LORENA WIEBES WINS STAGE 2 AND RETAINS THE RED JERSEY

Madinat Zayed, 9 February 2024 - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx) has won Stage 2, the MODON Stage, of the second edition of the UAE Tour Women, ahead of Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) and Clara Copponi (Lidl - Trek).

PROVISIONAL STAGE RESULTS

1 - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx), 113km in 2h28’08”, average speed 45.769 km/h

2 - Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) s.t.

3 - Clara Copponi (Lidl - Trek) s.t.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1 - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx)

2 - Chiara Consonni (UAE Team ADQ) at 12"

3 - Rachele Barbieri (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) at 16"

THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS

The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour Women are provided by ALÉ

• Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by Al Ain Water - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx)
• Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Tadweer - Lorena Wiebes (Team SD Worx)
• White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Burjeel Holdings - Yanina Kuskova (Tashkent City Professional Cycling Team)
• Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by ALDAR - Lotte Kopecky (Team SD Worx)

Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and Red Jersey Lorena Wiebes said: "The final kilometre made it difficult to win today. There was a crash close to me. I had to be careful. I opened my sprint quite early, but it went ok. It was hard to time the sprint because Liv AlUla Jayco came with a lot of speed from the right side. But my team did an amazing job and Lotte [Kopecky] gave me a strong lead out again today. We rode for the intermediate sprints yesterday because Lotte wanted to go for it to take time bonus before tomorrow's queen stage so it was better for me to go with her".