Colombian Einer Rubio won the queen stage of the UAE Tour

Victory for Einer Rubio in the third stage of the UAE Tour!. The Colombian rider of the Movistar team went solo on the hard climb of the last kilometers, withstood the pressure of the favorite peloton who tried to catch him before the finish line, but the rider Chiquiza remained strong and he was left with the victory of the day. Remco Evenepoel finished second.

A great stage for the Colombian cyclist who obtained his first UCI victory in his professional career. The cyclist, who coincidentally has a birthday, gave himself the best possible present and started the season on the right foot. Einer Rubio, who wore the Movistar team jersey, was enthusiastic after conquering the difficult climb and said that “the truth is incredible, my first professional victory”.

The Colombian runner obtained a time of 4 hours, 51 minutes, 24 seconds and he edged experienced runners such as Remco Evenepoel, who came in at 14 seconds, Adam Yates, Aletxey Lutsenko and Luke Plapp at 15 seconds. With this victory, the cyclist from Boyacá has climbed 67 places in the general classification and is now eighth, 1h11″ behind the Belgian leader of Soudal-Quick Stepp.

After the second stage team time trial, he left Soudal – Quick Step as the winner of the day with a single second gap to EF Education – EasyPost. The third day of the race in the United Arab Emirates came with the high mountain, a challenging 20 kilometer climb with gradients of up to 8%. In the first kilometers the peloton maintained a high pace and cut off several attack attempts.

At 70 kilometers from the finish, 4 riders tried to escape, but they could not add more than three minutes to the group of favorites. Lazkano, who was on the run, went solo and looked to win the stage, however, the difficult climb to Jebel was on his way.

Along the way, things were different, Lazkano, who was three minutes ahead, started to give way with the peloton. A few attacks in the group of favorites forced the pace to be accelerated and at 15 kilometers the gap at the head of the race was only 40 seconds. A few minutes later, the leak was neutralized.

With 10.5 kilometers to go, it was Movistar’s turn, which with A Rubio there Albert Torres They attacked the group and started adding differences in times. At 9 kilometers, Einer Rubio remained alone and started to resist the pressure of the group.

He The Colombian was strong and managed to have a one-minute gap to his pursuers. This situation put the group of favorites on alert and it was Soudal – Quick Step who began to impose a high pace and with a lot of power.

Despite attempts from the main lot, Einer Rubio stayed strong, didn’t slow down and held on. At kilometer 1 the difference was only 30 seconds, but it was enough for the rider from Chiquiza to take the victory and seal his first victory as a professional.

After the victory, the Colombian rider spoke to the official media of the race and there he assured that, “the truth is amazing, my first professional victory. In these years I went through a lot that hurt me a lot, but now I’m in great shape, my team brought me like a king, I arrived, I wanted to try from below, I came with a lot of strength and victory here, it’s unbelievable”.

Moreover, he pointed out that, “For me it’s something very special, for my sporting career, I had a lot of problems in previous years, I had the strength, but I came to the races and I didn’t have the opportunity to express my talent, so for me, for my family, for Colombia is an incredible day (…) I think now we will continue on the right track, we will continue to work and well, Today is my birthdayso what could be more of a gift than that”.