Fernando Gaviria tried again on the UAE Tour but couldn’t win stage six

The Colombian rider of the Movistar team took fifth place in the sixth stage. @Movistar_Team – Twitter
Fernando Gaviria He tried again, but it wasn’t enough. The Colombian rider was part of the final sprint of the sixth stage of the UAE Tour. However, he was not well placed and in the last meters he was overtaken. Tim Merlier was the big winner of the day and added his second win in the race taking place in the United Arab Emirates. The general classification has not undergone any modification.

Colombian Einer Rubio won the queen stage of the UAE Tour

The Movistar team rider attacked on the climb, withstood the pressure of the favorite peloton and took the victory
Colombian sprinter The Movistar team he ran out of options to take a stage win despite trying in different fractions. The last day of the UAE Tour will be in the high mountains and will have a high end, ideal for climbers and could present big changes in the general classification.

On the other hand, the Colombian from the Movistar team, A Rubio remains once again in the group of favorites and does not waste time with the leader of the general classification, the Belgian Remco Evenepoel. The Beetle is eighth in the table at 1:13″. The top 3 of the competition is completed by the Briton Luke Plapp of INEOS Grenadiers at 0:09″ and the Spaniard Pello Bilbao of Bahrain Victorious at 0:13″.

Tim Merlier walked away with the victory of the sixth stage of the race. @Movistar_Team – Twitter
The UAE Tour is in its home straight and the penultimate stage took place from Warner Bros World Abu Dhabi an Abu Dhabi breakwater, a 166 kilometer course with a flat profile, ideal for sprinters to once again be the main protagonists of the day. Tim Merlier, Sam Bennet, Fernando Gaviria and Juan Sebastián Molano were among the favorites of the day.

Colombian Fernando Gaviria finished second in the fifth stage of the Tour of the United Arab Emirates

Colombian Juan Sebastián Molano finished seventh on the day and Einer Rubio remained in the top 10 overall.
The first part of the scene again included a fugue, this time composed of Larry Warbasse of the AG2R Citroën, Edouard Planckaert of Alpecin-Deceuninck and Samuel Zoccarato of the Green Project – Bardiani CSF – Faizan. The small group was looking for the feat of reaching the last meters, but the peloton was solid and maintained a very high pace.

With 80 kilometers to go, the breakaway added more than a minute and a half to the lead peloton, which maintained an average of 44.9 kilometers per hour. At 50 kilometers the men of the INEOS Grenadiers led the lot and closed the gap, leading the group also joined the The Movistar team and the Jumbo Visma, in order to neutralize the three runners who were leading the race.

Juan Sebastián Molano won the fourth stage of the UAE Tour

The Colombian rider of UAE Team Emirates won in the final sprint and sealed his team’s first victory in the race and the second for the country
At 20 kilometers from the finish line the difference was barely 31 seconds between the breakaways and the main lot, so it was expected that in the last 10 kilometers, as happened in other parts of the race, the group would reach the breakaway and neutralize the riders.

At 6 kilometers from the finish line, the main peloton finally broke away and a single group compacted. The teams began to identify their best runners to place themselves well until the last meters. In the last stage, the sprinters gave their all, the Colombian Fernando Gaviria He did not arrive well lodged and despite the effort he was defeated; while Tim Merlierwho won the first part of the UAE Tour, prevailed again and added Soudal’s third victory – Quick Step.

1. Tim Merlier – Soudal – Quick Step | 3:41:12

2. Sam Bennett – Best hansgrohe | “

3. Philan Groenewegen – Team Jayco AlUla | “

4. Olav Kooij – Jumbo Visma | “

5. Fernando Gaviria – The Movistar team | “

1. Remco Evenepoel – Fast stage of Soudal | 19:55:40″

2. Luke Plapp – INEOS Grenadiers | at 0:09″

3. Pelo Bilbao – Bahrain to win | one 0:13″

4. Stephane de Bod – EF Education – EasyPost | 1:03″

5. Without Pools – Bahrain – Victorious | 1:06″

8. A Rubio – The Movistar team | a 1:13″.

There final stage of the UAE Tour It will take place between Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium and Jebel Hafeet, a 153 kilometer route which will present no difficulty for runners throughout the day, however, climbers should be prepared as a difficult climb begins in the last 13 kilometers. which will have slopes of up to 6.8 and will remain so until the finish line.