UAE Tour 2022: Vacek wins five-up sprint, Pogacar still leader

Results 6th stage UAE Tour 2022

1. Mathias Vacek (cze)
2. Paul Lapeira (fra) s.t.
3. Dimitriy Strakhov (rus) s.t.
4. Alessandro Tonelli (ita) s.t.
5. Pavel Kochetkov (rus) + 0.05
6. Jasper Philipsen (bel) + 0.15
7. Dylan Groenewegen (nld) s.t.
8. Pascal Ackermann (ger) s.t.
9. Rudy Barbier (fra) s.t.
10. Jonathan Milan (ita) s.t.

GC after stage 6
1. Tadej Pogacar (slo)
2. Filippo Ganna (ita) + 0.04
3. Aleksandr Vlasov (rus) + 0.14
4. Adam Yates (gbr) + 0.17
5. Neilson Powless (usa) + 0.25
6. João Almeida (por) + 0.30
7. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.37
8. Oscar Rodriguez (spa) + 0.40
9. Ruben Guerreiro (por)+ 0.42
10. Andreas Leknessund (nor) + 0.49

Race report
Six riders jump clear from the start. Johnatan Cañaveral, Pavel Kochetkov, Paul Lapeira, Dmitriy Strakhov, Alessandro Tonelli and Mathias Vacek put 4 minutes into the peloton.

While Cañaveral drops off the front in the finale, the peloton miscalculates its chase. Vacek powers to victory in the ensuing five-up sprint.

Pogacar stays in the overall race lead, 4 seconds ahead of Ganna with Vlasov 10 more seconds behind.

Another interesting read: route 6th stage 2022 UAE Tour.

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