World road champion Movistar’s Alejandro Valverde won the 179km third stage of the UAE Tour atop Jebel Hafeet today.
The Spanyiard completed the race in 4:44:50, beating Jumbo-Visma’s Primoz Roglic and Groupama-FDJ’s David Gaudu to the line.
World road champion Alejandro Valverde, pictured here after claiming the world title last year, won the 179km third stage of the UAE Tour atop Jebel Hafeet today. Photo: Photo credits
Roglic, however, retained his overall lead, 14 seconds clear of Valverde.
View more results below.
Stage three
1. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar 4:44:50
2. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma
3. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
4. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:04
5. Daniel Martin (Ire) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:12
6. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:33
7. Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin
8. James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:00:35
9. Bauke Mollema (Ned) Trek-Segafredo
10. Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro
*Selected
47. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:03:36
72. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:08:46
76. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:10:08
General classification
1. Primoz Roglic (Slo) Jumbo-Visma 9:38:05
2. Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar 0:00:14
3. David Gaudu (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:31
4. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:39
5. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Sunweb 0:00:47
6. Daniel Martin (Ire) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:54
7. Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Sunweb 0:00:57
8. Victor de la Parte (Spa) CCC Team 0:01:05
9. James Knox (GBr) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:07
10. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:08
*Selected
43. Louis Meintjes (RSA) Dimension Data 0:04:11
69. Reinardt Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 0:09:21
73. Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 0:10:43
