Saudi Tour: Caleb Ewan wins stage 1

Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) celebrates winning the opening stage of the Saudi Tour

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Caleb Ewan struck at the first time of asking in 2022, winning the opening stage of the Saudi Tour in convincing fashion.

The Australian Lotto Soudal rider beat Martin Laas (Bora-Hansgrohe) and Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) to the line in a bunch sprint at Winter Park.

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Full results
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	04:41:52
2	Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Davide Ballerini (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Daniel McLay (GBr) Arkea-Samsic	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Cyril Lemoine (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Cyril Barthe (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Mohd Harrif Saleh (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Danny van Poppel (Ned) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Bahrain Victorious	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Christophe Noppe (Bel) Arkea-Samsic	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Anthony Turgis (Fra) TotalEnergies	Row 23 - Cell 2
25	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 24 - Cell 2
26	Ruben Fernandez (Spa) Cofidis	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Eliot Lietaer (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 26 - Cell 2
28	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 27 - Cell 2
29	Lennard Kämna (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 28 - Cell 2
30	Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	Row 29 - Cell 2
31	Dries Van Gestel (Bel) TotalEnergies	Row 30 - Cell 2
32	Max Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates	Row 31 - Cell 2
33	Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates	Row 32 - Cell 2
34	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 33 - Cell 2
35	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 34 - Cell 2
36	Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic	Row 35 - Cell 2
37	Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious	Row 36 - Cell 2
38	Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Arkea-Samsic	Row 37 - Cell 2
39	Rui Oliveira (Por) UAE Team Emirates	Row 38 - Cell 2
40	Luka Mezgec (Slo) BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 39 - Cell 2
41	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM	Row 40 - Cell 2
42	Jonas Abrahamsen (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 41 - Cell 2
43	Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	Row 42 - Cell 2
44	Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates	Row 43 - Cell 2
45	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 44 - Cell 2
46	Wesley Kreder (Ned) Cofidis	Row 45 - Cell 2
47	Alexandre Geniez (Fra) TotalEnergies	Row 46 - Cell 2
48	Kamil Gradek (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	Row 47 - Cell 2
49	Edward Planckaert (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 48 - Cell 2
50	Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 49 - Cell 2
51	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	Row 50 - Cell 2
52	Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 51 - Cell 2
53	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	Row 52 - Cell 2
54	Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 53 - Cell 2
55	Victor de la Parte (Spa) TotalEnergies	Row 54 - Cell 2
56	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 55 - Cell 2
57	Nico Denz (Ger) Team DSM	Row 56 - Cell 2
58	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM	Row 57 - Cell 2
59	Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Lotto Soudal	Row 58 - Cell 2
60	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 59 - Cell 2
61	Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 60 - Cell 2
62	Sjoerd Bax (Ned) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 61 - Cell 2
63	Julius Jayde (RSA) Kuwait Pro Cycling	Row 62 - Cell 2
64	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	Row 63 - Cell 2
65	Daniel Oss (Ita) TotalEnergies	Row 64 - Cell 2
66	Roger Kluge (Ger) Lotto Soudal	Row 65 - Cell 2
67	Florian Senechal (Fra) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	Row 66 - Cell 2
68	Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	Row 67 - Cell 2
69	Lawson Craddock (USA) BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 68 - Cell 2
70	Davide Cimolai (Ita) Cofidis	Row 69 - Cell 2
71	Alex Edmondson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco	00:00:19
72	Ryan Mullen (Irl) Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:21
73	Jannik Steimle (Ger) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	00:00:33
74	Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco	00:00:36
75	Julien Morice (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	00:01:05
76	Niki Terpstra (Ned) TotalEnergies	00:01:22
77	Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM	Row 76 - Cell 2
78	Michael Hepburn (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 77 - Cell 2
79	Jan Maas (Ned) BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 78 - Cell 2
80	Joris Nieuwenhuis (Ned) Team DSM	Row 79 - Cell 2
81	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal	Row 80 - Cell 2
82	Sam Welsford (Aus) Team DSM	Row 81 - Cell 2
83	Abdulhadi Alajmi (Kuw) Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:03:37
84	Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 83 - Cell 2
85	Matthew Clements (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:05:13
86	Mohd Shahrul Mat Amin (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	00:05:54
87	Mehdi Tigrine (Bel) Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:06:57
88	Ahmed Madan (Brn) Bahrain Victorious	Row 87 - Cell 2
89	James Jobber (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling	Row 88 - Cell 2
90	Polychronis Tzortzakis (Gre) Kuwait Pro Cycling	Row 89 - Cell 2
91	Jeroen Meijers (Ned) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 90 - Cell 2
92	Matteo Fabbro (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe	00:13:51
93	Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 92 - Cell 2
94	Syver Wærsted (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 93 - Cell 2
95	Muhamad Afiq Huznie Othman (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 94 - Cell 2
96	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	00:19:40

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Sprint 1 - Mar 1 km. 198
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	15
2	Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe	12
3	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	9
4	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	7
5	Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies	6
6	Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates	5
7	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	4
8	Davide Ballerini (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	3
9	Jérémy Lecroq (Fra) B&B Hotels-KTM	2
10	Simone Consonni (Ita) Cofidis	1

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Young riders
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates	04:41:52
2	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco	00:00:36
25	Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM	00:01:22
26	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Matthew Clements (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:05:13
28	Ahmed Madan (Brn) Bahrain Victorious	00:06:57
29	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	00:19:40

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Teams
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lotto Soudal	14:05:36
2	UAE Team Emirates	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Alpecin-Fenix	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	TotalEnergies	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Arkea-Samsic	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Bahrain Victorious	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	QuickStep-AlphaVinyl	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Cofidis	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Team DSM	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	00:05:54
15	Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:08:50

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General classification after stage 1
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Caleb Ewan (Aus) Lotto Soudal	04:41:42
2	Martin Laas (Est) Bora-Hansgrohe	00:00:04
3	Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates	00:00:06
4	Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates	00:00:07
5	Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	00:00:08
6	Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	00:00:09
7	Jasper De Buyst (Bel) Lotto Soudal	00:00:10
8	Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) TotalEnergies	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 9 - Cell 2

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Young Riders Classification
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Martin Urianstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	04:41:50
2	Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates	00:00:02
3	Simon Dehairs (Bel) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Alberto Dainese (Ita) Team DSM	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Erlend Blikra (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	Fred Wright (GBr) Bahrain Victorious	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Jonathan Milan (Ita) Bahrain Victorious	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Maxim Van Gils (Bel) Lotto Soudal	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	Donavan Grondin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Maurice Ballerstedt (Ger) Alpecin-Fenix	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Markus Pajur (Est) Arkea-Samsic	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	Santiago Buitrago Sanchez (Col) Bahrain Victorious	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Niklas Märkl (Ger) Team DSM	Row 13 - Cell 2
15	Fredrik Dversnes (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 14 - Cell 2
16	Alexis Renard (Fra) Cofidis	Row 15 - Cell 2
17	Muhamad Nur Aiman Mohd Zariff (Mas) Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	Row 16 - Cell 2
18	Filip Maciejuk (Pol) Bahrain Victorious	Row 17 - Cell 2
19	Lars Saugstad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 18 - Cell 2
20	Cian Uijtdebroeks (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 19 - Cell 2
21	Tim Naberman (Ned) Team DSM	Row 20 - Cell 2
22	Jordi Meeus (Bel) Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 21 - Cell 2
23	Axel Zingle (Fra) Cofidis	Row 22 - Cell 2
24	Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco	00:00:38
25	Capser van Uden (Ned) Team DSM	00:01:24
26	Jarrad Drizners (Aus) Lotto Soudal	Row 25 - Cell 2
27	Matthew Clements (GBr) Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:05:15
28	Ahmed Madan (Brn) Bahrain Victorious	00:06:59
29	Andrea Bagioli (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team	00:19:42

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Teams Classification
Place	Rider (Country) Team	Result
1	Lotto Soudal	14:05:36
2	UAE Team Emirates	Row 1 - Cell 2
3	B&B Hotels-KTM	Row 2 - Cell 2
4	Bora-Hansgrohe	Row 3 - Cell 2
5	Alpecin-Fenix	Row 4 - Cell 2
6	TotalEnergies	Row 5 - Cell 2
7	Arkea-Samsic	Row 6 - Cell 2
8	Bahrain Victorious	Row 7 - Cell 2
9	QuickStep-AlphaVinyl	Row 8 - Cell 2
10	Cofidis	Row 9 - Cell 2
11	Uno-X Pro Cycling Team	Row 10 - Cell 2
12	Team DSM	Row 11 - Cell 2
13	BikeExchange-Jayco	Row 12 - Cell 2
14	Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team	00:05:54
15	Kuwait Pro Cycling	00:08:50

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