2022 UAE Tour (WorldTour),
United Arab Emirates

4th Edition: February 20 - 26, 2022
Complete results

UAE Tour podium history | 2021 edition | 2023 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7

2022 UAE Tour map

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Saturday, February 26: 7th & Final Stage, Al Jahili Fort - Jebel Hafeet, 148 km

Stage 7 map & profile

Tadej Pogacar wins the final stage and the 2022 UAE Tour. UAE Tour photo

Bill & Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, 2021: The Little Cannibal Dominates is available as an audiobook here. For the Kindle eBook version, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at Abu Dhabi at 4:30 PM, local time: 27C (80F), fair, with the wind from the north-northwest at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the stage 7 summary from winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

Tadej Pogačar used the 7th and final stage of the UAE Tour, 148 km starting from Al Ain and finishing uphill at Jebel Hafeet (10.9 km at 6.8% average gradient), to extend his impressive winning streak.

By beating Adam Yates (Ineos-Grenadiers) at the end of an intense duel, the Slovenian took his third consecutive victory at Jebel Hafeet and repeated the overall victory of the UAE Tour.

The win tally for Pogačar already in 2022 rises to three, while for UAE Team Emirates the victory count rises to 8.

Before the summit, UAE Team Emirates put in a huge team effort to put their leader in place.

Pogačar moved to the front only 3 km from the finish to follow an intense attack from Adam Yates. The duo were subsequently joined by Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) and João Almedia, with the latter able to make a counterattack, before being neutralized shortly after.

Yates found the energy to go again, but the Slovenian of UAE Team Emirates resisted with determination, passing the British rider in a two-up sprint.

Almeida to a good 4th place (+15 “) and good placement also for Majka (7th at 16″), results that led the Portuguese to finish the UAE Tour in 5th place in the general classification (+55 ” from Pogačar) and the Polish in 6 ^ (+ 1’24 “).
UAE Team Emirates also finished top of the team rankings.

Pogačar: “I am delighted to have won the UAE Tour and to have conquered the finish line of Jebel Hafeet for the third time. It is a climb that suits my characteristics well, with steep slopes and a technical final stretch.

"In the final, with Almeida in the leading group, we set ourselves the goal of winning the stage, so João also tried to take advantage of his good condition to attack and get the win. However, Yates was on a great day and yolk him back: at that point, I concentrated on following him and winning the sprint .

:We found ourselves in a similar situation to last year, although I struggled to stay with Adam: his attacks are among the best in the world of cycling, so I’m happy I was able to follow him and get the jump on him in the sprint.

"Winning the UAE Tour is very important for our team, it’s fantastic to be able to celebrate with our sponsors: I thank everyone for the great contribution made this week.”

Complete results:

148 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.311 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 20min 24sec
2	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 1sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:05
4	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
5	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
6	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
7	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:30
9	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:53
10	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
11	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
12	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
13	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:02
14	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:28
15	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	1:30
16	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
17	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
18	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	1:58
21	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
22	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:21
23	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	2:24
24	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
25	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	2:26
26	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:53
27	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:55
28	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
29	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
30	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
32	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
33	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
34	Albert Torres	Movistar	3:12
35	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	3:38
36	William Barta	Movistar	3:51
37	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	3:58
38	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
40	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
41	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	4:01
42	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	4:41
43	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	5:40
46	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
47	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	6:20
48	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
49	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
50	Max Kanter	Movistar	6:29
51	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	6:38
52	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
53	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
54	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:00
55	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
56	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	7:02
57	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	7:16
58	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	7:38
59	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
60	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
61	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	7:41
62	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	8:45
63	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	8:58
67	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	9:03
68	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	9:09
69	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
70	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:13
71	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
72	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:30
73	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	9:37
75	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	10:33
76	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	10:42
77	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	10:56
78	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
79	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	11:10
80	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	11:26
81	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
82	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
83	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
84	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
86	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
88	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	11:41
89	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	13:25
90	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	13:29
93	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	13:44
94	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	16:03
95	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
96	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
97	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
99	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
100	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
103	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
105	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
106	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
108	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
109	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	16:08
110	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	18:27
111	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
112	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
113	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
114	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	18:29
115	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
117	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
118	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
119	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	20:02
120	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:22
121	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
122	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	23:00

 

Final GC after stage 7:

• GC winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Points classification winner: Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix)
• Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
• Team classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

1,058 kilometers (657.4 miles) raced at an average speed of 41.267 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	25hr 38min 16sec
2	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 22sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:48
4	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:54
5	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
6	Carlos Verona	Movistar	1:17
7	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	1:24
8	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	1:46
9	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
10	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	1:58
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	2:05
12	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	2:11
13	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	2:25
14	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	2:29
15	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	2:42
16	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	2:47
17	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	2:50
18	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:20
19	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	3:29
20	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	3:45
21	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	3:47
22	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	3:56
23	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	3:58
24	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:03
25	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	4:23
26	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4:35
27	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	4:56
28	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	5:02
29	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:20
30	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	5:43
31	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	6:12
32	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	6:56
33	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:59
34	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	7:43
35	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	8:00
36	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	8:07
37	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	8:31
38	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:39
39	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	9:47
40	William Barta	Movistar	9:56
41	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	10:03
42	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	10:15
43	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	11:19
44	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	12:12
45	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
46	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	12:17
47	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	12:57
48	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	13:19
49	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	14:48
50	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	15:33
51	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	16:09
52	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	16:43
53	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	16:57
54	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	17:01
55	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	17:02
56	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	17:49
57	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	17:56
58	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	18:06
59	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	18:09
60	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	18:23
61	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18:39
62	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	18:59
63	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	19:54
64	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	20:16
65	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	20:22
66	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	20:28
67	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	22:11
68	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	23:37
69	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	23:41
70	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	23:45
71	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	24:01
72	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	24:16
73	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	24:23
74	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25:03
75	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	25:16
76	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	25:29
77	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	25:50
78	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	25:59
79	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	26:01
80	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	26:18
81	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	26:32
82	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	28:09
83	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	28:21:
84	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	28:29
85	Max Kanter	Movistar	28:31
86	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	29:21
87	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	29:23
88	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	29:29
89	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	29:54
90	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	30:55
91	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	30:58
92	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	31:49
93	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	33:05
94	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	33:26
95	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	33:41
96	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
97	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	34:04
98	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	34:30
99	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	34:34
100	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	34:38
101	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	34:51
102	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	35:35
103	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	36:49
104	Cees Bol	Team DSM	36:54
105	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	37:34
106	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	37:35
107	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	38:00
108	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	38:14
109	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	38:25
110	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	38:50
111	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	38:53
112	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	39:09
113	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	39:35
114	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	40:34
115	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	41:02
116	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	41:08
117	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	41:43
118	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	44:10
119	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	44:57
120	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	46:41
121	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	46:42
122	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	46:50

 

Stage 7 map & profile:

Stage 7 map

Stage 7 profile

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Friday, February 25: Stage 6, Expo 2020 Dubai - Expo 2020 Dubai, 180 km

Stage 6 map & profile

From the breakaway that stayed away, Mathais Vacek of Gazprom-RusVelo wins stage six.

Bill and Carol McGann's book The Story of the Tour de France, Vol 2: 1976 - 2018 is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at Dubai at 5:00 PM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the north at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 125 riders began stage six at 12:25 PM.

Stage winner Mathias Vacek's Gazprom-RusVelo team posted this:

Today Gazprom-RusVelo rider Mathias Vacek from the Czech Republic won the sixth stage at the UAE Tour. Mathias Vacek became the youngest winner of the UCI World Tour stage ever.

The whole day in the breakaway was worth it. Mathias Vacek, Dmitry Strakhov and Pavel Kochetkov worked hard from the beginning of the sixth stage and fought until the final. Mathias Vacek finished first, Dmitry Strakhov was third and Pavel Kochetkov closed the top-5.

Mathias Vacek on his victory: "Today I went into the breakaway to help my teammates. I also had a goal to try to attack from the breakaway in the final kilometres. On the kilometer 100 we had only a 1-minute advantage. It was hard to imagine that we will make it to the finish. It is unbelievable, I am very happy. We worked really hard and it is an amazing feeling to win! I think we have a great team right now with everyone being ready at their maximum. I would like to thank our team partners for their support!"

A well-pleased Mathias Vacek wins the UAE Tour's penultimate stage.

Here's the short report from GC 3rd-place Aleksandr Vlasov's Bora-hansgorhe team:

The fourth and last flat stage of the race traversed 180 km through the Dubai metropolitan area and concluded on Palm Jumeirah Island. A breakaway group went clear from the peloton early in the race and with a few kilometres remaining, they still had a one-minute lead. Patrick Konrad joined the chase at the head of the peloton, but the field was ultimately unable to reel in the leaders. The escapees fought out the victory among themselves, while all BORA-hansgrohe riders reached the finish in the group behind. Aleksandr Vlasov will head into tomorrow's final stage in third place overall.

"Today it didn't come down to the expected mass sprint. With the break making it to the end, we were unable to contest a top placing. Shortly before the finish there was a crash, but luckily we weren't involved. So we are pleased that our riders made it safely to the finish. On tomorrow's mountain stage, we will try with Aleksandr to maintain or even improve his podium standing." - Rolf Aldag, Sports Director

Complete results:

180 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.346 km/hr

1	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	3hr 58min 10sec
2	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
3	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
4	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
5	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	@ 5sec
6	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	0:15
7	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
8	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
9	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
10	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
12	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
13	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
14	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
15	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
17	Tom Devriendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
19	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
22	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
25	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
28	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
29	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
30	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
31	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
32	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
34	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
37	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
39	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
40	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
42	Jan Hirt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
43	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
45	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
48	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
49	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
50	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
51	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
52	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
53	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
54	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
56	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
58	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
59	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
60	Louis Meintjes	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
61	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
63	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
64	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
65	Julius Johansen	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
66	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
67	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
69	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
70	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
71	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
72	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
73	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
74	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
75	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
76	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
77	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
78	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
79	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Rein Taaramae	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
85	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
86	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
87	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
88	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
89	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
90	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
93	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
94	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
96	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
97	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
100	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
101	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
102	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
103	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
105	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
106	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
107	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
108	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
109	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:54
111	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	@ 15sec
112	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
113	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
114	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:54
115	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	2:19
116	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 15sec
117	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
118	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:27
119	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	@ 15sec
120	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:38
121	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 15sec
122	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	4:55
123	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	@ 15sec
124	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
125	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.

 

GC after stage 6:

912 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.896 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	22hr 18min 2sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
5	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
7	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:37
8	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	0:40
9	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
10	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:43
11	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:49
13	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Carlos Verona	Movistar	0:51
15	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:55
16	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:58
17	Jan Hirt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	1:02
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:10
20	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
21	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:20
22	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
23	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	1:22
25	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:30
26	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:35
27	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:45
28	Rein Taaramae	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:51
29	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	2:18
30	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	2:28
31	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:40
32	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	3:25
33	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	3:35
34	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	3:40
35	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:42
36	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	3:52
37	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:54
38	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	4:22
39	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:24
40	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:31
41	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	4:53
42	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	5:12
43	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:24
44	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	5:28
45	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	5:39
46	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	5:42
47	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	5:53
48	William Barta	Movistar	5:55
49	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	5:59
50	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	6:04
51	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:09
52	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:10
53	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	6:27
54	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	7:53
55	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	8:43
56	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	8:46
59	Albert Torres	Movistar	8:50
60	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	8:54
61	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	8:59
62	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	9:14
63	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:36
64	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	10:14
65	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	10:35
66	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	11:18
67	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	12:05
68	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	12:15
69	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	12:16
70	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	12:25
71	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	12:47
72	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	12:52
73	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	12:55
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	13:40
75	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:58
76	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	14:33
77	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	14:42
78	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	14:45
79	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	14:46
80	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	14:47
81	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	16:12
82	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	16:14
83	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	17:46
84	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	17:47
86	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:53
87	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:56
88	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	18:10
89	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18:11
90	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	18:12
91	Cees Bol	Team DSM	18:15
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	18:17
93	Tom Devriendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	18:18
95	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	18:19
96	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	18:25
97	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	18:29
98	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18:44
99	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	18:55
100	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:06
101	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:14
102	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	20:43
103	Julius Johansen	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	21:22
104	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	21:29
105	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:40
106	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:41
107	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	21:47
108	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
109	Max Kanter	Movistar	21:52
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	22:01
111	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	22:05
112	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	22:12
113	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	22:23
114	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	22:31
115	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	22:37
116	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:40
117	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	22:43
118	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	22:58
119	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	23:06
120	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	23:22
121	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	24:10
122	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	24:21
123	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	25:30
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	30:28
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	30:37

 

Stage 6 map & profile:

Stage 6 map

Stage 6 profile

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Thursday, February 24: Stage 5, Ras Al Khaimah Corniche - Al Marjan Island, 182 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Jasper Philipsen gets his second stage win this UAE Tour. UAE Tour photo

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Weather at the start city of Ras Al Khaimah at 4:50 PM, local time: 23C (74F), fair, with the wind from the north-northwest at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 125 riders began the stage at 12:17 PM.

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner Jasper Philipsen said: “It was a really fast finish. We lined up really well with the team and had a good plan but then my lead out man’s chain dropped in the last kilometer so it was chaos trying to find a good wheel. It all came out well in the end though and I’m super happy. We’ll go for it tomorrow, anything after this is an extra bonus.”

The Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: “I had a puncture today but I didn’t panic, it happens sometimes. The team was perfect and I was not stressed at all. Alpecin-Fenix were attacking for the stage and the team was present at every attack. I saw the opportunity to take some seconds in the intermediate sprint and took it. You always need to be careful with echelons in cycling but here in the UAE you can move up if you’re strong because of the big roads.”

Here's the report from GC leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates:

Tadej Pogačar put in a strong but calm display on Stage 5 of the UAE Tour, defying bad luck while extending his lead in the general classification by a further 2 seconds.

Pogačar played his cards well on the flat but windy day from Ras al Khaimah Corniche to Al Marjan Island (182km), taking second behind the flying Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix) in an intermediate sprint to extend his lead to 4’’ over second place in the GC, Filippo Ganna (Ineos-Grenadiers). Philipsen would go on to win the stage which had a dramatic finish in store for Pogacar and UAE.

Tadej Pogacar slightly extended his lead in stage 5.

The 23-year old once again had to call upon his teammates when at -6.4km from the finish he suffered an untimely puncture. Mikkel Bjerg was first to come back to help, with the rest of the UAE Team Emirates squad dropping back to safely deliver their leader back to the peloton before the finish.

Pogačar: “We didn’t panic when I punctured, I believe in the guys and they brought me back safe to the bunch. It was a perfect team job.

Alpecin were attacking during the whole stage and we managed to be present in every attack. We arrived to the bonus sprint with about 35 riders and I saw the opportunity to go for it. And to get a few bonus seconds but Jasper is just that bit faster! We had some echelons but here its wide roads so you can move up a bit easier. But you still have to be careful. ”

Tomorrow, stage 6, will be a big day for the race as the Expo 2020 Dubai takes centre stage with the start and finish of the flat 180km day held at the global event.

Complete results:

182 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.476 km/hr.

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 17min 5sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
5	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
6	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
8	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
10	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
12	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
13	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
14	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
15	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
17	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
18	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
19	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
22	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
24	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
25	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
26	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
27	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
28	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
29	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
31	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
32	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
36	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
37	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
40	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
41	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
43	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
45	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
46	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
47	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
48	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
49	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
50	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
51	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
52	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
54	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
56	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
57	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
58	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
63	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
64	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
66	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
68	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
70	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
71	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
73	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
74	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
75	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
78	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
80	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
81	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
83	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
84	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
86	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
89	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
90	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
94	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
95	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
96	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
97	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
99	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
100	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
101	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
102	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
104	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
106	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
107	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
108	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
109	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	@ 18sec
111	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:23
114	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	0:30
115	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
116	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
117	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
118	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
119	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
120	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
121	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	1:21
122	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:26
123	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:26
124	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	2:27
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:33

 

GC after stage 5:

732 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.941 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	18hr 19min 37sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 4sec
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:14
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:17
5	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:25
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:30
7	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:37
8	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	0:40
9	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	0:42
10	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:43
11	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:49
13	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Carlos Verona	Movistar	0:51
15	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:55
16	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
17	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	1:02
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:10
20	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	1:18
21	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:20
22	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:21
23	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	1:22
25	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:30
26	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:35
27	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:45
28	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:51
29	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:03
30	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	2:18
31	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	2:28
32	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:40
33	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	3:25
34	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	3:35
35	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	3:40
36	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	3:52
37	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	4:19
38	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	4:22
39	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:24
40	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:31
41	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	4:53
42	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	5:12
43	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	5:28
44	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	5:39
45	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	5:42
46	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:49
47	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	5:53
48	William Barta	Movistar	5:55
49	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	5:59
50	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	6:04
51	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:09
52	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	6:10
53	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	6:27
54	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	7:53
55	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	8:43
56	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	8:43
58	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	8:46
59	Albert Torres	Movistar	8:50
60	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	8:54
61	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	9:14
62	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:16
63	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:36
64	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:53
65	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	10:14
66	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	10:35
67	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	11:32
68	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	12:15
69	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	12:16
70	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	12:46
71	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	12:47
72	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	12:52
73	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	12:55
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	13:40
75	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:58
76	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	14:33
77	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	14:42
78	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	14:45
79	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	14:46
80	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	14:47
81	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	16:12
82	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	16:14
83	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	17:46
84	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	17:47
86	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:53
87	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:56
88	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	18:10
89	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18:11
90	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	18:12
91	Cees Bol	Team DSM	18:15
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	18:17
93	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	18:18
95	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	18:19
96	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	18:25
97	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	18:29
98	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18:44
99	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	18:55
100	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:06
101	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:14
102	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	20:43
103	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	21:18
104	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	21:22
105	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	21:29
106	Max Kanter	Movistar	21:32
107	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:40
108	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:41
109	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	21:47
110	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
111	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	22:01
112	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	22:05
113	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	22:12
114	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	22:23
115	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	22:31
116	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	22:37
117	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:40
118	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	22:42
119	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	22:43
120	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	22:58
121	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	23:06
122	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	24:10
123	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	25:30
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	25:48
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	28:14

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Map of UAE Tour stage five.

Stage 5 profile

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Wednesday, February 23: Stage 4, Fujairah Fort - Jebel Jais, 181 km.

Stage four map & profile

Tadej Pogacar wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Just behind him are Adam Yates and Aleksandr Vlasov.

Les Woodland's book Cycling’s 50 Craziest Stories is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at Ras al-Khaimah, near the second intermediate sprint, at 4:50 PM, local time: 24C (75F), fair, with the wind from the north at 16 km/hr (10 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: 125 riders started at 11:49 AM.

Here's the report from stage winner and new GC leader Tadej Pogačar's UAE Team Emirates:

On his fourth day of competition in 2022, Tadej Pogačar has already written the first chapter of the book of personal seasonal victories, and the 31st victory of his career.

The captain of UAE Team Emirates won the 4th stage of the UAE Tour, imposing himself on the uphill finish of Jebel Jais (climb of 18.8 km at 5.7% average gradient), a finish where last year he was second to Jonas Vingegaard.
This year, the success did not escape Pogačar, who successful completing the great work of the entire Emirati team in the best possible way.

After narrowing down of the group, the Slovenian, with a sprint in view of the finish line, outmanoeuvred Adam Yates (Ineos-Grenadiers) and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-hansgrohe) , climbing to first place in the general classification of the UAE Tour ( Ganna 2nd to 2”, Vlasov 3rd to 13”).

UAE Team Emirates, which also has João Almeida in 6th place in the overall ranking (+28 “), now takes their 6th win of the season.

Pogačar: “I always like to win, having succeeded makes this day beautiful for me and for the team. As a team we rode well, also trying to move with João and Rafal: the latter was the strongest climber of the group today.

"João and Rafal were also excellent in the final in launching me towards the sprint, the victory pays off all the work done in the past months, it’s great to start the season like this.

"Despite all the attacks that followed one another uphill, I saw that practically all the big names of the race remained in the leading group, so I checked that we reached the final with the compact group, since I knew it would not be possible to go solo I decided to wait for the sprint.

"Already in training, even after recovering from Covid-19, the sensations were very good, but in the race everything can be different; the period of the illness was not so heavy for me thankfully . I had the support of the team, they helped me and gave me peace of mind: also for this reason, today’s result is the result of an overall work of the whole team. Having a team like this gives you goosebumps."

For the 5th stage, the Ras al Khaimah Corniche-Al Marjan Island (182 km), the sprinters will be back in action.

Comlete results:

181 kilometers raced at an average speed of 37.525 km/hr

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	4hr 49min 24sec
2	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	@ 3sec
5	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
6	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
8	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
9	Jan Hirt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
11	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
13	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
14	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
17	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	@ 9sec
18	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:14
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
20	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:16
21	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
22	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:25
23	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	0:43
24	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	0:44
25	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
26	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	0:48
28	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
29	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:58
30	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	1:03
31	Rein Taaramae	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:06
32	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:25
33	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	1:44
34	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:54
35	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
37	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
38	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	3:42
39	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
40	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
41	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	5:04
43	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
44	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
45	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
48	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
50	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
52	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
54	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	7:28
55	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	7:47
56	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	8:10
60	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
61	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
62	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
63	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
64	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
65	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
66	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	8:40
67	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	9:16
68	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	11:23
69	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
70	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	11:57
71	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
72	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
73	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
75	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
76	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
77	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	12:39
78	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	13:21
79	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	13:36
80	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
81	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
82	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Tom Devriendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	17:20
84	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
87	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
89	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
90	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
91	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
93	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
94	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
95	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
96	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
97	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
99	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
100	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
102	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
104	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
105	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	20:45
106	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
107	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
108	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
109	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
110	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
111	Julius Johansen	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	20:45
112	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
113	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
114	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
115	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
116	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
117	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
118	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
119	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	21:38
120	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
121	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
122	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
123	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
124	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

550 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.166 km/hr.

1	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	14hr 2min 34sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 2sec
3	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:13
4	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:15
5	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:23
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:28
7	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:35
8	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	0:38
9	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	0:40
10	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:41
11	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
12	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	0:47
13	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Carlos Verona	Movistar	0:49
15	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:53
16	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	0:56
17	Jan Hirt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
18	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	1:00
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:08
20	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	1:16
21	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	1:18
22	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	1:19
23	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	1:20
25	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:28
26	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	1:33
27	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	1:43
28	Rein Taaramae	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	1:49
29	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:01
30	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	2:16
31	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	2:26
32	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:38
33	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	3:23
34	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	3:33
35	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	3:38
36	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	3:50
37	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	4:20
38	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
39	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	4:22
40	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	4:29
41	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	4:51
42	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	4:56
43	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	5:10
44	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	5:37
45	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	5:40
46	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:47
47	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	5:50
48	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	5:51
49	William Barta	Movistar	5:53
50	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	5:57
51	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	6:02
52	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	6:07
53	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	6:25
54	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	7:51
55	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	8:41
56	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
57	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
58	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	8:44
59	Albert Torres	Movistar	8:48
60	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	8:52
61	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	9:12
62	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:15
63	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	9:34
64	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	9:51
65	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	9:54
66	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	10:33
67	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	11:32
68	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	12:13
69	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	12:14
70	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	12:44
71	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	12:45
72	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	12:50
73	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	12:53
74	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	13:38
75	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	13:56
76	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	14:13
77	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	14:15
78	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	14:31
79	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	14:40
80	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	14:44
81	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	14:51
82	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	15:40
83	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	17:44
84	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
85	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	17:45
86	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:51
87	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	17:54
88	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	18:08
89	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	18:09
90	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	18:10
91	Cees Bol	Team DSM	18:13
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	18:15
93	Tom Devriendt	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
94	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	18:16
95	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	18:17
96	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	18:23
97	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	18:27
98	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	18:42
99	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	18:53
100	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:04
101	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	19:12
102	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	20:23
103	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	20:53
104	Julius Johansen	Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert	21:20
105	Max Kanter	Movistar	21:30
106	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:38
107	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	21:39
108	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	21:40
109	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	21:49
110	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	21:51
111	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	21:59
112	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	22:03
113	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	22:10
114	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	22:10
115	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	22:21
116	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	22:26
117	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	22:29
118	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	22:34
119	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	22:35
120	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:38
121	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	22:41
122	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	22:42
123	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	23:01
124	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	24:20
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	25:39

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile: A final climb which winds along hairpin bends on a very wide roadway. Gradients remain mainly around 4/5% in the climb’s first part and 5/7% in its second with a peak of 9% 2 km from the finish. Tarmac finishing straight.

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Tuesday, February 22: Stage 3, Ajman 9 km individual time trial.

Stage three map & profile

Stefan Bisssegger on his way to winning the stage. EF Education-Easypost photo

Les Woodland's book Tour of Flanders: The Inside Story - The rocky roads of the Ronde van Vlaanderen is available as an audiobook here. For the print and Kindle eBook versions, just click on the Amazon link on the right.

Weather at the start/finish city of Ajman at 5:30 PM, local time: 22C (72F), partly cloudy, with the wind from the west at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Stefan Bissegger's EF Education-EasyPost team.

One year ago to the day, Stefan Bissegger sat on the hot seat at the UAE Tour and watched world champion Filippo Ganna narrowly take his first WorldTour victory away from him. Today, on stage 3 of the 2022 edition, the Swiss rider was out on a redemption tour.

Bissegger took an impressive win in a hotly contested time trial, averaging over 55 kilometers per hour over the 9-kilometer course which also saw him move into the overall lead.

Filippo Ganna came in second today. UAE Tour photo

“It’s nice in the end that you really win, that you made it, because you know in a time trial, it is always hard to say how good the others are,” said Bissegger at the finish. “Somebody could have the best day of his life, so you never know till the end. But I knew when I was at the finish line with my time, I knew I was going really good.”

Bissegger proved he could time trial with the best on his maiden year in the WorldTour. After his second place finish at the 2021 UAE Tour Time trial, he went on to win the time trial at Paris-Nice and the Benelux Tour, while posting some impressive performances at the Tour de France. He also proved he could do it on the road, when he took an especially meaningful win at his home race - the Tour de Suisse.

His preparation for the 2022 season however has been less than ideal. “I was looking forward to this time-trial for a long time. I had kind of a rough winter as well with my broken scaphoid,” said Bissegger. “It took a long time before this was fixed. But now I am really happy that I made it.

Bissegger will go into the first mountain test of the week wearing the leader’s jersey. The summit finish atop Jebel Jais is sure to be a stage for the climbers but you can be sure that he will give it his all tomorrow.

Complete results:

9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 55.574 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	9min 43sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
4	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
5	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
6	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	0:24
7	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:25
9	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	0:26
10	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	0:28
11	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
12	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:29
13	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
14	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	0:32
15	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
17	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	0:34
18	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:36
19	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:38
20	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	0:39
21	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
22	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:40
25	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
26	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
27	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	0:41
28	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
29	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
30	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
31	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:42
32	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
33	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:43
34	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
35	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
36	Oscar Rodriguez	Movistar	s.t.
37	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:44
38	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
39	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
40	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
41	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
42	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	0:46
43	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
44	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
45	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
46	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
47	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:47
48	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
49	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:49
50	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:50
51	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:51
52	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
53	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
54	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
55	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:53
56	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
57	Carlos Verona	Movistar	0:54
58	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	0:55
59	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
60	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	0:56
62	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
63	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
64	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
65	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:57
66	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
67	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:58
68	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
69	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
70	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:59
71	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
72	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:00
74	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	1:01
75	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
77	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
78	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:02
79	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
80	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
81	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
82	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:03
83	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
84	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:04
85	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
86	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
88	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	1:05
89	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
90	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	1:06
91	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
92	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
93	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	1:11
95	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
96	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
97	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	1:12
98	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	1:13
99	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:14
100	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15
101	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:16
102	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
103	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:17
104	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
105	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	1:18
106	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
107	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:21
108	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:22
109	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
110	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
111	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	1:23
112	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
113	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	1:26
114	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	1:27
115	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	1:29
116	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:32
117	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:35
118	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:40
119	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:43
120	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:44
121	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:49
122	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:52
123	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:55
124	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:05
125	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:07

 

GC after stage 3:

369 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.034 km/hr

1	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	9hr 13min 2sec
2	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	0:12
4	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	0:14
5	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	0:18
6	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	0:22
7	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	0:24
8	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	0:25
9	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	0:28
10	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	0:29
11	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	0:31
12	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	0:32
13	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	0:33
15	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	0:36
16	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:38
17	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:39
18	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
19	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
21	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:40
22	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
23	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	0:41
25	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Michael M0rkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:42
28	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	0:43
29	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
30	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	0:44
31	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	0:45
32	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
33	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:46
34	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
35	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
36	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
37	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
38	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	0:47
39	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	0:48
40	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	0:50
41	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	0:51
42	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
43	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
44	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	0:52
45	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
46	Max Kanter	Movistar	0:53
47	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
48	Carlos Verona	Movistar	0:54
49	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
50	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	0:55
51	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
52	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	0:56
53	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
54	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
55	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:57
56	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
57	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	0:58
58	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	0:59
60	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
61	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:01
62	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
67	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:02
68	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
70	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:03
71	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	1:03
72	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:04
73	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
76	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	1:05
77	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
78	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	1:06
79	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	1:07
80	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	1:10
81	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
82	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	1:11
83	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
85	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	1:12
86	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
87	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:13
88	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
89	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	1:14
90	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	1:15
91	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	1:16
92	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	1:17
93	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:21
94	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	1:22
95	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
96	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	1:23
97	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
98	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	1:25
99	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	1:26
100	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	1:29
101	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:33
102	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:35
103	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	1:40
105	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	1:41
106	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:43
107	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	1:49
108	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:52
109	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
110	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:55
111	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	2:00
112	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:01
113	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:05
114	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:06
115	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	2:07
116	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	2:26
117	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	2:27
118	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	2:42
119	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	2:45
120	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	3:11
121	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	3:30
122	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	3:41
123	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	3:43
124	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	5:02
125	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:49

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Monday, February 21: Stage 2, Al Hudayriyat Island - Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 176 km

Stage two map & profile

Mark Cavendish wins stage two. Photo: Tim de Waele/Getty Sport

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Weather at Abu Dhabi at 5:00 PM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the northwest at 34 km/hr (21 mph). No rain.

The race: 125 riders began the stage at 12:27 PM.

Here's the report from stage winner Mark Cavendish's Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl team.

Mark Cavendish netted Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl’s 10th victory of the year after an enthralling sprint in Abu Dhabi, where stage 2 of the season’s first World Tour race concluded. Just like one day ago, the finale was an intense one, with a headwind complicating matters, but this couldn’t stop the Manxman, who emerged from the scrum and produced a massive acceleration in the final 250 meters.

Except for some crosswinds that spiced up things with 120 kilometers to go, the stage was a quiet one until the closing kilometers, when the sprinters’ teams began making their presence felt. The Wolfpack left it late, making an appearance with only three kilometers remaining and piloting Mark Cavendish towards the front of the peloton, in anticipation of what looked to be another nervous mass gallop.

Michael Mørkøv used his vast experience to guide the 2021 Tour de France points jersey winner, who launched the sprint down the left-hand side of the road and produced a rapid acceleration that saw him hold off the other fast men for his 158th victory in the pro ranks.

“Being in Abu Dhabi always feels special and winning a stage here it’s even more so. I knew I was capable of getting more wins, and this victory, my first World Tour one of the season, gives me a lot of confidence not just for the remaining stages of the UAE Tour, but also for the next races.”

“I want to thank the team for their work today. We have a young squad here, with two neo-pros, but we all believe in each other, and all the guys did a great job in bringing me to the finish as fresh as possible. It was again very hectic, but we remained calm, and as I felt good allowed me to launch my sprint from 250 meters to go, despite the headwind. I had the energy to maintain my sprint all the way to the line and I’m happy with the way things went for us today”, said Mark Cavendish after his 20th victory in the Middle East.

Complete results:

176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.498 km/hr

1	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	4hr 20min 45sec
2	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
3	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
6	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
7	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
8	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
9	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
10	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
11	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
14	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
15	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
16	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
17	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
20	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
21	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
22	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
23	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
26	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
27	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
29	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
30	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
32	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
33	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
36	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
37	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
38	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
40	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
41	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
42	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
43	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
44	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
45	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
47	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
49	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
51	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
52	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
53	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
56	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
57	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
58	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
59	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
63	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
66	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
67	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
68	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
71	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
72	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
73	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
74	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
76	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
77	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
78	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
79	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
80	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
82	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
83	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
84	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
85	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
87	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
88	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
89	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
91	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
96	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
97	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
98	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
99	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
100	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
101	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
102	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
103	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
104	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
105	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
106	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
107	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
108	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
109	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
110	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
111	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
112	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	@ 52sec
113	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:02
114	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:09
115	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:16
116	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	1:24
117	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:27
118	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
119	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
120	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
121	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:43
122	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:53
123	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
125	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:03

 

GC after stage 2:

360 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.775 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	9hr 3min 3sec
2	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	@ 4sec
3	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:06
4	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	0:10
5	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	0:12
6	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
8	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
9	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	0:14
10	Arnaud Demare	Groupama-FDJ	0:16
11	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
13	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
14	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
15	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
16	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
17	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
19	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
20	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
21	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
22	Clement Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
23	Johnatan Canaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
26	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
28	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
29	Michael Morkov	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
30	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Gino Mader	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
32	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
33	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
35	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
36	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
37	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
38	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
39	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
40	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
41	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
42	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
43	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
45	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
46	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
47	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
48	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
49	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
50	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
53	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
54	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
55	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
56	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
57	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
58	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
59	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
60	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
62	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
63	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
64	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
65	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
66	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
67	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
70	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
71	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
72	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
74	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
75	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
76	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
77	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
79	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
80	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
81	Rein Taaramae	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
83	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
84	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
85	Oscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
86	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
87	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
88	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
91	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
93	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
94	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
97	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
98	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
99	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
101	Niklas Markl	Team DSM	s.t.
102	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
103	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
104	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
105	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
106	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:34
107	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	0:35
108	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
109	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
110	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	1:08
111	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
112	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:18
113	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:25
114	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:32
115	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:38
116	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	1:40
117	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:41
118	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:43
119	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	1:59
120	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	2:02
121	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	2:09
122	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	3:33
123	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
124	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	3:46
125	Clement Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:19

 

Stage 2 map & profile:

Stage 2 map

Stage 2 profile

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Sunday, February 20: Stage 1, Madinat Zayed - Madinat Zayed, 184 km

Stage one map

A giant rush to the line. Winner Jasper Philipsen is on the far left. Photo: Sprint Cycling

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Weather at the start/finish city of Madinat Zayed at 4:45 PM, local time: 32C (90F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 14 km/hr (9 mph). No rain.

The race: 125 riders started stage one at 12:19 PM. Therre was one non-starter, Denis Nekrasov (Gazprom-RusVelo).

Here's the stage one report from second-place Sam Bennett's Bora-hansgorhe team:

The seven-stage UAE Tour today opened this year's WorldTour calendar. The 185km flat course starting and finishing in Madinat Zayed was designed for the sprinters. The early breakaway group was unable to prevail and was reeled back in with 20km of racing remaining. The squad from Raubling, which at this point had been riding tucked away in the peloton to save energy, brought Sam Bennett to the front over the final kilometre. On the home stretch, however, the Irishman was pipped at the last moment by Jasper Philipsen, taking second place in his season debut for BORA- hansgrohe.

Jasper Philipsen taking the first stage.

“Because my form isn't quite at 100% yet, we didn't have such high expectations today. Our goal was to work on our leadout and learn how to best ride together. We took a bit of a risk, and started the leadout late, but it worked out very well in the end. The guys did a great job in a stressful situation, and this performance is of course very confidence-boosting for us. I think our performances will only get better from here. We can be really pleased with how things went today. Thanks again to the team for their amazing work and for putting their trust in me." - Sam Bennett

"There were extreme wind conditions today, which meant we had headwind on the way out and tailwind on the way back, without much crosswind. In principle, the idea was to go for a sprint with Sam and come into the finale a little later, so to wait and come from behind with momentum. Of course, that entails a certain element of risk, but it ultimately worked out quite well. We're really pleased with the result and can certainly build this performance of ours today. Tomorrow is another sprint stage and we'll be trying again for a result there."  Rolf Aldag, Sports Director

Complete results:

184 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.070 km/hr

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 42min 34sec
2	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
4	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
5	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
6	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
7	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
8	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
9	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
10	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
11	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
12	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
14	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
15	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
16	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
17	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
18	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
20	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
21	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
22	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
24	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
25	Michael Mørkøv	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
26	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
27	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
28	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
29	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
30	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
32	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
33	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
34	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
35	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
36	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
37	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
38	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
39	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
40	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
41	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
43	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
46	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
47	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
48	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
50	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
51	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
53	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
54	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
56	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
57	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
59	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
60	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
61	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
62	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
64	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
65	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
66	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
67	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
68	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
70	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
71	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
72	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
73	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
75	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
76	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
77	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
78	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
79	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
80	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
81	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
82	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
84	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
85	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
86	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
87	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
88	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
89	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
91	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
95	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
98	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
102	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
105	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
106	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
107	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
116	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	@ 18sec
117	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:19
118	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	0:52
122	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:22
123	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:24
124	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:03

 

GC after stage 1:

1	Jasper Philipsen	Alpecin-Fenix	4hr 42min 24sec
2	Sam Bennett	BORA-hansgrohe	@ 4sec
3	Dmitriy Strakhov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
4	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:06
5	Alessandro Tonelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
6	Xandres Vervloesem	Lotto Soudal	0:08
7	Dylan Groenewegen	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:10
8	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
10	Max Kanter	Movistar	s.t.
11	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
12	Tom Devriendt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
13	Pascal Ackermann	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
14	Rudy Barbier	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Jonathan Milan	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
16	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Danny van Poppel	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
18	Marc Sarreau	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
19	Mark Cavendish	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
20	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
21	Clément Venturini	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
22	Johnatan Cañaveral	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
23	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Ruben Guerreiro	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Stefan Bissegger	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
26	Sacha Modolo	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
27	Tadej Pogacar	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Michael Mørkøv	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
29	Yevgeniy Gidich	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
30	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
31	Kristian Sbaragli	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
32	Luka Mezgec	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
33	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
34	Jai Hindley	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Sebastian Henao	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
36	Luca Covili	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
37	Filippo Ganna	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
38	Alex Dowsett	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
39	Robert Stannard	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
40	Sergio Samitier	Movistar	s.t.
41	Artyom Zakharov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
42	Shane Archbold	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Alberto Dainese	Team DSM	s.t.
44	Dario Cataldo	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Merhawi Kudus	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
46	Yuriy Natarov	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
47	Adam Yates	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
48	Mathias Vacek	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
49	Jan Hirt	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
50	Maximiliano Richeze	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Gino Mäder	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
52	Sean Quinn	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
53	Neilson Powless	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
54	Gianni Vermeersch	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
55	Joao Almeida	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Jonas Rickaert	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
57	David De La Cruz	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
58	Matthew Holmes	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
59	Vadim Pronskiy	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
60	Chris Harper	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
61	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
62	Joris Nieuwenhuis	Team DSM	s.t.
63	Thymen Arensman	Team DSM	s.t.
64	Romain Bardet	Team DSM	s.t.
65	Michal Kwiatkowski	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
66	Aleksandr Vlasov	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
67	Stefan de Bod	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
68	Samuele Zoccarato	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
69	Tom Dumoulin	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
70	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	William Barta	Movistar	s.t.
72	Carlos Verona	Movistar	s.t.
73	Rafal Majka	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Simon Pellaud	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
75	Patrick Konrad	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
77	George Bennett	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Fausto Masnada	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
79	Ivan Rovny	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
80	Filip Maciejuk	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
81	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
82	Campbell Stewart	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
83	Bob Jungels	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
84	Michael Kukrle	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
85	Sebastian Berwick	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
86	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert	s.t.
87	Kelland O'Brien	BikeExchange-Jayco	s.t.
88	Pavel Kochetkov	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
89	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
90	Hermann Pernsteiner	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Ethan Vernon	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
92	Alejandro Osorio	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
93	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
94	Mathias Norsgaard	Movistar	s.t.
95	Jakob Egholm	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
96	Ryan Mullen	BORA-hansgrohe	s.t.
97	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
98	Matteo Badilatti	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
99	Andrey Amador	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
100	Rick Zabel	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
101	Matteo Malucelli	Gazprom-RusVelo	s.t.
102	Ramon Sinkeldam	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Koen Bouwman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
105	Stan Van Tricht	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	s.t.
106	Scott Thwaites	Alpecin-Fenix	s.t.
107	Sebastian Langeveld	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
108	Jos Van Emden	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
109	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
110	Luca Rastelli	Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè	s.t.
111	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Soudal	s.t.
112	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Miles Scotson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
114	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
115	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
116	Kaden Groves	BikeExchange-Jayco	0:28
117	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	0:29
118	Cees Bol	Team DSM	s.t.
119	Jacopo Guarnieri	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
120	Daryl Impey	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
121	Stijn Steels	Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl	1:02
122	Damien Howson	BikeExchange-Jayco	1:32
123	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:34
124	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
125	Sam Bewley	BikeExchange-Jayco	2:13

 

Stage one map:

Stage 1 map