The 156 km queen stage from Al Ain ended on the iconic Jebel Hafeet, the only summit finish of the race and the climb that has decided every edition. The long, flat run-in from Al Ain was controlled rather than chaotic, with no breakaway allowed meaningful freedom as the GC teams kept the bunch intact for the climb.

UAE Team ADQ moved to the front on the approach through Green Mubazzarah, and once the road tilted up the field shattered. Lorena Wiebes was dropped early, ending her hold on the red jersey. Inside the final six kilometres Monica Trinca Colonel's early attacks forced reactions but no separation; Longo Borghini then applied repeated accelerations to strip away the remaining domestiques.

With 2.5 km to go Longo Borghini made the decisive move, briefly joined by Kasia Niewiadoma before pressing on alone. Niewiadoma was shed, and Longo Borghini crested the summit solo for her second career Jebel Hafeet stage win — sealing the overall in the same move. Trinca Colonel rode clear of the chase for second on the stage, with Femke de Vries third.

Longo Borghini overturned Wiebes's lead with her stage-winning solo, taking the red jersey and the overall by 16 seconds over Monica Trinca Colonel, with Femke de Vries third at +0:17. Kim Le Court-Pienaar moved up to fourth at +1:07 and Niewiadoma was fifth at +1:09. It was Longo Borghini's third UAE Tour Women GC title in the race's four editions, with a final winning time of 13h 06' 32". Wiebes salvaged the green points jersey, Eleonora Ciabocco (6th overall) took the white young-rider jersey, and Canyon-SRAM won the team classification.