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21ST — 27TH FEBRUARY 2021 STRATA 3 STAGE TUE, FEBRUARY 23RD 2021 TOP SPONSORS OFFICIAL CAR theuaetour.com 23rd February 2021 THE STAGE REPORT Stage 3 – STRATA Stage – km 166 START: Strata Manufacturing – 131 riders are underway as the flag is dropped at 12:23. Trek-Segafredo’s Tiberi does not start. Gallopin and De Gendt make a move off the front from the outset. Three kilometres into the race, they are 18” up the road. The peloton grants them some leeway, and the gap increases quickly. At km 8, the breakers’ lead is 1’40”, rising to 3’50” at km 18. UAE Team Emirates move to the front of the bunch, setting a gentle pace. At km 25 of racing, the gap is up to 4’50”. Intermediate Sprint (Al Qattara – km 28.6) Gallopin claims the IS effortlessly ahead of De Gendt. Gaviria and Mørkøv come in third and fourth, respectively, 4’40” behind. At km 30 of racing, the leading duo are 4'30" ahead of the bunch; 35 kilometres into the race, the gap is further up to 5’35”. Average speed after one hour of racing: 42.800 km/h. Out in front, the breakaway riders continue to increase their lead, which reaches 5’55” after 45 km of racing. At km 60, the peloton is some 6’30” down on the escapees. Bahrain, BikeExchange, Bora-Hansgrohe and Ineos Grenadiers riders move to the front of the bunch, stepping up the pace despite riding in the headwind: at km 70, the gap is down to 5'28". Average speed after two hours: 40.500 km/h. The pace in the peloton remains brisk, and the gap drops to 3'50" at km 85. Ganna and Ineos try to force a split, shaving a chunk of seconds off the escapees’ lead. At the -75 km marker, the gap is down to 2’45”. As the pace relents, the gap stretches out once again: at km 110, the breakers hold a buffer of 4’25”; with 40 km to go: 4’. Average speed after three hours of racing: 43.100 km/h. Qhubeka-Assos, Bora-Hansgrohe and Deceuninck-QuickStep are active at the front of the peloton, and the speed begins to pick up once again. With 35 km to go, the gap is down to 3’45”; with 30 km to go: 3’30”. Movistar are also prominent at the head of the bunch. Time gap with 25 km to go: 3’15”; with 20 km to go: 2’40”. Intermediate Sprint (Green Mubazzarah – km 152.5) Gallopin claims the intermediate sprint ahead of De Gendt, with Mørkøv and Ganna taking third and fourth place, respectively, ahead of the peloton (gap: 1’28”). Gallopin attacks at the base of the climb. The peloton winds up the pace, shaving seconds off Gallopin (who is only 30” ahead), and reeling De Gendt in with less than 10 km to go. At 8 km out, the break is eventually over. UAE Team Emirates jump at the head of the bunch, with Polanc, Formolo and Majka in prominent position. Almeida, Kuss, Nibali, Yates and Powless also wind up the pace. Repeated surges along the climb trim the peloton down to a handful of riders. Yates, Pogacar and Kuss kick at the front with a just over 4 km to go. Yates then accelerates again. Pogacar follows him, whereas Kuss is left behind a little less than 3 km to go. With 2 km left, Yates and Pogacar have almost 30” on Kuss. Almeida, Vanhoucke and Powless are just on his wheel. At the flamme rouge, Yates and Pogacar are still fighting head to head. The chasing group is trailing at less than 40”. Pogacar kicks just a few bends before the finish, leaving Yates behind and storming to victory. FINISH (Jebel Hafeet – km 166) Pogacar claims the stage ahead of Yates (same time), Higuita, Buchmann, Vanhoucke, Almeida (48”), Stork, Powless (54”) and Harper (1’). Bouchard and the others have losses of over 1’. Time of the winner: 3h58’35”, at an average speed of 41.746 km/h. 23rd February 2021 THE WINNER’S PROFILE Stage 3 – STRATA Stage – km 166 Tadej Pogacar was born in Komenda (Slovenia) on Sep. 21, 1993. He has been a Pro since 2017. His record of achievements includes: 2017 – Rog - Ljubljana 2018 – Ljubljana - Gusto Xaurum The Giro del Friuli Venezia Giulia. 2019 – UAE Team Emirates One stage, the Overall Classification and the Best Young Rider classification at the Volta ao Algarve; one stage, the Overall Classification and the Best Young Rider classification at the Tour of California; the Best Young Rider classification at the Tour de Slovénie; the National ITT Championships (Slovenia, Ljubljana); 3 stages and the Best Young Rider classification at the Vuelta a España. 2020 – UAE Team Emirates Two stages, the Overall Classification and the Best Young Rider classification at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana; the Al Ain Water Stage at the UAE Tour, the National Championships Slovenia ITT; three stages, the Overall Classification, the Mountains Classification and the Young Classification at the Tour de France. 2021 – UAE Team Emirates The Strata Manufacturing - Jebel Hafeet stage at the UAE Tour. 23.02.2021 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Strata Stage - km 166 Average: 41,746 km/h RNK TIME BON GAP NUM RIDER NAT TEAM ID UCI 1. 3:58:35 10 1 POGACAR Tadej Y SLO UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10014972740 2. 3:58:35 6 0:00 11 YATES Adam GBR IGD INEOS GRENADIERS 10007059055 3. 3:59:23 4 0:48 95 HIGUITA GARCIA Sergio Andres Y COL EFN EF EDUCATION - NIPPO 10010985535 4. 3:59:23 0:48 63 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10007988235 5. 3:59:23 0:48 147 VANHOUCKE Harm Y BEL LTS LOTTO SOUDAL 10014276865 6. 3:59:23 0:48 82 ALMEIDA João Y POR DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP 10010784057 7. 3:59:29 0:54 177 STORK Florian Y GER DSM TEAM DSM 10010661492 8. 3:59:29 0:54 96 POWLESS Neilson Y USA EFN EF EDUCATION - NIPPO 10008814351 9. 3:59:35 1:00 133 HARPER Chris AUS TJV JUMBO-VISMA 10010996043 10. 3:59:44 1:09 23 BOUCHARD Geoffrey FRA ACT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 10011942704 11. 3:59:44 1:09 134 KUSS Sepp USA TJV JUMBO-VISMA 10008834660 12. 4:00:01 1:26 126 HERMANS Ben BEL ISN ISRAEL START-UP NATION 10003085994 13. 4:00:01 1:26 191 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 10002837838 14. 4:00:01 1:26 167 SCHULTZ Nicholas AUS BEX TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 10074756971 15. 4:00:01 1:26 3 FORMOLO Davide ITA UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10007518591 16. 4:00:01 1:26 112 MEINTJES Louis RSA IWG INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX10007524251 17. 4:00:13 1:38 193 JENSEN Mattias Y DEN TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 10036503306 18. 4:00:13 1:38 53 CARUSO Damiano ITA TBV BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 10004564337 19. 4:00:46 2:11 51 POELS Wout NED TBV BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 10086252279 20. 4:00:46 2:11 72 FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR Ruben ESP COF COFIDIS 10006587694 21. 4:00:46 2:11 185 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA TQA TEAM QHUBEKA ASSOS 10002692540 22. 4:00:46 2:11 5 MAJKA Rafal POL UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10005380450 23. 4:00:46 2:11 67 ZWIEHOFF Ben GER BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10007706228 24. 4:00:46 2:11 84 CATTANEO Mattia ITA DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP 10005839885 25. 4:00:46 2:11 111 HIRT Jan CZE IWG INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX10006469375 26. 4:00:46 2:11 54 HAIG Jack AUS TBV BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 10007834247 27. 4:00:46 2:11 46 SANCHEZ Luis Leon ESP APT ASTANA - PREMIER TECH 10002444784 28. 4:01:07 2:32 42 BATTISTELLA Samuele Y ITA APT ASTANA - PREMIER TECH 10015083480 29. 4:01:07 2:32 24 FRANK Mathias SUI ACT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 10003261709 30. 4:01:15 2:40 94 GUERREIRO Ruben POR EFN EF EDUCATION - NIPPO 10008674612 31. 4:01:19 2:44 116 TAARAMÄE Rein EST IWG INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX10003214522 32. 4:02:04 3:29 43 DE BOD Stefan Y RSA APT ASTANA - PREMIER TECH 10009145161 33. 4:02:17 3:42 164 GRMAY Tsgabu Gebremary ETH BEX TEAM BIKEEXCHANGE 10007807672 34. 4:02:17 3:42 55 MÄDER Gino Y SUI TBV BAHRAIN VICTORIOUS 10009734942 35. 4:02:17 3:42 157 VILLELLA Davide ITA MOV MOVISTAR TEAM 10008700880 36. 4:02:17 3:42 86 MASNADA Fausto ITA DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK-STEP 10008912563 37. 4:02:39 4:04 74 ROCHAS Rémy Y FRA COF COFIDIS 10010164974 38. 4:02:53 4:18 14 MARTINEZ POVEDA Daniel Felipe Y COL IGD INEOS GRENADIERS 10009226401 39. 4:03:35 5:00 131 BOUWMAN Koen NED TJV JUMBO-VISMA 10008653996 Page 1 of 4 23.02.2021 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Strata Stage - km 166 Average: 41,746 km/h RNK TIME BON GAP NUM RIDER NAT TEAM ID UCI 40. 4:03:35 5:00 121 FROOME Chris GBR ISN ISRAEL START-UP NATION 10004393676 41. 4:03:35 5:00 6 POLANC Jan SLO UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10050785746 42. 4:03:35 5:00 64 KONRAD Patrick AUT BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10007167775 43. 4:03:35 5:00 115 PETILLI Simone ITA IWG INTERMARCHÉ - WANTY - GOBERT MATÉRIAUX10008906301 44. 4:03:49 5:14 27 WARBASSE Lawrence USA ACT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 10006003270 45. 4:03:49 5:14 25 HÄNNINEN Jaakko Y FIN ACT AG2R CITROEN TEAM 10009419791 46.