"Finally a victory after three days" - Tadej Pogacar ends wait for a win to take control of 2025 UAE Tour
CyclingWednesday, 19 February 2025 at 14:03
It certainly hasn't taken Tadej Pogacar long to make his mark in 2025. On just his third race day of the season, the Slovenian has soared to a summit finish win atop Jebel Jais to take control of the UAE Tour.
"It feels amazing. Finally back racing, finally a victory after three days. We're super happy," the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader reflected in his post-stage interview afterwards. “It’s really good to win in the rainbow jersey. Part of me hoped that Tarling would hold onto the bunch and he would keep the jersey, but I will be more than happy to have the leader’s jersey tomorrow instead of the rainbows.”
In the general classification, Pogacar now leads by 18 seconds from stage winner Joshua Tarling, who climbed admirably to only lose 26 despite being more typically suited to the flat the the long ascents like Jebel Jais.
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Stage 3 - UAE Tour 2025
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 04:36:04 |
| 2 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 3 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 4 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | + 00 |
| 5 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 6 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 7 | Romeo Iván | Movistar Team | + 04 |
| 8 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | + 04 |
| 9 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 04 |
| 10 | Seixas Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04 |
| 11 | Langellotti Victor | INEOS Grenadiers | + 04 |
| 12 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 04 |
| 13 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 04 |
| 14 | Zwiehoff Ben | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 07 |
| 15 | Steinhauser Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 07 |
| 16 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 07 |
| 17 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 10 |
| 18 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 20 |
| 19 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | + 20 |
| 20 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 20 |
| 21 | Tarling Joshua | INEOS Grenadiers | + 26 |
| 22 | Carthy Hugh | EF Education-EasyPost | + 28 |
| 23 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 31 |
| 24 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 33 |
| 25 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 33 |
| 26 | Chaves Esteban | EF Education-EasyPost | + 42 |
| 27 | Lutsenko Alexey | Israel-Premier Tech | + 44 |
| 28 | Kajamini Florian | XDS Astana Team | + 50 |
| 29 | Pinarello Alessandro | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 52 |
| 30 | Lemmen Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 56 |
| 31 | Barta William | Movistar Team | + 01:02 |
| 32 | Bouchard Geoffrey | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:08 |
| 33 | Higuita Sergio | XDS Astana Team | + 01:13 |
| 34 | Palzer Anton | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:18 |
| 35 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:19 |
| 36 | Hirt Jan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:19 |
| 37 | Quartucci Lorenzo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 01:24 |
| 38 | Gonzalez Roberto | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 02:00 |
| 39 | Eenkhoorn Pascal | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:00 |
| 40 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 02:00 |
| 41 | Thompson Reuben | Lotto | + 02:00 |
| 42 | Wilksch Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 02:00 |
| 43 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 02:00 |
| 44 | Colleoni Kevin | Intermarché-Wanty | + 02:19 |
| 45 | van der Meulen Max | Bahrain Victorious | + 02:26 |
| 46 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Lidl-Trek | + 02:43 |
| 47 | Hoole Daan | Lidl-Trek | + 03:01 |
| 48 | Van Der Lee Jardi | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:40 |
| 49 | Mackellar Alastair | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:14 |
| 50 | Craps Lars | Lotto | + 04:16 |
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- Yeah, looks slow up there.Jumpyjohn28-03-2025
- lol His aim was well off! MVP was well past him before the guy decided to spit.Cyclingsbestfan28-03-2025
- But you know that’s what makes this website live ;-)Mistermaumau28-03-2025
- I hope he stays upright too and I hope that in this years Paris Roubaix we get a proper good old fashioned man against man race. Can't wait!Cyclingsbestfan28-03-2025
- What can you expect from a guy like that. Probably home now enjoying his pseudo fame before his evening session of paid sex chatting.Mistermaumau28-03-2025
- There is a lot of wisdom in some of our older people and some have the wisdom to use it wisely. Others not so much.......Cyclingsbestfan28-03-2025
- I loved De Vlaeminck back in the day, but I have to agree with him: he probably is a little burned out. I don't see him winning much this year.
Barney28-03-2025 - Tadej is 26 year old, Mr. Sour. And now, as you said, because the money, the cycling is extremely professionalized and competitive: winning is very hard, even for very talented riders.
maria2024202428-03-2025 - How many grand tours did Vlaeminck enter/finish let alone win? This article gives "old man yells at cloud" vibesPedalmasher28-03-2025
- I think Hinault is right: Pogacar is the first rider since he and Merckx who can win such a wide variety of races with such audacity and verve. I hope by the time he is done, Pog is widely acknowledged at the greatest of all time. Unlike Merckx and Hinault who were (probably necessarily in their era) pretty unpleasant characters, Pog is a cool, refreshingly humble guy who routinely thanks his teammates after they've taken their last bleedout pull for the day, gives bottles to little kids in the middle of a solo breakaway, walks around and congratulates his competitors at the finish, win or lose. There will always be those within the peloton and fanbase who resent his success, but he seems genuinely well-liked. He seems like the antidote to past other dominant champions who still inspire bitterness or disappointment. That said, Paris-Roubaix is a race that is both dangerous and requires a lot of specialized experience. I hope he stays upright.Barney28-03-2025