Bogacher is a champion of the "fourth stage" and takes the lead in the UAE Tour
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Today, the Slovenian team's rider, Tadi Bogacher, won the fourth stage of the UAE Tour 2022, at the top of Jebel Jais in Ras Al Khaimah, to achieve a great victory in the fourth edition of the Tour, the only global race in the Middle East, on the agenda of the International Cycling Union and organized by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council .
The holder of the title of the last edition came to the fore in the general standings of the current edition, after four stages, as part of his efforts to score his second successive victory in the title, with three stages remaining in Ras Al Khaimah, Dubai and Al Ain.
Bogacher, the 2020 and 2021 Tour de France champion, clocked 4:49:24 hours at the moment of reaching the finish line of the 181-kilometre race, ahead of his main competitor, Ineos Grenadiers, Briton Adam Yates, the fourth stage runner, and Russian Alexander Vlasov from Bora Hansgrohe team.
Bugacher won the red shirt, sponsored by (International Holding Company), for the leader of the tour at the end of the fourth stage (Berjeel Medical City), with a total time of 14:02:34 hours, just two seconds ahead of the Italian Filippo Gana, of the Ineos team, who maintained the position Second in the general standings for the second stage in a row, with Vlasov advancing to third place, 13 seconds behind Bogacher.
As for Adam Yates, one of the most prominent competitors for the title of the UAE Tour 2022, he advanced from tenth place to fourth place in the standings, 15 seconds behind the first, behind him by the American Nelson Paulis, and the Portuguese Joao Almeida from the Emirates team.
The stage was launched from the Fujairah Castle, in the presence of Sheikh Saif bin Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Chairman of the Free Zone Authority in Fujairah, who gave the insignia for the launch of the fourth stage of the Emirates Tour, and was attended by Colonel Saleh Mohammed Abdullah, Director of Traffic and Patrols Department in Fujairah Police, and the supporting and cooperating bodies were honored in Emirate of Fujairah.
Saeed Hareb, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council, Aref Hamad Al Awani, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Abdullah Al Abdouli, CEO of Marjan Company, and Colonel Abdullah Ahmed bin Salman Al Nuaimi, Director of Media and Public Relations attended the coronation ceremony and participated in handing over the four shirts winners in the fourth stage. In the General Command of Ras Al Khaimah Police, and many officials.
The fifth stage will be held tomorrow, and it is called “Al Marjan Island stage”, for a distance of 182 km, starting from Ras Al Khaimah, heading to Umm Al Quwain, then across the desert again to reach Al Marjan Island in Ras Al Khaimah. It is also a speed stage, on straight and paved roads, but it is distinguished The effect of the wind on the riders.
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