UAE Tour 2021 | Stage 5 Highlights

Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma) emerged as the stage winner atop Jebel Jais two years after his teammate Primož Roglič saw victory on the mountain - https://bttlobo.com/joao-almeida-quinto-na-5a-etapa-do-uae-tour-tadej-pogacar-segue-lider/

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He overhauled Kazakhstan national champion Alexey Lutsenko (Astana - Premier Tech) in the last 500 metres to claim his biggest victory so far at the age of 24, stepping up for his team after making an impact as Roglič’s super domestique at La Vuelta last year. Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) defended his overall lead with a defensive ride in the chasing peloton, ahead of two final stages that are likely to result in bunch sprint finishes.

The stage winner Jonas Vingegaard said in the press conference: “It was a very emotional win for me. It's been almost two years since my last victory. I came here to try and do well in the GC.

Unfortunately, I happened to not be in the first group on Stage 1, so it was already gone and I suffered a bit on the first mountain stage as I found the the heat difficult to deal with. Our tactic this morning was for Sepp Kuss to attack within the last three kilometres while I was supposed to wait for the sprint. However, it became clear that it wasn’t going to finish with a sprint as the finale unfolded, and I saw an opportunity to go. I’m just really happy that I took the opportunity and now I have the stage victory.

I don’t know if this win will open up more opportunities for me. We have a very strong team. Quite often I’ll be racing to help Primož [Roglič] or Steven [Kruijswijk] or whoever is the leader at a race. Of course, I’ll get my chance as well, but I’m still young, so I’m not stressing about that. In the future, I want to be a GC contender myself and I’ll ride for GC occasionally, as I was supposed to do here, but for now, my main job is to help the top leaders we have. I’m scheduled to ride La Vuelta again this year. I enjoyed doing it for Primoz last year. He’s a really good captain and a very nice guy. I want to ride for him.”

Speaking about the Impossible Is Possible Stage, Red Jersey Tadej Pogačar said: “For me, it was a hard day. The most important thing was to defend the jersey and I really managed that. The team did that too. It was 'possible' to win the stage, but now it’s 'impossible' to change the results, so I’m happy with the outcome. Getting second place today was good. In the next two days, we need to stay focused, because anything can happen. We need to be careful and hold the Red Jersey safely all the way to the finish line. We’re going to Dubai with some nice memories from previous years and I’m super happy to go there again. I have a feeling they are like family there. They really respect me."

A stage that explores the city of Dubai. The race departs from Deira Island and follows the path of the Dubai Creek to cross the Deira area, passing by Meydan before joining Jumeirah Road. The route then heads in the direction of the desert, taking the Al Qudra cycle path before returning to the city via the Jumeirah Islands and reaching the Palm Jumeirah. The route features very wide and well-paved roads, with the possibility of sand, if windy. Two intermediate sprints at km 67.1 (Springs Village) and at km 103.3 (Al Qudra Cycletrack).

STAGE RESULT
1 - Jonas Vingegaard (Jumbo-Visma), 170km in 4h19’08”, average speed 39.361km/h
2 - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), at 3''
3 - Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers), at 3''

JERSEYS
The Red Jersey, sponsored by ADNOC (General individual classification by time) - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
The Green Jersey, sponsored by Etisalat (General individual classification by points) - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), to be worn by David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma)
The White Jersey, sponsored by Nakheel (Best Young Rider born after 1 January 1996) - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates), to be worn by João Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step)
The Black Jersey, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Aviation (Intermediate Sprint Jersey Classification) - Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal)

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates)
2 - Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) at 45''
3 - João Almeida (Deceuninck - Quick-Step) at 1'12''

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