TADEJ POGACAR WINS STAGE 3 OF THE UAE TOUR AND BECOMES THE NEW RED JERSEY

Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG) has won stage 3, the Ras Al Khaimah Tourism Development Authority Stage, of the 7th edition of the UAE Tour, ahead of Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) and Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team).

Tadej Pogacar is also the new Red Jersey of the race as he leads the General Classification.

PROVISIONAL STAGE RESULTS
1 - Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG), 181km in 4h36’04”, average speed 39.338 km/h
2 - Oscar Onley (Team Picnic PostNL) s.t.
3 - Felix Gall (Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team) s.t.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
2 - Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers) at 18"
3 - Pablo Castrillo (Movistar Team) at 23"

THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS

The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour are provided by ALÉ, with ENIT and ITALIA.IT as proud jersey partners

Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by International Holding Company: IHC - Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Mubadala -Tadej Pogacar (UAE Team Emirates - XRG)
White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Nakheel - Joshua Tarling (Ineos Grenadiers)
Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by ALDAR - Carlos Samudio (Solution Tech Vini Fantini)
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the stage winner and new Red Jersey Tadej Pogacar said: "It feels amazing to get the first win of the year, finally back racing and super happy with a victory after three days. It was hard for the guys to control the race because it was a long stage. We got no help whatsoever until the final climb. We executed the plan very well. Everybody in the team deserves the victory. We asked Ineos if they wanted to pay honor to the jersey but Rune [Herregodts] was left pulling all day. Lotto helped us a bit and we tried to do the climb at our pace. It's special to win in the UAE with the rainbow jersey. Part of me was hoping that Joshua Tarling would hold on to the bunch and retain the red jersey but I'll be more than happy to wear the race leader's jersey tomorrow. The GC is not over though. In three flat stages, you never know what can happen here. Tomorrow we'll only past half way into the race".