory he achieved in 2024 was to win the top rankings in the China round.

As for the Dutchman Olaf Koi, the Vezma team, it enters the competition, which is returning from the coronation of the fourth stage of the Tour of the Sultanate of Oman, which was recently concluded, and Koy has previously crowned the title of the fifth stage of the last version of the Emirates Tarf, to be filled with the first platform for the first time in his third participation in the circumambulation, Fourth in the ranking in the past version as well.

As for the Belgian Tim Merler, the Sudal Quick team, who achieved a record in the last version of the circumambulation, is considered the most prominent competitors for the title, and he was able to achieve his unique record by winning three stages in one version, as he won the title of the first, fourth and sixth stages, and is currently preparing to compete On the title of version 2025, after his brilliance in Tawfi, the Sultanate of Oman, and Al -Ula in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.