The Team Sky member, who is a five-time Grand Tour winner, says he still needs to recover fully from last week's event in Colombia.
The seven-stage tour gets underway on Monday.
The race starts in Abu Dhabi before ending in Dubai on March 2.
It is the only UCI World Tour race in the Middle East.
This year's inaugural edition will feature 20 teams from around the world.
Magnitude wins $12million Dubai World Cup
American challenger 'Magnitude' won the Dubai World Cup on Saturday, taking the $12 million feature race at Meydan Racecourse.
Eight players leave England camp ahead of Japan friendly
England boss Thomas Tuchel will have no choice but to ring the changes ahead of Tuesday's friendly with Japan at Wembley Stadium after eight players left the camp on Saturday with a variety of health issues and injury concerns.
Kohli and Duffy star as defending champions RCB overpower Hyderabad
India great Virat Kohli and New Zealand pacer Jacob Duffy have led from the front as defending champions Royal Challengers Bengaluru opened their 2026 IPL campaign with a commanding six-wicket victory over Sunrisers Hyderabad at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium on Saturday.
Ashwin becomes first India international to join US Major League
Spinner Ravichandran Ashwin is set to become the first India international to appear in US-based Major League Cricket (MLC), after San Francisco Unicorns announced his signing on Saturday for the Twenty20 competition's 2026 season.
Mercedes driver Antonelli storms to second consecutive pole in Japan
Italian teenager Kimi Antonelli stormed to a second straight pole position in qualifying for the Japanese Grand Prix ahead of teammate George Russell on Saturday to lock out the front row for Mercedes for a third consecutive race.
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