Saqr bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi witnessed the start of the race
Philipsen climbs the stage of the Emirates Tour... and the stage of "Expo Dubai" today
Belgian Jasper Philipsen the moment he reached the finish line in first place.
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Belgian Jasper Philipsen scored his second victory during the fourth edition of the UAE Tour 2022, the only global race in the Middle East, within the calendar of the International Cycling Federation, and the inaugural race of the world tour, by winning the fifth stage "Marjan Island stage" that was held yesterday in Ras Al Khaimah, in Today, attention is turning to Dubai with the establishment of the sixth phase, which bears the name "Expo 2020 Dubai Phase", in conjunction with the establishment of the World Exhibition in Danat Al Dunya, with a distance of 180 km, as it starts from inside the Expo, passing through a number of the most prominent landmarks and icons. The world-famous architecture that characterizes Dubai, led by “Dubai Harbor”, “Ain Dubai” and “Museum of the Future”, as the procession passes through Dubai Sports City, Silicon Oasis, and Maidan, and back to the heart of the city via Jumeirah Street and Palm Island, and from Then back again to the headquarters of "Expo 2020 Dubai".
Philipsen won the first stage of the circumnavigation in Madinat Zayed in the Al Dhafra region, before returning to the podium in the fifth stage, which was held for a distance of 182 km, and set off from Ras Al Khaimah, heading to Umm Al Quwain, then across the desert, to reach Al Marjan Island.
The start of the stage was witnessed by Sheikh Saqr bin Saud bin Saqr Al Qasimi, and he attended part of the race, which lasted for about four and a half hours.
The young Belgian cyclist Albaicin Phoenix continued his distinguished appearance in the Emirates Tour, and finished the race in a time of 4:17:05 hours, beating the Dutchman Olaf Koig of Jumbo-Visma Team, after an arduous round, to take second place in the first race in His professional career, after competing with Irishman Sam Bennett, the rider Bora Hansgrohe, who was in first place in the last 100 meters but could not match Philipsen's speed in the end, was satisfied with third place at the end of the stage, while Italian Matteo Malocelli (Gazprom) took the position Fourth, and fifth, the French Rudi Barbier.
As for the general arrangement of the circumnavigation, the Slovenian Tade Bogacher (Emirates Team) retained the lead at the end of the fifth stage, and the red jersey of the Tour leader in time, after expanding his advantage over the Italian Filippo Gana (Inios) to four seconds, by taking advantage of the point of the middle speed stage that gave him two seconds Two additional bonus.
Jasper Philipsen retained the green jersey sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency, for the fifth stage in a row, to the leader of the Tour in points, and approached the coronation of the jersey after raising his score to 71 points, 30 points ahead of Russian Dmitry Strakhov (Gazprom), who in turn retained the black jersey, sponsored by Air Abu Dhabi is the leader in the middle speed stage, and Teddy Bugacher comes third with 34 points.
• Bugacher from Team Emirates retains the overall lead at the end of the fifth stage.
• 180 km distance of the sixth stage of the Emirates Tour (the stage of Expo 2020 Dubai).
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