2021 UAE Tour (WorldTour),
United Arab Emirates
3rd Edition: February 21 - 27, 2021
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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 | Stage 7
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Saturday, February 27: 7th & Final Stage, Yas Mall - Abu Dhabi Breakwater, 147 km
Caleb Ewan wins the final stage. Photo: Photo News
Weather at the finish at Abu Dhabi at 4:50 PM, local time: 22C (72F), fair, with the wind from the northwest at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain is forecast.
The race: 130 riders began the final stage at 12:37.
Here's the report from stage winner Caleb Ewan's Lotto Soudal team:
Lotto Soudal rider Caleb Ewan has won the closing stage of the UAE Tour. The 26-year-old Australian powered to his first victory of the season during a much anticipated bunch sprint in Abu Dhabi.
“We came to the UAE Tour to win a stage and today, there was only one more opportunity left. It feels great to eventually achieve that goal during this last day of racing. My last few sprints were quite average, so I felt a fair amount of pressure to perform well today”, begins Caleb Ewan.
Also in the final UAE Tour stage, the danger for possible echelons forming was always nearby. At around sixty kilometres from the line, Caleb Ewan, Tosh Van der Sande and Jasper De Buyst represented Lotto Soudal in quite a large front group, but the peloton was eventually eager to bring them back and headed for a final bunch sprint. In the run-up to the bunch kick, Ewan was brought into position by his Lotto Soudal teammates. In the end, Caleb Ewan launched his powerful sprint and took his first win of the season as he beat Sam Bennett and Phil Bauhaus, who came in second and third, respectively.
“The team went above and beyond to deliver me in a good position. I entered the final pretty fresh, which was in my opinion crucial to do a good sprint in the end. I wasn’t specifically looking for Bennett’s wheel, instead we tried to focus on ourselves and delivered the best lead-out possible. Roger Kluge maybe went a little too late as we started to get swamped. I had to jump from his wheel quite early as I saw Sam Bennett coming on the right with a fair bit of speed. Luckily, there was some room for me to go there as it was basically the only way out. Once I got past his wheel, I could launch my sprint and finish the job.”
Ewan’s first victory of the season will certainly give him confidence to start the cycling season in Europe.
“I haven’t been this far in the season without a win in my whole career, so it definitely is a bit of a relief to start the cycling season in Europe with a win under the belt. I hope this is the beginning of a great year as I have big plans for the season. So, it means a lot to start off with a win”, concludes Caleb Ewan.
Complete results:
147 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.437 km/hr
1 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 3hr 18min 29sec |
2 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
3 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
4 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
5 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
6 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
7 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
8 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
9 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
10 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
11 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
12 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
13 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
14 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
15 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
16 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
17 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
18 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
19 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
20 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
21 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
22 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
23 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
24 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
25 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
26 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
27 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
28 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
29 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
30 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
31 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
32 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
33 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
34 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
35 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
36 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
37 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
38 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
39 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
40 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
41 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
42 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
43 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
44 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
45 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
46 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
47 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
48 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
49 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
50 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
51 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
52 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
53 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
54 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
55 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
56 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
57 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
58 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
59 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
60 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
61 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
62 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
63 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
64 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
65 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
66 | Luis Sánchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
67 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
68 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
69 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
70 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
71 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
72 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
73 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
74 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
75 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
76 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
77 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
78 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
79 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
80 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
81 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
82 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
83 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
84 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
85 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
86 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
87 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
88 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
89 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
90 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
91 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
92 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
93 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
94 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
95 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
96 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
97 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
98 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | @ 25sec |
99 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
100 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
101 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | @ 29sec |
102 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
103 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
104 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
105 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
106 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 33 |
107 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | s.t. |
108 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | s.t. |
109 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 36 |
110 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 42 |
111 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 44 |
112 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
113 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 47 |
114 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
115 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 54 |
116 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 56 |
117 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 1:05 |
118 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 1:34 |
119 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 2:03 |
120 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 3:05 |
121 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
122 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
123 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
124 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
125 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 4:48 |
Final GC after stage 7:
- GC winner: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
- Points classification winner: David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma)
- Best young rider: Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates)
1,041 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.361 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 24hr 0min 28sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 35sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:02 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:42 |
5 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 1:45 |
6 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:37 |
7 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:39 |
8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:53 |
9 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 4:13 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6:30 |
11 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 9:47 |
12 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:31 |
13 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 10:37 |
14 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 10:45 |
15 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:52 |
16 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 11:07 |
17 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 11:15 |
18 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:18 |
19 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 11:27 |
20 | Luis Sánchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 11:37 |
21 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 11:45 |
22 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 12:05 |
23 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 12:09 |
24 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:34 |
25 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 13:05 |
26 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 13:26 |
27 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 13:29 |
28 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 14:06 |
29 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 14:18 |
30 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 14:31 |
31 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:45 |
32 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 15:31 |
33 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
34 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 15:38 |
35 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:53 |
36 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 16:19 |
37 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 16:23 |
38 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:47 |
39 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 17:19 |
40 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 17:43 |
41 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:09 |
42 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 20:25 |
43 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 20:31 |
44 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:38 |
45 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 21:22 |
46 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
47 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 22:00 |
48 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 22:02 |
49 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 22:11 |
50 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:16 |
51 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:43 |
52 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 23:15 |
53 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 24:27 |
54 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:39 |
55 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 26:11 |
56 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 26:32 |
57 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 26:53 |
58 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | 28:32 |
59 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 28:35 |
60 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 28:58 |
61 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 29:02 |
62 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 29:53 |
63 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | 31:49 |
64 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 31:59 |
65 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 33:28 |
66 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 33:29 |
67 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 33:37 |
68 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 34:55 |
69 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 35:04 |
70 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 35:15 |
71 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 36:10 |
72 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 36:12 |
73 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 36:17 |
74 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 36:19 |
75 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 37:30 |
76 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 37:47 |
77 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 37:56 |
78 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 37:59 |
79 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | 38:03 |
80 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 38:20 |
81 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 38:25 |
82 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | 38:47 |
83 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 39:13 |
84 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 39:17 |
85 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 39:19 |
86 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 39:20 |
87 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 39:21 |
88 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | 39:38 |
89 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | 39:47 |
90 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 40:13 |
91 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 40:45 |
92 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 41:01 |
93 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 42:30 |
94 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 42:38 |
95 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
96 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 42:40 |
97 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 42:41 |
98 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 43:05 |
99 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 43:23 |
100 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 43:38 |
101 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 43:54 |
102 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 44:09 |
103 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 45:09 |
104 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 46:08 |
105 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 46:15 |
106 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 46:23 |
107 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 46:27 |
108 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 46:36 |
109 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 46:37 |
110 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 46:38 |
111 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 46:58 |
112 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 47:18 |
113 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 47:41 |
114 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 47:56 |
115 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 48:14 |
116 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 49:16 |
117 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 51:24 |
118 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 51:47 |
119 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 52:08 |
120 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 52:19 |
121 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 52:21 |
122 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 54:50 |
123 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:17 |
124 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:42 |
125 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:06:04 |
Stage 7 map
Stage 7 profile
Friday, February 26: Stage 6, Dubai - Palm Jumeriah, 165 km
Stage 6 map & profile | Stage 6 photos
Sam Bennett (left) is the day's fastest man. Bettini photo
Weather at Dubai, the Emirate where the stage takes place, at 4:30 PM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the west at 27 km/hr (17 mph). No rain.
The race: The GC times below reflect the 10-second penalty given to Tadej Pogacar and his teammate Jan Polanc after Polanc gave Pogacar a push in the final meters.
Here's the report from stage winner Sam Bennett's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
Sam Bennett unleashed another spectacular burst of speed and added another victory to his palmares, this time in Palm Jumeirah – the manmade Dubai archipelago – where stage 6 of the UAE Tour concluded after 165 quiet kilometers. Bennett, who on Wednesday claimed the first World Tour bunch sprint of the season, relied again on the well-drilled lead-out train of Shane Archbold and Michael Mørkøv, who stomped their authority over the final kilometer and delivered him in a perfect position with 200 meters to go.
Once he came out of the Dane’s wheel, last year’s Tour de France green jersey winner never looked back and powered like a locomotive, comfortably winning by two bike lengths, a success that confirmed he is the most in-form sprinter in this start of the season. It was Sam’s ninth victory since joining Deceuninck – Quick-Step, one for which he praised his teammates.
“It feels amazing, but I wouldn’t have done it without my teammates today, who were again tremendous, just like on the first stage I won here. At the end of the day, it’s down to them and my very fast bike. The more sprints we do together, the better we’re getting. It’s just about repeating the same thing and making decisions in the final. We’re really getting to know each other and we’re pretty much nailing it at the minute.”
“I pushed hard this off-season because I wanted to have a strong start to the year and I’m happy to see it pays dividends. We’re having a great time here in the UAE Tour and it feels great to repay the team’s confidence and work. At the same time, it bodes well for Paris-Nice, which will be my next appointment of the season”, a beaming Sam said after the stage and his 28th win at World Tour level.
Complete Results:
165 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.614 km/hr
1 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3hr 32min 23sec |
2 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
3 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
4 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
5 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
6 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
7 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
8 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
9 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
10 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
11 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
12 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
13 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
14 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
15 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
16 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
17 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
18 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
19 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
20 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
21 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
22 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
23 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
24 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
25 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
26 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
27 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
28 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
29 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
30 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
31 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
32 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
33 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | s.t. |
34 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
35 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
36 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
37 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
38 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
39 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
40 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
41 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
42 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
43 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
44 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
45 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
46 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
47 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
48 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
49 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
50 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
51 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
52 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
53 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
54 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
55 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
56 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
57 | Luis Sánchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
58 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
59 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
60 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
61 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
62 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
63 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
64 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
65 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
66 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
67 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
68 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
69 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
70 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
71 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
72 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
73 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
74 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
75 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
76 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
77 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
78 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
79 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
80 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
81 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
82 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
83 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
84 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
85 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
86 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
87 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
88 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
89 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
90 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
91 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | @ 25sec |
92 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 27 |
93 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 29 |
94 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
95 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 32 |
96 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 37 |
97 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
98 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:07 |
99 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
100 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 1:13 |
101 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
102 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 1:18 |
103 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
104 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
105 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 1:42 |
106 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 2:24 |
107 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 2:27 |
108 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
109 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
110 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
111 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
112 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
113 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
114 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
115 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
116 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
117 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
118 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
119 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
120 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
121 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 2:33 |
122 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:46 |
123 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
124 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 3:04 |
125 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 3:06 |
126 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
127 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 6:53 |
GC after stage 6:
The GC times reflect the 10-second penalty given to Tadej Pogacar and his teammate Jan Polanc after Polanc gave Pogacar a push in the final meters.
894 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.189 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 20hr 41min 59sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 35sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:02 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:44 |
5 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 1:46 |
6 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:37 |
7 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:39 |
8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 3:53 |
9 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 4:13 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6:30 |
11 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 9:47 |
12 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:31 |
13 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 10:37 |
14 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 10:45 |
15 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:52 |
16 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 11:07 |
17 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 11:15 |
18 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:18 |
19 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 11:27 |
20 | Luis Sánchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 11:37 |
21 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 11:45 |
22 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 12:05 |
23 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 12:09 |
24 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:34 |
25 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 13:05 |
26 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 13:14 |
27 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 13:26 |
28 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 13:29 |
29 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:02 |
30 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 14:06 |
31 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 14:18 |
32 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 14:31 |
33 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 15:31 |
34 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
35 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 15:38 |
36 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:53 |
37 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 16:23 |
38 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:47 |
39 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 17:19 |
40 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 17:43 |
41 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 18:55 |
42 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:58 |
43 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:09 |
44 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 20:17 |
45 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 20:25 |
46 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 20:31 |
47 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:38 |
48 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 20:53 |
49 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 21:29 |
50 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 21:35 |
51 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 21:46 |
52 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:43 |
53 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 23:15 |
54 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 24:27 |
55 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:39 |
56 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 25:53 |
57 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 26:11 |
58 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 26:32 |
59 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 26:53 |
60 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | 28:32 |
61 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 28:35 |
62 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 28:37 |
63 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 29:53 |
64 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | 31:49 |
65 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 31:59 |
66 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 33:28 |
67 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 33:29 |
68 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 33:37 |
69 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 34:35 |
70 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 34:55 |
71 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 35:18 |
72 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 35:43 |
73 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 36:10 |
74 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 36:15 |
75 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 36:17 |
76 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 36:19 |
77 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 37:10 |
78 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 37:23 |
79 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 37:30 |
80 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 37:47 |
81 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 37:59 |
82 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | 38:03 |
83 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 38:20 |
84 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 38:25 |
85 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | 38:47 |
86 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 38:50 |
87 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 39:17 |
88 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 39:21 |
89 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 39:31 |
90 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 39:37 |
91 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | 39:38 |
92 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | 39:47 |
93 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 40:45 |
94 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 41:01 |
95 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 41:54 |
96 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 42:09 |
97 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 42:30 |
98 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 42:38 |
99 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 43:05 |
100 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 43:23 |
101 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 43:48 |
102 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 43:54 |
103 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 44:15 |
104 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 45:04 |
105 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 45:09 |
106 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 45:32 |
107 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 46:07 |
108 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 46:15 |
109 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 46:23 |
110 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 46:27 |
111 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 46:36 |
112 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 46:37 |
113 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 46:58 |
114 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 47:16 |
115 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 47:18 |
116 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 47:56 |
117 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 48:18 |
118 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 48:29 |
119 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 50:30 |
120 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 50:51 |
121 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 51:46 |
122 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 52:08 |
123 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 52:21 |
124 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 54:50 |
125 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:17 |
126 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:42 |
127 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:01:16 |
Stage 6 map
Stage 6 profile
Here's part of the break that wasn't caught until 20 km to go. That's Iñigo Elosegui leading. Bettini photo
Another shot of the break. Groupama-FDJ photo
GC leader Tadej Pogacar always has teammates close by. Bettini photo
The peloton speeds by. Bettini photo.
Leaving the city behind. UAE Tour photo
Just as they are about to hit the line. Bettini photo.
Another shot of the finish. UAE Tour photo
How about one last picture of the finish? UAE Tour photo
David Dekker will start the final stage in the green points leader jersey. Jumbo-Visma photo
Tadej Pogecar remains the GC leader. UAE Tour photo
Thursday, February 25: Stage 5, Fujairah - Jebel Jais, 170 km
Stage 5 map & profile | Stage 5 photos
Jonas Vingegaard takes the stage.
Weather at the the Ras-Al Khaimah Emirates, where the race finishes, at 4:30 PM, local time: 27C (81F), fair, with the wind from the northwest at 27 km/hr (13) mph. No rain.
The race: Here's the report from GC third place Joao Almeida's Deceuninck-Quick Step team.
João Almeida successfully defended his place on the podium of the season’s first World Tour race, and he did it by going on the attack with two kilometers remaining of stage 5 to the top of Jabel Jais (21.4km, 5.4%), the country’s highest mountain.
Despite the race being animated by an eight-man breakaway – the largest group to feature at the front this week – the peloton was at all times in complete control, even allowing the escapees to open up a four-minute lead before turning on the gas and bringing them back one by one. With two kilometers to go, João accelerated from the red jersey group, his powerful attack making an important selection and helping the chasers overhaul the last of the escapees.
Tracked down by the other GC guys, the 22-year-old Deceuninck – Quick-Step rider remained at the front as the group was breaking up and arrived home just a few seconds down on Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), who launched a late attack that helped him prevail. Fifth on the stage, Almeida cemented his place in the top 3 overall and is now just two days away from getting his best ever result in a World Tour stage race.
“The climb was quite steady and I felt good from the beginning, so I rode it at a nice pace. In the final, I tried to attack as I had nothing to lose, but the gradient wasn’t steep enough to open a gap. At the end of the day, I am happy that I kept my third place and will continue with the same focus over the next stages”, said João.
Complete Results:
170 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.361 km/hr
1 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 4hr 19min 8sec |
2 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | @ 3sec |
3 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
4 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 5 |
5 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6 |
6 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
7 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 8 |
8 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
9 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
10 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
11 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
12 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
13 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
14 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
15 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
16 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
17 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
18 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 15 |
19 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 22 |
20 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 26 |
21 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
22 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
23 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 32 |
24 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
25 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
26 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
27 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
28 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 35 |
29 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 40 |
30 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
31 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 48 |
32 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
33 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
34 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 1:22 |
35 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
36 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
37 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
38 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
39 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 1:26 |
40 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 1:29 |
41 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 1:38 |
42 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:42 |
43 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 1:45 |
44 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
45 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:50 |
46 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 1:54 |
47 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:17 |
48 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 3:22 |
49 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 3:39 |
50 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 4:12 |
51 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
52 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 4:27 |
53 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 4:30 |
54 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 4:50 |
55 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 5:44 |
56 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
57 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | 6:08 |
58 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 6:38 |
59 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
60 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 7:02 |
61 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 7:32 |
62 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
63 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
64 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
65 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 7:40 |
66 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 9:01 |
67 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
68 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
69 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
70 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
71 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 9:10 |
72 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 11:42 |
73 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 12:27 |
74 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
75 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
76 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
77 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
78 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
79 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
80 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
81 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
82 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | 13:52 |
83 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
84 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 17:29 |
85 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
86 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
87 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 18:34 |
88 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 18:36 |
89 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
90 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | s.t. |
91 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
92 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
93 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
94 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
95 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
96 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
97 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
98 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
99 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
100 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
101 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
102 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
103 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
104 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
105 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
106 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
107 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
108 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
109 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
110 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
111 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
112 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
113 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
114 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
115 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
116 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
117 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
118 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
119 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
120 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
121 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 19:22 |
122 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 22:45 |
123 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 22:50 |
124 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
125 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 24:03 |
126 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 24:37 |
127 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
128 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
129 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 32:15 |
130 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
GC after stage 5:
729 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.489 km/hr.
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 17hr 9min 26sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 45sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:12 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:54 |
5 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 1:56 |
6 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:47 |
7 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:49 |
8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:03 |
9 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 4:23 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6:40 |
11 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 9:57 |
12 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 10:32 |
13 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:41 |
14 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 10:47 |
15 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 10:48 |
16 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 10:55 |
17 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 11:02 |
18 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 11:17 |
19 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 11:25 |
20 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:28 |
21 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 11:37 |
22 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 11:49 |
23 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 11:55 |
24 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 12:14 |
25 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 12:15 |
26 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 12:19 |
27 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 12:40 |
28 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:44 |
29 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 13:24 |
30 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 13:36 |
31 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 13:39 |
32 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 14:06 |
33 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 14:12 |
34 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 14:16 |
35 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 14:28 |
36 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 15:31 |
37 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 15:41 |
38 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 15:48 |
39 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 16:03 |
40 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 16:38 |
41 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:57 |
42 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 17:30 |
43 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 17:53 |
44 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 18:00 |
45 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 18:08 |
46 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 19:08 |
47 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 19:12 |
48 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 19:45 |
49 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 20:19 |
50 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
51 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 20:41 |
52 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 20:48 |
53 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 21:10 |
54 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 21:29 |
55 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:53 |
56 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 23:36 |
57 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 24:36 |
58 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 24:37 |
59 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | 24:49 |
60 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 26:21 |
61 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 26:42 |
62 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 28:15 |
63 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | 28:42 |
64 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 28:45 |
65 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 30:03 |
66 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 30:56 |
67 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | 31:59 |
68 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 32:21 |
69 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 33:38 |
70 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 33:39 |
71 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 33:47 |
72 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 34:53 |
73 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 35:05 |
74 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 35:28 |
75 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 35:33 |
76 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | 35:52 |
77 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 35:58 |
78 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 36:20 |
79 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 36:25 |
80 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 36:35 |
81 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 37:20 |
82 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 37:33 |
83 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | 37:39 |
84 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 37:40 |
85 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 37:57 |
86 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 37:58 |
87 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 38:09 |
88 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 38:23 |
89 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 38:28 |
90 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 38:29 |
91 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 38:30 |
92 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 39:18 |
93 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 39:27 |
94 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 39:31 |
95 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | 39:48 |
96 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | 39:57 |
97 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 41:11 |
98 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 42:19 |
99 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 42:40 |
100 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 42:48 |
101 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 43:15 |
102 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 43:33 |
103 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 43:39 |
104 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 43:47 |
105 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 43:58 |
106 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 44:02 |
107 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 44:12 |
108 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 44:24 |
109 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 44:35 |
110 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 45:01 |
111 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 45:03 |
112 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 45:14 |
113 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 45:19 |
114 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 45:39 |
115 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 46:17 |
116 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 46:25 |
117 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 46:47 |
118 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 47:26 |
119 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 47:48 |
120 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 48:10 |
121 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 48:28 |
122 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 48:39 |
123 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 48:58 |
124 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 49:54 |
125 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 52:18 |
126 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 52:31 |
127 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 55:00 |
128 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 58:22 |
129 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:27 |
130 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 58:52 |
Stage 5 map
Stage 5 profile
The classification leaders were presented before the stage start. UAE Tour photo
The peloton heads on out.
The pack starts to string out as they head into the hills. UAE Tour photo
Looks like an INEOS rider taking the point. UAE Tour Photo
Headed to Jebel Jais. UAE Tour photo
Stunnng landscape in this stage. Deceuninck-Quick Step photo
GC leader Tadej Pogacar is well-protected by his team. UAE Tour photo
Another shot of Pogacar being escorted by his team. Bettini photo
Race leader Pogacar. UAE Tour photo
Jonas Vingegaard is the stage winner.
Pogacar beats Adam Yates for second place. Bettini photo
Stage winner Jonas Vingegaard
Tadej Pogacar remains the GC leader.
Wednesday, February 24: Stage 4, Al Marjan Island - Al Marjan Island, 204 km
Stage 4 map & profile | Stage 4 photos
Sam Bennett gets his 50th career win. Photo: Getty Images
Weather at the Emirate of Um-Al-Quwain where a lot of the stage takes place, at 4:20 PM, local time: 26C (79F), fair, with the wind from the west at 18 km/hr (11 mph). No rain
The race: 137 riders began today's stage at 11:48. Jos Van Emden (Jumbo-Visma) did not start.
Here's the report from stage winner Sam Bennett's Deceuninck-Quick Step team:
Sam Bennett was in a league of his own Wednesday afternoon, capturing his first victory of the year after showing a clean pair of wheels to his opponents at the end of the longest stage of the UAE Tour, which started and concluded on the Al Marjan Island, lasting 204 kilometres and almost five hours in the saddle.
For the 30-year-old Irishman it was the first bunch sprint of the season, and the Tour de France green jersey winner benefitted from a perfectly executed lead-out train to navigate what turned out to be a chaotic finale. Piloted by Michael Mørkøv, who used his vast experience to bring him in position with 200 meters to go, Sam took the left side of the road and burst clear of the field, rolling across the line with a comfortable gap on the riders rounding out the podium.
“I was a little frustrated missing the sprint on the first stage and I knew there were only three more opportunities, so I was really motivated today. At the same time, I was pretty nervous, because it was the first bunch sprint of the season for myself and you never know what’s your condition coming out of the winter”, Sam explained shortly after his first win in two years at the UAE Tour.
The victory he got on stage 4 marked a significant milestone for Bennett, who now has 50 wins in the pro ranks, a number which puts him behind only Sean Kelly on a list of the most successful Irish riders in history.
“Having the team do such a great job you just want to bring the victory. I knew all I had to do was follow the guys, who made my job easier, and with my legs good in the end I was able to do the sprint I wanted. It was a messy finale, but I made it thanks to this amazing Wolfpack, who controlled the stage and then delivered me in the perfect position! I am proud to score my 50th victory here! It was a long, hot stage, but it now feels great to get the first bunch sprint of the year out of the way. It’s a perfect way to start the season”, Sam added.
Deceuninck – Quick-Step teammate João Almeida enjoyed a quieter day and remained on the UAE Tour overall podium ahead of Jebel Jais, the race’s last mountain test.
Complete Results:
204 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.939 km/hr
1 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4hr 51min 51sec |
2 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
3 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
4 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
5 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
6 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
7 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
8 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
9 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
10 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
11 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
12 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
13 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
14 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
15 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
16 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
17 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
18 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
19 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
20 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
21 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
22 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
23 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
24 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
26 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
27 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
28 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
29 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
30 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
31 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
32 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
33 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
34 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
35 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
36 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
37 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
38 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
39 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
40 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
41 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
42 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | s.t. |
43 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
44 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
45 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
46 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
47 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
48 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
49 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
50 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
51 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
52 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
53 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
54 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
55 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
56 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
57 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
58 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
59 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
60 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
61 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
62 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
63 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
64 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
65 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
66 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
67 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
68 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
69 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
70 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
71 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
72 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
73 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
74 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
75 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
76 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
77 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
78 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
79 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
80 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
81 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
82 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
83 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
84 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
85 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
86 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
87 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
88 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
89 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
90 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
91 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
92 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
93 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
94 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
95 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
96 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
97 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
98 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
99 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
100 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
101 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
102 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
103 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
104 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | s.t. |
105 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
106 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
107 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
108 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
109 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
110 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
111 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
112 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
113 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
114 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
115 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
116 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
117 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
118 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | @ 27sec |
119 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 39 |
120 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
121 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 45 |
122 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 54 |
123 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
124 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:11 |
125 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 1:36 |
126 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:08 |
127 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
128 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
129 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 3:57 |
130 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 4:15 |
GC after stage 4:
559 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 43.539 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 12hr 50min 21sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 43sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:03 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:43 |
5 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 1:45 |
6 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:36 |
7 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:38 |
8 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
9 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 3:32 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:47 |
11 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 8:10 |
12 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 9:49 |
13 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:58 |
14 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 10:10 |
15 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 10:21 |
16 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 10:36 |
17 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 10:38 |
18 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 10:42 |
19 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 10:46 |
20 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:51 |
21 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 10:58 |
22 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 11:06 |
23 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:17 |
24 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 11:20 |
25 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 11:26 |
26 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 11:40 |
27 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 11:45 |
28 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 12:11 |
29 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 12:14 |
30 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:19 |
31 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 12:21 |
32 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | 12:22 |
33 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 12:37 |
34 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 12:40 |
35 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:47 |
36 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 13:06 |
37 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:11 |
38 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 13:47 |
39 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 13:53 |
40 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 14:00 |
41 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 14:06 |
42 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 14:16 |
43 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 14:53 |
44 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 14:59 |
45 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 15:00 |
46 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 15:23 |
47 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:33 |
48 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 15:34 |
49 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 15:46 |
50 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 16:20 |
51 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:22 |
52 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 16:51 |
53 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:55 |
54 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 17:01 |
55 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 17:02 |
56 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 17:14 |
57 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 17:17 |
58 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 17:19 |
59 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 17:33 |
60 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 17:41 |
61 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:46 |
62 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 17:56 |
63 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 18:00 |
64 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 18:07 |
65 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 18:22 |
66 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 18:28 |
67 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 18:37 |
68 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 18:54 |
69 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | 19:00 |
70 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 19:18 |
71 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 19:37 |
72 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 19:41 |
73 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 20:32 |
74 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 20:48 |
75 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 20:51 |
76 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 20:53 |
77 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | 21:07 |
78 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 21:10 |
79 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:16 |
80 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:42 |
81 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 23:21 |
82 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | 23:22 |
83 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 23:40 |
84 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 24:09 |
85 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 24:22 |
86 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 24:36 |
87 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 24:49 |
88 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 24:54 |
89 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:00 |
90 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:15 |
91 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 25:23 |
92 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 25:28 |
93 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 25:33 |
94 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:39 |
95 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 25:40 |
96 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 25:45 |
97 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 25:48 |
98 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
99 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 25:55 |
100 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 25:56 |
101 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 25:58 |
102 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 25:59 |
103 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 26:00 |
104 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | 26:02 |
105 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:09 |
106 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 26:10 |
107 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 26:12 |
108 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 26:22 |
109 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 26:24 |
110 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 26:26 |
111 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 26:29 |
112 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:34 |
113 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 26:35 |
114 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 26:40 |
115 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 26:48 |
116 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 27:00 |
117 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 27:38 |
118 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 27:46 |
119 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 28:10 |
120 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 28:41 |
121 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 28:47 |
122 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 29:09 |
123 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 29:25 |
124 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 29:31 |
125 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 29:38 |
126 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 29:49 |
127 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 30:00 |
128 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 30:54 |
129 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 32:27 |
130 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 33:42 |
Stage 4 map
Stage 4 profile
Sprinter Caleb Ewan during the team presentation ceremony. He knows this stage is perfect for him. UAE Tour photo
Another day at the office, if you are a professional bike racer. UAE Tour photo
UAE Tour photo
The peloton stuck together with nearly all the riders finishing at the same time. UAE Tour photo.
Is there anything more colorful than a pro peloton? UAE Tour photo
Francois Bedard and Olivier LeGac went on a long break. Ag2r photo
Here's another shot of the duo trying to stay away. Groupama-FDJ photo.
GC leader Tadej Pogacar surrounded by teammates. UAE Tour photo
Another shot of Pogacar guarded by teammates. Bettini photo
Team DSM's sprinter Cees Bol. DSM photo
Qhubeka Assos worked to protect Giacomo Nizzolo, who got 8th. Qhubeka-Assos photo
Here they come. Bettini photo
Sam Bennett gets the stage win. Getty Images
David Dekker will start stage five in the green points jersey. Jumbo-Visma photo
Stage winner Sam Bennett. Getty Images
Tuesday, February 23: Stage 3, Al Ain - Jebel Hafeet, 166 km
Stage 3 map & profile | Stage 3 photos
Tadej Pogacar wins the stage wearing the GC leader's red jersey.
Weather at Abu Dhabi at 4:45 PM, local time: 24C (76F), fair, with the wind from the north at 21 km/hr (13 mph). No rain.
The race: Here's the report from stage winner Tadej Pogacar's UAE Team Emirates.
Tadej Pogačar continued his winning ways on the ascent of Jebel Hafeet claiming victory on the third stage, while wearing the race leader’s jersey.
The talented Slovenian battled Adam Yates (Ineos-Grenadiers) who now trails in the GC by 43’’.
A strong team performance by UAE Team Emirates saw them arrive at the final ascent (10.5 km climb, finishing at 1025 meters above sea level) leading the peloton and reducing it heavily by setting a fierce tempo.
Pogačar was able to respond promptly to the attacks of Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) and Adam Yates, pouncing in the final metres to outsprint the Briton.
This marks UAE Team Emirates’ third success on this climb: Pogačar’s double was preceded by Rui Costa’s win in 2017.
Pogačar: “We wanted to win and we did, at the end of a really hard day. The team showed an excellent performance, always riding in the right positions and setting the pace in the first part of the climb.
"I was able to respond to the various attacks, even those of Yates. Adam was very strong, which made it tougher and for this reason I am even happier. It was also important to have widened the gap with the other guys in the GC.
"I knew the ending well and how to approach it in the best way. I knew I had to start early and enter the last two corners first."
The title of the UAE Tour general classification is far from over, given that we will still have to face an uphill finish and given that the wind can still create dangers in the last four stages”.
The 4th stage will be 204 km of flat roads with start and finish on Marjan Island.
Complete Results:
166 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.746 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 3hr 58min 35sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
3 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | @ 48sec |
4 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
5 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
6 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
7 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | @ 54sec |
8 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
9 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:00 |
10 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:09 |
11 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
12 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:26 |
13 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
14 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
15 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
16 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
17 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 1:38 |
18 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
19 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 2:11 |
20 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | s.t. |
21 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
22 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
23 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
24 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
25 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
26 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
27 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
28 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 2:32 |
29 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
30 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 2:40 |
31 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:44 |
32 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 3:29 |
33 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 3:42 |
34 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
35 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
36 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
37 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 4:04 |
38 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 4:18 |
39 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 5:00 |
40 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
41 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
42 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
43 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
44 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 5:14 |
45 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
46 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 5:16 |
47 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 5:37 |
48 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | 6:43 |
49 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 6:56 |
50 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 7:15 |
51 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 7:16 |
52 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
53 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
54 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 7:31 |
55 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
56 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
57 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
58 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 7:54 |
59 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 9:07 |
60 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:36 |
61 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
62 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
63 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 10:37 |
64 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 10:40 |
65 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:06 |
66 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 11:36 |
67 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
68 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
69 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
70 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 11:52 |
71 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
72 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 14:04 |
73 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
74 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
75 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
76 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
77 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
78 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 14:28 |
79 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 15:24 |
80 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 16:05 |
81 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
82 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
83 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
84 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
85 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
86 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
87 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
88 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
89 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
90 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
91 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
92 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
93 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
94 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
95 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
96 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
97 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
98 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
99 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
100 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
101 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
102 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | s.t. |
103 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
104 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
105 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
106 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
107 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
108 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
109 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
110 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
111 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
112 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
113 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
114 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
115 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
116 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
117 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
118 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
119 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
120 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
121 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 17:39 |
122 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 19:07 |
123 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
124 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 19:35 |
125 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
126 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
127 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
128 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
129 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
130 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 19:55 |
GC after stage 3:
355 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 44.514 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 7hr 58min 30sec |
2 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | @ 43sec |
3 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:03 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 1:43 |
5 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 1:45 |
6 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:36 |
7 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 2:38 |
8 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 2:39 |
9 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 3:32 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 4:47 |
11 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 8:10 |
12 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 9:49 |
13 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:58 |
14 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 10:10 |
15 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 10:21 |
16 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 10:36 |
17 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 10:38 |
18 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 10:42 |
19 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 10:46 |
20 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:51 |
21 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 10:58 |
22 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 11:06 |
23 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 11:17 |
24 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 11:20 |
25 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | 11:26 |
26 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | 11:40 |
27 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | 11:45 |
28 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 12:11 |
29 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 12:14 |
30 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:19 |
31 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 12:21 |
32 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | 12:22 |
33 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 12:37 |
34 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 12:40 |
35 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 12:47 |
36 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 13:06 |
37 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 13:11 |
38 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 13:47 |
39 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 13:53 |
40 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 14:00 |
41 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | 14:06 |
42 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 14:14 |
43 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | 14:16 |
44 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 14:53 |
45 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | 14:59 |
46 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 15:00 |
47 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | 15:23 |
48 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 15:33 |
49 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 15:34 |
50 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 15:46 |
51 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | 16:20 |
52 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
53 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | 16:55 |
54 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 17:01 |
55 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
56 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 17:02 |
57 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 17:19 |
58 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 17:20 |
59 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 17:33 |
60 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 17:41 |
61 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 17:46 |
62 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 17:56 |
63 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 18:00 |
64 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 18:07 |
65 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 18:22 |
66 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 18:24 |
67 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 18:30 |
68 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 18:37 |
69 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 18:54 |
70 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | 19:00 |
71 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 19:37 |
72 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 19:41 |
73 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 20:32 |
74 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 20:48 |
75 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 20:51 |
76 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 20:53 |
77 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | 21:06 |
78 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | 21:07 |
79 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 21:10 |
80 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | 22:16 |
81 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 23:21 |
82 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | 23:22 |
83 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 23:40 |
84 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 24:09 |
85 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 24:17 |
86 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 24:22 |
87 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 24:36 |
88 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 24:40 |
89 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 24:49 |
90 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 24:54 |
91 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:00 |
92 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 25:08 |
93 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 25:13 |
94 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:15 |
95 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 25:23 |
96 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 25:28 |
97 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 25:33 |
98 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 25:39 |
99 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 25:40 |
100 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 25:43 |
101 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 25:45 |
102 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | 25:48 |
103 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
104 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 25:55 |
105 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | 25:56 |
106 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 25:59 |
107 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 26:00 |
108 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | 26:02 |
109 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
110 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 26:06 |
111 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:09 |
112 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 26:12 |
113 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | 26:22 |
114 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 26:24 |
115 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 26:29 |
116 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | 26:30 |
117 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 26:34 |
118 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 26:40 |
119 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 27:00 |
120 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 27:07 |
121 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 27:38 |
122 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | 28:41 |
123 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | 28:49 |
124 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 29:09 |
125 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 29:27 |
126 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 29:31 |
127 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | 29:38 |
128 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 29:49 |
129 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 30:00 |
130 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 30:54 |
131 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 32:27 |
Stage 3 map
Stage 3 profile
Opening ceremonies. Points classification leader Joao Almeida gives a wave. UAE Tour photo
Time to go to work. UAE Tour photo
Time to get going. UAE Tour photo
A kilometer or two into the stage. UAE Tour photo
Early in the stage. UAE Tour photo
Race leader Tadej Pogacar is paced and protected by his team. UAE Tour photo
And there they go...UAE Tour Photo
...while Team Deceuninck-Quick Step protects points leader Joao Almeida. UAE Tour photo
Speeding across the desert. UAE Tour photo
The peloton closes in on the finishing climb. UAE Tour photo
Anthony Roux didn't have his best day today, slipping down to 11th place.
Florian Stork. Cor Vos photo
Joao Almeida.
Adam Yates leads Tadej Pogacar up the final climb. Getty Sport Images.
Tadej Pogacar is able to get ahead of Adam Yates at the finish. Bettini photo
Tadej Pogacar finishes just ahead of Adam Yates. UAE Tour photo
A better shot of the finish. Bettini photo
Seergio Higuita and Emanuel Buchmann finish third & fourth. Bettini photo
Tadej Pogacar enjoys his win. Bettini photo
Monday, February 22: Stage 2, Al Hudayriyat Island, Abu Dhabi 13 km individual time trial
Stage 2 map & profile | Stage 2 photos
Filippo Ganna on his way to winning the stage. Getty Sport Images
Weather at Abu Dhabi at 4:00 PM, local time: 26C (78F), fair, with the wind from the north-northwest at 24 km/hr (15 mph). No rain.
The race: Alpecin-Fenix, the team of stage one winner Mathieu van der Poel, in agreement with the UAE Tour organiser, have decided to withdraw its team from the race, in order to safeguard the race bubble and ensure the safe continuation of the race.
The team was notified of one positive result of a member of its staff from the round of tests conducted on Sunday evening, 21st of February.
Upon receiving the results, the person immediately went into isolation, and all those who came into contact with this person are self-isolating, in compliance with the protocol measures put in place by the race organisers and UAE Health Authorities. All team members will undertake further tests in the coming days, while they remain in isolation.
Here's the report from new GC leader Tadej Pogacar's UAE-Team Emirates:
UAE Team Emirates made a strong step forward after yesterdays exploits to claim the red leaders jersey after stage 2 at the UAE Tour. On the second stage, a 13 km individual time trial on the Al Hudayriyat Island circuit, Mikkel Bjerg set the third best time of the day, with Tadej Pogačar fourth and new race leader.
Bjerg, the young Danish time trial specialist, finished behind stage winner Filippo Ganna (Ineos Granadier) and Bissegger (EF Education – Nippo) on a difficult test marked by strong winds.
Pogačar set-out relaxed and poised after the sixth place in the inaugural stage, and will now pull-on the leader’s jersey of the UAE Tour.
The third stage tomorrow will see the riders face the first real uphill challenge of this Tour: 166km culminating on the arduous summit of Mount Jabel Hafeet.
Pogačar: “I did not start with any particular result in my mind, I just wanted to go as fast and as good as I could and I think I managed to do that. I’m in a good position now with five stages to go, but anything can happen, and tomorrow we already have the hardest finish for this Tour at Jabel Hafeet. I hope to recover well and have good legs and we will see what happens”.
Complete Results:
13 kilometers raced at an average speed of 55.981 km/hr
1 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 13min 56sec |
2 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | @ 14sec |
3 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 21 |
4 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 24 |
5 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 30 |
6 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
7 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 32 |
8 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 33 |
9 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 36 |
10 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 38 |
11 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 39 |
12 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
13 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 43 |
14 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 44 |
15 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 46 |
16 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 47 |
17 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 48 |
18 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
19 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 49 |
20 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
21 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
22 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 51 |
23 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 52 |
24 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
25 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 53 |
26 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
27 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
28 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 55 |
29 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 57 |
30 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
31 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
32 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
33 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 58 |
34 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
35 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
36 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 59 |
37 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
38 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 1:00 |
39 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 1:01 |
40 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 1:03 |
41 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 1:04 |
42 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 1:05 |
43 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:06 |
44 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 1:07 |
45 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
46 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
47 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
48 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
49 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
50 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 1:09 |
51 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 1:10 |
52 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 1:11 |
53 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 1:12 |
54 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
55 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:13 |
56 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 1:14 |
57 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
58 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
59 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
60 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 1:17 |
61 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
62 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
63 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 1:18 |
64 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:19 |
65 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 1:20 |
66 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
67 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 1:21 |
68 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 1:23 |
69 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
70 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:25 |
71 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 1:26 |
72 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
73 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
74 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
75 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 1:28 |
76 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
77 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 1:30 |
78 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 1:33 |
79 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
80 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 1:34 |
81 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
82 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:35 |
83 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:36 |
84 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 1:37 |
85 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:38 |
86 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:39 |
87 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 1:40 |
88 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
89 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
90 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 1:42 |
91 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
92 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:43 |
93 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 1:44 |
94 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
95 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 1:45 |
96 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 1:46 |
97 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 1:47 |
98 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
99 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
100 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 1:48 |
101 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 1:50 |
102 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
103 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:51 |
104 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 1:54 |
105 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:55 |
106 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 1:56 |
107 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 1:57 |
108 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 1:58 |
109 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
110 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
111 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 1:59 |
112 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 2:00 |
113 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
114 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 2:01 |
115 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
116 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 2:02 |
117 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 2:03 |
118 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 2:07 |
119 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
120 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:08 |
121 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
122 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:09 |
123 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 2:12 |
124 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:15 |
125 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:16 |
126 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 2:18 |
127 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 2:19 |
128 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:28 |
129 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 2:34 |
130 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:36 |
131 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 2:38 |
132 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 2:45 |
GC after stage 2:
189 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.234 km/hr
1 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 4hr 0min 5sec |
2 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | @ 5sec |
3 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 18 |
4 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 33 |
5 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | 39 |
6 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | 41 |
7 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | 45 |
8 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | 46 |
9 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 47 |
10 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 48 |
11 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | 50 |
12 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 54 |
13 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 55 |
14 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 1:04 |
15 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 1:11 |
16 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | 1:27 |
17 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 1:36 |
18 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | 1:41 |
19 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | 1:45 |
20 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 2:09 |
21 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 2:39 |
22 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:07 |
23 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | 8:21 |
24 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | 8:37 |
25 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | 8:39 |
26 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | 8:40 |
27 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | 8:43 |
28 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | 8:45 |
29 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | 8:46 |
30 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | 8:50 |
31 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | 8:51 |
32 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | 8:53 |
33 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | 8:54 |
34 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | 8:55 |
35 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | 8:56 |
36 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
37 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
38 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | 8:58 |
39 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | 8:59 |
40 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | 9:00 |
41 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
42 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
43 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | 9:02 |
44 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:04 |
45 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
46 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
47 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | 9:05 |
48 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
49 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | 9:06 |
50 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
51 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | 9:07 |
52 | Albert Torres | Movistar | 9:08 |
53 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | 9:10 |
54 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | 9:12 |
55 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | 9:13 |
56 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | 9:14 |
57 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
58 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
59 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
60 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
61 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | 9:17 |
62 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | 9:18 |
63 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | 9:19 |
64 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
65 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | 9:21 |
66 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
67 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | 9:24 |
68 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
69 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
70 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | 9:25 |
71 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 9:26 |
72 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 9:27 |
73 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
74 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | 9:28 |
75 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | 9:30 |
76 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:32 |
77 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | 9:33 |
78 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
79 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
80 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
81 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | 9:35 |
82 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
83 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | 9:40 |
84 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
85 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 9:41 |
86 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
87 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | 9:42 |
88 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | 9:43 |
89 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | 9:44 |
90 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | 9:45 |
91 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:46 |
92 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | 9:47 |
93 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
94 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
95 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
96 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | 9:49 |
97 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | 9:50 |
98 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | 9:51 |
99 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
100 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | 9:52 |
101 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | 9:54 |
102 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
103 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
104 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 9:55 |
105 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | 9:57 |
106 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
107 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | 9:58 |
108 | Davide Villella | Movistar | 10:01 |
109 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:02 |
110 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 10:03 |
111 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | 10:04 |
112 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | 10:05 |
113 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:05 |
114 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | 10:07 |
115 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
116 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | 10:08 |
117 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | 10:09 |
118 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | 10:14 |
119 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
120 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:15 |
121 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
122 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 10:16 |
123 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | 10:19 |
124 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:22 |
125 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 10:23 |
126 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | 10:25 |
127 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | 10:26 |
128 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | 10:41 |
129 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:43 |
130 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | 10:45 |
131 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | 10:52 |
132 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 16:12 |
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Matthieu Ladagnous in the start house.
Daniel Martinez was ninth. INEOS photo
Adam Yates was 34th. INEOS photo
Joao Almeida
David Dekker wore the leader's red jersey after Mathieu van der Poel's Alpecin-Fenix team withdrew from the race.
I'm pretty sure this is Patrick Konrad.
Tadej Pogacar on his way to becomng the GC leader
Filippo Ganna pounding the big gear.
Stage winner Filippo Ganna.
Tadej Pogacar will start stage three in the GC leader's red jersey.
Sunday, February 21: Stage 1, Al Dhafra Castle - Al Mirfa, 176 km.
Stage 1 map & profile | Stage 1 photos
Mathieu van der Poel take the first stage.
Weather at the finish city of Al Mirfa at 4:14 PM, local time: 24C (76F), fair, with the wind from the north at 23 km/hr (14 mph). There is a 1% chance of rain.
The race: 139 riders began stage one at 12:33.
Here's the report from second-place David Dekker's Jumbo-Visma team:
David Dekker has finished second in the opening stage of the UAE Tour on his professional debut. In the sprint, the Team Jumbo-Visma rider only had to acknowledge the superiority of his compatriot Mathieu van der Poel.
The first stage was one full of nervousness. From the start, the wind played a major role and the peloton was immediately split apart. After a game of cat and mouse, a little after halfway the stage, twenty-six riders established the decisive leading group and sprinted for the stage victory. Besides Dekker, Chris Harper was also part of the breakaway for Team Jumbo-Visma. The Australian finished eighth.
“The goal was to go for the stage win, but the best was gone after a day of full-on racing”, Dekker said. “The difference on the line with Mathieu was clear, so I can’t be dissatisfied with this second place. In the final it was mainly a matter of getting in and keeping position. Chris and I were a bit too far back in the last two kilometres, but Chris did a good job there with a final effort to get me in Mathieu’s wheel. It was a very tough and fast stage and it immediately broke into echelons. The cooperation in the front group was very good. I think it was mainly because it was a mix of sprinters and GC riders and also because there were teams that were represented with more than two riders. In the last kilometres Deceuninck-QuickStep tried to avoid the sprint, but Chris reacted adequately to counter the attempts a number of times so that I could focus on my sprint.”
Sports director Addy Engels looked back on an eventful stage with a good feeling. “It was a very nervous stage which was decided early. David’s second place is a wonderful entry as a professional, especially as he did it at WorldTour level. A class act. With Chris we also had a rider for the GC in that group. So the situation was okay for us. Of course you always hope that you are in the first group with more riders, but looking at the composition of the group and how many teams missed out, we should be happy with this result.”
Complete Results:
176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 46.770 km/hr
1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | 3hr 45min 47sec |
2 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
3 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
4 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
5 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
6 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
7 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
8 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | @ 3sec |
9 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
11 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
12 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
13 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
14 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | @ 6sec |
15 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
16 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
17 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
18 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 20 |
19 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 27 |
20 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 38 |
21 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 55 |
22 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 1:02 |
23 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | @ 3sec |
24 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 8min 29sec |
25 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
26 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
27 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
28 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
29 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
30 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
31 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
32 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
33 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
34 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
35 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
36 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
37 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
38 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
39 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
40 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
41 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
42 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
43 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
44 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
45 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
46 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | s.t. |
47 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
48 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
49 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
50 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
51 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
52 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
53 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
54 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
55 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
56 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
57 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
58 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
59 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
60 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
61 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
62 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
63 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
64 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
65 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
66 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
67 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
68 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
69 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
70 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
71 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
72 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
73 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
74 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
75 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
76 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
77 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
78 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
79 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
80 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
81 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
82 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
83 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
84 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
85 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
86 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
87 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
88 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
89 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
90 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
91 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
93 | Louis Vervaeke | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
94 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
95 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
96 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
97 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
98 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
99 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
100 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
101 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
102 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
103 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
104 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
105 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
106 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
107 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
108 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
109 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
110 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
111 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
112 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
113 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
114 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
115 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
116 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
117 | Roy Jans | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
118 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
119 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
120 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
121 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
122 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
123 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
124 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
125 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
126 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
127 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
128 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
129 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
130 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
131 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
132 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
133 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
134 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
135 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
136 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
137 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
138 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
139 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 15:46 |
GC after stage 1:
1 | Mathieu van der Poel | Alpecin-Fenix | 3hr 45min 37sec |
2 | David Dekker | Jumbo-Visma | @ 4sec |
3 | Michael Mørkøv | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 6 |
4 | Joao Almeida | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 7 |
5 | Tadej Pogacar | UAE Team Emirates | 8 |
6 | Emils Liepins | Trek-Segafredo | 10 |
7 | Elia Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
8 | Anthony Roux | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
9 | Chris Harper | Jumbo-Visma | 13 |
10 | Fausto Masnada | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
11 | Shane Archbold | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
12 | Adam Yates | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
13 | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
14 | Damiano Caruso | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
15 | Mattias Jensen | Trek-Segafredo | 16 |
16 | Maximiliano Richeze | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
17 | Neilson Powless | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
18 | Gianni Vermeersch | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
19 | Mattia Cattaneo | Deceuninck-Quick Step | 28 |
20 | Kiel Reijnen | Trek-Segafredo | 37 |
21 | Ruben Fernandez | Cofidis | 48 |
22 | Mikkel Bjerg | UAE Team Emirates | 1:05 |
23 | Kenneth Vanbilsen | Cofidis | 1:12 |
24 | Omer Goldstein | Israel Start-Up Nation | 8:37 |
25 | Bert-Jan Lindeman | Qhubeka-Assos | 8:39 |
26 | Nathan Haas | Cofidis | s.t. |
27 | Rémy Rochas | Cofidis | s.t. |
28 | Rick Zabel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
29 | Nikias Arndt | Team DSM | s.t. |
30 | Hector Carretero | Movistar | s.t. |
31 | Antonio Tiberi | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
32 | Ben Zwiehoff | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
33 | Cesare Benedetti | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
34 | Harry Tanfield | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
35 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar | s.t. |
36 | Koen De Kort | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
37 | Albert Torres | Movistar | s.t. |
38 | Giacomo Nizzolo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
39 | Max Walscheid | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
40 | Matteo Pelucchi | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
41 | Domenico Pozzovivo | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
42 | Patrick Konrad | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
43 | Gregor Muhlberger | Movistar | s.t. |
44 | Jack Haig | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
45 | Emanuel Buchmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
46 | Rafal Majka | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
47 | Fabio Sabatini | Cofidis | s.t. |
48 | Attilio Viviani | Cofidis | s.t. |
49 | Andrea Vendrame | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
50 | Simone Petilli | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
51 | Jan Polanc | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
52 | Inigo Elosegui | Movistar | s.t. |
53 | Thymen Arensman | Team DSM | s.t. |
54 | Antonio Pedrero | Movistar | s.t. |
55 | Mathias Frank | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
56 | Davide Formolo | UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
57 | Davide Villella | Movistar | s.t. |
58 | James Whelan | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
59 | Stefan de Bod | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
60 | Ruben Guerreiro | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
61 | Louis Meintjes | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
62 | Riccardo Minali | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
63 | Rein Taaramäe | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
64 | Tosh Van der Sande | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
65 | Thomas De Gendt | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
66 | Jaakko Hänninen | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
67 | Tsgabu Grmay | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
68 | Attila Valter | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
69 | Matthieu Ladagnous | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
70 | André Greipel | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
71 | Iljo Keisse | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
72 | Jasper De Buyst | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
73 | Daniel Martinez | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
74 | Mark Donovan | Team DSM | s.t. |
75 | Nick Schultz | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
76 | Sergio Higuita | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
77 | Kristian Sbaragli | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
78 | Brandon Rivera | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
79 | Olivier Le Gac | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
80 | Matteo Moschetti | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
81 | Geoffrey Bouchard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
82 | Luis Sanchez | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
83 | Vincenzo Nibali | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
84 | François Bidard | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
85 | Chris Froome | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
86 | Ben Hermans | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
87 | Lawson Craddock | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
88 | Stefan Bissegger | EF Education-Nippo | s.t. |
89 | Samuele Battistella | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
90 | Phil Bauhaus | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
91 | Matteo Badilatti | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
92 | William Bonnet | Groupama-FDJ | s.t. |
93 | Louis Vervaeke | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
94 | Tony Gallopin | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
95 | Wesley Kreder | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
96 | Kevin Van Melsen | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
97 | Matteo Sobrero | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
98 | Luka Mezgec | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
99 | Jonathan Milan | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
100 | Roger Kluge | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
101 | Filippo Ganna | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
102 | Jonas Rickaert | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
103 | Jasper Philipsen | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
104 | Dmitriy Gruzdev | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
105 | Andrey Amador | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
106 | Ivan Sosa | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
107 | Jos Van Emden | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
108 | Yevgeniy Gidich | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
109 | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana-Premier Tech | s.t. |
110 | Florian Stork | Team DSM | s.t. |
111 | Christoph Pfingsten | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
112 | Koen Bouwman | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
113 | Asbjørn Andersen | Team DSM | s.t. |
114 | Sepp Kuss | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
115 | Jonas Vingegaard | Jumbo-Visma | s.t. |
116 | Lasse Hansen | Qhubeka-Assos | s.t. |
117 | Roy Jans | Alpecin-Fenix | s.t. |
118 | Michael Hepburn | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
119 | Wout Poels | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
120 | Cees Bol | Team DSM | s.t. |
121 | Jan Hirt | Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux | s.t. |
122 | Fred Wright | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
123 | Alex Dowsett | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
124 | Jack Bauer | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
125 | Gino Mäder | Bahrain Victorious | s.t. |
126 | Luke Rowe | INEOS Grenadiers | s.t. |
127 | Sam Bennett | Deceuninck-Quick Step | s.t. |
128 | Lawrence Warbasse | Ag2r-Citroën | s.t. |
129 | Harm Vanhoucke | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
130 | Alberto Dainese | Team DSM | s.t. |
131 | Kevin Colleoni | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
132 | Matthias Brändle | Israel Start-Up Nation | s.t. |
133 | Michael Schwarzmann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
134 | Pascal Ackermann | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
135 | Martin Laas | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
136 | Harry Sweeny | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
137 | Caleb Ewan | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
138 | Kaden Groves | Team BikeExchange | s.t. |
139 | Alexys Brunel | Groupama-FDJ | 15:56 |
Stage 1 map
Stage 1 profile
Stage 1 photos: All are from the race organizer
Opening ceremonies: Team Alpecin Fenix is presented
The home team, UAE Team Emirates
Getting close to the start time
Crossing the start line.
The stage is officially on.
25 kilometers into the stage. Cross wnds are forcing the riders to echelon.
Another shot of how the pros handle a windy day.
Mathieu van der Poel
The organizer called this a stage of contrasting scenery. I'll have to agree with that.
Looks like the cross winds have abated a bit.
The peloton at 18 kilometers to go with the break well up the road.
Mathieu van der Poel is the day's fastest.
Another shot of the finish
Start list with back numbers, February 20, 2021:
UAE TEAM EMIRATES | |
1 | POGACAR Tadej |
2 | BJERG Mikkel |
3 | FORMOLO Davide |
4 | GAVIRIA Fernando |
5 | MAJKA Rafal |
6 | POLANC Jan |
7 | RICHEZE Maximiliano |
INEOS GRENADIERS | |
11 | YATES Adam |
12 | AMADOR Andrey |
13 | GANNA Filippo |
14 | MARTINEZ Daniel |
15 | RIVERA Brandon |
16 | ROWE Luke |
17 | SOSA Ivan |
AG2R CITROEN | |
21 | GALLOPIN Tony |
22 | BIDARD François |
23 | BOUCHARD Geoffrey |
24 | FRANK Mathias |
25 | HÄNNINEN Jaakko |
26 | VENDRAME Andrea |
27 | WARBASSE Larry |
ALPECIN-FENIX | |
31 | VAN DER POEL Mathieu |
32 | JANS Roy |
33 | PHILIPSEN Jasper |
34 | RICKAERT Jonas |
35 | SBARAGLI Kristian |
36 | VERMEERSCH Gianni |
37 | VERVAEKE Louis |
ASTANA-PREMIER TECH | |
41 | LUTSENKO Alexey |
42 | BATTISTELLA Samuele |
43 | DE BOD Stefan |
44 | GIDICH Yevgeniy |
45 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
46 | SANCHEZ Luis |
47 | SOBRERO Matteo |
BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS | |
51 | POELS Wouter |
52 | BAUHAUS Phil |
53 | CARUSO Damiano |
54 | HAIG Jack |
55 | MADER Gino |
56 | MILAN Jonathan |
57 | WRIGHT Fred |
BORA-HANSGROHE | |
61 | ACKERMANN Pascal |
62 | BENEDETTI Cesare |
63 | BUCHMANN Emanuel |
64 | KONRAD Patrick |
65 | LAAS Martin |
66 | SCHWARZMANN Michael |
67 | ZWIEHOFF Ben |
COFIDIS | |
71 | VIVIANI Elia |
72 | FERNANDEZ Ruben |
73 | HAAS Nathan |
74 | ROCHAS Remy |
75 | SABATINI Fabio |
76 | VANBILSEN Kenneth |
77 | VIVIANI Attilio |
DECEUNINCK-QUICK STEP | |
81 | BENNETT Sam |
82 | ALMEIDA João |
83 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
84 | CATTANEO Mattia |
85 | KEISSE Iljo |
86 | MASNADA Fausto |
87 | MORKOV Michael |
EF EDUCATION-NIPPO | |
92 | BISSEGGER Stefan |
93 | CRADDOCK Lawson |
94 | GUERREIRO Ruben |
95 | HIGUITA Sergio |
96 | POWLESS Neilson |
97 | WHELAN James |
GROUPAMA-FDJ | |
101 | BADILATTI Matteo |
102 | BONNET William |
103 | BRUNEL Alexys |
104 | LADAGNOUS Matthieu |
105 | LE GAC Olivier |
106 | ROUX Anthony |
107 | VALTER Attila |
INTERMARCHÉ-WANTY GOBERT MATÉRIAUX | |
111 | HIRT Jan |
112 | MEINTJES Louis |
113 | KREDER Wesley |
114 | MINALI Riccardo |
115 | PETILLI Simone |
116 | TAARAMAE Rein |
117 | VAN MELSEN Kevin |
ISRAEL START-UP NATION | |
121 | FROOME Christopher |
122 | BRANDLE Matthias |
123 | DOWSETT Alex |
124 | GOLDSTEIN Omer |
125 | GREIPEL André |
126 | HERMANS Ben |
127 | ZABEL Rick |
JUMBO-VISMA | |
131 | BOUWMAN Koen |
132 | DEKKER David |
133 | HARPER Chris |
134 | KUSS Sepp |
135 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
136 | VINGEGAARD Jonas |
137 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
LOTTO SOUDAL | |
141 | EWAN Caleb |
142 | DE BUYST Jasper |
143 | DE GENDT Thomas |
144 | KLUGE Roger |
145 | SWEENY Harry |
146 | VAN DER SANDE Tosh |
147 | VANHOUCKE Harm |
MOVISTAR | |
151 | VALVERDE Alejandro |
152 | CARRETERO Hector |
153 | ELOSEGUI Iñigo |
154 | MUHLBERGER Gregor |
155 | PEDRERO Antonio |
156 | TORRES Albert |
157 | VILLELLA Davide |
TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE | |
161 | MEZGEC Luka |
162 | BAUER Jack |
163 | COLLEONI Kevin |
164 | GRMAY Tsgabu |
165 | GROVES Kaden |
166 | HEPBURN Michael |
167 | SCHULTZ Nicholas |
TEAM DSM | |
171 | ARNDT Nikias |
172 | ARENSMAN Thymen |
173 | BOL Cees |
174 | DAINESE Alberto |
175 | DONOVAN Mark |
176 | KRAGH Asbjørn |
177 | STORK Florian |
QHUBEKA ASSOS | |
181 | NIZZOLO Giacomo |
182 | HANSEN Lasse |
183 | LINDEMAN Bertjan |
184 | PELUCCHI Matteo |
185 | POZZOVIVO Domenico |
186 | TANFIELD Harry |
187 | WALSCHEID Max |
TREK-SEGAFREDO | |
191 | NIBALI Vincenzo |
192 | DE KORT Koen |
193 | SKJELMOSE Mattias |
194 | LIEPINS Emils |
195 | MOSCHETTI Matteo |
196 | REIJNEN Kiel |
197 | TIBERI Antonio |