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26/02/2020

UAE Tour. Stage 4. Sprint on windy day

After yesterday’s tough uphill finish and the battle between the GC favorites, today’s stage brought the peloton back on the flat roads near Dubai. The fourth stage of 173 km started near Zabeel Park and finished on the streets of Dubai at Dubai City Walk.

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25/02/2020

UAE Tour. Stage 3. Alexey Lutsenko takes 3rd atop Jebel Hafeet

The Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko finished third atop the first category climb Jebel Hafeet (10.6 km, 7%), which topped the third stage of the UAE Tour. Lutsenko answered the attack of the British rider Adam Yates, who won the stage after a solo attack, and later tried to chase him together with the Slovenian Tadej Pogačar, who, finally, was second.

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24/02/2020

UAE Tour. Stage 2. Alexey Lutsenko climbs into GC top 5 before first mountain stage

The second stage of the UAE Tour was another one for the sprinters, with the finish atop of the Hatta Dam. Caleb Ewan took the stage win, while Kazakh champion Alexey Lutsenko finished eighteenth in the first group behind the winner. Lutsenko climbed to fifth overall after gaining a bonus second in the intermediate sprint. Tomorrow will be the first mountain stage of the UAE Tour, with a finish atop Jabel Afeet.

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23/02/2020

Miguel Angel Lopez is 3rd in final classification of Volta ao Algarve

Miguel Angel Lopez took the third podium place in the final general classification of the Volta ao Algarve, which ended today in Lagoa, Portugal. The Astana Pro Team rider did a very strong individual time trial, showing the 5th best time, 38 seconds behind the stage winner Remco Evenepoel. This result moved Lopez up to the third position in the overall standings.

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23/02/2020

Vuelta a Andalucía. Stage 5. Jakob Fuglsang wins the 66th edition of Ruta del Sol after an impressive time trial

The 66^th edition of the Vuelta a Andalucía finished with a short time trial in Mijas today. Jakob Fuglsang put in a strong performance out on the course, taking the same time as the stage winner Teuns. The Danish rider concluded the five-day race with a back-to-back win on the overall ranking. Astana’s first general classification victory of the season.