Remco keeps red at the UAE Tour

Remco Evenepoel enjoyed his first day in the overall lead of the Middle East’s only World Tour race, arriving home in the same time as the winner after 174 kilometers and almost four hours in the saddle.
Stage 4 was a rather quiet one, with a three-man breakaway in the spotlight with five kilometers to go, when the peloton made the catch. The wide roads in Dubai, where the race concluded, made for quite a chaotic finale, as every team tried to take the front of the bunch and bring its sprinter in the perfect position. Guided by Bert Van Lerberghe, Belgian Champion Tim Merlier was also there and kicked out 200 meters from the line, but he was boxed in for a split second and lost the momentum. In the end, the stage 1 winner finished in ninth place, as Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE Team Emirates) took the victory.
Evenepoel was again in the spotlight after the stage, taking to the podium to receive the red jersey and the white one, as the 23-year-old World Champion also leads the youth classification, ahead of Friday’s journey to Umm al Quwain.
Photo credit: ©Dario Belingheri / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides UAE Team Emirates |
3:50:01 |
2 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
0:00 |
3 |
Sam Welsford Team DSM |
0:00 |
4 |
Arvid de Kleijn Tudor Pro Cycling Team |
0:00 |
5 |
Dylan Groenewegen Team Jayco AlUla |
0:00 |
6 |
Danny van Poppel BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
7 |
Marijn van den Berg EF Education-EasyPost |
0:00 |
8 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
0:00 |
9 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
10 |
Jon Aberasturi Izaga Trek - Segafredo |
0:00 |
31 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
33 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
103 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
107 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
108 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
112 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
0:00 |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:17:23 |
2 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:07 |
3 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:11 |
4 |
Stefan de Bod EF Education-EasyPost |
1:01 |
5 |
Wout Poels Bahrain - Victorious |
1:04 |
6 |
Harm Vanhoucke Team DSM |
1:10 |
7 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
1:10 |
8 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
1:11 |
9 |
Georg Steinhauser EF Education-EasyPost |
1:11 |
10 |
Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates |
1:12 |
31 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:00 |
68 |
Pieter Serry
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:13 |
73 |
Louis Vervaeke
Soudal - Quick Step |
13:58 |
77 |
Josef Černý
Soudal - Quick Step |
17:56 |
85 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
18:43 |
118 |
Bert Van Lerberghe
Soudal - Quick Step |
24:27 |
1 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
25 pt |
2 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
24 pt |
3 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
24 pt |
4 |
Tim Merlier
Soudal - Quick Step |
22 pt |
5 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
20 pt |
6 |
Juan Sebastián Molano Benavides UAE Team Emirates |
20 pt |
7 |
Edward Planckaert Alpecin-Deceuninck |
18 pt |
8 |
Samuele Zoccarato Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè |
16 pt |
9 |
Nikias Arndt Bahrain - Victorious |
16 pt |
10 |
Caleb Ewan Lotto Dstny |
16 pt |
1 |
Remco Evenepoel
Soudal - Quick Step |
12:17:23 |
2 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:07 |
3 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
1:10 |
4 |
Einer Augusto Rubio Reyes Movistar Team |
1:11 |
5 |
Georg Steinhauser EF Education-EasyPost |
1:11 |
6 |
Brandon McNulty UAE Team Emirates |
1:16 |
7 |
Antonio Tiberi Trek - Segafredo |
1:19 |
8 |
Thomas Gloag Jumbo-Visma |
1:21 |
9 |
Matthew Riccitello Israel - Premier Tech |
1:32 |
10 |
Valentin Paret-Peintre AG2R Citroën Team |
1:43 |
12 |
Mauro Schmid
Soudal - Quick Step |
2:00 |
1 | EF Education-EasyPost | 36:18:36 |
2 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 0:18 |
3 | UAE Team Emirates | 0:37 |
4 | AG2R Citroën Team | 0:42 |
5 | Trek - Segafredo | 1:28 |
6 | Soudal - Quick Step | 1:49 |
7 | Intermarché - Circus - Wanty | 2:30 |
8 | Jumbo-Visma | 2:41 |
9 | Israel - Premier Tech | 2:49 |
10 | Green Project-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | 6:06 |