UAE Tour 2023: Remco Evenepoel wins UAE Tour

UAE Tour 2023: Yates wins on the final stage

The Belgian successfully defended his lead in the stage race through the United Arab Emirates on the final section to Jebel Hafeet. The British rider Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) on Sunday ahead of Evenepoel and Frenchman Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R).

Evenepoel took the overall lead after the second of seven stages and finished 59 seconds ahead of Australian Lucas Plapp and one minute ahead of Yates. The best German was Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe) in eighth place, the same time as his Bora-Hansgrohe team-mate Emanuel Buchmann. Evenepoel's last success until Sunday was his victory at the World Championships in Australia at the end of September. The exceptional talent has already racked up a total of 38 professional victories.

UAE Tour: Result of the 7th stage

1st Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) 3:29:42

2nd Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) +0:10

3. Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R) +0:42

4th Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) +0:47

5th Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +0:54

6th Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:54

7th Wouter Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:16

8th Antonio Tiberi (Trek-Segafredo) +1:16

9th Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe) +1:25

10th Michael Storer (Groupama-FDJ) +1:25

UAE Tour 2023: The final standings in the overall standings

1st Remco Evenepoel (Soudal - Quick Step) 23:25:26

2nd Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) +0:59

3rd Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates) +1:00

4th Pello Bilbao (Bahrain-Victorious) +1:03

5th Sepp Kuss (Jumbo-Visma) +2:06

6th Wouter Poels (Bahrain-Victorious) +2:18

7th Antonio Tiberi (Trek-Segafredo) +2:33

8th Ben Zwiehoff (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2:38

9th Emanuel Buchmann (Bora-Hansgrohe) +2:38

10th Harm Vanhoucke (Team DSM) +2:40

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