The Belgian Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick Step) got his tthird victory on the UAE Tour by winning the sprint in the sixth stage, held between the Louvre Museum and Abu Dhabi, by 238 kilometers, after which Australian Jay Vine maintained the lead (UAE).
Merlier, who was overtaken on Friday by Dutchman Olav Kooij (Visma Lease a Bike), did not miss the opportunity to achieve his particular triplet. A new manifestation of power to come It put him back on the path to success and frustrated his rivals.
It was the expected end of a day in which there were again escapes, where the Spaniard entered Juan Pedro Lopezbut there is no possibility of progress due to the interest of teams with sprinters who come as a group to play for victory.
The last survivors They gave up at 12.5 kilometers and the sprinters again fought for a victory which finished in the hands of the Belgian with a time of 3h02:14, who in his fourth victory of the season was ahead of the Dutchman Arvid de Kleijn (Tudor) and the German Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain Victorius) at the finish line.
The Colombians Fernando Gaviria (Movistar) and Juan Sebastian Molano (UAE) tried to fight for the win, but they had no choice and finished eighth and ninth, respectively.
The Australian Jay Vine continues to lead the overall standings with ten seconds ahead of his compatriot Ben O’Connor (Decathlon AG2R), thirteen to American Brandon McNulty (UAE), 21 to Belgian Ilan van Wildeer (Soudal Quick Step) and 22 to Spanish Pello Bilbao (Bahrain Victorius).
This Sunday the seventh and final stage between Al Ain and the ascent to Jebel Haffet161 kilometers long.
Source: La Verdad
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