{"id":486130,"date":"2026-02-19T21:08:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:08:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486130\/"},"modified":"2026-02-19T21:08:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T21:08:08","slug":"sprinters-set-to-shine-again-on-uae-tour-stage-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/486130\/","title":{"rendered":"Sprinters set to shine (again) on UAE Tour Stage 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Another day, another race. Stage five of the <a href=\"https:\/\/cyclingmagazine.ca\/sections\/news\/enough-is-enough-uae-adds-moto-protection-for-pogacar-when-training\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UAE Tour<\/a> heads to the emirate of Dubai, giving sprinters a beauty chance to grab a dub.<\/p>\n<p>Starting at Al Mamzar Corniche, the 165-km course winds through desert landscapes, including the Al Qudra Cycling Track, and past the Meydan Racecourse. There\u2019s a huge grandstand and capacity for over 60,000 fans.<\/p>\n<p>The parcours then goes to wide, straight avenues full of roundabouts, leading back to Dubai. The finish is set on a broad, pretty straightforward stretch in front of the Hamdan Bin Mohammed Smart University. The last 700 m will be perfetto for a high-speed showdown.<\/p>\n<p>Expect the fastest riders to dominate Friday\u2019s action. Jonathan Milan took the win on Thursday\u2014beating his own brother in a sprint for the first time (honestly, no one beats their brother; Ed. nobody cares about the 90s, Hansen).<\/p>\n<p>After a very, very fast time trial and a tough summit finish, Thursday\u2019s fourth stage of the 2026 UAE Tour gave the sprinters their moment.<\/p>\n<p>Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) claimed victory in Fujairah, with teammates Derek Gee-West and fellow Canadians Riley Pickrell and Pier-Andr\u00e9 C\u00f4t\u00e9 finishing strongly in the top 14. Antonio Tiberi kept the leader\u2019s jersey, while Gee-West held onto seventh overall.<\/p>\n<p>After the race, Milan said, \u201cMy teammates were there and did a fantastic job to always keep me in the first positions and delivered me in a good way. I just had to sprint, I\u2019m really happy with my performance.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Even GC man Derek Gee-West was in the mix for the leadout. You gotta do what you gotta do sometimes.<\/p>\n<p>Milan now has three wins this season and is closing in on Isaac del Toro for the points jersey. Pickrell notched his second top-10 of the tour, building momentum ahead of Friday\u2019s sprint-friendly fifth stage.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Results powered by <a title=\"FirstCycling.com\" href=\"https:\/\/firstcycling.com\/race.php?r=9800&amp;y=2026&amp;s=4\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">FirstCycling.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Another day, another race. Stage five of the UAE Tour heads to the emirate of Dubai, giving sprinters&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,162059,15413,82,141377],"class_list":{"0":"post-486130","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-derek-gee-west","12":"tag-jonathan-milan","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-uae-tour"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}