February 21/21 11:39 am - Mathieu van der Poel wins Stage 1 of the UAE Tour
Posted by Editoress on 02/21/21
Mathieu van der Poel (Alpecin-Fenix) won Stage 1, the ADNOC Stage, of the third edition of the UAE Tour, ahead of David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma) and Michael Mørkøv (Deceuninck – Quick-Step).
Van der Poel is now the leader of the GC and was awarded the Red Jersey and the Green Jersey.
Mathieu van der Poel said: “I said I was coming here as a lead-out man but today I had good legs from the beginning. I was able to catch the group that went away after the first intermediate sprint and the wind made the race very hard, which played in my favor. I finished it off in the sprint but I didn’t expect this win at all. It means a lot to me to start my road season the same way I finished my cyclo-cross season.”
No Canadian entries in this years' edition
Results from the first stage in the UAE
| Stage 1: Dhafra Castle to Al Mirfa, 176 km | |
| 1 Mathieu van der Poel (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix | 3:45:47 |
| 2 David Dekker (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 3 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 4 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cofidis | |
| 6 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 7 Anthony Roux (Fra) Groupama - FDJ | all s.t. |
| 8 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma | 0:03 |
| 9 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 10 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 11 Shane Archbold (NZl) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 12 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 13 Fernando Gaviria (Col) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 14 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek - Segafredo | 0:06 |
| 15 Maximiliano Arie Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 16 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 17 Gianni Vermeersch (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | all s.t. |
| 18 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | 0:20 |
| 19 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek - Segafredo | 0:27 |
| 20 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Esp) Cofidis | 0:38 |
| 21 Mikkel Bjerg (Den) UAE Team Emirates | 0:55 |
| 22 Kenneth Vanbilsen (Bel) Cofidis | 1:02 |
| 23 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | 0:03 |
| 24 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) Team Qhubeka Assos | 8:29 |
| 25 Nathan Haas (Aus) Cofidis | |
| 26 Rémy Rochas (Fra) Cofidis | |
| 27 Rick Zabel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 28 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team DSM | |
| 29 Hector Carretero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 30 Antonio Tiberi (Ita) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 31 Ben Zwiehoff (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 32 Cesare Benedetti (Ita) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 33 Harry Tanfield (GBr) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 34 Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 35 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 36 Albert Torres Barcelo (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 37 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 38 Maximilian Richa Walscheid (Ger) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 39 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 40 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 41 Patrick Konrad (Aut) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 42 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Movistar Team | |
| 43 Jack Haig (Aus) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 44 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 45 Rafal Majka (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 46 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Cofidis | |
| 47 Attilio Viviani (Ita) Cofidis | |
| 48 Andrea Vendrame (Ita) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 49 Simone Petilli (Ita) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 50 Jan Polanc (Slo) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 51 Iñigo Elosegui Momeñe (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 52 Thymen Arensman (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 53 Antonio Pedrero (Esp) Movistar Team | |
| 54 Mathias Frank (Sui) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 55 Davide Formolo (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 56 Davide Villella (Ita) Movistar Team | |
| 57 James Whelan (Aus) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 58 Stefan De Bod (RSA) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 59 Ruben Guerreiro (Por) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 60 Louis Meintjes (Rsa) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 61 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 62 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 63 Tosh Van Der Sande (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 64 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 65 Jaakko Hänninen (Fin) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 66 Tsgabu Gebremary Grmay (Eth) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 67 Attila Valter (Hun) Groupama - FDJ | |
| 68 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) Groupama - FDJ | |
| 69 André Greipel (Ger) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 70 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 71 Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 72 Daniel Felipe Martinez Poveda (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 73 Mark Donovan (GBr) Team DSM | |
| 74 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 75 Sergio Andres Higuita Garcia (Col) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 76 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 77 Brandon Smith Rivera Vargas (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 78 Olivier Le Gac (Fra) Groupama - FDJ | |
| 79 Matteo Moschetti (Ita) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 80 Geoffrey Bouchard (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 81 Luis Leon Sanchez (Esp) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 82 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Trek - Segafredo | |
| 83 François Bidard (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 84 Chris Froome (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 85 Ben Hermans (Bel) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 86 G Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 87 Stefan Bissegger (Sui) EF Education - Nippo | |
| 88 Samuele Battistella (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 89 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 90 Omer Goldstein (Isr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 91 Matteo Badilatti (Sui) Groupama - FDJ | |
| 92 William Bonnet (Fra) Groupama - FDJ | |
| 93 Louis Vervaeke (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 94 Tony Gallopin (Fra) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 95 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 96 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 97 Matteo Sobrero (Ita) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 98 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 99 Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 100 Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal | |
| 101 Filippo Ganna (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 102 Jonas Rickaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 103 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 104 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 105 Andrey Amador (Crc) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 106 Ivan Ramiro Sosa Cuervo (Col) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 107 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 108 Yevgeniy Gidich (Kaz) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 109 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana - Premier Tech | |
| 110 Florian Stork (Ger) Team DSM | |
| 111 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 112 Koen Bouwman (Ned) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 113 Asbjørn Andersen (Den) Team DSM | |
| 114 Sepp Kuss (USA) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 115 Jonas Vingegaard (Den) Jumbo-Visma | |
| 116 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Team Qhubeka Assos | |
| 117 Roy Jans (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix | |
| 118 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 119 Wout Poels (Ned) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 120 Cees Bol (Ned) Team DSM | |
| 121 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarche - Wanty - Gobert Materiaux | |
| 122 Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 123 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 124 Jack Bauer (NZl) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 125 Gino Mäder (Sui) Bahrain Victorious | |
| 126 Luke Rowe (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers | |
| 127 Sam Bennett (Irl) Deceuninck - Quick-Step | |
| 128 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) AG2R Citroen Team | |
| 129 Harm Vanhoucke (Bel) Lotto Soudal | |
| 130 Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM | |
| 131 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) Team Bikeexchange | |
| 132 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Israel Start-Up Nation | |
| 133 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 134 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 135 Martin Laas (Est) BORA - hansgrohe | |
| 136 Harrison Sweeny (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 137 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal | |
| 138 Kaden Groves (Aus) Team Bikeexchange | all s.t. |
| 139 Alexys Brunel (Fra) Groupama - FDJ | 15:46 |
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