Mørkøv animates final day of the UAE Tour

A mountain top finish awaited the UAE Tour Saturday afternoon – the first time that the race concluded with a showdown between the climbers. But before they moved to the forefront, a breakaway pulled away in the first kilometers and built a five-minute gap.
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl was represented there by Michael Mørkøv, who was prominent as the group stayed clear until the first ramps of Jebel Hafeet, the 10.8km ascent averaging 6.8%, where the furious pace set by the GC teams shred the peloton to pieces, leaving only a handful of riders in the lead. From there, Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates) took the stage victory and sealed the win in the overall standings with an attack in the closing meters.
“Today was a good opportunity to get in the break and work a bit on the condition for the upcoming races. At the end of the day, it’s been a nice race for us, we got a great victory with Cave – our first of the season at World Tour level – and this gives us confidence for the next goals”, said Michael after the race.
Photo credit: ©Tim De Waele / Getty Images
Race details
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
3:20:24 |
2 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
0:01 |
3 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:05 |
4 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:15 |
5 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
0:16 |
6 |
Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team |
0:16 |
7 |
Rafał Majka UAE Team Emirates |
0:16 |
8 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:30 |
9 |
Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team |
0:53 |
10 |
Chris Harper Jumbo-Visma |
0:53 |
33 |
Fausto Masnada
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
2:55 |
54 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:00 |
56 |
Stijn Steels
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:02 |
59 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
7:38 |
62 |
Ethan Vernon
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
8:45 |
85 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
11:26 |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
25:38:16 |
2 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
0:22 |
3 |
Pello Bilbao López de Armentia Bahrain - Victorious |
0:48 |
4 |
Aleksandr Vlasov BORA - hansgrohe |
0:54 |
5 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:55 |
6 |
Carlos Verona Quintanilla Movistar Team |
1:17 |
7 |
Rafał Majka UAE Team Emirates |
1:24 |
8 |
Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team |
1:46 |
9 |
Romain Bardet Team DSM |
1:46 |
10 |
David de la Cruz Melgarejo Astana Qazaqstan Team |
1:58 |
26 |
Fausto Masnada
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
4:35 |
74 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
25:03 |
78 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
25:59 |
80 |
Stijn Steels
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
26:18 |
82 |
Ethan Vernon
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
28:09 |
88 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
29:29 |
1 |
Jasper Philipsen Alpecin-Fenix |
76 pt |
2 |
Dmitry Strakhov Gazprom - RusVelo |
69 pt |
3 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
54 pt |
4 |
Adam Yates INEOS Grenadiers |
32 pt |
5 |
Pavel Kochetkov Gazprom - RusVelo |
29 pt |
6 |
Alessandro Tonelli Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
28 pt |
7 |
Olav Kooij Jumbo-Visma |
28 pt |
8 |
Sam Bennett BORA - hansgrohe |
28 pt |
9 |
Stefan Bissegger EF Education-EasyPost |
21 pt |
10 |
Mathias Vacek Gazprom - RusVelo |
21 pt |
12 |
Mark Cavendish
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
20 pt |
31 |
Michael Mørkøv Christensen
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
8 pt |
1 |
Tadej Pogačar UAE Team Emirates |
25:38:16 |
2 |
João Almeida UAE Team Emirates |
0:55 |
3 |
Luke Plapp INEOS Grenadiers |
2:11 |
4 |
Gino Mäder Bahrain - Victorious |
2:42 |
5 |
Thymen Arensman Team DSM |
2:47 |
6 |
Andreas Leknessund Team DSM |
3:20 |
7 |
Sebastian Berwick Israel - Premier Tech |
3:56 |
8 |
Samuele Zoccarato Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
5:43 |
9 |
Vadim Pronskiy Astana Qazaqstan Team |
7:43 |
10 |
Luca Covili Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè |
8:39 |
22 |
Stan Van Tricht
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
25:59 |
24 |
Ethan Vernon
Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team |
28:09 |
1 | UAE Team Emirates | 76:56:52 |
2 | Team DSM | 5:38 |
3 | Bahrain - Victorious | 9:08 |
4 | Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux | 9:26 |
5 | EF Education-EasyPost | 10:31 |
6 | Astana Qazaqstan Team | 11:00 |
7 | Movistar Team | 11:49 |
8 | BORA - hansgrohe | 13:29 |
9 | Jumbo-Visma | 15:07 |
10 | INEOS Grenadiers | 18:21 |