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theuaetour.com 23RD — 29TH FEBRUARY 2020 2 DUBAI MUNICIPALITY STAGE MON, FEBRUARY 24TH 2020 TOP SPONSORS OFFICIAL CAR 24th February 2020 THE STAGE REPORT Stage 2 – Dubai Municipality Stage – km 168 START: Hatta – 138 riders are underway as the flag is dropped at 12:16 pm. Non-starters: Scotson (GFC) and De Plus (TJV). Vini Zabù-KTM’s Stojnic and Tortomasi clip off right after the start, just as they did yesterday. The gap deepens quickly: at km 5, they are already 3’50” up the road; at km 8: 3’43”, at km 12: 4’18”; at km 18: 3’46”. The situation settles, at km 30 the leading duo are 3’15” up the road. Average speed after one hour of racing: 38.400 km/h. Intermediate Sprint (Shawka – km 47.8) Stojnic claims the sprint ahead of his fellow-breaker, Tortomasi. Kragh Andersen comes in third and Pogacar in fourth, together with the peloton (at 2’14” down). Time gap at km 52: 3’18”, at km 56: 3’28”; at km 60: 3’12”; at km 63: 3’43”. At the -100 km marker, the breakers are 3’30” ahead of the chasing bunch. Average speed after two hours of racing: 38.200 km/h. The peloton steps up the pace, and the gap starts to drop: 2’15” at km 78; 2’10” at km 80. At the mid-stage marker, the gap is going up again: 2’15”. At km 90, the breakers are 2’40” up the road; at the -75 km marker: 3’20”. At km 100, Stojnic and Tortomasi are still controlling the race, and their lead is up to 4’09”. At km 105, the peloton is 3’15” behind. At km 112, the gap is quickly down to 2’06”; with 4 km remaining to the second intermediate sprint: 1’55”; at the -50 km marker: 1’40”. Average speed after three hours of racing: 37.700 km/h Intermediate Sprint (Shawka – km 119.3) Stojnic comes in first, ahead of Tortomasi, and then sits up. Within sight of the arch, the Astana Squad steps up the pace, launching Lutsenko to snatch the third place at the sprint. Herrada comes in fourth, together with the peloton (at 1’15” down). At km 125, Tortomasi is still leading by 1’20”, but the peloton is quickly bridging the gap: with 25 km to go, they are just 20” behind. The peloton eventually bunches up at km 144. With 20 km remaining to the finish, Movistar and Astana are the most active squads in the peloton. Along the gradients leading to Hatta Dam, teams are taking relays at the front. With 10 km to go, Astana are setting the pace, while Froome seems to be in a bit of trouble. Campenaerts and Conci manage to clip off with a little over 9 km to go, building a slight lead (20” with 8K to go, 15” with 6K to go). The peloton comes back together at km 164, stretching out in a line. Bennett attacks along the final climbing bit, but is eventually outsprinted by Ewan. FINISH (Hatta Dam – km 168) Ewan claims the stage ahead of Bennett, Demare, Ulissi, Zabel, Vendrame, Mezgec, A. Yates, Pogacar and Gaudu. Time of the winner 4h18’16”, at an average speed of 39.029 km/h. 24th February 2020 THE WINNER’S PROFILE Stage 2 – Dubai Municipality Stage – km 168 Caleb Ewan was born on July 11, 1994, in Sydney (Australia). He has been professional since 2015. 2014 – Orica-GreenEDGE 1 win: one stage at the Tour de l’Avenir. He finished 2nd at the World RR U23 Championships (Ponferrada, Spain). 2015 – Orica-GreenEDGE 11 wins: two stages at the Herald Sun Tour; two stages at the Tour de Langkawi; the Vuelta a La Rioja; four stages and the final classification at the Tour de Korea; one stage at the Vuelta a España (Alcala de Guadaira). 2016 – Orica-GreenEDGE 6 wins: the Tour Down Under Classic; two stages at the Tour Down Under; one stage at the Herald Sun Tour; the EuroEyes Cyclassics Hamburg; one stage at the Tour of Britain. 2017 – Orica-Scott 11 wins: five stages at the Tour Down Under; one stage at the Abu Dhabi Tour; one stage at the Giro d’Italia (Alberobello); one stage at the Tour de Pologne; three stages at the Tour of Britain. He finished tenth at the Milano-Sanremo. 2018 – Mitchelton-Scott 4 wins: one stage at the Tour Down Under; the Clasica de Almeria; one stage at the Hammer Series Limburg; one stage at the Tour of Britain. He placed second at Milano-Sanremo and second at the Hammer Series Limburg. 2019 – Lotto Soudal 9 wins: the Down Under Classic; one stage at the UAE Tour; two stages at the Presidential Cycling Tour of Turkey; two stages at the 102nd Giro d’Italia; three stages at the Tour de France. 2020 – Lotto Soudal 4 wins: the Down Under Classic; two stages at the Tour Down Under; the Dubai Municipality Stage at the UAE Tour. 24.02.2020 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Dubai Municipality Stage Average: 39,029 km/h RNK TIME BON GAP NUM RIDER NAT TEAM ID UCI 1. 4:18:16 10 91 EWAN Caleb AUS LTS LOTTO SOUDAL 10007809490 2. 4:18:18 6 0:02 61 BENNETT Sam IRL DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 10006599519 3. 4:18:20 4 0:04 71 DEMARE Arnaud FRA GFC GROUPAMA - FDJ 10006467052 4. 4:18:20 0:04 177 ULISSI Diego ITA UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10005467952 5. 4:18:20 0:04 87 ZABEL Rick GER ISN ISRAEL START-UP NATION 10007506366 6. 4:18:20 0:04 4 VENDRAME Andrea ITA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 10009392412 7. 4:18:20 0:04 106 MEZGEC Luka SLO MTS MITCHELTON - SCOTT 10005560710 8. 4:18:20 0:04 101 YATES Adam GBR MTS MITCHELTON - SCOTT 10007059055 9. 4:18:20 0:04 171 POGACAR Tadej Y SLO UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10014972740 10. 4:18:20 0:04 72 GAUDU David Y FRA GFC GROUPAMA - FDJ 10011235109 11. 4:18:20 0:04 23 BATTAGLIN Enrico ITA TBM BAHRAIN - MC LAREN 10005467447 12. 4:18:20 0:04 151 KELDERMAN Wilco NED SUN TEAM SUNWEB 10006473015 13. 4:18:20 0:04 111 VALVERDE Alejandro ESP MOV MOVISTAR TEAM 10001457509 14. 4:18:20 0:04 161 CICCONE Giulio ITA TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 10009709175 15. 4:18:20 0:04 162 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 10005818162 16. 4:18:20 0:04 34 MAJKA Rafal POL BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10005380450 17. 4:18:20 0:04 33 KONRAD Patrick AUT BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10007167775 18. 4:18:20 1 0:04 11 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ AST ASTANA PRO TEAM 10006877886 19. 4:18:20 0:04 51 HERRADA Jesus ESP COF COFIDIS 10005977305 20. 4:18:20 0:04 173 FORMOLO Davide ITA UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 10007518591 21. 4:18:20 0:04 147 ROOSEN Timo NED TJV TEAM JUMBO - VISMA 10008854464 22. 4:18:20 0:04 26 POELS Wouter NED TBM BAHRAIN - MC LAREN 10086252279 23. 4:18:20 0:04 63 CATTANEO Mattia ITA DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 10005839885 24. 4:18:20 0:04 41 ZAKARIN Ilnur RUS CCC CCC TEAM 10005501496 25. 4:18:20 0:04 32 BUCHMANN Emanuel GER BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 10007988235 26. 4:18:20 0:04 181 CHERNETSKII Sergei RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 10006658426 27. 4:18:20 0:04 121 POZZOVIVO Domenico ITA NTT NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM 10002692540 28. 4:18:20 0:04 156 POWER Rob Y AUS SUN TEAM SUNWEB 10009492139 29. 4:18:20 0:04 64 KNOX James Y GBR DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 10009966530 30. 4:18:20 0:04 133 DUNBAR Edward Y IRL INS TEAM INEOS 10009793950 31. 4:18:20 0:04 165 EG Niklas Y DEN TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 10008670871 32. 4:18:20 0:04 142 BOUWMAN Koen NED TJV TEAM JUMBO - VISMA 10008653996 33. 4:18:20 0:04 66 SERRY Pieter BEL DQT DECEUNINCK - QUICK - STEP 10007158580 34. 4:18:20 0:04 7 WARBASSE Lawrence USA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 10006003270 35. 4:18:20 0:04 3 CHEVRIER Clement FRA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 10007516874 36. 4:18:20 0:04 116 ROJAS José ESP MOV MOVISTAR TEAM 10002910990 37. 4:18:20 0:04 42 DE LA PARTE Victor ESP CCC CCC TEAM 10007452816 Page 1 of 4 24.02.2020 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Dubai Municipality Stage Average: 39,029 km/h RNK TIME BON GAP NUM RIDER NAT TEAM ID UCI 38. 4:18:20 0:04 124 DE BOD Stefan Y RSA NTT NTT PRO CYCLING TEAM 10009145161 39. 4:18:20 0:04 86 NAVARRO GARCIA Daniel ESP ISN ISRAEL START-UP NATION 10002514506 40. 4:18:20 0:04 103 GRMAY Tsgabu ETH MTS MITCHELTON - SCOTT 10007807672 41. 4:18:20 0:04 6 JAUREGUI Quentin FRA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 10007584067 42. 4:18:20 0:04 92 CRAS Steff Y BEL LTS LOTTO SOUDAL 10010090307 43. 4:18:20 0:04 183 CHERKASOV Nikolai Y RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 10009986334 44. 4:18:20 0:04 2 BOUCHARD Geoffrey FRA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 10011942704 45. 4:18:20 0:04 16 RODRIGUEZ Oscar Y ESP AST ASTANA PRO TEAM 10011227631 46. 4:18:20 0:04 15 KUDUS Merhawi ERI AST ASTANA PRO TEAM 10008855171 47. 4:18:42 0:26 12 BOHORQUEZ SANCHEZ Hernando COL AST ASTANA PRO TEAM 10008664609 48.