8 of the world's most prominent stars join the participants in the "UAE Tour 2022"
The Abu Dhabi Sports Council revealed in a press statement that 8 of the world's most prominent stars in cycling have joined the list of participants in the fourth edition of the UAE Tour 2022, the only global race in the Middle East, which will be held from 20 to 26 March, with the participation of 20 international teams. .
The list includes 8 world names specialized in speed racing, including Sam Bennett, Mark Cavendish, Elia Viviani, Dylan Groenwegan, Arnaud Demari, Jasper Philipsen, Filippo Gana and Stephane Bisegger, 7 of whom won 94 stages in the three grand pontoons.
The Emirates Tour provides four speed stages in this year's version out of 7 stages, giving a great opportunity for these riders to compete for the title and the green jersey in particular.
The Emirates Tour attracts the world's elite riders, with the participation of 20 professional teams, including world champions, waiting for an exceptional version, thanks to the successes of three previous editions of the Tour.
Irish Sam Bennett, the rider of the Bora Hansgrohe team, who won 8 stages in the grand rafts and two stages in last year's edition of the Emirates Tour, shares great ambitions at the beginning of the 2022 season, as one of the most prominent candidates to compete for the first places, but he will face fierce competition from the British Mark Cavendish (Quek Step), who is expected to fight for victory in the Emirates, especially as he achieved the green jersey in the prestigious Tour de France last year, and won 52 wins in the major rafts, and the title of world champion once during his career, but he did not take first place in the Emirates Tour. Before, during his participation in the 2019 and 2020 editions.
Veteran Italian Elia Viviani (Enos Grenadines), previously crowned in the Italy and France Tours, will join the list of competitors in the UAE, after he participated for the first time in 2019, and won the green shirt.
Dutchman Dylan Groenwegan (Bike Extinguishing), who returns to participate in the UAE Tour for the second time after his first appearance in the race in 2020 and saw him cross the finish line in first place during the fourth stage, achieving an unforgettable victory for his career that already includes four victories in the stages of the Tour de France.
It is also expected that the Frenchman, Arnaud Demarie (Grupama), the five-time winner of the Giro d'Italia, the fourth edition of the Emirates Tour, with great aspirations after he climbed the podium at the top of the Hatta Dam in his first appearance in the race in 2020, while the Belgian Jasper Philipsen returns ( Albaicin Phoenix) during his second participation in the hopes of the competition, and although he is only 23 years old, he won great victories, three stages in the Tour of Spain, and many podiums in the Tour de France.
In addition to a group of world-class riders, the Tour attracts specialists in anti-clock racing, such as Italian Filippo Gana (Enos) and Stephane Bessiger (EF Education), and the competition will be the most intense between the duo during the third stage to be held in Ajman (against the time), for a distance of a distance 9 km, where the two-time world champion Jana won the Hudayriat Island last year by 14 seconds over Besiger who came in second place.
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