Pogacar comes through crosswinds, a sprint, and a late puncture to extend UAE Tour lead

UAE Tour 2022 - 4th Edition - 5th stage Ras al Khaimah Corniche - Al Marjan Island 182 km - 24/02/2022 - Tadej Pogacar (SLO - UAE Team Emirates) - photo Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency©2022
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) takes the podium at the end of an unexpectedly eventful stage 5 (Image credit: Luca Bettini/SprintCyclingAgency 2022)

The fifth stage of the UAE Tour, as was the case with the opening two, figured to be another largely straightforward day for the sprinters, barring some dicing in the wind.

In the end, the results sheet would show that, with Alpecin-Fenix's Jasper Philipsen once again triumphing in a mass sprint finish, but the preceding 182 kilometres wasn't such a straightforward day out, least of all for race leader Tadej Pogačar.

Dani Ostanek
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