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2019 UAE Tour (WorldTour),
United Arab Emirates

1st Edition: February 24 - March 2, 2019

UAE Tour

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Saturday, March 2: 7th & Final Stage, Dubai Safari Park - City Walk, 145 km

Stage 7 map

Sam Bennet

Sam Bennett is just a little faster than Fernando Gaviria.

Weather at Dubai at 4:40 Local time: 19C (67F), cloudy, with the wind from the WNW at 34 km/hr (21mph). No rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's final summary.

City Walk, Dubai, 2 March 2019 – The Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo – Visma) has won the inaugural edition of the UAE Tour, ahead of Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) and David Gaudu (Groupama – FDJ) who completed the podium. The Irish rider Sam Bennett (Bora – Hansgrohe) has won the final Stage 7, the Dubai Stage, in a bunch sprint, beating Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal).

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the UAE Tour winner Primoz Roglic said: “It was windy from the start but as a team we finished the job the same way we started. We showed again that we are a very strong team. It’s nice to have started with a Team Time Trial victory and kept the jersey till the end. As my first race of the year, it’s great to begin with a stage race victory. Results show that we’re ready for a promising season.”

The stage winner Sam Bennett said: “I needed that. The team did a fantastic job again. I tried to fight for Gaviria’s wheel. Today I had the legs to finish it off. I knew if you could get a win here with all the top sprinters, it means you are not so bad. This is good for my confidence. I’m looking forward to the other nice races coming up.”

Complete results:

145 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.973 km/hr

1	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	3hr 17min 51sec
2	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
3	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
4	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
5	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
6	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
7	Maximilian RWALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
8	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
9	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
11	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
12	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
13	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
14	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
15	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
16	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
17	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
18	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
19	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
20	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
21	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
22	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
23	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
24	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
25	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
26	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
27	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
28	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
29	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
30	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
31	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
32	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
33	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
34	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
35	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
36	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
37	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
38	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
39	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
40	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
41	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
42	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
43	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
44	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
45	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
46	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
47	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
48	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
49	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
50	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
51	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
52	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
53	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
54	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
55	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
56	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
57	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
58	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
59	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
61	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
62	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
63	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
64	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
65	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
66	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
67	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
68	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	s.t.
70	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
71	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
72	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
73	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
74	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
75	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
76	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
77	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
78	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
79	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
80	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
81	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
82	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
83	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
84	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
85	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
86	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
87	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
88	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
89	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
90	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
91	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
92	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
93	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
94	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
95	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	@ 22sec
96	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
97	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
98	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
99	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
100	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
101	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
102	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	0:27
103	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:29
104	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
105	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
106	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:34
107	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:38
108	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0:45
109	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	0:49
110	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:57
111	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	1:00
112	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1:09
113	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:12
114	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
115	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1:15
116	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	s.t.
117	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:22
118	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
119	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
120	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
121	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
122	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:45
123	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	1:49
124	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
125	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
126	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	1:56
127	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2:11
128	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
129	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2:35
130	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
131	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	3:11

Final GC after Stage 7:

Final GC leader: Primoz Roglic (Jumbo-Visma)
Points classification winner: Elia Viviani (Deceuninck-Quick Step)
Intermediate sprint classification winner: Stepan Kuriyanov (Gazprom-RusVelo)
Best young rider: David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ)
Team Classification winner: Bora-hansgrohe

1,077 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.706 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	26hr 27min 29sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	@ 31sec
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:44
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:56
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:04
6	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:08
7	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:11
8	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:29
9	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:45
10	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1:49
11	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:52
12	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	1:54
13	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:56
14	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	2:04
15	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2:19
16	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2:22
17	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2:30
18	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:47
19	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:53
20	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3:32
21	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3:55
22	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	4:26
23	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	4:38
24	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:46
25	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	5:01
26	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:12
27	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5:26
28	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	5:34
29	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	5:48
30	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:56
31	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	6:20
32	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	6:25
33	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	6:25
34	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	6:32
35	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7:27
36	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	8:19
37	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8:47
38	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	9:46
39	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	10:00
40	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	10:16
41	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	10:18
42	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	11:03
43	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	13:25
44	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	14:11
45	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	14:24
46	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	14:37
47	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	14:47
48	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	14:55
49	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	16:50
50	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17:35
51	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:51
52	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	18:00
53	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	18:10
54	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	19:43
55	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	20:25
56	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	20:26
57	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	20:49
58	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	21:21
59	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	21:34
60	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23:49
61	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	24:17
62	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	25:18
63	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	26:01
64	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	26:29
65	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	27:33
66	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	28:00
67	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	28:04
68	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	28:18
69	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	28:55
70	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	28:58
71	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	29:16
72	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	29:54
73	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	30:03
74	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
75	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	30:17
76	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	31:27
77	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	31:46
78	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	31:53
79	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	35:07
80	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	35:21
81	Michal GOLAS	SKY	35:22
82	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	35:56
83	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	36:11
84	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	36:27
85	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	36:33
86	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	36:43
87	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	36:44
88	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	36:55
89	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	37:49
90	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	38:38
91	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	39:20
92	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	39:24
94	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	39:34
95	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	39:39
96	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	39:49
97	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	39:51
98	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	40:12
99	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	40:14
100	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	40:20
101	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	40:51
102	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	40:59
103	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	41:43
104	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	42:10
105	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	42:12
106	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	42:14
107	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	42:29
108	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	42:39
109	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	42:55
110	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	43:12
111	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	43:29
112	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	43:31
113	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	43:44
114	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	43:47
115	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	43:58
116	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	44:30
117	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	45:10
118	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	45:12
119	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	45:24
120	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	45:31
121	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	45:58
122	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
123	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	46:02
124	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	46:12
125	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	47:24
126	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	48:23
127	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	49:08
128	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	49:40
129	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	51:06
130	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	53:42
131	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	55:40

Stage 7 map:

uAE Tour stage 7 map

Stage 7 map

Friday, March 1: Stage 6, Ajman - Jebel Jais, 175 km

Stage 6 map & profile

PRimoz Roglic

The stage win goes to GC leader Primoz Roglic.

Weather at the start city of Ajman at 4:20 PM, local time: 28C (82F), widespread dust, with the wind from the SSE at 23 km/hr (14 mph). No rain.

The race: 135 riders began the stage at 12:19 PM. Team Sky's Kenny Ellisonde did not start.

Here's the organizer's summary:

Jebel Jais, 1 March 2019 – The Slovenian rider Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo – Visma) has won Stage 6, the RAK Properties Stage, of the inaugural edition of the UAE Tour, ahead of Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) and David Gaudu (Groupama – FDJ). With the stage victory, the GC leader secures his position with a flat stage to go, wearing the Red Jersey on the podium.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Red Jersey, Primoz Roglic, said: “Today we showed again as a team how strong we are. I’m really happy that I managed to finish it off. It wasn’t a direct fight with Valverde at the end. From the beginning of the stage, our guys protected me from the wind. On the last climb Laurens de Plus pulled until 500 metres to go. It was impressive. Job’s done for today; we have to stay focused for tomorrow.”

Tomorrow's Stage:
Stage 7 – DUBAI STAGE – Dubai Safari Park-Citywalk – 145km
The UAE Tour’s final showdown is through the streets of Dubai, based closely on one of the most popular features of the Dubai Tour. After its departure from the Dubai Safari Park, the route then grafts on to the familiar course through the Dubai Design District, Mushrif Park, Al Mamzar Beach, Deira, and Rashid Port to reach Jumeirah Road and finish in Citywalk. The final stage is one for the fastest wheels.

Final Km
After leaving Jumeirah Road the route is on wide roads with a final curve at 500m to go, and enters the City Walk, where the finish line is on an 8.5m wide road with square cobblestones.

Complete Results:

175 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.071 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	4hr 15min 39sec
2	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
4	Daniel MARTIN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
5	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
6	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
7	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
8	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
9	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
10	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	@ 5sec
11	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
12	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0:12
13	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
14	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	0:16
15	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
16	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:25
17	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
18	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
19	Diego ULISSI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	0:27
20	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
21	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0:30
22	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:32
23	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:35
24	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	0:42
25	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
26	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:58
27	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
28	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
29	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	1:33
30	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
31	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
32	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
33	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
34	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
35	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:38
36	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	1:52
37	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
38	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
39	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
40	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2:02
41	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:15
42	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3:12
43	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	s.t.
44	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	3:51
45	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:06
46	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	4:12
47	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	4:15
48	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	4:37
49	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
50	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:54
51	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	4:56
52	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	5:12
53	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
54	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
55	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	6:46
56	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
57	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
58	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
59	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7:51
61	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	8:05
62	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
63	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
64	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
65	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	9:27
66	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
67	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	10:11
68	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	10:16
69	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	10:35
70	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	11:34
71	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	12:01
72	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
73	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
74	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
75	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
76	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	13:42
77	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
78	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
79	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
80	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
81	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
82	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
83	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
84	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
85	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
86	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
87	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
88	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
89	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	16:34
90	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
91	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:20
92	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
93	Oliviero TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	17:49
94	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
95	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
96	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
97	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
98	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
99	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
100	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
101	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
102	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
103	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
104	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	20:39
105	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
106	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
107	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
108	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
109	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
110	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
111	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
112	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
113	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
114	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
115	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
116	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
117	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
118	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
119	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
120	Maximilian RWALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
121	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
122	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
123	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
124	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
125	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
126	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
127	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
128	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
129	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
130	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
131	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
132	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.

GC after stage 6:

932 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.241 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	23hr 9min 38sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	@ 31sec
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:44
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:56
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:04
6	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:08
7	Daniel MARTIN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	1:11
8	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:29
9	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:45
10	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1:49
11	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:52
12	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	1:54
13	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:56
14	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	2:04
15	Diego ULISSI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	2:19
16	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2:22
17	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	2:30
18	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:47
19	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:53
20	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	3:32
21	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	3:55
22	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	4:26
23	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	4:38
24	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:46
25	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	5:01
26	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:12
27	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	5:19
28	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	5:26
29	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	5:34
30	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:56
31	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	6:20
32	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	6:23
33	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	6:25
34	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
35	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	6:32
36	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7:05
37	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8:47
38	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	9:40
39	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	9:46
40	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	10:00
41	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	10:15
42	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	10:16
43	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	11:03
44	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	13:15
45	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	13:25
46	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	14:06
47	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	14:11
48	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	14:24
49	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	14:47
50	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	16:02
51	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	16:50
52	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:14
53	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17:35
54	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	18:00
55	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	18:10
56	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	19:00
57	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	19:43
58	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	20:26
59	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	21:21
60	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	21:34
61	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	23:49
62	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	24:17
63	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	24:18
64	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	24:49
65	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	25:50
66	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	26:01
67	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	26:47
68	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	27:08
69	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	27:38
70	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	28:04
71	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	28:41
72	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	28:49
73	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	28:51
74	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	28:55
75	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	29:07
76	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	29:54
77	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	30:49
78	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	31:27
79	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	31:59
80	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	34:12
81	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	35:11
82	Michal GOLAS	SKY	35:22
83	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	35:22
84	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	36:11
85	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	36:27
86	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	36:33
87	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
88	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	36:43
89	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	36:44
90	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	37:27
91	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	37:37
92	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	38:37
93	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	38:38
94	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	38:49
95	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	38:51
96	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	39:20
97	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	39:24
98	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	39:29
99	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
100	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	39:39
101	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	39:58
102	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	40:14
103	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	40:59
104	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	41:43
105	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	41:50
106	Oliviero TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	42:10
107	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	42:12
108	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	42:14
109	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	42:29
110	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	42:39
111	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	42:55
112	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	43:29
113	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	43:31
114	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	43:44
115	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	43:47
116	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	43:58
117	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	44:40
118	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	45:02
119	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	45:10
120	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	45:12
121	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	45:31
122	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	45:58
123	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
124	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	46:02
125	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	46:12
126	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	47:05
127	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	47:24
128	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	48:08
129	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	48:23
130	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	51:06
131	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	51:53
132	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	54:18

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

Thursday, February 28: Stage 5, Sharjah/Flag Island - Khor Fakkam, 181 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Elia Viviani

Elia Viviani takes the fifth stage. Photo: Justin Setterfield/Getty Images

Weather at the start city of Sharja at 4:40 PM, local time: 26C (78F), widespread dust, with the wind from the south at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain.

The race: 136 riders started at 12:31 PM. Omar Fraile (Astana), did not start.

Here's the race organizer's stage five summary:

Khor Fakkan, 28 February 2019 – The Italian rider, Elia Viviani (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), has won in a bunch sprint Stage 5, the Sharjah Stage, of the inaugural edition of the UAE Tour, ahead of Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) and Marcel Kittel (Team Katusha Alpecin). Primoz Roglic (Team Jumbo – Visma) remains the GC leader and wore the Red Jersey on the podium.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner, Elia Viviani, said: “After the successful season I had last year and Fernando [Gaviria] not being our teammate anymore, it’s great to still win because he’s the world’s best sprinter and the hardest to beat. So I’m glad we did it as a team today after losing stage 2 to him. My lead-out train worked really well in this chaotic finish. We took the right decision to not spend more energy than needed yesterday and focus exclusively on today.”

The Red Jersey, Primoz Roglic, said: “As expected, it was a long day in the saddle but I didn’t really get bored because we always had to be attentive in the desert with the crosswinds. Again, our team did a great job, who protected my [leading] time. For sure, we’re ready for tomorrow’s decisive stage.”

TOMORROW’S STAGE:
Stage 6 – RAK PROPERTIES STAGE – Ajman-Jebel Jais – 180km
This, the second of the two mountain stages, is likely to be the decisive stage of the UAE Tour. Like Stage 3, it is divided into two distinct parts: the first is a flat approach to the final climb; the second is about 20km of continuous ascent until the finish line. After departure from Ajman, the route crosses Umm-al-Quwain heading towards Ras-al-Khaimah, whose capital is by-passed, as the race heads directly to Jais Mountain. The final 20km climb averages at 5%, and is generally constant with only slightly higher gradients of around 7% in the last 2km.

Final Km
The final climb includes wide hairpins on a very wide carriageway. Gradient is mostly 4-5% in the first part of the climb and around 5-7% in the second, with a maximum of 9% at 2km to go. Final straight on tarmac.

Complete Results:

181 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.580 km/hr

1	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	4hr 48min 59sec
2	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
3	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
4	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
5	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
6	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
7	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
8	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
9	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
10	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
11	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
12	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
13	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
14	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
15	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
16	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
17	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
18	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
19	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
20	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
21	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
22	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
23	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
24	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
26	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
27	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
28	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
29	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
30	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
31	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
32	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
33	Diego ULISSI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
34	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
35	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
36	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
37	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
38	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
39	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
40	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
41	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
42	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
43	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
44	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	s.t.
45	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
46	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
47	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
48	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
49	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
50	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
51	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
52	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
53	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
54	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
55	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
56	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
57	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
58	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
59	Oliviero TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
60	Daniel MARTIN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
62	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
63	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
64	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
66	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
67	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
68	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
69	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
70	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
71	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
72	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
73	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
74	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
76	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
77	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
78	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
79	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
80	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
81	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
82	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
83	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
84	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
85	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
86	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
87	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
88	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
89	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
90	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
91	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
92	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
93	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
94	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
95	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
96	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
97	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
98	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
99	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
101	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
102	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
103	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
104	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
105	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
106	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
107	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
108	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
109	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
110	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
111	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
112	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
113	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
114	Kenny ELLISSONDE	SKY	s.t.
115	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
116	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
117	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
118	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	s.t.
119	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
120	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
121	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	@ 19sec
122	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
123	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA ALPECIN	0:23
124	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
125	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:38
126	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:54
127	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
128	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:22
129	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
130	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
131	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	2:47
132	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
133	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
134	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	3:17
135	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4:23
136	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.

GC after Stage 5:

757 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.048 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	18hr 54min 9sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	@ 21sec
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:38
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:46
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:54
6	Daniel MARTIN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	1:01
7	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:04
8	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	1:12
9	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:14
10	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:15
11	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1:23
12	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:30
13	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1:31
14	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	1:32
15	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	1:36
16	Diego ULISSI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	1:42
17	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:46
18	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1:56
19	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:02
20	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:11
21	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	2:20
22	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	2:36
23	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:47
24	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:57
26	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3:14
27	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	3:18
28	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	3:32
29	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3:36
30	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:08
31	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:11
32	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	4:18
33	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	4:23
34	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4:26
35	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	4:42
36	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	4:49
37	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:56
38	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:01
39	Kenny ELLISSONDE	SKY	5:03
40	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	5:47
41	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	6:18
42	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	6:25
43	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	7:28
44	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	7:51
45	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	8:02
46	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8:25
47	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA ALPECIN	8:32
48	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	8:54
49	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	9:06
50	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	9:08
51	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	9:19
52	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	9:20
53	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	9:54
54	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	9:55
55	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	10:03
56	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	10:10
57	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	10:57
58	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	11:09
59	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	11:28
60	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	11:55
61	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	12:38
62	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	12:58
63	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	13:19
64	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	13:23
65	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	13:54
66	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	14:57
67	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	15:04
68	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	15:27
69	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15:52
70	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	15:59
71	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	16:02
72	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	16:44
73	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	16:57
74	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	17:35
75	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:41
76	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	17:48
77	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17:49
78	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	17:56
79	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA ALPECIN	18:00
80	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	18:07
81	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	18:12
82	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	18:30
83	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	18:34
84	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	18:35
85	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	18:40
86	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18:44
87	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	18:46
88	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	18:50
89	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	19:27
90	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	19:30
91	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	19:38
92	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	19:49
93	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
94	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	19:56
95	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA ALPECIN	21:08
96	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	21:23
97	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	21:33
98	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	22:01
99	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	22:06
100	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	22:40
101	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA ALPECIN	22:42
102	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	22:43
103	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	22:52
104	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	22:55
105	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	22:58
106	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	23:00
107	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	23:16
108	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	23:35
109	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	23:44
110	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	23:51
111	Oliviero TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	24:11
112	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	24:13
113	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	24:16
114	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	24:23
115	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	24:26
116	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	24:30
117	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	24:40
118	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	24:42
119	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24:59
120	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	25:09
121	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
122	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	25:13
123	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	25:23
124	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	25:28
125	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	25:37
126	Michal GOLAS	SKY	25:45
127	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	26:16
128	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	26:28
129	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	26:35
130	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	27:19
131	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	27:34
132	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	27:58
133	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	28:22
134	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	30:17
135	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	31:04
136	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	42:07

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

Wednesday, February 27: Stage 4, The Point/Palm Jumeirah - Hatta Dam, 197 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Caleb Ewan

Caleb Ewan leaves everyone else behind at Hatta Dam.

Weather at the start point of Palm Jumeirah at 4:30 PM, local time: 22C (71F), fair, with the wind from the north at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage five summary.

Hatta Dam, 27 February 2019 – Caleb Ewan won the bunch sprint at the uphill finish of Hatta Dam that always guarantees a thrilling finale. The diminutive Australian took his first win for Lotto Soudal ahead of the Italian neo-pro Matteo Moschetti of Trek – Segafredo and Primoz Roglic, who extended his lead thanks to the third-place time bonus, while World Champion Alejandro Valverde was hampered by a crash with 6.5km to go and thus couldn’t make it two in a row. David Gaudu of Groupama – FDJ retained the White Jersey of best young rider despite suffering a mechanical (broken front wheel) because it occurred within the final 3km.

The Stage Winner, Caleb Ewan, said: “My advantage over the other sprinters today is that their weight is about 80kg and I’m only 67, so my power-to-weight ratio is better for such a climb at 17%. I knew I had to start the climb no further than fifth or sixth position. Kristoff started and once I found the right gear I could pass him. Before that, when the last crash happened, I was already at the front. Today’s win is a good sign ahead of Milan-Sanremo which is my main goal of the first part of the year.”

The Red Jersey, Primoz Roglic, said: “I felt the heat today but I was always well protected from the wind by my teammates. Caleb Ewan was the strongest today. He won easily. I just wanted to go as fast as possible to the finish. Every day can be decisive, so I’ll work on keeping the jersey with the team tomorrow before I make plans for Friday’s uphill finish.”

TOMORROW’S STAGE:
Stage 5 – SHARJAH STAGE – Sharjah-Khor Fakkan – 181km
This stage, that connects the Arabian Gulf with the Indian Ocean (Gulf of Oman), is another opportunity for the sprinters. After crossing the desert between the University of Sharjah and the University of Khalba, the route follows the coast north through Fujairah, up to the finish line in Khor Fakkan, where a bunch sprint is expected.

Final Km
The final 5km are on ample roads, evenly surfaced and with divided carriageways. The final 3km feature several roundabouts, the last of which leads on to the 8m wide, tarmac final straight.

Complete Results:

197 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.250 km/hr

1	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	4hr 27min 7sec
2	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	@ 2sec
3	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:05
5	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
6	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
7	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
8	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
9	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
10	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
11	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
12	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
13	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
14	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
15	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
16	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
17	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
18	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
19	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
20	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
21	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
22	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
23	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
24	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
25	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
26	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
28	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
29	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
30	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
31	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
32	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
33	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
34	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
35	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
36	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
37	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
38	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
39	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	0:29
40	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	0:32
41	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
42	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:37
43	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:05
44	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0:41
45	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
46	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
47	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:48
48	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
49	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
50	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	0:52
51	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:56
52	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:59
53	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1:13
54	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:15
55	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1:31
56	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:05
57	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	1:46
58	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
59	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
60	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:51
61	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	1:54
62	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	2:00
63	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	2:03
64	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:08
65	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	2:13
66	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	2:40
67	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
68	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2:56
69	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	3:03
70	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	3:11
71	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	3:21
72	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3:24
73	Kenny ELLISSONDE	SKY	s.t.
74	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3:26
75	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	3:28
76	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:12
77	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	4:35
78	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	4:51
79	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
80	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
81	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
82	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
83	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
84	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
85	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
86	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
87	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
89	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
90	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
91	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	MOVISTAR	s.t.
92	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
93	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
94	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
95	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	6:30
96	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
97	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	6:50
98	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	6:58
99	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	7:06
100	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
101	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
102	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
103	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
104	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
105	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
106	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
107	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
108	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
109	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
110	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
111	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
112	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
113	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
114	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
115	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
116	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
117	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
118	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
119	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
120	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
121	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
122	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
123	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
124	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
125	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
126	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
127	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	s.t.
128	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
129	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
130	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
131	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
132	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	7:31
133	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
134	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	7:34
135	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	7:44
136	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	8:48
137	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	10:02

GC after stage 4:

576 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.891 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	14hr 5min 10sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	@ 21sec
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:38
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:46
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:54
6	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:01
7	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	1:04
8	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	1:12
9	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:14
10	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:15
11	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1:23
12	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:30
13	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1:31
14	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	1:32
15	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	1:36
16	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:42
17	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:46
18	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1:56
19	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:02
20	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:11
21	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2:20
22	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	2:36
23	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:47
24	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
25	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:57
26	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3:14
27	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	3:18
28	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	3:32
29	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	3:36
30	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:08
31	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:11
32	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	4:18
33	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	4:23
34	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	4:26
35	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	4:42
36	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	4:49
37	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:56
38	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	5:01
39	Kenny ELLISSONDE	SKY	5:03
40	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	5:47
41	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	6:18
42	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	6:25
43	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	7:28
44	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	7:51
45	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	8:02
46	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	8:12
47	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	8:25
48	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	8:32
49	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	8:54
50	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	9:08
51	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	9:19
52	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	9:20
53	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	9:54
54	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	9:55
55	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	10:03
56	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	10:10
57	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	10:57
58	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	11:09
59	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	11:28
60	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	11:55
61	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	12:38
62	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	12:58
63	Luis Guillermo MAS BONET	MOVISTAR	13:12
64	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	13:19
65	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	13:23
66	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	13:54
67	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	14:38
68	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	14:50
69	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	15:04
70	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	15:09
71	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	15:27
72	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	15:52
73	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	16:02
74	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	16:44
75	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	16:57
76	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	17:24
77	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	17:35
78	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:41
79	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	17:48
80	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17:49
81	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	18:00
82	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	18:12
83	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18:13
84	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18:17
85	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	18:17
86	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	18:30
87	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18:34
88	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	18:35
89	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	18:44
90	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	18:50
91	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	19:26
92	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	19:27
93	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	19:30
94	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	19:38
95	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	19:49
96	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	19:56
97	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	20:27
98	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	20:39
99	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	21:08
100	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	21:23
101	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
102	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	21:33
103	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	22:06
104	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	22:43
105	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	22:46
106	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	22:55
107	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	22:58
108	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	23:00
109	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	23:16
110	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	23:35
111	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	23:51
112	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	24:11
113	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	24:13
114	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	24:16
115	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	24:23
116	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	24:30
117	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	24:36
118	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	24:40
119	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	24:42
120	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	24:59
121	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	25:09
122	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	25:09
123	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	25:13
124	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	25:28
125	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	25:28
126	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	25:37
127	Michal GOLAS	SKY	25:45
128	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	26:16
129	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	26:28
130	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	26:36
131	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	26:39
132	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	26:41
133	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	27:00
134	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	27:34
135	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	28:22
136	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	30:17
137	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	39:20

Stage 4 map & profile:

UAE Tour stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

Tuesday, February 26: Stage 3, Al Ain - Jebel Hafeet, 179 km

Stage 3 map

Alejandro Valverde

Alejandro Valverde wins his first race in the rainbow jersey.

Weather near Jabel Hafeet at 4:30 PM, local time: 22C (71F), fair, with the wind from west at 6 km/hr (4mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's summary.

Jebel Hafeet, 26 February 2019 – Alejandro Valverde won atop Jebel Hafeet for the second straight time – but enjoyed this victory even more as it was his first in the World Champion’s Rainbow Jersey. The Spaniard timed his effort perfectly to come across to race leader Primoz Roglic who rode aggressively, followed by 22-year-old Frenchman David Gaudu who became the best young rider by accompanying the two established champions in the top 3, both on Stage 3’s result and on GC.

The Stage Winner, Alejandro Valverde, said: “This is another historical victory for me. It’s a photocopy of last year’s win but it’s special this time because of being the World Champion now. It’s incredible. I felt good, so I didn’t panic when Roglic attacked. I knew exactly where I wanted to speed up. Jebel Hafeet is a very nice place for winning with the Rainbow Jersey.”

The Red Jersey, Primoz Roglic, said: “It’s easy to say after the stage that I would have raced differently, had I known the climb like Alejandro [Valverde] did but eventually, he was the strongest anyway and he deserves the victory. We have a strong team to defend the jersey. We have to stay focused like we did up to now and at the end of the UAE Tour we’ll be happy.”

TOMORROW’S STAGE
Stage 4 – DUBAI MUNICIPALITY STAGE – Palm Jumeirah-Hatta Dam – 197km
The longest stage of the UAE Tour, this is another classic route in the Emirates, having been raced before as the most difficult stage of the Dubai Tour, and having remained virtually unchanged since the first edition of that race. Only the start has been modified, departing from Palm Jumeirah. After the first part through the desert the route hits the Hajar Mountains. Here, the last hills from the gates of Hatta peak at the suffocating final tier of the Hatta Dam with its gradients that touch 17%.

Complete results:

179 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.706 km/hr

1	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	4hr 44min 50sec
2	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	@ 4sec
5	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:12
6	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:33
7	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
8	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0:35
9	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
11	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
12	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
13	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:44
14	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:53
15	Remco EVENEPOEL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0:56
16	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
17	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
18	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:04
19	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
20	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
21	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
22	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	1:09
23	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1:17
24	Kenny ELLISONDE	SKY	s.t.
25	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
26	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
27	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
28	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	1:33
29	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	1:40
30	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
1	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
32	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
33	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:12
34	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	2:18
35	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
36	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	2:21
37	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
38	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	2:23
39	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:48
40	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2:49
41	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
42	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
43	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
44	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
45	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	3:13
46	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3:36
47	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
48	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	3:45
49	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	4:16
50	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	5:10
51	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
52	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
53	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
54	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
55	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	6:04
56	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	7:01
57	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	7:53
58	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
59	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	7:55
60	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	s.t.
62	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
63	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
64	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
65	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
66	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
67	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
68	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
69	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
70	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
71	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
72	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	8:46
73	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	10:08
74	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
75	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
76	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
77	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
78	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	11:10
79	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
80	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	11:27
81	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
82	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
83	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
84	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
85	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
86	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	12:49
87	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
88	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
89	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	14:00
90	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	14:31
91	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	15:40
92	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	17:02
93	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
94	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
95	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
96	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
97	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
98	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
99	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
100	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
101	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
102	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
103	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
104	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
105	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
106	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
107	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
108	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
109	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
110	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
111	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
112	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
113	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
114	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
115	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
116	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
117	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
118	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
119	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
120	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
121	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
122	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
123	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
124	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
125	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
126	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
127	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
128	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
129	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
130	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
131	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
132	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
133	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
134	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	19:58
135	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
136	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	20:20
137	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
138	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
139	Ama GHEBREIGZABHIER	DIMENSION DATA	22:15

GC after stage 3:

379 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.337 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	9hr 38min 5sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	@ 14sec
3	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:31
4	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:39
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:47
6	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:54
7	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:57
8	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	1:05
9	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:07
10	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:08
11	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	1:16
12	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:17
13	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	1:23
14	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	1:24
15	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
16	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	1:25
17	Remco EVENEPOEL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	1:28
18	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	1:29
19	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:32
20	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:35
21	Kenny ELLISONDE	SKY	1:37
22	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:39
23	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	1:46
24	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
25	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1:49
26	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	1:53
27	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	1:55
28	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:04
29	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	2:40
30	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
31	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:50
32	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2:53
33	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
34	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
35	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	3:02
36	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	3:07
37	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	3:11
38	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	3:25
39	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3:52
40	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	3:52
41	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:01
42	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:04
43	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	4:11
44	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4:27
45	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	4:42
46	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:49
47	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	4:54
48	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	5:03
49	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	5:30
50	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	5:40
51	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
52	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	5:46
53	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	6:00
54	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
55	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	6:58
56	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	8:01
57	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	8:06
58	Luis Guillermo MAS	MOVISTAR	8:19
59	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	8:25
61	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
62	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8:27
63	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	8:30
64	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
65	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	8:44
66	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
67	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	8:54
68	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	9:01
69	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	9:21
70	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	9:47
71	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	10:07
72	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	10:41
73	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	10:43
74	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	11:42
75	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	11:48
76	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	11:51
77	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
78	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	12:02
79	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	12:18
80	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	12:20
81	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	12:22
82	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	12:31
83	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	13:19
84	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
85	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	13:24
86	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	14:00
87	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	15:06
88	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	15:18
89	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	15:52
90	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	16:37
91	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	17:08
92	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	17:15
93	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	17:22
94	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	17:28
95	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	17:32
96	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	17:34
97	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
98	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
99	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
100	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
101	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	17:40
102	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	17:41
103	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:49
104	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	17:51
105	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
106	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
107	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
108	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	17:53
109	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
110	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	17:57
111	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	18:02
112	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
113	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	18:05
114	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
115	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
116	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	18:08
117	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	18:20
118	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	18:23
119	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	18:25
120	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18:27
121	Michal GOLAS	SKY	18:37
122	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	18:40
123	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	18:55
124	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	18:58
125	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	19:08
126	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	19:13
127	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	19:18
128	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	19:36
129	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	19:52
130	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	20:04
131	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	20:12
132	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	20:16
133	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	20:26
134	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	20:49
135	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	21:16
136	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	22:25
137	Ama GHEBREIGZABHIER	DIMENSION DATA	22:50
138	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	23:09
139	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	32:12

Stage 3 map:

UAE Tour stage 3 map

Stage 3 map

Monday, February 25: Stage 2, Yas Island - Abu Dhabi, 184 km

Stage 2 map

Fernando Gaviria

Fernando Gaviria (left, in white jersey) beats Elia Viviani for the stage win.

Weather at Abu Dhabi at 4:55 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair and windy, with the wind from the northwest at 34 km/hr (21 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 140 riders started at 12:16 PM.

Team Bora-hansgrohe sent me this report:

The profile of the second stage of the UAE Tour was completely flat and, as widely expected, the contest across the 184km-long parcours between Yas Mall and Abu Dhabi Big Flag came down to a showdown between the top sprinters. On the flat kilometres along the coast, the riders had to be particularly vigilant for the possibility of strong crosswinds tearing apart the field, which had the potential to shake things up in the race. Right from the get go, four riders escaped from the field and were able to notch up an advantage of approximately 11 minutes after 50km of racing.

However, in the second half of the race, the peloton suddenly stepped on the gas and as a consequence, the advantage of the leading quartet was drastically reduced. Shortly afterwards, some teams took advantage of the crosswinds by managing to break up the peloton into three main groups. Most of the BORA – hansgrohe riders were in the first group, which was able to build a maximum lead of one minute. With 70km remaining, this group made contact with the breakaway. Several kilometres later, amidst slower speeds, the three groups re-joined each other. This dampened tempo facilitated the renewed escape of two of the original escapees, who were allowed some leeway by the peloton. However, with 30km to the finish, the teams of the sprinters gradually took control and eventually the break had to concede defeat.

Afterwards, the squads of the fast men began jostling for position to bring their sprinters into position, and the BORA – hansgrohe riders attempted to bring Sam Bennett into a favourable position from which to launch his sprint. However, the finale turned out to be very hectic and the fast man from Ireland was unable to position himself as planned in the finishing straight. In the end, he crossed the line in sixth position, with teammate Erik Baška taking out fifth place. F. Gaviria took the win for the home team.

From the Finish Line:
“Today we worked for Sam [Bennett]. We had planned to bring him into a good position in the finishing straight, but a number of strong sprinters were mixing it up in the finale, and it became very hectic. In the end, our tactics didn’t go according to plan and so we have to make do with fifth and sixth place.” – Erik Baška

“The crosswinds were dangerous and ended up splitting the peloton into several groups. However, the team was very attentive and almost all of the BORA – hansgrohe riders made it into the first group, apart from Sam Bennett and Christoph Pfingsten. This had the potential to be a very decisive moment in the race, but ultimately everything came back together again, after which point the team concentrated on its preparations for the sprint. Our goal was to bring Sam Bennett into an advantageous position from which to launch his sprint, however in the finale, he was unable to take the right wheel and so our plan did not eventuate. Nevertheless the team worked well together and controlled the race well. We are looking forward to the coming stages and are still hoping to be able to take a stage win.” – Enrico Poitschke, Sport Director

Complete results:

184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.923 km/hr

1	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	4hr 36min 32sec
2	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
3	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
4	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
5	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
6	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
7	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
8	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
9	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
10	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	s.t.
11	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
12	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
13	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
14	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
15	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
16	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
17	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
18	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
19	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
20	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
21	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
22	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
23	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
24	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
25	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
26	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
27	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
28	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
29	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
30	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
31	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
32	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	s.t.
33	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
34	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
35	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
36	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
37	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
38	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
39	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
40	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
41	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
42	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
43	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
44	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
45	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
46	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
47	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
48	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
49	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
50	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
51	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
52	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
53	Remco EVENEPOEL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
54	Michal GOLAS	SKY	s.t.
55	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
56	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
57	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
58	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
59	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
60	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
61	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	s.t.
62	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
63	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
64	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
65	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
66	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
67	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
68	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
69	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
70	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
71	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
72	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
73	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
74	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
75	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
76	Luis MAS BONET	MOVISTAR	s.t.
77	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
78	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
79	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
80	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
81	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
82	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
83	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	s.t.
84	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
85	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
86	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
87	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
88	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
89	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
90	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
91	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
92	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
93	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
94	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
95	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
96	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
97	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
98	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
99	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
100	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
101	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
102	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
103	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
104	Kenny ELLISONDE	SKY	s.t.
105	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
106	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
107	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
108	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
109	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
110	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
111	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	s.t.
112	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
113	Ama GHEBREIGZABHIER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
114	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
115	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
116	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
117	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
118	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
119	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
120	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
121	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	s.t.
122	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
123	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
124	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
125	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
126	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	@ 32sec
127	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:49
128	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
129	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
130	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
131	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0:51
132	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	1:10
133	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	1:19
134	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	1:47
135	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	2:06
136	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2:08
137	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	0:00
138	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	2:08
139	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	9:39

GC after Stage 2:

200 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.907 km/hr

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	4hr 53min 21sec
2	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
3	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
5	Wilco KELDERMAN	TEAM SUNWEB	0:06
6	Maximilian WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	0:07
7	Tom DUMOULIN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
8	Nikias ARNDT	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
9	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0:09
10	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
11	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	0:14
12	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	s.t.
13	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
14	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
15	Kenny ELLISONDE	SKY	s.t.
16	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
17	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	0:18
18	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	s.t.
19	Luis MAS BONET	MOVISTAR	s.t.
20	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
21	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
22	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0:20
23	Patrick BEVIN	CCC TEAM	0:24
24	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC TEAM	s.t.
25	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC TEAM	s.t.
26	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC TEAM	s.t.
27	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC TEAM	s.t.
28	Robert POWER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
29	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:26
30	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
31	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
32	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
33	Remco EVENEPOEL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
34	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
35	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
36	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
37	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
38	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
39	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	s.t.
40	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	0:29
41	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
42	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
43	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
44	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
45	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
46	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
47	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
48	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
49	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
50	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
51	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
52	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
53	Ama GHEBREIGZABHIER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
54	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:32
55	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
56	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
57	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
58	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP	0:33
59	Diego ULISSI	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	0:36
60	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	Daniel MARTIN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
62	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:41
63	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
64	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0:43
65	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
66	Markel IRIZAR ARAMBURU	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
67	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
68	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
70	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
71	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA	0:44
72	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
73	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA	s.t.
74	Jan HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
75	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA	s.t.
76	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	0:45
77	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
78	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
79	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
80	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
81	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
82	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
83	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
84	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA	0:48
85	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:49
86	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:53
87	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:54
88	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
89	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
90	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
91	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	0:55
92	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	0:57
93	Cees BOL	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
94	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
95	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
96	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
97	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:00
98	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:07
99	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1:12
100	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:13
101	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:15
102	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	1:16
103	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:19
104	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	1:22
105	Michal GOLAS	SKY	1:29
106	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	1:32
107	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	1:39
108	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	1:46
109	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
110	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
111	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
112	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
113	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:47
114	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
115	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:50
116	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:54
117	Haga CHAD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
118	Serge PAUWELS	CCC TEAM	1:55
119	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:59
120	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
121	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	2:00
122	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:05
123	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:06
124	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
125	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA	2:08
126	Oliviero TROIA	UAE TEAM EMIRATES	2:10
127	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	2:17
128	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2:23
129	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	2:31
130	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	2:40
131	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	2:43
132	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2:44
133	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	2:56
134	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	3:04
135	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC TEAM	3:08
136	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	3:18
137	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	3:42
138	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	3:46
139	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	11:46

Stage 2 map:

UAE Tour stage 2 map

Sunday, February 24: Stage 1, Al Hudayriat Island Team 16km Team time trial

Stage 1 map

Jumbo Visma

Jumbo-Visma was the day's fastest team.

Weather at neaby Abu Dhabi at 4:15 PM, local time: 27C (80F), fair, with the wnd from the NNW at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.

Al Hudayriat Island, Abu Dhabi, 24 February 2019 – Primoz Roglic took the lead in the inaugural UAE Tour as Team Jumbo – Visma won the opening team time trial at 57.086km/h, beating Team Sunweb by 7 seconds, even though Tom Dumoulin’s squad had the best intermediate time with an advantage of 2 seconds. In second place on the finishing line after Roglic, Laurens De Plus became the best young rider in his first race with Team Jumbo – Visma. Bahrain-Merida, the team of Vincenzo Nibali and Rohan Dennis, was placed third.

The Red Jersey, Primoz Roglic, said: “Looking at the names on paper, we came here with a strong team for the Team Time Trial but there were other strong teams in contention too so we still had to do the job. It was great to see all the guys giving 100%. It’s a really nice way to start the season and to realize how well we can do in a TTT. Team Sunweb was very close so we were quite nervous waiting for them to cross the line. It’s true that we are here with the goal of winning GC but it’s not done yet. The rivals we have here are pretty much the same we’ll have in other races later this year. The Giro d’Italia is my main goal but I just look at myself and try to be the best.”

The White Jersey, Laurens De Plus, said: “It was a dream and a goal to perform well in my first race with Jumbo-Wisma. We trained for this race all together in January already. It was hard to come straight from altitude training to the UAE Tour but it worked out very well. We had a super strong and well balanced team. At the end, Tony Martin did a very long pull and Tom Leezer rode the best kilometer of his life. We’re really happy! I’m the best young rider for now but our priority is to win the GC with Primoz [Roglic].”

Results:

16 kilometers raced at an average speed of 57.086 km/hr

Team & placing	Time	Time Gap
1- TEAM JUMBO - VISMA (TJV)	16min 49sec
2- TEAM SUNWEB (SUN)	16:56	@ 7sec
3- BAHRAIN - MERIDA (TBM)	16:58	0:09
4- TEAM SKY (SKY)	17:03	0:14
5- MOVISTAR TEAM (MOV)	17:07	0:18
6- CCC TEAM (CPT)	17:13	0:24
7- DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP (DQT)	17:15	0:26
8- EF EDUCATION FIRST (EF1)	17:15	s.t.
9- BORA - HANSGROHE (BOH)	17:18	0:29
10- TEAM DIMENSION DATA (TDD)	17:18	s.t.
11- GROUPAMA - FDJ (GFC)	17:18	s.t.
12- MITCHELTON - SCOTT (MTS)	17:21	0:32
13- UAE TEAM EMIRATES (UAD)	17:25	0:36
14- TREK - SEGAFREDO (TFS)	17:32	0:43
15- ASTANA PRO TEAM (AST)	17:33	0:44
16- LOTTO SOUDAL (LTS)	17:34	0:45
17- TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN (TKA)	17:34	s.t.
18- AG2R LA MONDIALE (ALM)	17:43	0:54
19- GAZPROM - RUSVELO (GAZ)	17:46	0:57
20- TEAM NOVO NORDISK (TNN)	18:35	1:46

GC after stage 1:

1	Primoz ROGLIC	JUMBO-VISMA	16min 49sec
2	Laurens DE PLUS	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
3	Jos VAN EMDEN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
4	Koen BOUWMAN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
5	Maximilian RWALSCHEID	SUNWEB	0:07
6	Haga CHAD	SUNWEB	s.t.
7	Tom DUMOULIN	SUNWEB	s.t.
8	Wilco KELDERMAN	SUNWEB	s.t.
9	Nikias ARNDT	SUNWEB	s.t.
10	Rohan DENNIS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	0:08
11	Damiano CARUSO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	Vincenzo NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
13	Jan TRATNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
14	Michal KWIATKOWSKI	SKY	0:14
15	Kristoffer HALVORSEN	SKY	s.t.
16	Salvatore PUCCIO	SKY	s.t.
17	Pavel SIVAKOV	SKY	s.t.
18	Gianni MOSCON	SKY	s.t.
19	Kenny ELLISONDE	SKY	s.t.
20	Jasha SÜTTERLIN	MOVISTAR	0:18
21	Luis MAS BONET	MOVISTAR	s.t.
22	Alejandro VALVERDE	MOVISTAR	s.t.
23	Andrey AMADOR	MOVISTAR	s.t.
24	Nelson OLIVEIRA	MOVISTAR	s.t.
25	Robert POWER	SUNWEB	0:24
26	Joseph ROSSKOPF	CCC	s.t.
27	Patrick BEVIN	CCC	s.t.
28	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC	s.t.
29	Victor DE LA PARTE	CCC	s.t.
30	Alessandro DE MARCHI	CCC	s.t.
31	Remco EVENEPOEL	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	0:26
32	Michael MORKOV	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
33	Fabio SABATINI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
34	Elia VIVIANI	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
35	James KNOX	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
36	Dries DEVENYNS	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	s.t.
37	Tejay VAN GARDEREN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
38	Sacha MODOLO	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
39	Simon CLARKE	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
40	Daniel MCLAY	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
41	Julius VAN DEN BERG	EF EDUCATION FIRST	s.t.
42	Maximilian SCHACHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:29
43	Davide FORMOLO	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
44	Emanuel BUCHMANN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
45	Christoph PFINGSTEN	BORA-HANSGROHE	s.t.
46	Reinardt VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
47	Ama GHEBREIGZABHIER	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
48	Jay Robert THOMSON	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
49	Louis MEINTJES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
50	Mark CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
51	David GAUDU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
52	Marc SARREAU	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
53	Miles SCOTSON	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
54	Anthony ROUX	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
55	Sébastien REICHENBACH	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
56	Peter KENNAUGH	BORA-HANSGROHE	0:32
57	Tsgabu GRMAY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
58	Luka MEZGEC	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
59	Brent BOOKWALTER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
60	Michael ALBASINI	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	s.t.
61	Mikkel Frølich HONORÉ	DECEUNINCK-QUICK-STEP	0:33
62	Fernando GAVIRIA	UAE EMIRATES	0:36
63	Diego ULISSI	UAE EMIRATES	s.t.
64	Daniel MARTIN	UAE EMIRATES	s.t.
65	Rui Alberto FARIA	UAE EMIRATES	s.t.
66	Callum SCOTSON	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	0:41
67	Richie PORTE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	0:43
68	Bauke MOLLEMA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	Matteo MOSCHETTI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
70	Markel IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
71	William CLARKE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
72	Niklas EG	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
73	Marcel SIEBERG	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
74	Heinrich HAUSSLER	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
75	Jan HIRT	ASTANA PRO	0:44
76	Daniil FOMINYKH	ASTANA PRO	s.t.
77	Gorka IZAGIRRE	ASTANA PRO	s.t.
78	Davide VILLELLA	ASTANA PRO	s.t.
79	Omar FRAILE	ASTANA PRO	s.t.
80	Caleb EWAN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:45
81	Bjorg LAMBRECHT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
82	Roger KLUGE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
83	Maxime MONFORT	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
84	Alex DOWSETT	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
85	Ilnur ZAKARIN	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
86	Marcel KITTEL	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
87	Marco HALLER	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
88	Daniel NAVARRO	KATUSHA ALPECIN	s.t.
89	Manuele BOARO	ASTANA PRO	0:48
90	Adam James HANSEN	LOTTO SOUDAL	0:49
91	Sean BENNETT	EF EDUCATION FIRST	0:53
92	Aurelien PARET	AG2R LA MONDIALE	0:54
93	Samuel DUMOULIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
94	Geoffrey BOUCHARD	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
95	Tony GALLOPIN	AG2R LA MONDIALE	s.t.
96	Cees BOL	SUNWEB	0:57
97	Igor BOEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
98	Ildar ARSLANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
99	Alexander PORSEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
100	Artem NYCH	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
101	Sergei SHILOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	s.t.
102	Bernhard EISEL	DIMENSION DATA	0:58
103	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	ASTANA PRO	s.t.
104	Quentin JAUREGUI	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:07
105	Thomas LEEZER	JUMBO-VISMA	1:10
106	Kiel REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	1:12
107	Phil BAUHAUS	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	1:13
108	Ruben FERNANDEZ	MOVISTAR	1:16
109	James WHELAN	EF EDUCATION FIRST	1:17
110	Alexander KRISTOFF	UAE EMIRATES	1:19
111	Stepan KURIYANOV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	1:27
112	Michal GOLAS	SKY	1:29
113	Vegard Stake LAENGEN	UAE EMIRATES	1:32
114	Roman KREUZIGER	DIMENSION DATA	1:39
115	Andrea PERON	NOVO NORDISK	1:46
116	Fabio CALABRIA	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
117	Declan IRVINE	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
118	Charles PLANET	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
119	Péter KUSZTOR	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
120	Sam BRAND	NOVO NORDISK	s.t.
121	Sander ARMEE	LOTTO SOUDAL	1:47
122	Adam BLYTHE	LOTTO SOUDAL	s.t.
123	Sam BENNETT	BORA-HANSGROHE	1:50
124	Lawrence WARBASSE	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:54
125	Serge PAUWELS	CCC	1:55
126	Benoit COSNEFROY	AG2R LA MONDIALE	1:59
127	Jaime CASTRILLO	MOVISTAR	2:00
128	Sam BEWLEY	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:05
129	Jack BAUER	MITCHELTON-SCOTT	2:06
130	Paul MARTENS	JUMBO-VISMA	2:07
131	Tony MARTIN	JUMBO-VISMA	s.t.
132	Oliviero TROIA	UAE EMIRATES	2:10
133	Mickael DELAGE	GROUPAMA-FDJ	2:23
134	Bruno ARMIRAIL	GROUPAMA-FDJ	s.t.
135	Erik BASKA	BORA-HANSGROHE	2:43
136	Anton VOROBYEV	GAZPROM-RUSVELO	2:44
137	Jakub MARECZKO	CCC	3:08
138	Mehdi BENHAMOUDA	NOVO NORDISK	3:18
139	Pavel KOCHETKOV	KATUSHA ALPECIN	3:46
140	Rick ZABEL	KATUSHA ALPECIN	5:40

Stage 1 map:

UAE Tour stage 1 map

Start list with back numbers, February 23, 2019:

	MOVISTAR

1	VALVERDE Alejandro
2	AMADOR Andrey
3	CASTRILLO Jaime
4	FERNANDEZ Rubén
5	MAS BONET Lluis
6	OLIVEIRA Nelson
7	SÜTTERLIN Jasha
	AG2R LA MONDIALE

11	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien
12	BOUCHARD Geoffrey
13	COSNEFROY Benoit
14	DUMOULIN Samuel
15	GALLOPIN Tony
16	JAUREGUI Quentin
17	WARBASSE Larry
	ASTANA

21	IZAGUIRRE Gorka
22	BOARO Manuele
23	FOMINYKH Daniil
24	FRAILE Omar
25	GRUZDEV Dmitriy
26	HIRT Jan
27	VILLELLA Davide
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA

31	NIBALI Vincenzo
32	BAUHAUS Phil
33	CARUSO Damiano
34	DENNIS Rohan
35	HAUSSLER Heinrich
36	SIEBERG Marcel
37	TRATNIK Jan
	BORA-HANSGROHE

41	FORMOLO Davide
42	BASKA Erik
43	BENNETT Sam
44	BUCHMANN Emanuel
45	KENNAUGH Peter
46	PFINGSTEN Christoph
47	SCHACHMANN Maximilian
	CCC TEAM

51	PAUWELS Serge
52	BEVIN Patrick
53	DE LA PARTE Victor
54	DE MARCHI Alessandro
55	MARECZKO Jakub
56	OWSIAN Lukasz
57	ROSSKOPF Joey
	DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP

61	VIVIANI Elia
62	DEVENYNS Dries
63	EVENEPOEL Remco
64	HONORÉ Mikkel
65	KNOX James
66	MORKOV Michael
67	SABATINI Fabio
	EF EDUCATION FIRST

71	VAN GARDEREN Tejay
72	BENNETT Sean
73	CLARKE Simon
74	MCLAY Daniel
75	MODOLO Sacha
76	VAN DEN BERG Julius
77	WHELAN James
	GAZPROM-RUSVELO

81	PORSEV Alexander
82	ARSLANOV Ildar
83	BOEV Igor
84	KURIANOV Stepan
85	NYCH Artem
86	SHILOV Sergey
87	VOROBYEV Anton
	GROUPAMA-FDJ

91	ROUX Anthony
92	ARMIRAIL Bruno
93	DELAGE Mickael
94	GAUDU David
95	REICHENBACH Sébastien
96	SARREAU Marc
97	SCOTSON Miles
	LOTTO-SOUDAL

101	EWAN Caleb
102	BLYTHE Adam
103	HANSEN Adam
104	KLUGE Roger
105	LAMBRECHT Bjorg
106	MONFORT Maxime
107	ARMEE Sander
	MITCHELTON-SCOTT

111	ALBASINI Michael
112	BAUER Jack
113	BEWLEY Sam
114	BOOKWALTER Brent
115	GRMAY Tsgabu
116	MEZGEC Luka
117	SCOTSON Callum
	DIMENSION DATA

121	CAVENDISH Mark
122	EISEL Bernhard
123	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel
124	VAN RENSBURG Reinardt
125	KREUZIGER Roman
126	MEINTJES Louis
127	THOMSON Jay Robert
	JUMBO-VISMA

131	ROGLIC Primoz
132	BOUWMAN Koen
133	DE PLUS Laurens
134	LEEZER Tom
135	MARTENS Paul
136	MARTIN Tony
137	VAN EMDEN Jos
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN

141	KITTEL Marcel
142	DOWSETT Alex
143	HALLER Marco
144	KOCHETKOV Pavel
145	NAVARRO Daniel
146	ZABEL Rick
147	ZAKARIN Ilnur
	NOVO NORDISK

151	IRVINE Declan
152	BENHAMOUDA Mehdi
153	BRAND Sam
154	CALABRIA Fabio
155	KUSZTOR Peter
156	PERON Andrea
157	PLANET Charles
	SKY

161	ELISSONDE Kenny
162	GOLAS Michal
163	HALVORSEN Kristoffer
164	KWIATKOWSKI Michal
165	MOSCON Gianni
166	PUCCIO Salvatore
167	SIVAKOV Pavel
	TEAM SUNWEB

171	DUMOULIN Tom
172	ARNDT Nikias
173	BOL Cees
174	HAGA Chad
175	KELDERMAN Wilco
176	POWER Robert
177	WALSCHEID Max
	TREK-SEGAFREDO

181	PORTE Richie
182	CLARKE William
183	EG Niklas
184	IRIZAR Markel
185	MOLLEMA Bauke
186	MOSCHETTI Matteo
187	REIJNEN Kiel
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES

191	KRISTOFF Alexander
192	GAVIRIA Fernando
193	FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto
194	LAENGEN Vegard Stake
195	MARTIN Daniel
196	TROIA Oliviero
197	ULISSI Diego

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