2023 UAE Tour (WorldTour),
United Arab Emirates

5th Edition: February 20 - 26, 2023
Complete results

UAE Tour podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7

2023 UAE Tour map

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Sunday, February 26: 7th & Final Stage, Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium (City of Al Ain, Abu Dhabi) - Jebel Hafeet, 153 km

Stage 7 map & profile

The stage goes to Adam Yates.

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Weather at the city of Al Ain in Abu Dhabi, where most of the stage takes place, at 8:40 AM, local time: 25C (76F), fair, with the wind from the south at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to climb to 33C (91F) at 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from 2023 UAE Tour winner Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Remco Evenepoel added another notch to his belt, the first since triumphing at last year’s World Championships, sealing the GC victory at the fifth edition of the UAE Tour, which came to a conclusion on the demanding gradients of Jebel Hafeet (10.8km, 6.6%), the second-highest peak in the Emirates. It was another important step forward for Soudal Quick-Step’s 23-year-old Belgian, who climbed onto the highest spot of the podium for the 38th time in his career.

Remco Evenepoel is the winner of the 2023 UAE Tour.

Evenepoel had to battle not just the steep ascent Sunday afternoon, but also the blazing heat, which he overcame thanks to a massive effort and determination. But his success wasn’t built only in the mountains, but also in the crosswinds which tore the peloton to pieces on the opening day. Remco was one of the main protagonists there, taking the race by its horns and dealing a big blow to many of his rivals, before increasing his lead in the standings thanks to a flawless ride of the Soudal Quick-Step boys in the second stage team time trial.

Having taken the red jersey thanks to another consistent ride atop Jebel Jais, the World Champion – supported by a squad that rode body and soul for him – Evenepoel cemented his place in the general classification, and was handsomely rewarded at the end of the week with the 11th stage race triumph of his career, and the first since he conquered La Vuelta in September 2022.

“It was tough today. The pace was insane from the bottom to the top. When I went together with Adam Yates, I thought he would stay on my wheel until the final kilometers, but then he attacked and I had to go over my limit in order to remain within touching distance. Seeing him all the time reassured me of the overall win. The goal was to keep the jersey and it makes me happy and proud that I could defend my position and win this race”, said Remco, who also finished as the best young rider of the UAE Tour.

Remco Evenepoel starting the final kilometer of the stage. Photo: Getty Sport

Soudal Quick-Step leave the Emirates with a total of four victories: the general classification, the TTT and the pair of stages brought by Belgian Champion Tim Merlier, who also took home the green jersey – the first time in his career that he won the points classification in a World Tour race.

“We can be proud of what we achieved this week. We were in the mix every time, we worked well as a team and we can be satisfied with everything. I came here without any time spent training at altitude, it was my first attempt of the year to fight for the GC, so to be sincere, at the start of the week I wasn’t expecting to win the race. But I did it and this makes me confident for the rest of the season and for Il Giro”, added the Belgian after Soudal Quick-Step’s tenth victory of the year.

Complete results:

153 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.776 km/hr

1	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 29min 42sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 10sec
3	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	0:42
4	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	0:47
5	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:54
6	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
7	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:16
8	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:25
10	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
12	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	1:32
13	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:42
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:48
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
16	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
17	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
20	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:53
21	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:06
22	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:11
23	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	2:21
24	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	2:22
25	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	2:31
26	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:38
27	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:40
28	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	2:41
29	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
31	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	3:04
32	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:16
33	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	3:27
34	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	3:30
35	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
37	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	3:45
38	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	4:19
39	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
40	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	4:28
41	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	4:55
42	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	4:59
43	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
45	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	5:05
46	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
47	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
49	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
50	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
51	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	5:08
52	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	5:34
53	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
54	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	5:51
55	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	5:59
56	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	6:44
57	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
59	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
60	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
61	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
62	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
63	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
64	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	7:29
65	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
66	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	7:41
67	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	7:46
68	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
69	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
70	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	9:16
71	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	9:18
72	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
73	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
74	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
75	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
76	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	9:50
77	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	10:08
78	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
79	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
80	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
81	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
82	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	10:12
83	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
84	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
86	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	10:34
87	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	10:41
88	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	10:43
89	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
92	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
93	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
94	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	10:45
95	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
96	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	12:19
97	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	12:56
98	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	13:07
99	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	13:54
100	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
101	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	14:22
102	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
103	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
104	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	14:30
105	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
106	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	17:03
107	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
109	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
110	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
111	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
113	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
114	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
115	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
116	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
117	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
118	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
119	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	19:13
120	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
121	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
122	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
123	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
124	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
125	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
126	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
127	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
128	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
129	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
131	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
132	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
133	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	21:10

 

Final GC after stage 7:

• GC winner: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Points classification winner: Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Intermediate sprints classification winner: Edward Planckaert (Alpecin-Deceuninck)
• Best young rider: Remco Evenepoel (Soudal Quick-Step)
• Teams classification winner: UAE Team Emirates

1,028.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.895 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	23hr 25min 26sec
2	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 59sec
3	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:00
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	1:03
5	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	2:06
6	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	2:18
7	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	2:33
8	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	2:38
9	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
10	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	2:40
11	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	2:47
12	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	2:49
13	Einer Rubio	Movistar	2:57
14	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	3:02
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	3:04
16	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	3:13
17	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	3:18
18	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	3:29
19	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:34
20	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	3:39
21	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:41
22	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	3:50
23	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	3:56
24	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:58
25	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	4:04
26	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	4:24
27	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	4:49
28	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	5:00
29	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	5:20
30	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	6:35
31	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	7:03
32	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	7:13
33	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:18
34	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	7:33
35	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	7:51
36	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	8:27
37	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	9:19
38	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	9:25
39	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	9:28
40	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	9:33
41	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	9:53
42	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	10:08
43	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	10:37
44	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	11:22
45	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	11:23
46	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	11:41
47	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:31
48	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	13:47
49	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	15:39
50	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	16:24
51	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	17:06
52	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	17:14
53	Albert Torres	Movistar	17:42
54	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:51
55	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	18:06
56	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	18:50
57	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	19:57
58	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	21:04
59	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	21:13
60	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	21:27
61	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	21:30
62	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	21:40
63	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	22:34
64	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	23:13
65	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	23:33
66	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	24:44
67	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	24:46
68	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	25:22
69	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	25:52
70	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	26:24
71	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	27:08
72	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:13
73	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	27:32
74	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	27:34
75	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	28:22
76	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	28:38
77	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	28:44
78	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	29:17
79	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	29:27
80	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	30:01
81	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	30:04
82	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:19
83	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	30:37
84	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	31:24
85	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	31:59
86	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	32:03
87	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	32:05
88	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	32:17
89	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	32:48
90	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	33:08
91	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	33:09
92	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	33:34
93	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	33:42
94	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	33:53
95	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	35:02
96	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	35:33
97	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	35:39
98	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	35:40
99	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	35:44
100	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	35:54
101	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	35:58
102	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	35:59
103	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	36:00
104	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	36:08
105	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	36:22
106	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:32
107	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	36:32
108	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	37:43
109	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	37:46
110	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	37:55
111	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	38:43
112	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	39:03
113	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	39:15
114	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	39:18
115	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	39:26
116	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	40:08
117	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	40:36
118	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	40:45
119	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	41:16
120	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	41:32
121	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	42:00
122	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	43:38
123	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	44:05
124	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	44:10
125	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	44:36
126	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	44:46
127	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	44:52
128	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	45:39
129	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	45:49
130	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	46:39
131	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	46:51
132	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	51:38
133	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	54:39

 

Stage 7 map & profile:

UAE Tour stage 7 map

The climb to the finish.

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Saturday, February 25: Stage 6, Warner Bros. World Abu Dhabi - Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 166 km

Stage 6 map & profile

Tim Merlier wins stage 6. No photo finish needed today.

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Weather at Abu Dhabi at 8:40 AM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the southeast at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is expected to climb to 31C (87F) by 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the stage six report from winner Tim Merlier's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Tim Merlier confirmed he is the best sprinter in the UAE Tour, taking a second victory at the World Tour event in what was the last opportunity for the fast men before the Jebel Hafeet summit finish, where the general classification will be decided.

Time to start stage six.

Victorious on the opening day of the race, Merlier remained incredibly calm in the Abu Dhabi hectic mass gallop, finding a small breach on the left-hand side of the road with around 500 meters to go and coming past all his opponents. Just like on Monday, the 30-year-old opened from the distance, but this time there was no need for a photo-finish, as he put several bike lengths into his rivals thanks to a huge burst of speed on the way to his third win of the season.

“I am happy with this victory and the team’s good day. It was another chaotic sprint, you could see there wasn’t any team to control things in the finale. But I had Bert by my side and that was all I needed. He’s a very good and experience lead-out man, we get along so well and he once again did a great job”, said Tim, who extended his lead in the points classification following this success. “Winning in green feels good. It’s my third victory of the season and I’m really glad that I’m off to such a perfect start with Soudal Quick-Step.”

GC leader Remco Evenepoel will start the final stage in the red jersey. Photo: Getty Sport.

Merlier was joined on the podium by his teammate Remco Evenepoel, who retained the red jersey which the World Champion will now try to bring home: “We’ll see what happens on Sunday, but what I can tell you is that we will try to control things and defend the GC lead, that’s our biggest goal. The nine-second gap that I have isn’t a lot, but it’s better than nothing, so we are prepared to do our best in order to win the race.”

Complete results:

166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.027 km/hr

1	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	3hr 41min 12sec
2	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
3	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
4	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
5	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
6	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
8	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
9	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
10	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
11	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
12	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
13	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
14	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
15	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
17	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
18	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
19	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
20	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
21	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
22	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
24	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
25	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
26	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
27	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
28	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
29	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
30	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
34	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
35	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
37	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
38	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
39	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
40	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
41	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
42	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
43	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
44	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
45	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
47	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
48	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
49	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
50	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
51	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
52	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
53	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
55	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
56	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
57	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
58	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
59	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
60	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
62	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
63	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
64	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
66	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
67	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
68	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
69	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
70	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
71	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
72	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
73	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
74	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
75	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
76	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
77	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
78	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
80	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
81	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
82	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
83	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
84	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
85	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
86	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
87	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
88	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
89	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
90	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
91	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
92	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
93	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
94	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
96	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
97	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
98	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
100	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
101	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
102	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
103	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
104	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
105	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
106	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
107	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	@ 23sec
108	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	0:27
109	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	0:29
110	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	0:31
111	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
112	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	0:37
113	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
114	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
115	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	0:50
116	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
117	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
118	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
119	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
120	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
121	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
122	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:55
123	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	0:57
124	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
125	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:06
126	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	1:21
127	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
128	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
129	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	1:25
130	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	1:59
131	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	@ 0sec
132	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	2:06
133	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	2:36
134	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
135	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	2:38

 

GC after stage 6:

863.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.321 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	19hr 55min 40sec
2	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 9sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
4	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03
5	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:06
6	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	1:12
7	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:13
9	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:14
11	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:17
12	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:18
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:19
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:20
16	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	1:21
17	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	1:23
18	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:27
20	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:28
22	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	1:34
23	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
24	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:35
25	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:38
26	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:45
27	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:50
28	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:52
29	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:02
30	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	2:18
31	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:30
32	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:44
33	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:48
34	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:24
35	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	3:36
36	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:06
37	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	4:07
38	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	4:24
39	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:28
40	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	4:42
41	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:43
42	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	5:07
43	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	5:38
44	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	6:25
45	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:29
46	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:30
47	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:31
48	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	7:52
49	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	7:56
50	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:46
51	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	9:42
52	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	9:53
53	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	10:14
54	Albert Torres	Movistar	10:17
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	10:34
56	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	10:37
57	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:56
58	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	13:11
59	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	13:22
60	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	13:25
61	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	13:49
62	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	13:59
63	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	14:37
64	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	14:50
65	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	15:00
66	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	15:51
67	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	15:57
68	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	16:34
69	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	16:54
70	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	17:02
71	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	17:28
72	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	17:43
73	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	17:45
74	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	18:01
75	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	18:03
76	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:20
77	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	18:23
78	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	18:30
79	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	18:40
80	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	18:44
81	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	18:45
82	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	18:59
83	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	19:09
84	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	19:12
85	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	19:13
86	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	19:16
87	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:23
88	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:33
89	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
90	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:40
91	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	19:43
92	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	19:52
93	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:54
94	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	20:06
95	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	20:09
96	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	20:18
97	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:29
98	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	20:44
99	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	20:47
100	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	21:01
101	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:14
102	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	21:19
103	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	21:23
104	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	21:36
105	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	21:36
106	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	21:44
107	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:56
108	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	22:23
109	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	22:51
110	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	22:53
111	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	23:01
112	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	23:42
113	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	24:17
114	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	24:29
115	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	24:56
116	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	25:01
117	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	25:19
118	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	25:21
119	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	25:27
120	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	25:29
121	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	25:31
122	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:43
123	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:18
124	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:28
125	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:30
126	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	27:05
127	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:30
128	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	27:33
129	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	28:50
130	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	29:52
131	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	30:06
132	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	31:15
133	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	32:29
134	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	35:30
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	35:32

 

Stage 6 map & profile:

UAE Tour stage 6 map

2023 UAE Tour stage 6 profile

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Friday, February 24: Stage 5, Al Marjan Island - Umm al Quwain, 170 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Dylan Groenewegen just beats Fernando Gaviria for the stage win. Photo: Getty Images.

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Weather at the finish city of Umm al Quwain at 8:40 AM, local time: 21C (69F), fair, with the wind from the east at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is expected to climb to 28C (82F) by 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from GC leader Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal-Quick-Step.

Stage 5 of the UAE Tour was a quiet one until the final 20 kilometers, when several teams tried to split the peloton and even managed to create some cracks that caught a couple of sprinters and GC men on the back foot. Both Remco Evenepoel and Tim Merlier were in the first group which rode at an insane pace, putting some 15 seconds into the chasers. Fortunately for these, as soon as the leaders came out of a roundabout the wind changed direction and the second group could come back, but the bunch remained stretched out.

Shortly before the stage end the two groups came together.

The sprint was again difficult to control, but Bert Van Lerberghe found a way to bring Tim Merlier at the front, and the Belgian Champion produced a strong turn of speed to take fifth place in Umm al Quwain, behind winner Dylan Groenewegen (Jayco-Alula), a result that elevated him to the top of the points classification.

Three of the race’s distinctive jerseys are now owned by Soudal Quick-Step riders ahead of the weekend: in addition to Tim, who will sport the green one Saturday, when the sprinters will get their final opportunity, Remco has both red and white, and will go into the penultimate day of the UAE Tour with a nine-second buffer over his closest opponent on the general classification after picking up valuable bonifications at the last intermediate sprint of Friday’s stage.

Complete results:

170 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.016 km/hr

1	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	3hr 57min 7sec
2	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
3	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
4	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
5	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
6	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
8	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
9	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
11	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
12	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
13	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
14	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
15	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
16	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
17	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
18	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
19	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
20	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
21	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
22	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
23	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
24	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
25	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
26	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
27	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
28	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
29	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
30	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
31	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
32	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
33	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
34	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
35	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
36	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
37	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
39	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
40	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
41	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
42	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
43	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
44	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
45	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
46	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
47	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
48	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
49	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
50	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
51	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
52	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
53	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
54	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
55	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
56	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
57	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
58	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
59	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
60	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
61	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
62	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
63	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
64	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
65	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
66	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
67	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
68	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
69	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
70	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
71	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
72	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
73	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
74	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
75	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
76	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
77	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
78	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
79	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
80	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
81	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
82	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
83	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
84	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
86	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
87	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
88	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
89	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
91	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
92	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
93	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
94	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
95	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
96	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
97	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
98	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
99	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
100	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
101	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
102	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	@ 27sec
104	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
105	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	0:32
106	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
107	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
108	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:35
109	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	0:46
110	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
111	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:14
112	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
113	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	1:34
114	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
115	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	1:50
116	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
117	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	1:55
118	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
119	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	3:00
120	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	3:57
121	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
122	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
123	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
124	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
125	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
126	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
127	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
128	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
129	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
130	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
131	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
132	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
133	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
134	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
135	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
136	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.

 

GC after stage 5:

697.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.934 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	16hr 14min 28sec
2	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 9sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:13
4	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:03
5	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:06
6	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	1:12
7	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:13
9	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:14
11	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:17
12	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:18
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:19
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:20
16	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	1:21
17	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	1:23
18	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:27
20	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:28
22	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:34
23	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:35
25	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:38
26	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:45
27	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:50
28	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:52
29	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:02
30	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	2:18
31	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:30
32	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:44
33	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:48
34	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	3:24
35	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	3:36
36	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:06
37	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	4:07
38	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	4:27
39	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:28
40	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	4:42
41	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:43
42	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	5:07
43	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	5:35
44	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	5:38
45	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	7:29
46	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	7:30
47	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	7:34
48	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	7:52
49	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	7:56
50	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:46
51	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:37
52	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	9:42
53	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	9:53
54	Albert Torres	Movistar	10:17
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	10:34
56	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	10:37
57	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:56
58	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	11:16
59	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	12:04
60	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	13:11
61	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	13:15
62	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	13:30
63	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	13:49
64	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:56
65	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	14:13
66	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	14:37
67	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	15:00
68	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	15:07
69	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	15:57
70	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	16:12
71	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	16:51
72	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	17:20
73	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	17:30
74	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	17:45
75	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	17:55
76	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	18:03
77	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:20
78	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	18:23
79	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	18:30
80	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	18:40
81	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	18:44
82	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	18:45
83	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	18:53
84	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	19:03
85	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	19:09
86	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	19:12
87	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	19:13
88	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:23
89	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:33
90	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
91	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:39
92	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:40
93	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	19:51
94	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	19:52
95	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:54
96	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	20:09
97	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	20:12
98	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	20:39
99	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	20:44
100	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	20:47
101	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:01
102	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
103	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	21:02
104	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:14
105	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	21:19
106	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	21:23
107	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	21:36
108	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	21:44
109	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	21:52
110	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	22:51
111	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	22:53
112	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:36
113	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	23:42
114	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	24:08
115	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	24:17
116	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	24:29
117	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	24:56
118	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	25:19
119	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	25:21
120	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	25:27
121	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	25:31
122	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:43
123	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:18
124	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:28
125	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:30
126	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	26:33
127	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	27:05
128	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:22
129	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:30
130	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	27:33
131	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	28:50
132	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	30:06
133	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	30:25
134	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:23
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	34:42
136	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	35:30

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Stage 5 map

Stage 5 profile

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Thursday, February 23: Stage 4, Al Shindagha - Dubai Harbor, 174 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Juan Sebastian Molano wins the big rush to the line.

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Weather at the finishing city of Dubai at 8:45 AM, local time: 21C (70F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). No rain is forecast. The forecast is for the temperature to climb to 26C (79F) by 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from stage winner Sebastian Molano's UAE Team Emirates.

It was a cause for celebration in the UAE with a perfect sprint and victory for Juan Sebastian Molano, who was victorious on stage 4 of the UAE Tour in Dubai.

The Colombian rider was the fastest man in the peloton in the massive sprint on the final straight of stage 4 (Al Shindagha-Dubai Harbour, 174 km), a few centimeters ahead of Olav Koji (Jumbo-Visma), Sam Welsford (Team DSM) and Arvid De Kleijn (Tudor).

The peloton remained almost completely together during the stage.

The three man breakaway that had led the race for most of the course was neutralized at 2,6 km to go, then the battle for the best positions in view of the final straight begun.

Molano was skilful in keeping himself well covered, waiting for the best moment to exit from the slipstream of the other rivals who had started their sprints earlier: the Colombian rider succeeded in overtaking everyone to take his first win of the season.

For Molano, this is the 20th victory as pro rider, for UAE Team Emirates this is the 10th success in 2023.

Molano: “It is an amazing victory for me and for the team in a race which is very important for us as a team and for all of UAE as a country. I am happy for everybody, for my teammates, our sponsors and for all the staff members. I took my last victory in a prestigious stage such as the last one of the Vuelta, now it’s great to have added this new success in another big race. I’m really delighted with it.”

Remco Evenepoel enjoyed his first day of racing in the leader's red jersey. Getty Sport photo.

The fast-men of the bunch will have the chance to battle again tomorrow on stage 5, 170 km from Al Marjan Island to Umm al Quwain.

Complete results:

174 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.388 km/hr

1	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	3hr 50min 1sec
2	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
3	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
4	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
5	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
6	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
7	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
8	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
9	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
10	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
11	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	s.t.
12	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
13	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
15	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
16	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
17	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
19	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
22	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
24	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
25	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
26	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
27	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
28	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
29	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
30	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
31	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
32	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
33	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
34	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
35	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
36	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
37	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
38	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
39	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
40	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
41	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
42	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
43	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
44	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
45	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
46	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
47	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
48	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
49	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
50	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
51	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
52	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
53	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
54	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
55	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
56	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
57	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
58	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
60	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
61	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
62	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
63	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
65	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
66	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
67	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
70	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
71	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
72	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	s.t.
73	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
74	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
75	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
76	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
77	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
78	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
79	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
80	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
81	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
82	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
83	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
84	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
85	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
86	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
87	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
88	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
89	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
90	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
91	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
92	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
93	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
94	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
95	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
96	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
97	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
98	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
99	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
100	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
101	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
102	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
103	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
104	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
106	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
107	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
108	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
109	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
110	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
111	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
112	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
113	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
114	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
115	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
116	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
117	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
118	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
119	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
120	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
121	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
122	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
123	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
124	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	@ 22sec
125	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
126	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	0:26
127	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:34
128	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:44
129	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
130	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
131	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:49
132	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	0:51
133	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:54
134	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
135	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	1:02
136	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
137	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:29

 

GC after stage 4:

527.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.906 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	12hr 17min 23sec
2	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:11
4	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01
5	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:04
6	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	1:10
7	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:11
9	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:12
11	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:15
12	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:16
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:17
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:18
16	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
17	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	1:21
18	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:25
20	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
22	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32
23	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:33
25	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:36
27	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:39
28	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:43
29	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:48
30	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:50
31	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:00
32	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:10
33	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	2:16
34	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:28
35	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
36	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:42
37	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:46
38	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:54
39	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:31
40	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	3:34
41	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:35
42	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	3:57
43	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:04
44	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:26
45	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	4:27
46	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	4:33
47	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	4:40
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:41
49	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	5:33
50	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	7:50
51	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:44
52	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:35
53	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	9:40
54	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	9:51
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	10:00
56	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	10:12
57	Albert Torres	Movistar	10:15
58	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	10:35
59	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	10:38
60	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:54
61	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	11:01
62	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	11:11
63	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	11:14
64	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	11:58
65	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	12:13
66	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	12:23
67	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:52
68	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	13:13
69	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	13:28
70	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	13:44
71	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	13:47
72	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:54
73	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	13:58
74	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	16:14
75	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	17:18
76	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	17:43
77	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	17:56
78	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	18:01
79	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:18
80	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	18:21
81	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
82	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	18:28
83	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	18:38
84	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
85	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	18:43
86	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	18:51
88	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:03
89	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
90	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	19:11
91	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
92	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:21
93	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:31
94	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
95	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:37
96	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	19:49
97	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	19:50
98	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:52
99	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	20:07
100	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
101	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	20:14
102	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	20:42
103	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	20:45
104	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:59
105	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
106	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	21:00
107	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	21:12
108	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	21:17
109	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	21:34
110	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	21:42
111	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	22:34
112	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	22:51
113	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	22:55
114	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	23:13
115	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:34
116	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	24:06
117	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	24:15
118	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	24:27
119	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	24:54
120	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	25:17
121	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	25:19
122	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	25:25
123	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	25:29
124	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
125	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:41
126	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	26:07
127	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:16
128	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:26
129	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
130	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:28
131	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	27:20
132	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:28
133	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	27:31
134	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	28:48
135	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	30:43
136	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	31:21
137	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	31:31

 

Stage 4 map & profile:

UAE Tour Stage 4 map

Stage 4 profile

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Wednesday, February 22: Stage 3, Umbrella Beach Al Fujairah - Jebel Jais, 185 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Einer Rubio left everyone behind on the climb. Photo: Dario Belingheri/Getty Sport

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Weather at the finish at Jebel Jais at 9:0 AM, local time: 17C (64F), sunny, with the wind from the southwest at 10 km/hr (6 mph). No rain is forecast. By 2:00 the temperature is forecast to be 21C (69F).

The race: Here's the report from new GC leader Remco Evenepoel's Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Remco Evenepoel received the 52nd leader’s jersey of his career after sprinting out of the peloton in the closing meters of the UAE Tour stage 3 and taking runner-up atop Jebel Jais, the 21.1km climb that welcomed the peloton for the fourth time in the last five years.

The daunting Jebel Jais climb.

It was a superb collective effort of the Soudal Quick-Step boys that helped the World Champion take over the race lead, Tim Merlier and Bert Van Lerberghe pulling on the flat behind the breakaway before making way to the likes of Josef Cerny and Louis Vervaeke to control things on the early slopes of the day’s main ascent.

Chasing escapee Einer Rubio. Getty Sport photo

Pieter Serry, despite a mechanical that forced him to chase hard in order to rejoin the bunch, and Mauro Schmid laid down a huge amount of work, turning themselves inside out on the steepest part of Jebel Jais, where the gradient went over 7%, Once the Swiss peeled off the front just before the flamme rouge, Evenepoel carefully calibrated his effort and accelerated with just 200 meters to go for his first podium of the season and a well-deserved red jersey.

Remco Evenepoel leads his group to the finish.

By doing this, Remco added the UAE Tour to the impressive list of different stage races he has led since turning pro, which comprises a total of eleven events, including La Vuelta, Itzulia Basque Country, the Tour of Belgium and the Tour de Pologne.

“We came first, first, and now second on the first three stages, and now we have the leader’s jersey, so things are going well for us. This red jersey is a nice reward for the team, who worked incredibly hard today. They took care of me and showed how strong they are both on the flat and on the climb, and I want to thank them for that. The fact that I was the fastest one of the peloton is a good sign and gives me confidence for Sunday’s summit finish”, said Remco at the press conference.

Remco Evenepoel now has the GC leader's red jersey.

Complete results:

185 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.092 km/hr

1	Einer Rubio	Movistar	4hr 51min 24sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	@ 14sec
3	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	0:15
4	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
5	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
6	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
7	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
8	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
9	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
10	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
11	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
12	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
13	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
14	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
15	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
17	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
18	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
19	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
20	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
21	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
22	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
23	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
24	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
25	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
26	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
27	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
28	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	0:25
29	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
30	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	0:28
31	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
32	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	0:37
33	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
34	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	0:56
35	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	1:11
36	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:12
37	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
38	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
39	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	1:15
40	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	1:19
41	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	1:37
42	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
43	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
44	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
45	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:42
46	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:00
47	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	2:17
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:21
49	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
50	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
51	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	3:23
52	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	3:27
53	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	3:39
54	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	7:02
55	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
56	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	8:00
57	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	8:54
58	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
59	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
60	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
61	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
62	Albert Torres	Movistar	s.t.
63	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	9:44
64	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
65	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
66	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
67	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	9:48
68	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
69	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
70	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	11:35
71	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	12:28
72	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
73	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
75	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
76	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
77	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
78	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	14:06
79	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	16:57
80	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
81	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	17:11
82	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
83	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	17:30
84	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	s.t.
85	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
86	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
88	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
89	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
90	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
92	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
93	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
94	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	18:21
95	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
96	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
97	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
98	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
99	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
100	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
101	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
102	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
103	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
104	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
105	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
106	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
107	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
108	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
109	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
110	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
111	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
112	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
113	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	18:26
114	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	19:41
115	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	s.t.
116	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
117	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
118	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	20:13
119	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	24:06
120	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
121	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
122	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
123	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
124	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
125	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	s.t.
126	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	s.t.
127	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
128	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
129	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
130	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
131	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
132	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
133	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
134	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
135	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
136	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
137	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
138	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	24:43

 

GC after stage 3:

353.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.780 km/hr

1	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	8hr 27min 22sec
2	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	@ 7sec
3	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:11
4	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	1:01
5	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	1:04
6	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	1:10
7	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
8	Einer Rubio	Movistar	1:11
9	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
10	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:12
11	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	1:15
12	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
13	Brandon McNulty	UAE Team Emirates	1:16
14	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	1:17
15	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	1:18
16	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	1:19
17	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:21
18	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
19	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:25
20	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
21	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	1:26
22	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	1:32
23	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
24	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	1:33
25	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
26	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	1:36
27	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:39
28	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	1:43
29	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:48
30	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:50
31	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	2:00
32	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	2:14
33	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	2:16
34	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	2:28
35	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	2:30
36	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	2:42
37	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	2:46
38	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	2:54
39	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	3:31
40	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	3:34
41	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	3:41
42	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	3:57
43	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:04
44	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	4:26
45	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	4:27
46	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	4:33
47	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	4:40
48	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	4:43
49	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	5:33
50	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	7:50
51	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	8:44
52	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	9:35
53	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	9:40
54	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	9:51
55	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	10:00
56	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	10:12
57	Albert Torres	Movistar	10:15
58	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	10:35
59	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	10:38
60	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	10:54
61	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	11:01
62	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	11:11
63	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	11:14
64	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
65	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	12:08
66	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	12:13
67	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	12:23
68	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	13:10
69	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	13:13
70	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	13:18
71	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	13:28
72	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	13:47
73	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	13:58
74	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	16:14
75	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	17:18
76	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	17:43
77	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	17:52
78	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	17:56
79	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	18:01
80	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	18:18
81	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	18:21
82	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	18:25
83	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	18:28
84	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	18:38
85	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
86	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	18:43
87	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	18:51
88	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	19:03
89	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
91	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	19:05
92	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	19:11
93	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
94	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	19:21
95	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	19:31
96	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
97	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	19:43
98	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	19:49
99	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	19:50
100	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	19:52
101	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	19:57
102	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	20:07
103	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	20:10
104	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	20:14
105	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	20:42
106	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	20:45
107	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	21:00
108	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	21:17
109	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	21:34
110	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	21:42
111	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	22:34
112	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	22:51
113	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	22:55
114	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	23:13
115	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	23:34
116	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	23:44
117	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	24:21
118	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	24:27
119	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	24:54
120	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	25:13
121	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	25:17
122	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	25:19
123	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	25:25
124	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	25:29
125	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
126	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	25:41
127	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:16
128	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:26
129	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
130	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	26:28
131	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	26:58
132	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	27:28
133	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	27:31
134	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	28:58
135	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	30:27
136	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	30:43
137	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	31:31
138	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	32:10

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Profile of the climb to the finish at Jebel Jais

Tuesday, February 21: Stage 2, Khalifa Port 17.3 km team time trial.

Stage 2 map

Team Soudal Quick-Step on its way to winning the team time trial. Photo: Getty Sport

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Weather at Abu Dhabi at 8:45 AM, local time: 21C (69F), fair, with the wind from the west-northwest at 5 km/hr (3 mph). There is just a 1% chance of rain. The temperature is forecast to climb to 24C (75F) at 2:00 PM.

The race: Here's the report from winner Team Soudal Quick-Step.

Our squad’s love affair with this year’s UAE Tour continued Tuesday afternoon, when Josef Cerny, Remco Evenepoel, Tim Merlier, Mauro Schmid, Pieter Serry, Bert Van Lerberghe and Louis Vervaeke rode the team time trial of their lives around the Khalifa Port and brought home a second success in the space of just twenty-four hours.

As the last squad to roll down the ramp, Soudal Quick-Step had a good start and immediately found their rhythm, putting together a nice ride in the first part of the 17.3km flat stage against the clock and coming through the split just ten seconds off the pace. In the second half of the course, Evenepoel and his teammates moved into another gear, scorching around the course and making up time.

With one kilometer to go, it became clear that it would be another tight finish at the UAE Tour for the second day running, and in the end, it was our squad who prevailed by a single second, stopping the clock in 18:17 after averaging an incredible 56.77km/h – a remarkable speed given the two long sections where they had to overcome a strong headwind.

Team INEOS Grenadiers were 3 seconds slower than Soudal Quick-Step, but that was good enough to make INEOS rider Luke Plapp the new GC leader.

“To do a good team time trial was our goal, but we didn’t dare dream about winning the whole thing. It wasn’t easy today: headwind, tailwind, headwind, tailwind, some tricky corners as well, but we kept our composure and followed our plan. We began speeding up in the headwind and saved some energy in the tailwind, going full gas in the second part of the stage. I did two very long pulls in the final kilometers, and at one point we were riding at over 70km/h. The guys were incredible, they went all out, we kept the pace and didn’t have any fluctuations in our speed. It’s my first TTT win and it feels special, it’s a moment from which we take a lot of confidence”, a beaming Remco said before the podium ceremony.

“We put a lot of energy into preparing this stage and making sure we would do a perfect race, and we are very happy now. The plan was to stay as much as possible together and then make the difference where we wanted to, which worked out well. The guys deserved this win. Now we’ll focus on the race’s first summit finish and on what we can do there”, added Soudal Quick-Step sports director Klaas Lodewyck.

New GC leader Luke Plapp

Complete results:

17.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 56.730 km/hr

1	Soudal Quick-step	18min 17sec
2	Ef Education-EasyPost	@ 1sec
3	INEOS Grenadiers	0:03
4	Bahrain Victorious	0:04
5	Team Jayco-AlUla	0:05
6	Team DSM	0:10
7	Bora-hansgrohe	0:15
8	UAE Team Emirates	0:16
9	Astana Qazaqstan	0:17
10	Trek-Segafredo	0:19
11	Jumbo-Visma	0:21
12	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	0:25
13	Groupama-FDJ	0:26
14	Israel-Premier Tech	0:32
15	Ag2r-Citroen	0:33
16	Movistar Team	0:36
17	Lotto Dstny	0:38
18	Alpecin-Deceuninck	0:48
19	Tudor Pro Cycling	0:50
20	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	1:37

 

GC after stage 2:

168.3 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.786 km/hr

1	Lucas Plapp	INEOS Grenadiers	3hr 35min 50sec
2	Remco Evenepoel	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
3	Nikias Arndt	Bahrain Victorious	@ 3sec
4	Pello Bilbao	Bahrain Victorious	0:04
5	Mark Cavendish	Astana Qazaqstan	0:15
6	Cees Bol	Astana Qazaqstan	0:21
7	Olav Kooij	Jumbo-Visma	0:23
8	Bert Van Lerberghe	Soudal Quick-Step	0:29
9	Tim Merlier	Soudal Quick-Step	0:30
10	Jarrad Drizners	Lotto Dstny	0:50
11	Mauro Schmid	Soudal Quick-Step	0:53
12	Josef Cerný	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
13	Marijn Van Den Berg	EF Education-EasyPost	0:54
14	Stefan De Bod	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
15	Georg Steinhauser	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
16	Andrey Amador	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
17	Elia Viviani	INEOS Grenadiers	0:56
18	Kim Heiduk	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
19	Ben Tulett	INEOS Grenadiers	s.t.
20	Wout Poels	Bahrain Victorious	0:57
21	Dylan Groenewegen	Jayco-AlUla	0:58
22	Luka Mezgec	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
23	Callum Scotson	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
24	Elmar Reinders	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
25	Michael Hepburn	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
26	Matevz Govekar	Bahrain Victorious	0:59
27	Sam Welsford	Team DSM	1:03
28	Harm Vanhoucke	Team DSM	s.t.
29	Alex Edmondson	Team DSM	s.t.
30	Andreas Leknessund	Team DSM	s.t.
31	Niklas Märkl	Team DSM	1:05
32	Danny Van Poppel	Bora-hansgrohe	1:08
33	Ben Zwiehoff	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
34	Emanuel Buchmann	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
35	Patrick Gamper	Bora-hansgrohe	s.t.
36	Adam Yates	UAE Team Emirates	1:09
37	Brandon Mcnulty	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
38	Harold Tejada	Astana Qazaqstan	1:10
39	Alexey Lutsenko	Astana Qazaqstan	s.t.
40	Emils Liepins	Trek-Segafredo	1:12
41	Jon Aberasturi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
42	Antonio Tiberi	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
43	Asbjørn Hellemose	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
44	Amanuel Gebreigzabhier	Trek-Segafredo	s.t.
45	Thomas Gloag	Jumbo-Visma	1:14
46	Timo Roosen	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
47	Sepp Kuss	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
48	Michel Hessman	Jumbo-Visma	s.t.
49	Johan Price-Pejtersen	Bahrain Victorious	1:15
50	Tosh Van Der Sande	Jumbo-Visma	1:16
51	Gerben Thijssen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	1:18
52	Louis Meintjes	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
53	Rein Taaramäe	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
54	Simone Petilli	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
55	Julius Johansen	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
56	Boy Van Poppel	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	s.t.
57	Arnaud Démare	Groupama-FDJ	1:19
58	Michael Storer	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
59	Phil Bauhaus	Bahrain Victorious	1:21
60	Jakob Fuglsang	Israel-Premier Tech	1:25
61	Jan Maas	Jayco-AlUla	s.t.
62	Mads Würtz Schmidt	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
63	Derek Gee	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
64	Matthew Riccitello	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
65	Ben Hermans	Israel-Premier Tech	s.t.
66	Lawrence Warbasse	Ag2r-Citroën	1:26
67	Clement Berthet	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
68	Valentin Paret-Peintre	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
69	Geoffrey Bouchard	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
70	Paul Lapeira	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
71	Alex Baudin	Ag2r-Citroën	s.t.
72	Itamar Einhorn	Israel-Premier Tech	1:27
73	Vegard Stake Laengen	UAE Team Emirates	s.t.
74	Albert Torres	Movistar	1:29
75	Einer Rubio	Movistar	s.t.
76	Óscar Rodríguez	Movistar	s.t.
77	Oier Lazkano	Movistar	s.t.
78	Juri Hollmann	Movistar	s.t.
79	Rüdiger Selig	Lotto Dstny	1:31
80	Eduardo Sepulveda	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
81	Jacopo Guarnieri	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
82	Michael Schwarzmann	Lotto Dstny	s.t.
83	Joshua Tarling	INEOS Grenadiers	1:34
84	Caleb Ewan	Lotto Dstny	1:37
85	Lennard Hofstede	Jumbo-Visma	1:38
86	Jensen Plowright	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:41
87	Senne Leysen	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
88	Jason Osborne	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
89	Ramon Sinkeldam	Alpecin-Deceuninck	s.t.
90	Yannis Voisard	Tudor Pro Cycling	1:43
91	Arthur Kluckers	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
92	Mika Heming	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
93	Maikel Zijlaard	Tudor Pro Cycling	s.t.
94	Clément Davy	Groupama-FDJ	s.t.
95	Ignatas Konovalovas	Groupama-FDJ	1:44
96	Ryan Mullen	Bora-hansgrohe	1:49
97	Ben Swift	INEOS Grenadiers	1:50
98	Blake Quick	Jayco-AlUla	1:54
99	Tobias Lund Andresen	Team DSM	1:55
100	Fabio Van Den Bossche	Alpecin-Deceuninck	1:57
101	Sam Bennett	Bora-hansgrohe	2:01
102	Jaakko Hänninen	Ag2r-Citroën	2:14
103	Jay Vine	UAE Team Emirates	2:20
104	Maurice Ballerstedt	Alpecin-Deceuninck	2:21
105	Thomas De Gendt	Lotto Dstny	2:25
106	Reuben Thompson	Groupama-FDJ	2:28
107	Taj Jones	Israel-Premier Tech	2:29
108	Enrico Zanoncello	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:30
109	Luca Colnaghi	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
110	Luca Covili	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
111	Alessandro Tonelli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
112	Filippo Magli	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
113	Riccardo Lucca	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
114	Tom Paquot	Intermarché-Circus-Wanty	2:32
115	Samuele Zoccarato	Green Project-Bardiani-CSF	2:37
116	Mikkel Bjerg	UAE Team Emirates	2:57
117	Edward Planckaert	Alpecin-Deceuninck	3:06
118	Marc Brustenga	Trek-Segafredo	3:20
119	Davide Martinelli	Astana Qazaqstan	3:21
120	Fernando Gaviria	Movistar	3:22
121	Lukasz Wisniowski	EF Education-EasyPost	3:29
122	Arvid De Kleijn	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:30
123	Bram Welten	Groupama-FDJ	3:33
124	Pieter Serry	Soudal Quick-Step	s.t.
125	Rick Pluimers	Tudor Pro Cycling	3:54
126	Johan Jacobs	Movistar	4:01
127	Sebastian Molano	UAE Team Emirates	5:00
128	Marc Soler	UAE Team Emirates	5:04
129	Shane Archbold	Bora-hansgrohe	5:31
130	Sebastian Kolze Changizi	Tudor Pro Cycling	6:29
131	Frederik Rodenberg	Team DSM	8:12
132	Louis Vervaeke	Soudal Quick-Step	10:27
133	Diego Camargo	EF Education-EasyPost	10:28
134	Fran Miholjevic	Bahrain Victorious	10:31
135	Simon Carr	EF Education-EasyPost	s.t.
136	Javier Romo	Astana Qazaqstan	10:44
137	Laurence Pithie	Groupama-FDJ	10:53
138	Dmitriy Gruzdev	Astana Qazaqstan	12:30
139	Antwan Tolhoek	Trek-Segafredo	12:54
140	Cameron Wurf	INEOS Grenadiers	13:18

 

Stage 2 map:

UAE Tour stage 2 map

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