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UAE TTT: Jumbo-Visma take first ever stage at new WorldTour race

Feb 25, 2019

Jumbo-Visma beat Team Sunweb and Bahrain-Merida into first on the fast windswept 16-kilometer team time trial, Sunday. Primoz Roglic was first across the line and so took the race’s red leader’s jersey.

“It was a fast team time trial and it went very well,” said Roglic. “It’s nice to have the leader’s jersey and we certainly have ambitions to win this race. There are still some tough stages coming up, so we take it day by day. But we have an excellent start.”

Riders started their day in downtown Abu Dhabi where they rode warmup laps on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, the country’s Formula 1 track. Riders then transferred across the city to Al Hudayriat island. The man-made island opened in 2018 and is designed specifically for recreation and endurance sports. The island is crisscrossed by tracks made specifically for cycling and running. It also features a long swimming beach.

The offshore winds shifted several times during the time trial event, which kicked off at 2 p.m. with Russian team Gazprom speeding out onto the track.

Bahrain-Merida set the pace early on, driven by world champion time trialist Rohan Dennis, however the strength in depth of Jumbo-Visma’s team, with powerhouses such as Roglic, Tony Martin and Jos Van Emden, allowed them to set a time of 16:49; a blistering 57km/h.

The Dutch team was the 11th of 20 teams to start, and spent much of the day in the hot seat.

Sunweb were the penultimate team to start, and looked ready to dethrone the Dutch squad. However the team faded in the final half and finished second, seven seconds back, leaving Tom Dumoulin in a good position to battle for GC.

“At the end we were missing out on a little bit of firepower,” Dumoulin said. “I think we can be happy with a young group of guys here.”

Bahrain-Merida finished third, nine seconds back. They will be fighting for Vicenzo Nibali in the overall.

Monday will see the new race’s first road stage, a flat race to Abu Dhabi Marina, which will see the sprinters come to the fore.

UAE Tour Team Time Trial Results

Rank	Name	Time
1	Team Jumbo-Visma	16:49
2	Team Sunweb	0:07
3	Bahrain Merida	0:09
4	Team Sky	0:14
5	Movistar Team	0:18
6	CCC Team	0:24
7	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:26
8	EF Education First	,,
9	BORA – hansgrohe	0:28
10	Team Dimension Data	,,
11	Groupama – FDJ	0:29
12	Mitchelton-Scott	0:32
13	UAE-Team Emirates	0:36
14	Trek – Segafredo	0:43
15	Astana Pro Team	,,
16	Lotto Soudal	0:45
17	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
18	AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
19	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:57
20	Team Novo Nordisk	1:46

Rank	Name	Team	Time
1	ROGLIČ Primož	Team Jumbo-Visma	16:49
2	DE PLUS Laurens	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
3	VAN EMDEN Jos	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
4	BOUWMAN Koen	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
5	WALSCHEID Max	Team Sunweb	0:07
6	HAGA Chad	Team Sunweb	,,
7	DUMOULIN Tom	Team Sunweb	,,
8	KELDERMAN Wilco	Team Sunweb	,,
9	ARNDT Nikias	Team Sunweb	,,
10	DENNIS Rohan	Bahrain Merida	0:08
11	CARUSO Damiano	Bahrain Merida	,,
12	NIBALI Vincenzo	Bahrain Merida	,,
13	TRATNIK Jan	Bahrain Merida	,,
14	KWIATKOWSKI Michał	Team Sky	0:14
15	HALVORSEN Kristoffer	Team Sky	,,
16	PUCCIO Salvatore	Team Sky	,,
17	SIVAKOV Pavel	Team Sky	,,
18	MOSCON Gianni	Team Sky	,,
19	ELISSONDE Kenny	Team Sky	,,
20	SÜTTERLIN Jasha	Movistar Team	0:18
21	MAS Lluís	Movistar Team	,,
22	VALVERDE Alejandro	Movistar Team	,,
23	AMADOR Andrey	Movistar Team	,,
24	OLIVEIRA Nelson	Movistar Team	,,
25	POWER Robert	Team Sunweb	0:24
26	ROSSKOPF Joey	CCC Team	,,
27	BEVIN Patrick	CCC Team	,,
28	OWSIAN Łukasz	CCC Team	,,
29	DE LA PARTE Víctor	CCC Team	,,
30	DE MARCHI Alessandro	CCC Team	,,
31	EVENEPOEL Remco	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:26
32	MØRKØV Michael	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
33	SABATINI Fabio	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
34	VIVIANI Elia	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
35	KNOX James	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
36	DEVENYNS Dries	Deceuninck – Quick Step	,,
37	VAN GARDEREN Tejay	EF Education First	,,
38	MODOLO Sacha	EF Education First	,,
39	CLARKE Simon	EF Education First	,,
40	MCLAY Daniel	EF Education First	,,
41	VAN DEN BERG Julius	EF Education First	,,
42	SCHACHMANN Maximilian	BORA – hansgrohe	0:29
43	FORMOLO Davide	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
44	BUCHMANN Emanuel	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
45	PFINGSTEN Christoph	BORA – hansgrohe	,,
46	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Reinardt	Team Dimension Data	,,
47	GHEBREIGZABHIER Amanuel	Team Dimension Data	,,
48	THOMSON Jay Robert	Team Dimension Data	,,
49	MEINTJES Louis	Team Dimension Data	,,
50	CAVENDISH Mark	Team Dimension Data	,,
51	GAUDU David	Groupama – FDJ	,,
52	SARREAU Marc	Groupama – FDJ	,,
53	SCOTSON Miles	Groupama – FDJ	,,
54	ROUX Anthony	Groupama – FDJ	,,
55	REICHENBACH Sébastien	Groupama – FDJ	,,
56	KENNAUGH Peter	BORA – hansgrohe	0:32
57	GRMAY Tsgabu	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
58	MEZGEC Luka	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
59	BOOKWALTER Brent	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
60	ALBASINI Michael	Mitchelton-Scott	,,
61	HONORÉ Mikkel Frølich	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:33
62	GAVIRIA Fernando	UAE-Team Emirates	0:36
63	ULISSI Diego	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
64	MARTIN Dan	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
65	COSTA Rui	UAE-Team Emirates	,,
66	SCOTSON Callum	Mitchelton-Scott	0:41
67	PORTE Richie	Trek – Segafredo	0:43
68	MOLLEMA Bauke	Trek – Segafredo	,,
69	MOSCHETTI Matteo	Trek – Segafredo	,,
70	IRIZAR Markel	Trek – Segafredo	,,
71	CLARKE Will	Trek – Segafredo	,,
72	EG Niklas	Trek – Segafredo	,,
73	SIEBERG Marcel	Bahrain Merida	,,
74	HAUSSLER Heinrich	Bahrain Merida	,,
75	HIRT Jan	Astana Pro Team	0:44
76	FOMINYKH Daniil	Astana Pro Team	,,
77	IZAGIRRE Gorka	Astana Pro Team	,,
78	VILLELLA Davide	Astana Pro Team	,,
79	FRAILE Omar	Astana Pro Team	,,
80	EWAN Caleb	Lotto Soudal	0:45
81	LAMBRECHT Bjorg	Lotto Soudal	,,
82	KLUGE Roger	Lotto Soudal	,,
83	MONFORT Maxime	Lotto Soudal	,,
84	DOWSETT Alex	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
85	ZAKARIN Ilnur	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
86	KITTEL Marcel	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
87	HALLER Marco	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
88	NAVARRO Daniel	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
89	BOARO Manuele	Astana Pro Team	0:48
90	HANSEN Adam	Lotto Soudal	0:49
91	BENNETT Sean	EF Education First	0:53
92	PARET-PEINTRE Aurélien	AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
93	DUMOULIN Samuel	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
94	BOUCHARD Geoffrey	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
95	GALLOPIN Tony	AG2R La Mondiale	,,
96	BOL Cees	Team Sunweb	0:57
97	BOEV Igor	Gazprom-RusVelo	,,
98	ARSLANOV Ildar	Gazprom-RusVelo	,,
99	PORSEV Alexander	Gazprom-RusVelo	,,
100	NYCH Artem	Gazprom-RusVelo	,,
101	SHILOV Sergey	Gazprom-RusVelo	,,
102	EISEL Bernhard	Team Dimension Data	0:58
103	GRUZDEV Dmitriy	Astana Pro Team	,,
104	JAUREGUI Quentin	AG2R La Mondiale	1:07
105	LEEZER Tom	Team Jumbo-Visma	1:10
106	REIJNEN Kiel	Trek – Segafredo	1:12
107	BAUHAUS Phil	Bahrain Merida	1:13
108	FERNÁNDEZ Rubén	Movistar Team	1:16
109	WHELAN James	EF Education First	1:17
110	KRISTOFF Alexander	UAE-Team Emirates	1:19
111	KURIANOV Stepan	Gazprom-RusVelo	1:27
112	GOŁAŚ Michał	Team Sky	1:29
113	LAENGEN Vegard Stake	UAE-Team Emirates	1:32
114	KREUZIGER Roman	Team Dimension Data	1:39
115	PERON Andrea	Team Novo Nordisk	1:46
116	CALABRIA Fabio	Team Novo Nordisk	,,
117	IRVINE Declan	Team Novo Nordisk	,,
118	PLANET Charles	Team Novo Nordisk	,,
119	KUSZTOR Péter	Team Novo Nordisk	,,
120	BRAND Sam	Team Novo Nordisk	,,
121	ARMÉE Sander	Lotto Soudal	1:47
122	BLYTHE Adam	Lotto Soudal	,,
123	BENNETT Sam	BORA – hansgrohe	1:50
124	WARBASSE Larry	AG2R La Mondiale	1:54
125	PAUWELS Serge	CCC Team	1:55
126	COSNEFROY Benoît	AG2R La Mondiale	1:59
127	CASTRILLO Jaime	Movistar Team	2:00
128	BEWLEY Sam	Mitchelton-Scott	2:05
129	BAUER Jack	Mitchelton-Scott	2:06
130	MARTENS Paul	Team Jumbo-Visma	2:07
131	MARTIN Tony	Team Jumbo-Visma	,,
132	TROIA Oliviero	UAE-Team Emirates	2:10
133	DELAGE Mickaël	Groupama – FDJ	2:23
134	ARMIRAIL Bruno	Groupama – FDJ	,,
135	BAŠKA Erik	BORA – hansgrohe	2:43
136	VOROBYEV Anton	Gazprom-RusVelo	2:44
137	MARECZKO Jakub	CCC Team	3:08
138	BENHAMOUDA Mehdi	Team Novo Nordisk	3:18
139	KOCHETKOV Pavel	Team Katusha – Alpecin	3:46
140	ZABEL Rick	Team Katusha – Alpecin	5:40

Rank	Name	Time
1	Team Jumbo-Visma	16:49
2	Team Sunweb	0:07
3	Bahrain Merida	0:09
4	Team Sky	0:14
5	Movistar Team	0:18
6	CCC Team	0:24
7	Deceuninck – Quick Step	0:26
8	EF Education First	,,
9	BORA – hansgrohe	0:28
10	Team Dimension Data	,,
11	Groupama – FDJ	0:29
12	Mitchelton-Scott	0:32
13	UAE-Team Emirates	0:36
14	Trek – Segafredo	0:43
15	Astana Pro Team	,,
16	Lotto Soudal	0:45
17	Team Katusha – Alpecin	,,
18	AG2R La Mondiale	0:54
19	Gazprom-RusVelo	0:57
20	Team Novo Nordisk	1:46