UAE Tour (2021) Photos; Stage 1: Al Ruwais → Al Mirfa, 177 km |
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| UAE TEAM EMIRATES during the Stage 1 teams presentation at their home race | share this photo |
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| Tour de France overall winner, Tadej POGACAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES), not showing the pressure on his shoulders to win the overall for his team's local race | share this photo |
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| Caleb Ewen | share this photo |
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| Filippo GANNA (ITA/INEOS GRENADIERS) is thinking about tomorrow's ITT | share this photo |
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| Chris FROOME (GBR/ISRAEL START-UP NATION) in his first year for his new team | share this photo |
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| Start scene for Stage 1 at Al Dhafra Castle | share this photo |
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| Ready to drop the flag on the first World Tour race of the year | share this photo |
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| After the neutral start, the race is about to get off to dramatic start | share this photo |
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| Splits in the race right after the neutral start | share this photo |
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| Echelons! | share this photo |
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| Overall view of the echelons | share this photo |
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| After shallowing sand for most of the day, the riders probably wished they left their masks on | share this photo |
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| Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) leading the break | share this photo |
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| Don't be fooled, there were no hills on this stage; Mathieu van der Poel (Netherlands / Alpecin-Fenix) out of the saddle for a change of pace | share this photo |
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| Sprint finish in Al Mirfa | share this photo |
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| Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) wins Stage 1 in 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 POGAČAR (SLO/UAE TEAM EMIRATES) , 7 Anthony ROUX (FRA/GROUPAMA - FDJ) | share this photo |
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| Mathieu van der Poel said in the press conference: “It was really unexpected to be honest but it was windy from the beginning onwards. I was immediately in the first echelon and I felt good. But then, with the head wind, we regrouped with the peloton and the bunch split again after the intermediate sprint. I was able to catch the first group and it was very hard racing until the finish line. It was good to have teammates in the front group, especially Gianni [Vermeersch) who helped me a lot at the end because Roy was dropped a little bit before. Gianni did an amazing job again covering moves in the finale. I still felt really good for the sprint. I knew I just had to start sprinting when I thought it was the right moment to go. The hard racing was good for me for the sprint. Normally there were a few guys faster than me but the heat made it a very hard race as well. That gave me confidence that I could go for the sprint, which wasn’t the plan before. I didn’t expect such a stage and such a result at all. I had a rest after the cyclo-cross world championship and I started training with the team one week before coming to the UAE. So I think it's my cyclo-cross form that's made me a winner today.” | share this photo |
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| Stage 1 winner, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) | share this photo |
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| and race leader, Mathieu VAN DER POEL (NED/ALPECIN-FENIX) | share this photo |
UAE Tour (2021) Photos; Stage 1: Al Ruwais → Al Mirfa, 177 km |
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