uae tour 2020 stage 3

Future Publishing Limited Quay House, The Ambury, Maybe he's struggling with the heat.It's Jan Hirt setting the pace for CCC, who still have four riders left here, including Zakarin.CCC are really turning the screw now.

The others to have won here are Esteban Chaves, Rui Costa, and Tanel Kangert. The Briton is only just making his comeback after eight months on the sidelines. Majka has joined Lutsenko and Gaudu.Lutsenko takes it ahead of Gaudu and then Majka. We’ll see. But he has 37 seconds to make up, with just 2.8km to go. 3 minutes now, as we approach the final 50km. It's a relaxed start to the climb and Campenaerts is still in third position. 1:02 to be exact. The steepest section (11%) appears with 2.8 kilometres out and then the ascent evens out. Knox pours a bottle of water over his face. With 11.5km to go, the breakaway quartet pass under the gate to the climb with a lead of just 10 seconds.

He was just making sure no one else would make inroads in that classification today, not that any of the other three showed any interest. Gaudu has lost contact. Ulissi, Konrad, Izaguirre, Herrada, Dunbar, Kelderman at 1:56. It's a big one today, as we're currently heading for Jebel Hafeet and the 10-kilometre final climb. You have to be careful. "Pogacar is the guy to watch, for sure, if you saw him in Valencia. Lutsenko manages to drag his way back to Pogacar. Alejandro Valverde won here last year, and the year before when it was the Abu Dhabi Tour. It's one of two key summit finishes in the race along with... Jebel Hafeet again, two days later. We'll have all the news and reaction from Abu Dhabi on the way on the site shortly. The Slovenian senses the danger and hits out in pursuit. 2020-02-25T09:52:21.317Z.

The breakaway riders will make it onto the climb but they're not going to get far up it. After the crash I was in a very bad way. Also tomorrow I heard a rumour there are going to be crosswinds, so we'll see. "We’re discussing with the team if it’s better for me to do the Tour de France. Israel Start Up Nation are keen to take controlThe gap falls to 45 seconds. De la Parte has 15 seconds in hand with 6.3km to go. They are: They managed to carve out an advantage of seven minutes but that has come falling down in recent kilometres under increased pressure from the peloton, who are wary of crosswinds, it seems.

Lotto move to the front. We’ll go from there.

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I’m still trying to get to my original level, I’m on a good way but I still have work to do. That's more of a surprise. England and Wales company registration number 2008885. stage 1.

You think it’s four or five percent but actually it’s closer to double that. Bora come to the front now as the gap plummets to 25 seconds.

A short descent just before the line makes way for a final kick up. That's a bit of a surprise to see him so far off the pace. Correction. The peloton is lined out but there's no great urgency for the time being. … Expect more of the same.

De la Parte has 15 seconds over Kudus. "My colleagues Daniel Benson and Sophie Smith are podcasting from the UAE Tour, and their latest offering covers the action from the opening two stages and, bizarrely, the Australian Emu War of the 1930s. This is their home race and no one is spared any hard graft. "Into the final 65km to go now and the gap has nudged down to 3:35. Marengo's teammate Veljko Stojnic wears the black jersey as leader of the intermediate sprints classification. The road will soon dip down before kicking back up to the final bend and home straight. It was a really bad fracture and it was difficult to predict how the recovery would go. We're into the twisting section of the climb now before the more exposed straighter slog to the top. I've got a good group around me and I'll try and hold onto the lead as long as possible. Alejandro Valverde won the last two finishes on Jebel Hafeet. "Mitchelton-Scott have a man on the front as they look to tee up Yates. Yates works his way up the climb out of the saddle, while Pogacar remains seated as he joins Gaudu and Lutsenko and sits in behind for a moment. You will receive a verification email shortly.There was a problem. I still need a couple more months for recovery and I still need to have one more screw removed from my tibia. Yates is up there behind them. There were a few guys who started to come up and I could see behind they started to get organised and there was a bit of a chase, so I just committed, and if they came back they came back, but in the end I felt good and managed to stay away. The Frenchman takes off 9.3km to the top.James Knox is dropped. "The climb is really tough. Date: 2020-02-23 - 2020-02-29 Race class: 2.UWT Race category: Men Elite UCI-Tour: UCI Worldtour Total distance: km. Israel are still holding a strong position. The key on the climb is to not over-pace things, especially with the heat. 43 seconds now as he enters the final 2km. "It's my first race of the season, so it's difficult to know how everyone's going. The gap continues to fall steadily. A devastating display from the British climber, who has ample margin for error when we return to Jebel Hafeet on Thursday for the next and final showdown in the battle for the overall title. The gap to the main bunch of favourites is actually 24 seconds. However, you have to wonder whether it would have made any difference at all, given the way Yates continued to gain more and more time all the way to the top.