Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates) has won the third edition of the UAE Tour, the one and only WorldTour race in the Middle East, ahead of Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick-Step).
\nCaleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) has won Stage 7, the Yas Island Stage, beating Sam Bennett (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) in\u00a0the final bunch sprint of the race at the\u00a0Abu Dhabi Breakwater.
\nGENERAL CLASSIFICATION
\n1 – Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\n2 – Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) at 35”
\n3 – Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck – Quick-Step) at 1’02”
\nSTAGE RESULT
\n1 – Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), 165km in 3h18\u201929\u201d, average speed 44.436km\/h
\n2 – Sam Bennett (Deceuninck – Quick-Step), s.t.
\n3 – Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), s.t.
\nJERSEYS<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Red Jersey, sponsored by ADNOC (General individual classification by time) – Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\nThe\u00a0Green Jersey, sponsored by Etisalat (General individual classification by points) – David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma)
\nThe\u00a0White Jersey, sponsored by Nakheel (Best Young Rider born after 1 January 1996) – Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\nThe\u00a0Black Jersey, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Aviation (Intermediate Sprint Jersey Classification) – Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroen Team)<\/p>\n
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner of the third edition of the UAE Tour\u00a0Tadej Poga\u010dar\u00a0said: “This is really big. It was my first goal of the season and my first home race, so it was really important and I\u2019m super happy. My team and teammates did a really good job and we took the win. This is one of our\u00a0best achievements. I\u2019ll come back to the UAE for sure.”
\nCaleb Ewan, the Stage 7 winner, said: “We came here to win a stage and there was only one more left to take. There was a bit of pressure on me to wrap up with a good result today. It was a bit of a relief when I crossed the line. I haven’t been this far into the year without a win in my whole career. I have big plans for this year. This victory will help me to build my confidence ahead of\u00a0the races in Europe.“<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates) has won the third edition of the UAE Tour, the one and only WorldTour race in the Middle East, ahead of Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) and Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step).
\nCaleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) has won Stage 7, the Yas Island Stage, beating Sam Bennett (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) and Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious) in\u00a0the final bunch sprint of the race at the\u00a0Abu Dhabi Breakwater.
\nGENERAL CLASSIFICATION
\n1 \u2013 Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\n2 \u2013 Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) at 35\u201d
\n3 \u2013 Jo\u00e3o Almeida (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step) at 1\u201902\u201d
\nSTAGE RESULT
\n1 \u2013 Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal), 165km in 3h18\u201929\u201d, average speed 44.436km\/h
\n2 \u2013 Sam Bennett (Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step), s.t.
\n3 \u2013 Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorious), s.t.
\nJERSEYS<\/p>\n
The\u00a0Red Jersey, sponsored by ADNOC (General individual classification by time) \u2013 Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\nThe\u00a0Green Jersey, sponsored by Etisalat (General individual classification by points) \u2013 David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma)
\nThe\u00a0White Jersey, sponsored by Nakheel (Best Young Rider born after 1 January 1996) \u2013 Tadej Poga\u010dar (UAE Team Emirates)
\nThe\u00a0Black Jersey, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Aviation (Intermediate Sprint Jersey Classification) \u2013 Tony Gallopin (AG2R Citroen Team)<\/p>\n
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner of the third edition of the UAE Tour\u00a0Tadej Poga\u010dar\u00a0said: \u201cThis is really big. It was my first goal of the season and my first home race, so it was really important and I\u2019m super happy. My team and teammates did a really good job and we took the win. This is one of our\u00a0best achievements. I\u2019ll come back to the UAE for sure.\u201d
\nCaleb Ewan, the Stage 7 winner, said: \u201cWe came here to win a stage and there was only one more left to take. There was a bit of pressure on me to wrap up with a good result today. It was a bit of a relief when I crossed the line. I haven\u2019t been this far into the year without a win in my whole career. I have big plans for this year. This victory will help me to build my confidence ahead of\u00a0the races in Europe.\u201c<\/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\/39264"}],"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=39264"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39265,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/39264\/revisions\/39265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=39264"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=39264"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=39264"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}