Cycling: Lennert van Eetvelt won the last stage of the UAE Tour and thus also celebrated overall victory. The Belgian was able to leave all of his opponents behind on the final stage to Jebel Hafeet. The local UAE team Emirates is likely to be disappointed. Until the start of today's stage, they were in first and third place - now no one is in the top ten.
Van Eetvelt celebrates the greatest success of his career
Who would have thought? The sixth UAE Tour begins Lennert van Eetvelt (Lotto – Dstny). The Belgian sensationally won the last stage over 161 kilometers from Al Ain Bait Mohammed Bin Khalifa to Jebel Hafeet. He crossed ahead with a lead of 22 seconds bilbao hair (Bahrain – Victorious) and Ben O'Connor (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale) the finish line. He is now two seconds ahead of the last-mentioned Australian in the overall ranking and is celebrating the greatest success of his career. In the end, this triumph was only possible because he secured bonus seconds on a flat stage on Friday - apparently no one else was interested in you.
UAE Team Emirates loses everything
The UAE Team Emirates is likely to be disappointed with the outcome of the final stage and thus the entire UAE Tour. The home team dominated the tour in the overall ranking at will and is in the lead Jay Vine (UAE) started the tour before this last day and was with us Brandon McNulty (UAE) in third place. They took the entire podium in the time trial. Today, however, the UAE Team Emirates professionals seemingly lost their strength. Both the Australian and the American were no longer able to keep up with the pace in the last few kilometers. I was also unlucky Emmanuel Buchman (Bora – hansgrohe). The German was part of the breakaway group today and was only caught 2.800 meters from the finish line.
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