Tadej Pogacar defended the leader\u2019s jersey and extended his overall lead on the General Classification standings to 46 seconds after finishing second in Stage 5 of the UAE Tour atop Jebel Jais mountain.
\nAll eyes were on the Slovenian as he was pipped to the Stage win by surprise winner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).
\nThe 170km stage saw the peloton start in Fujairah and finish on the second and final summit of the Tour at Jebel Jais. The wide roads saw a lot of Pogacar\u2019s main GC rivals bunched together until around 4km to go.
\nAlexey Lutsenko (Astana) put up a brave fight and was the protagonist of the day\u2019s main breakaway and managed to hold on until around 3km to go. The race then sprung into action with Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) and Joao Almeida (Deceuininck-QuickStep) ramping up the speed.
\nLutsenko was caught by eventual winner Vingegaard inside the final 400m with Pogacar and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) just behind.
\nPogacar looked strong in the final meters and outsprinted GC rival Adam Yates to take second place, keeping the red leader\u2019s jersey heading into the final stages.
\nWhat was said
\nPogacar said: \u201cToday, I was focusing more on the GC guys. In the end there was a lot of headwind in the final climb so it was hard to follow all the attacks. I focused on the most important thing and that was to defend the leader\u2019s jersey. It was a great ride by Vingegaard. I am happy with the second place.
\n\u201cThere was too much headwind to make a difference between Yates and myself, in the end it came down to a sprint. Now, we still have two more stages, nothing is finished until we cross the last finish line so we need to concentrate and stay focused on the next two stages.
\n\u201cTomorrow we will be riding in Dubai, it\u2019s a special place and I am looking forward to it. The UAE fans are great and I enjoy riding here.\u201d
\nThe UAE Tour continues into the weekend with the 165km sixth stage coming to Dubai starting from Deira Island and finishing on the Palm tomorrow. The flat course will be another opportunity for the peloton\u2019s fast men so keep an eye out for UAE Team Emirates\u2019 sprinter, Fernando Gaviria.
\nStage 5 Results<\/p>\n
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 4:19:08
\nTadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 00:03\u201d
\nAdam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) 00:03\u201d<\/p>\n
General Classification after Stage 5<\/p>\n
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 17:09:26
\nAdam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) 00:45\u201d
\nJoao Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) 01:12<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tadej Pogacar defended the leader\u2019s jersey and extended his overall lead on the General Classification standings to 46 seconds after finishing second in Stage 5 of the UAE Tour atop Jebel Jais mountain.
\nAll eyes were on the Slovenian as he was pipped to the Stage win by surprise winner Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma).
\nThe 170km stage saw the peloton start in Fujairah and finish on the second and final summit of the Tour at Jebel Jais. The wide roads saw a lot of Pogacar\u2019s main GC rivals bunched together until around 4km to go.
\nAlexey Lutsenko (Astana) put up a brave fight and was the protagonist of the day\u2019s main breakaway and managed to hold on until around 3km to go. The race then sprung into action with Vincenzo Nibali (Trek-Segafredo) and Joao Almeida (Deceuininck-QuickStep) ramping up the speed.
\nLutsenko was caught by eventual winner Vingegaard inside the final 400m with Pogacar and Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) just behind.
\nPogacar looked strong in the final meters and outsprinted GC rival Adam Yates to take second place, keeping the red leader\u2019s jersey heading into the final stages.
\nWhat was said
\nPogacar said: \u201cToday, I was focusing more on the GC guys. In the end there was a lot of headwind in the final climb so it was hard to follow all the attacks. I focused on the most important thing and that was to defend the leader\u2019s jersey. It was a great ride by Vingegaard. I am happy with the second place.
\n\u201cThere was too much headwind to make a difference between Yates and myself, in the end it came down to a sprint. Now, we still have two more stages, nothing is finished until we cross the last finish line so we need to concentrate and stay focused on the next two stages.
\n\u201cTomorrow we will be riding in Dubai, it\u2019s a special place and I am looking forward to it. The UAE fans are great and I enjoy riding here.\u201d
\nThe UAE Tour continues into the weekend with the 165km sixth stage coming to Dubai starting from Deira Island and finishing on the Palm tomorrow. The flat course will be another opportunity for the peloton\u2019s fast men so keep an eye out for UAE Team Emirates\u2019 sprinter, Fernando Gaviria.
\nStage 5 Results<\/p>\n
Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) 4:19:08
\nTadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 00:03\u201d
\nAdam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) 00:03\u201d<\/p>\n
General Classification after Stage 5<\/p>\n
Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) 17:09:26
\nAdam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) 00:45\u201d
\nJoao Almeida (Deceuninck-QuickStep) 01:12<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=38689"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38690,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689\/revisions\/38690"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=38689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=38689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=38689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}