UAE Tour 2023: World champion Evenepoel takes overall lead

Click through: The 3rd stage of the UAE Tour 2023 in pictures

The 23-year-old Belgian from Soudal - Quick Step finished second on the stage, 14 seconds behind the Colombian Einer Rubio (Movistar) crossed the finish line. The 25-year-old won the mountain finish on the Jebel Jais mountain on his birthday.

Nikias Arndt (Bahrain-Victorious), who had climbed to third place overall on the second stage of the Tour of the United Arab Emirates, dropped back significantly. The best German after three stages for the time being is 21-year-old Georg Steinhauser (EF Education EasyPost) in ninth place.

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UAE Tour 2023: Result of the 3rd stage

1st One Rubio (Movistar) 4:51:24

2nd Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:14

3rd Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +0:15

4th Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan Team) +0:15

5th Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:15

6th Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM) +0:15

7th Thomas Gloag (Jumbo-Visma) +0:15

8th Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) +0:15

9th Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) +0:15

10th Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe) +0:15

The current standings in the overall standings of the UAE Tour 2023

1st Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) 8:27:22

2nd Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:07

3rd Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:11

4th Stefan de Bod (EF Education EasyPost) +1:01

5th Wouter Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:04

6th Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM) +1:10

7th Andreas Leknessund (Team DSM) +1:10

8th One Rubio (Movistar) +1:11

9th Georg Steinhauser (EF Education EasyPost) +1:11

10th Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +1:12

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