{"id":2116,"date":"2025-02-01T15:56:17","date_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:56:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/?p=2116"},"modified":"2025-02-01T15:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-02-01T15:56:18","slug":"dubai-roads-to-close-temporarily-for-letape-dubai-cycling-race-on-sunday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/2025\/02\/01\/dubai-roads-to-close-temporarily-for-letape-dubai-cycling-race-on-sunday\/","title":{"rendered":"Dubai Roads to Close Temporarily for L&#8217;\u00c9tape Dubai Cycling Race on Sunday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the temporary closure of five major roads on Sunday, February 2, to accommodate the L&#8217;\u00c9tape Dubai Cycling Race 2025.<\/p><p>The affected roads include Oud Metha Road, Dubai-Al Ain Road, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Road, Expo Road, and Lahbab Street. Motorists are advised to use Ras Al Khor Road and Emirates Road as alternative routes and to plan their journeys in advance.<\/p><p>The race will begin at 6:30 AM from Dubai Design District (D3) and cover 101 km, finishing at Expo City. Cycling legends, including J\u00e1n Svorada and Peter Velits, will participate in the event.<\/p><p>L&#8217;\u00c9tape Dubai, inspired by the Tour de France, features two race categories:<\/p><ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>&#8220;The Race&#8221; (101 km)<\/strong> for experienced cyclists.<\/li>\n\n<li><strong>&#8220;The Ride&#8221; (50 km)<\/strong> for amateur riders.<\/li><\/ul><p>Both routes will showcase Dubai\u2019s iconic skyline and desert landscapes, offering participants a unique cycling experience.<\/p><p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dubai\u2019s Roads and Transport Authority (RTA) has announced the temporary closure of five major roads on Sunday, February 2, to accommodate the L&#8217;\u00c9tape Dubai Cycling Race 2025. The affected roads include Oud Metha Road, Dubai-Al Ain Road, Sheikh Zayed bin Hamdan Road, Expo Road, and Lahbab Street. Motorists are advised to use Ras Al Khor [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":2117,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-2116","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-uae-en"},"acf":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2118,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2116\/revisions\/2118"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kuwaitnewslive.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}