UAE Team Emirates' Tadej Pogacar wins UAE Tour stage seven and general classification, Adam Yates second

Tadej Pogacar won the UAE Tour outright and the seventh stage on Saturday. UAE Team Emirates' Pogacar had to hold off a challenge from Ineos Grenadiers’ Adam Yates over the last five kilometres as the stage came to its conclusion at Jebel Hafeet. Ad/> However the Slovenian was able to find more stamina at the death to power through, taking the stage by a slim margin of just one second, winning the general classification by 22 seconds.

/> UAE TourHighlights from Stage 6 of UAE Tour as Mathias Vacek stays away from peloton to claim victory19 HOURS AGO Yates took second on the day and overall. Third place went to Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorious) for the stage, and Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) took third for the GC. “It’s really important, a really big goal for us as a team,” said Pogacar after the win.

“It’s the first race of the season but for us it’s one of the most important races so I’m super proud and happy.” “I was in the [overall] lead ahead of him so I didn’t need to attack [Yates], I just had to follow. The problem is cars — Trentin defends time trial bikes but admits need for changes Vacek wins stage six after thrilling finish in Dubai, Pogacar retains lead Philipsen takes stage 5 win, Pogacar retains lead despite late puncture “We all know his attacks are one of the best in the world. At one moment I was really suffering but luckily Adam also slowed down a bit, so it went all perfect for me.