UAE Tour 2021 | Stage 1 Highlights

Mathieu van der Poel warned that he’d be racing the UAE Tour in support of his Alpecin-Fenix teammates but he found himself at ease in the echelons on Stage 1, the ADNOC Stage - a day that was marked by an unexpected scenario - Siroko 10% Extra Discount - Suplementos24 - Retto - Among the pre-race GC favorites, Adam Yates, Tadej Pogačar and João Almeida made the decisive 23-man front group, the latter taking six seconds of time bonuses by winning the two intermediate sprints during the stage. Top sprinters Elia Viviani and Fernando Gaviria were also up at the front but Van der Poel was the strongest at the finish despite recently switching (with no respite) from the cyclo-cross world championship to WorldTour road racing, both events being held in a sandy environment with a beach-side finish however.