Uae Tour, Yates blows Evenepoel (who wins the general classification) – Corriere.it

There’s no arguing that he’s a phenomenon, that he won the Vuelta big last year, not even. But whether Remco Evenepoel can dominate (perhaps easily, as some think) also the Giro d’Italia next May remains to be seen.

In the last stage of theUae Tour who was just dominating, attacked by Adam Yates with three kilometers to go of the ascent of Jebel Hafeet (1000 meters of altitude, asphyxiating heat) Remco ran in a tactically confused way: instead of letting the strong English climber who needed to catch up on him pull, he relieved him in the lead keeping a very high pace, gave way on his first sprint and then attempted a vehement comeback in the finale that cost him a monstrous effort. After crossing the finish line, the world champion collapsed to the ground and stayed there for a long time.

Yates won the stage from Evenepoel and Bouchard, Remco l’Uae Tour (on Plapp and on Yates himself, with Bilbao off the podium for 3”) but the Belgian boy to aim for the pink jersey in a race full of traps like the Giro will have to handle himself very carefully and work on the delicate front of recovery while avoiding costly displays of force.

Now Evenepoel will leave for a long retreat on high ground. Before the pink race he will only contest the six stages of the Tour of Catalonia and then he will look for an encore Liège-Bastogne-Liège. Last year he came to Italy to make a presence, this year he has much higher ambitions but his vehemence can be a brake. Antonio Tiberi comes out of the UAE Tour with a good seventh place in the standings, 21-year-old from Trek-Segafredo. one who can do really well in stage races.