UAE Tour 2024: Kooij outsprints Merlier in fotofinish, Vine still leader
foto: Cor VosOlav Kooij outguns Tim Merlier in a fotofinish sprint at the end of the UAE Tour's 5th stage, while Sam Welsford comes home in third place. Jay Vine stays in the overall race lead. (Slideshow route/profile)
Results 5th stage 2024 UAE Tour
1. Olav Kooij (nld)
2. Tim Merlier (bel)
3. Sam Welsford (aus)
4. Simone Consonni (ita)
5. Milan Fretin (bel)
6. Phil Bauhaus (Dui_
7. Dylan Groenewegen (nld)
8. Tim van Dijke (nld)
9. Kaden Groves (aus)
10. Fabio Jakobsen (nld)
GC after stage 5
1. Jay Vine (aus))
2. Ben O’Connor (aus) + 0.11
3. Brandon McNulty (usa) + 0.13
4. Ilan Van Wilder (bel) + 0.21
5. Pello Bilbao (spa) + 0.22
6. Max Poole (gbr) + 0.31
7. Tobias Foss (nor) + 0.33
8. Simon Carr (gbr) + 0.36
9. Lennert Van Eetvelt (bel) + 0.37
10. Mikkel Bjerg (den) s.t.
Koersverloop
Mark Stewart vormt de vlucht van de dag dit keer met Harm Vanhoucke. De twee rijden naar een voorsprong van ruim 4 minuten voor het peloton ze aan de lijn legt.
Stewart vindt het mooi geweest
Lennert Van Eetvelt, Harm Vanhoucke and Jacopo Mosca are the breakaway riders. The trio opens up a 4 minutes lead.
Van Eetvelt takes a maximum time bonus of 6 seconds before he and his team mate Vanhoucke sit up and wait for the peloton, while Mosca is reeled in 30 kilometres later.
The race boils down to a close finish. On the opposite sides of the road it’s Kooij on one hand and Merlier and Welsford on the other. The young Dutchman wins just a few millimetres ahead of Merlier, while Welsford comes home in third place.
Vine stays in the lead of the general classification.
Another interesting read: route 5th stage 2024 UAE Tour.
UAE Tour 2024 – stage 5: route, profile, more
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