The Emirates team is at the top of the overall team standings

Bogacher retains the UAE Tour title for the second year in a row

The Slovenian Tade Bogacher was crowned the champion of the fourth edition of the UAE Tour 2022, the only global race in the Middle East, within the agenda of the International Cycling Union, which was held in seven stages, over a distance of 1,060 km, with the participation of 140 cyclists representing 20 professional teams, and its competitions concluded today, Saturday, 26 This February, at the top of Jebel Hafeet in Al Ain, organized by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council.

His Excellency Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fakhr Al Watan Office, crowned Bugacher with the Tawaf title for the second time in his history, after winning the seventh and final stage (the Mubadala stage) in Al Ain, to achieve a great achievement for the Emirates team and retain the title he won in 2021 for the second year in a row. And he continues his victories to complement his victory last year in the Tour de France.

The star of the Emirates team retained his title in the Emirates Tour, after he finished the seven stages of the Tour at the top of the general standings with a time of 25:38:16 hours, and beat Britain's Adam Yates, the cyclist of the Ineos Grenadines team, by 22 seconds, who finished the Tour in second place, in a repetition of the same Ranking the 2021 edition, and ranked third in the general standings, the Spaniard Belo Bilbao, the Bahrain Victorious Team rider, 48 seconds behind Bogacher, while the Russian Alexander Vlasov, the German rider Bora Hansgrohe, came in fourth place, while the Emirates team continued to present a special version in the circumnavigation with his Portuguese riders. Joao Almeida and experienced Poland's Rafal Maika are fifth and seventh.

Bogacher managed to win the title of the seventh and final stage in Al Ain for a distance of 148 km, despite the competition with Adam Yates, where the Slovenian cyclist managed to outperform his British competitor in the last 200 meters at the top speed before crossing the finish line at the top of Jebel Hafeet, and finished the race in 3: 20:24 hours, while Belo Bilbao came third, and Joao Almeida came fourth.

The UAE team topped the overall team standings, ahead of the French DSM team in second place, and Bahrain's Victorious Team in third.

With the end of the fourth edition, Bugacher became the most successful rider in the stages of the Emirates Tour in four editions, and scored victory in 4 stages, with an increase of victory over Irish Sam Bennett and Slovenian Primoz Roglic, and also the most who won the mountain stage in Al Ain at the top of Jebel Hafeet.

The coronation ceremony was attended by Osama Al Shafar, Vice President of the International Cycling Union, President of the AFC, His Excellency Major General Maktoum Ali Al Sharifi, Director General of Abu Dhabi Police, Engineer Hamad Ali Al Dhaheri, Undersecretary of the Department of Community Development, Arif Hamad Al Awani, Secretary General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Saeed Hareb Amin. General of the Dubai Sports Council, Ghanem Mubarak Rashid Al Hajri, Director General of the Public Corporation for the Zoo and Aquarium in Al Ain, along with representatives of the sponsors, Ismail Abdullah, CEO of Strata, Omaima Abu Bakr, Director of the Executive Office of Communications at Mubadala, Peter Abraham, Representative of the International Holding Company, Suwaidan Rashid Al Dhaheri is a member of the Abu Dhabi Cycling Club’s board of directors, Mohammed Al Qassem representing Nakheel, Hashem Al Hashimi, representative of Abu Dhabi Aviation, and Carlo Ferro, representative of the Italian Trade Agency.

Sheikh Sultan bin Tahnoun, in the presence of Arif Hamad Al-Awani, presented the golden residency visa to Tadi Bugacher and Maru Gianetti, manager of the Emirates team, in appreciation of their great contributions to raising the name of the UAE in international sports forums.

The Emirates team was also honored with the award for the best Emirates Tour team, in the presence of His Excellency Matar Al Yabhouni, Head of the Emirates Team. In addition, all the supporting bodies and volunteers were honored in a distinctive festive atmosphere at the conclusion of the prestigious global event.

At the end of the fourth edition of the Emirates Tour, Bugacher won the red jersey for the leader sponsored by the International Holding Company, and the white shirt sponsored by Nakheel for the best young cyclist, while the Belgian Jasper Philipsen grabbed the green jersey sponsored by the Italian Trade Agency for the points leader, while the Russian Dmitriy Strakov won the black shirt sponsored by Abu Dhabi Airlines for the leader of the stages. average speed.

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