Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) has won stage 1, the Al Masaood Equipment Rental Stage, of the fourth edition of the UAE Tour Women, ahead of Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) and Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto). Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime) is also the first Red Jersey of the race as she leads the General Classification.
PROVISIONAL STAGE RESULTS
1) Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime), 111km in 2h26’17”, average speed 45.528 km/h
2) Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) s.t.
3) Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) s.t.
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1) Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
2) Lara Gillespie (UAE Team ADQ) at 4″
3) Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto) at 6″
THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS
The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour Women are provided by ALÉ
- Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Ports Group – Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
- Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Mubadala – Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx – Protime)
- White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Burjeel Holdings – Zoe Backstedt (Canyon//SRAM zondacrypto)
- Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by Aldar – Femke de Vries (Team Visma | Lease a Bike)
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Red Jersey Lorena Wiebes said: “This win makes it a great start of the season. We did a good job as a team in the last ten kilometres. We knew from two years ago that this is a difficult finish. The straight line is so long. We could also use the other teams in the final and luckily I got a gap for sprinting. UAE Team ADQ did a very good lead out. We know that we don’t have our best lead out here so we started our lead out early, then Barbara [Guarischi] and I would find our way. That’s how we could use Team UAE and it worked out well today. I chose Lara Gillespie’s wheel, seeing that her train had a lot of speed. I gambled a bit by choosing the left side. I said this morning that one stage win was my target but we’ll try to get the next two as well. We also have Anna [van der Breggen] there for GC so hopefully we can show some more good things in the coming days”.
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