Colombian Einer Rubio wins at the top of Jebel Jais and Evenepoel is the new leader

Colombian Einer Rubio wins at the top of Jebel Jais and Evenepoel is the new leader

Colombian Einer Rubio wins at the top of Jebel Jais and Evenepoel is the new leader

Euskaraz irakurri: Einer Rubio kolonbiarrak irabazi du Jebel Jais mendatean eta Evenepoel da lider berria

The Colombian cyclist Einer Rubio (Movistar Team) won the third stage of the UAE Tourdisputed between Al Fujairah and the top of Jebel Jais over 185 kilometers, while the Belgian Remco Evenepoel (Soudal-Quick Step) is the new leader of the fifth edition of the Emirati tour.

Blond attacked 10 kilometers from the imposing peak (more than 1,900 meters) with the initial help of his partner Albert Torres and without anyone from the peloton, pulled above all by the Soudal-Quick Step of evenepoelwent out for them.

Now alone, the Colombian increased the distance up to a minute ahead and, when the large group wanted to chase him down, the victory was already in the hands of the South American, who on the day of his 25th anniversary wanted to give away his first victory as a professional .

The Movistar Team had a strong presence in the race, both with the victory of Blondbut before also with the escape of Oier Lazkano. The man from Vitoria attacked from the day’s break and was caught 14 kilometers from the finish line.

The new test leader is Remco Evenepoel, who was second in Jebel Jais and stole a second from the rest of the contenders. Overall, the Belgian has a 7-second margin over the previous leader Luke Plapp (INEOS Grenadiers) and 11 over the Gernikarra bilbao hair (Bahrain-Victorious).

CLASSIFICATION OF THE 3RD STAGE:

1 – RUBIO Einer Augusto (Movistar) 4:51:24

2 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) +0:14

3 – Adam YACHTS (UAE) +0:15

4 – LUTSENKO Alexey (Astana) mt

5 – PLAPP Luke (INEOS) mt

6 – VANHOUCKE Harm (DSM) mt

7 – GLOAG Thomas (Jumbo) mt

8 – LEKNESSUND Andreas (DSM) mt

9 – KUSS Sepp (Jumbo) mt

10 – ZWIEHOFF Ben (BORA) mt

11 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) mt

GENERAL RANKING:

1 – EVENEPOEL Remco (Soudal) 8:27:22

2 – PLAPP Luke (INEOS) +0:07

3 – BILBAO Pello (Bahrain) +0:11

4 – DE BOD Stefan (EF) +1:01

5 – POELS Wout (Bahrain) +1:04

6 – VANHOUCKE Harm (DSM) +1:10

7 – LEKNESSUND Andreas (DSM) mt

8 – BLONDE Einer Augusto (Movistar) +1:11

9 – STEINHAUSER Georg (EF) mt

10 – Adam YACHTS (UAE) +1:12

Source: Eitb

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