Irish Bennett is a hero of the "Probe Hope" stage in the Emirates Cruise
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The cyclist of the Belgian (Decoink Quick Step) team, Sam Bennett, won the title of the fourth stage of the Emirates Tour, which was held in the emirate of Ras Al Khaimah, passing through Umm Al Quwain.
Bennett clinched the title of the "Probe of Hope" stage, after he covered the race distance of 204 km in 4 hours 51 minutes 51 seconds, amid strong competition in the last kilometers from the most prominent riders and professional teams participating in the current version, led by the Dutch David Decker, rider of the Jumbo team. Visma, who finished second, then Australian Caleb Ioan, a rider of the Belgian Lotto Soudal team, came third, while Italian Ilya Viviani, the rider of the French team Covidis, came fourth, and Italian Matteo Mochetti from the American Trek Segafredo team ranked fifth.
On the other hand, Slovenian Tadi Bogacher, cyclist of the Emirates Team, champion of the Tour of France 2020, kept the top of the general standings with a time of 12 hours, 50 minutes and 21 seconds, after he managed to maintain the 43-second difference that separates him from his British direct pursuit Adam Yates, rider of the Ineos team, Portuguese Joao Almeida, rider of the Quick Step team, came third, 1.03 minutes behind Bogachar, while Australian Chris Harper, rider of Jumbo Fisma, came fourth.
With this, Bogacher kept the red jersey for the overall leader at the end of the fourth stage, which was held under the auspices of ADNOC, as well as the white jersey for the best young cyclist sponsored by Nakheel, while Dutch David Decker snatched the green jersey for the leaders of the points under the sponsorship of Etisalat, and Tony Gallopin snatched the rider (IG2 team) French R-Citroen) A black jersey for middle speed sponsored by Abu Dhabi Airlines.
The fourth stage and the coronation ceremony were witnessed by the Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Aref Al-Awani, a member of the Federal National Council, Yusef Abdullah Al-Batran, the CEO of (Murjan) Abdullah Rashid Al-Abdouli, the General Director of (Breitling Middle East) watches Ayed Adwan, and Colonel Abdullah bin Salman Al-Nuaimi, a police representative. Ras Al Khaimah, the managing director of (Nakheel) Muhammad Al Qasim, the manager of a commercial project at Abu Dhabi Aviation, Captain Pilot Hashem Al Hamshi, the representative of (ADNOC) Khaled Al Marzouki, the representative of Etisalat Ali Al Nuaimi, and the representative of Ras Al Khaimah Municipality Ahmed Al Ahmad.
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