Kooij just outside top ten in last flat stage UAE Tour
Olav Kooij has not been able to sprint for the stage win in the sixth stage of the UAE Tour. Five breakaway riders fooled the peloton and made it to the finish in the stage to and from Expo 2020 Dubai.
The breakaway was quickly formed and initially, the sprinters' teams seemed to be able to keep the time difference manageable. However, the breakaway riders continued to ride hard. They kept the gap above one minute for a long time and tremendous efforts by Team Jumbo-Visma and others proved not effective.
Sports director Frans Maassen was disappointed. "All sprinters’ teams miscalculated. The leading group did well. The peloton rode quite a high average speed but in the last part, we had a tailwind and we misjudged it. At twenty kilometres we tried to take back the breakaway riders with Koen Bouwman and Jos van Emden. By then, it was too late."
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UAE Tour
Stage 6
Result
1
Mathias Vacek
Gazprom - RusVelo
03:58:10
2
Paul Lapeira
AG2R Citroën Team
+00:00:00
3
Dmitry Strakhov
Gazprom - RusVelo
+00:00:00
12
Olav Kooij
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
43
Chris Harper
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
67
Timo Roosen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
68
Jos van Emden
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
90
Tom Dumoulin
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
112
Koen Bouwman
Jumbo-Visma
+00:00:15
Rankings
1
Tadej Pogačar
UAE Team Emirates
22:18:02
2
Filippo Ganna
INEOS Grenadiers
+00:00:04
3
Aleksandr Vlasov
BORA - hansgrohe
+00:00:14
24
Chris Harper
Jumbo-Visma
+00:01:22
30
Koen Bouwman
Jumbo-Visma
+00:02:28
42
Tom Dumoulin
Jumbo-Visma
+00:05:12
54
Jos van Emden
Jumbo-Visma
+00:07:53
60
Timo Roosen
Jumbo-Visma
+00:08:54
107
Olav Kooij
Jumbo-Visma
+00:21:47
