World champion masters the crosswinds before soaring to victory on final summit finish, taking his third UAE Tour title in the p Sunday 23 February, 2025 Tadej Pogačar produced a vintage display on Jebel Hafeet to win the seventh and final stage of the UAE Tour. In doing so, the […]
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Double Podium for Lidl-Trek on Final Day at UAE Tour
A superb ride from Giulio Ciccone sees him finish second atop Jebel Hafeet to secure second overall on the General Classification, while Jonathan Milan took maximum points at both intermediate sprints to ensure he took home the final green jersey of the week. Reaction from Giulio Ciccone “Second place is […]
UAE Tour: Merlier In a League of His Own
Seventh victory of the season for Soudal Quick-Step after one of the most dominant sprints in recent years22-Feb-2025: Tim Merlier showed there’s a reason why he is the best sprinter in the world, making it back-to-back stage victories at the UAE Tour on the penultimate day of the race with […]
Volta ao Algarve: Jordi Meeus Sprints to his First Win of the Season
Red Bull – BORA – hansgrohe sprinter Jordi Meeus has won today’s third stage of the Volta ao Algarve. The 26-year-old Belgian stayed calm amid a hectic, crash-marred finale and and had the fastest legs in the bunch sprint after 183 kilometers. With this triumph, Meeus secured his first victory […]
Merlier Strikes Again at UAE Tour
Soudal Quick-Step reaches 990 victories after the Belgian’s superb sprint in the Middle East21-Feb-2025: Tim Merlier continued to write history at the UAE Tour by becoming the first rider since the race’s inception to claim six stage victories at the World Tour event, where Friday afternoon he unleashed another trademark […]
Lotto Cycling Team welcomes top sprinter Elia Viviani
Elia Viviani (36) is joining Lotto Cycling Team. The Italian sprinter has signed a one-year contract. “I still want to sprint all-out for every victory, but at the same time, I want to pass on my experience to this young team.” Just before the start of the classic spring season, […]
Across the world in the United Arab Emirates, Tadej Pogačar rode strongly to defend his race lead after stage 4
The Slovenian put his nose in the wind with over 130km still to go, making the most of a lull in the proceedings after the intermediate sprint, but rival teams soon jumped on this moment of panic. Instead, the race came down to a bunch sprint in Umm al Quwain, […]
Sivakov takes race lead at Andalucía
UAE Team Emirates-XRG seized control of the Vuelta a Andalucía on stage 2 through Pavel Sivakov. The Frenchman finished third place on the uphill finish in Torredelcampo, and in doing so, moved into the yellow leader’s jersey. With eighth place on the day reserved for Sivakov’s teammate, Tim Wellens, UAE […]
Christen and Almeida go 1-2 at Algarve
Thursday 20 February, 2025 It was an afternoon to remember for UAE Team Emirates-XRG, who took the race lead in both the Vuelta a Andalucía and the Volta ao Algarve, whilst Tadej Pogačar maintained the race lead at the UAE Tour. In the Algarve, Jan Christen won stage 2 with […]
Milan Secures Second Victory at UAE Tour after Exciting Stage 4
Jonathan Milan and Lidl-Trek navigated their way through the chaos of UAE Tour Stage 4 perfectly, ensuring the Team’s leader was always in the first echelon before delivering him to the ideal position for another exciting sprint to the line which, saw the Italian named the day’s champion after a […]

