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UAE Tour 2023: Merlier sprints to first leader’s jersey

Results 1st stage 2023 UAE Tour

1. Tim Merlier (bel) 2. Caleb Ewan (aus) s.t. 3. Mark Cavendish (gbr) s.t. 4. Olav Kooij (nld) s.t. 5. Nikias Arndt (ger) s.t. 6. Phil Bauhaus (ger) s.t. 7. Luke Plapp (aus) s.t. 8. Remco Evenepoel (bel) s.t. 9. Pello Bilbao (spa) s.t. 10. Cees Bol (nld) s.t. – peloton + 0.51

GC after stage 1 1. Tim Merlier (bel) 2. Caleb Ewan (aus) + 0.04 3. Luke Plapp (aus) + 0.05 4. Mark cavendish (gbr) + 0.06 5. Nikias Arndt (ger) + 0.07 6. Remco Evenepoel (bel) + 0.08 7. Pello Bilbao (spa) s.t. 8. Olav Kooij (nld) + 0.10 9. Phil Bauhaus (ger) s.t. 10. Cees Bol (nld) s.t.

Race report Strong winds are blowing in the emirates and shortly after the start the peloton splits into several groups. The gap between the first two groups widens to almost 1 minute. Remco Evenepoel, Pello Bilbao, Luke Plapp and Thomas Gloag are the GC riders first group; Sam Bennett, Olav Kooij, Phil Bauhaus, Cees Bol, Danny van Poppel and Elia Viviani the sprinters. The chasing group, featuring Adam Yates, Tim Merlier, Caleb Ewan, Dylan groenewegen, Arnaud Démare and Mark Cavendish, closes down the gap in a 100 kilometres chase.

Plapp gains 5 bonus seconds in the intermediate sprints, Evenepoel and Bilbao both take 2.

A group with Fernando Gaviria, Jay Vine, Jakob Fuglsang, Alexey Lutsenko and Sepp Kuss seemed to have missed out at first. They were riding 5 minutes behind the first group at a certain point, but since the first group slows down after the regroupment they are gradually closing in.

But when they are within touching distance a group of 13 strikes at the front. On board are Remco Evenepoel, Bert Van Lerberghe, Cees Bol, Pello Bilbao, Mark Cavendish, Phil Bauhaus, Luke Plapp, Nikias Arndt, Jarrad Drizners, Matevz Govekar, Olav Kooij, Caleb Ewan and Tim Merlier.

The lead group enters the finishing circuit 40 seconds ahead of the chasers. They widen the gap to more than 1 minute.

Evenepoel attacks with 2 kilometres to go. Plapp and Bilbao go with him. But the race comes down to a sprint anyway.

Merlier opens and Ewan is the only riders who matches him. The Australian jumps in the final metres and crosses the line celebrating. But eventually Merlier is declared the winner.

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In a display of sheer sprinting dominance, Tim Merlier of Soudal Quick-Step claimed his eighth victory of 2024 at the opening stage of the UAE Tour. The seasoned Belgian rider left no room for doubt this time, crossing the finish line with several bike lengths to spare, unlike last year’s tight photo-finish.

The stage, stretching from Al Dhafra Walk to Liwa, remained relatively tranquil until the final kilometers, where the pace surged on the wide roads leading to the finish. While crosswinds were anticipated throughout the day, they only made a decisive appearance in the closing stretch, challenging riders to time their moves effectively, especially as the road inclined in the last 500 meters.

Despite losing some of his lead-out support, Merlier maintained composure amidst the chaotic finale. As other sprinters launched their efforts prematurely, Merlier powered down the right side of the road, executing a breathtaking acceleration that saw him effortlessly surge past his rivals and secure a commanding victory. This triumph marks Merlier’s third win of the year, following successes at the Saudi Tour.

Reflecting on his performance, Merlier expressed satisfaction with his first victory in a World Tour race this season. “The UAE Tour is a prestigious event, and securing a win here is always special,” he remarked. “Although the race was chaotic, I trusted my instincts and chose the right moment to make my move within the final 500 meters. I had the confidence in my legs and the speed to make it count.”

Merlier’s triumph not only clinched him the stage victory but also propelled him into the overall and points classification lead. With this 14th victory donning the Soudal Quick-Step jersey, Merlier looks ahead with anticipation, already eyeing the next opportunities that lie ahead in the UAE Tour.

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1 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:42:34

2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe

3 Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers

4 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco

5 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo

6 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

7 Max Kanter (Ger) Movistar Team

8 Olav Kooij (Ned) Jumbo-Visma

9 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux

10 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) UAE Team Emirates

GC after stage 1

1 Jasper Philipsen (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix 4:42:24

2 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04

3 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo

4 Elia Viviani (Ita) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:06

5 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane'

6 Xandres Vervloesem (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:00:08

7 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:10

8 Emils Liepins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo

9 Arnaud Demare (Fra) Groupama-FDJ

10 Max Kanter (Ger) Movistar Team

100km to go

108km to go, 115km to go, 125km to go, 133km to go.

Hello and welcome to our live coverage of the first WorldTour race of the 2022 season – the UAE Tour!

Today's first stage of the race takes the riders on a straight out and back course into the desert south of Madinat Zayed in the south of the country.

We currently have 140 kilometres to go of the 184-kilometre day.

It's a very flat parcours today with no climbs on the way to the finish, so few obstacles for the sprinters.

QuickStep-AlphaVinyl, BikeExchange-Jayco, UAE Team Emirates and Astana Qazaqstan are all at the front of the peloton at the moment.

We do already have a breakaway at 2:50 up the road.

Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè have two men in the break with Luca Rastelli and Alessandro Tonelli. Gazprom-RusVelo also have two with Pavel Kochetkov and Dmitry Strakhov. Lotto Soudal's Xandres Vervloesem rounds off the quintet.

The five riders have a solid gap which is fluctuating at around the three-minute mark. 

Obviously, there's not a ton else going on at the moment...

It would take something bizarre to happen for today's breakaway riders to have any chance of winning the stage.

They're being kept on a relatively tight leash and numerous teams behind are working for the top lineup of sprinters at the race: Mark Cavendish, Dylan Groenewegen, Arnaud Démare, Pascal Ackermann, Sam Bennett, Jasper Philipsen, Elia Viviani...

Then you have Alberto Dainese and Cees Bol, Kaden Groves, Olav Kooij, Marc Sarreau, Marijn van den Berg, Rudy Barbier, Matteo Malucelli, Sacha Modolo...

There are a lot of sprinters here at the race with four days likely to end with bunch sprints. 

2:50 is the current advantage for the break. The same teams continue to work on the front of the peloton.

Bahrain Victorious and UAE Team Emirates now at the front of the peloton in two separate trains.

There has been an upping of pace in the peloton and now the break's advantage is down to 2:20.

The gap keeps coming down with Bahrain Victorious on the front. As they pass through the feed zone it's now 2:05.

Down to 1:50 now.

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Now the gap has gone back up to 2:25 as the peloton knocks off the pace a little. Still the same five men out front sharing the work.

No one team really in control at the moment. 2:55 to the break now.

A look at some of the top contenders for today's stage... Not too many wins on the board just yet. Fabio Jakobsen – currently at the Volta ao Algarve – is the top sprinter of the year so far with four wins.

Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl): Stage win at the Tour of Oman

Jasper Philipsen (Alpecin-Fenix): 2022 season debut

Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates): No wins in nine race days

Elia Viviani (Ineos Grenadiers): Stage win at the Tour de la Provence

Sam Bennett (Bora-Hansgrohe): 2022 season debut

Dylan Groenewegen (BikeExchange-Jayco): Two stages at the Saudi Tour

Arnaud Démare (Groupama-FDJ): No wins at the Tour de la Provence

In the meantime, the gap has gone out to four minutes, the most it has been all stage long.

BikeExchange and QuickStep have a man each on the front of the peloton now.

Still a long way to go today. The moto camera pans out to show the vast expanse of desert ahead of the breakaway.

UAE Team Emirates have their squad lined up behind the the BikeExchange and QuickStep riders at the front of the peloton. Bardiani have a few riders up there too, playing spoiler.

3:20 is the gap now.

QuickStep have sent more men to the front now as the gap is steady at 3:20.

A couple of roundabouts for the riders, which break up the long and straight roads.

The break hits the first of two intermediate sprints today and Strakhov takes it over Tonelli and Vervloesem.

Now they're set to turn back north to head back up to the finish.

3:05 between break and peloton now.

We'll have another sprint coming up in the not too distant future. The second intermediate sprint comes after 126km at Liwa.

1:40 for the breakaway now after the peloton upped the pace.

Around 10km to go until the intermediate sprint. The leader in that classification wears the black jersey here (black being one of the colours of the UAE flag).

The red jersey will go to the overall leader, the green jersey to the points classification leader, and the white jersey to the youth classification leader.

The colours of the flag are the Pan-Arab colours widely used around the Arab world, with each colour representing different dynasties and Caliphates through history.

Red represents the Hashemite dynasty (and courage, braveness, strength, unity), white the Umayyad dynasty (cleanliness, honesty, peace), green Rashinud Caliphate (hope, love, joy), black the Abbasid dynasty (defeating enemies, strength of mind).

Back to the racing and there are numerous teams at the front of the peloton at the moment – EF, Movistar, Ineos, Bahrain are all up there.

1:25 to the break.

A look at the breakaway today.

Two kilometres to go untl the break hit the second intermediate sprint of the day.

Strakhov duly takes the sprint in Liwa ahead of Tonelli. He's the intermediate sprint leader now and will don the black jersey at the end of the stage.

Strakhov now sits up from the peloton to change a front wheel.

1:50 back to the peloton.

There isn't much of an incentive for Strakhov to battle back to the breakaway now. Will he just sit up and drop back to the peloton?

Today's stage is the first of three held within the Emirate of Abu Dhabi, the southernmost of the UAE as well as by far the largest by area and second-largest by population.

Stage 2 and 7 will also take plae in Abu Dhabi, one of the seven Emirates of the UAE.

Stage 6 takes place in Dubai, and the stage 3 time trial takes place in Ajman, the smallest Emirate. The remaining three stages are run across the Emirates of Sharjah, Umm Al Quwain, Ras Al Khaimah, and Fujairah.

1:10 for the breakaway now. Just four riders left as Strakhov didn't make it back.

It's a straight run all the way to the finish now. No obstacles of note and the finishing straight is flat, straight, long, and wide.

Sergio Samitier (Movistar) sees the moto camera pull up next to him and yawns. Yep.

44 seconds for the breakaway. They won't be out front for too much longer now.

It's still all calm in the peloton at the moment.

Here's a shot of the peloton out in the sand dunes earlier today because there's basically nothing going on right now...

30 seconds gap with 38km to go.

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Under 30 seconds for the breakaway now.

BikeExchange, Bahrain and QuickStep on the front of the peloton now. FDJ close behind.

20 seconds to the break.

Rastelli, Tonelli, Kochetkov and Vervloesem continue rolling along out front.

Crash in the peloton! Rick Zabel (Israel-Premier Tech) goes down but he's back up quickly.

A touch of wheels in the middle of the peloton. Zabel is the only man to hit the deck there.

He's still stood on the side of the road waiting for a new bike – his saddle is tilted way up after the crash.

11 seconds for the breakaway now.

A reminder that we'll have live coverage from the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve later today, as well as reports and news from the finales of the Tour du Var, Vuelta a Andalucia and the Setmana Valenciana.

Rastelli, Tonelli, Kochetkov and Vervloesem are caught by the peloton. Break over.

No significant pace in the peloton at the moment. BikeExchange and QuickStep withe a few men up front.

The speed at the moment is just 40kph.

The peloton looks more like a protest than a run-in to the end of a sprint stage at the moment. They're really dragging this one out...

Bardiani, Bahrain, QuickStep, FDJ, DSM, UAE are all spread across the road at the front of the peloton.

A bump in the middle of the peloton creates a ripple through the group though nobody goes down, thankfully.

DSM and QuickStep on the right-hand side of the road as the pace ups to 55kph.

Not long to go now...

QuickStep still in charge on the right with six men. 

Ineos and Bahrain are up front next to them.

Bora-Hansgrohe, meanwhile, are right at the back of the peloton at the moment.

Five to go. It's nearly over.

Still the same mix of teams up front, with EF and Jumbo also up there now.

Movistar and UAE are moving up now, too.

Bora still not up there.

Mark Cavendish came out on top in our stage winner poll earlier on. 40% of votes for him, 15% for Philipsen, 24% for Bennett and 21% for other.

Now the QuickStep train is fully organised on the right. 

Bahrain, Jumbo, Ineos all mixed together up the middle as the pace ups close to 70kph.

Bahrain leads the way. Israel-Premier Tech take over now.

Bora still not up there at the moment.

Just a long, straight, wide road to the line.

It's a mess of teams up there now. No clear lead out train.

BikeExchange and FDJ up ther now. Bora move up on the left.

BikeExchange perhaps the most organised here.

QuickStep move up too.

The sprint launches at 250 to go!

Such a disorganised run-in. It looked like Bennett went first.

Philipsen came up on the nearside barriers, though, and he looks to have taken the win!

Bennett was second behind Philipsen with Viviani and Groenewegen close behind.

Cavendish was alongside Philipsen just before the sprint started but he had nowhere to go with his routes blocked off.

Philipsen went to the right, hugging the barriers. He closed the door on Groenewegen, who had to let up to prevent a crash. No question of a dirty move or deviation though.

Philipsen, Bennett, Viviani were the top three at the line.

Philipsen after the finish...

"It was a prety fast finish. The last straight was more than 50km so we could see the finish from very far out. [I was] not confident at all. It was the first race of the season so you don't know how your shape is in comparison with the other teams. I'm really looking forward to move on and try to repeat the same as we did today. It won't always work out but it's good to win immediately and take the pressure off. We can be really proud of what we did."

Here's the top 10 on the stage...

And here's the first GC of the 2022 WorldTour...

Philipsen takes the plaudits after the stage.

🇦🇪 #UAETourHow. Amazing. Is. This! @JasperPhilipsen 🌪️💪 pic.twitter.com/oNd0NnbOd3 February 20, 2022

Our live racing coverage continues today with all the action from the final stage of the Volta ao Algarve.

Our report page is up here with a brief report and results . Check back for a full report on today's stage 1 action.

Tomorrow will be another chance for the sprinters to battle for victory as they race 176 kilometres from Hudayriyat Island to Abu Dhabi Breakwater. 

It's another very flat day out, so don't expect too much action throughout the stage, but be sure to join us for more comprehensive live coverage of the action!

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• Distance: 176 km
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Results: Dubai Tour, Stage 1

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Former world champion Mark Cavendish took the overall lead at the Dubai Tour after winning Wednesday’s opening stage in a sprint finish. The Briton held off Italians Andrea Guardini and Elia Viviani following the 145km run from the Dubai International Marine Club to Union House Flag. Cavendish, world champion in 2011, launched his sprint finish a touch too early after his sprint train, with Australian Mark Renshaw as last lead-out man, broke up in the final run in. As he approached the line, Cavendish was being quickly caught by Astana’s Guardini but a photo finish confirmed the Etixx-Quick Step rider had held on for the win. The Manxman admitted, though, that the final sprint had not entirely gone to plan.

“Ideally I wanted to leave it late because it was a cross headwind in the finish, (but) Sky went on the left early,” he said. “Renshaw just stayed calm, used them to pick up some speed in the slipstream, then he overtook and he started the leadout and I felt (Sky’s Ben) Swift go on the left. I had to go then. Not out (fear of) of Swift getting the jump on me so much as other sprinters might have gone with him and got the jump.

“So I went earlier than I (would have) liked, but I know I’ve good form and I was able to hold it. So, I knew it was OK when I went. I knew I was on top of the sprint, but I felt Andrea Guardini coming faster than me. I was happy to just hold on until the line.”

The Dubai tour finishes in front of the Burj Khalifa on Saturday at the end of the fourth and final stage. Each stage starts from the Dubai International Marine Club.

RESULTS 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR) Etixx-Quick Step 3hr 25min 00sec 2. Andrea Guardini (ITA) Astana same time 3. Elia Viviani (ITA) Sky s.t. 4. Alexander Porsev (RUS) Katusha s.t. 5. Juan Jose Lobato (ESP) Movistar s.t. 6. Luka Mezgec (SLO) Giant-Alpecin s.t. 7. Andrea Palini (ITA) Skydive Dubai s.t. 8. Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani CSF s.t. 9. Daniel Oss (ITA) BMC s.t. 10. Martijn Verschoor (NED) Novo Nordisk s.t.

OVERALL STANDINGS 1. Mark Cavendish (GBR) Etixx-Quick Step 3hr 25min 00sec 2. Andrea Guardini (ITA) Astana at 4sec 3. Elia Viviani (ITA) Sky 6 4. Alexander Porsev (RUS) Katusha 10 5. Juan Jose Lobato (ESP) Movistar s.t. 6. Luka Mezgec (SLO) Giant-Alpecin s.t. 7. Andrea Palini (ITA) Skydive Dubai s.t. 8. Paolo Simion (ITA) Bardiani CSF s.t. 9. Daniel Oss (ITA) BMC s.t. 10. Martijn Verschoor (NED) Novo Nordisk s.t.

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• Stages Stage 1 02-19 Burjeel Holdings Stage 141 km Stage 2 02-20 Presight Stage 12.1 km Stage 3 02-21 Ras Al Khaimah Stage 176 km Stage 4 02-22 Dubai Stage 168 km Stage 5 02-23 Fujairah Stage 182 km Stage 6 02-24 Aldar Stage 138 km Stage 7 02-25 International Holding Company Stage 161 km
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