"It serves as good preparation for what is coming" - Tadej Pogacar puts in ominous echelon performance in UAE with Spring Classics looming
CyclingThursday, 20 February 2025 at 14:42
Tadej Pogacar retained his overall race lead at the 2025 UAE Tour on Thursday. During a chaotic stage 4, echelons caused carnage at times in the peloton. Throughout it all though, the UAE Team Emirates - XRG leader looked supreme, never missing a move and consistently among the first few riders in the bunch. Ominous signs for the Slovenian's rivals this Spring.
"I like a bit of action when I'm at the front," a smiling Pogacar reflected in his post-stage interview after Jonathan Milan had outsprinted Tim Merlier and Jasper Philipsen to take the victory. "As a team we were always at the front, so we had fun. It was a nice day."
"I prefer to finish a stage like this in a smaller group," Pogacar adds. "When it came together, we saw how hectic it was in the last kilometres. Also, riding in the echelons is a good way to put in some effort. It serves as good preparation for what is coming."
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Stage 4 - 2025 UAE Tour
| 1 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | 04:03:01 |
| 2 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 3 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 4 | McLay Daniel | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 5 | Gaviria Fernando | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 6 | Jakobsen Fabio | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 7 | Groenewegen Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 00 |
| 8 | Bauhaus Phil | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 9 | De Schuyteneer Steffen | Lotto | + 00 |
| 10 | Thijssen Gerben | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 11 | de Kleijn Arvid | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 12 | Rajovic Dusan | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 00 |
| 13 | Zanoncello Enrico | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 14 | Malucelli Matteo | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 15 | Pollefliet Gianluca | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 16 | Kogut Oded | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 17 | Welsford Sam | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 18 | Skerl Daniel | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 19 | Lund Andresen Tobias | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 20 | Pinazzi Mattia | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 21 | Moro Manlio | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 22 | Côté Pier-André | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 23 | Gate Aaron | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 24 | Pedersen Rasmus Søjberg | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 25 | Tarling Joshua | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 26 | Swift Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 27 | van Poppel Danny | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 28 | Behrens Niklas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 29 | Langellotti Victor | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 30 | Märkl Niklas | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 31 | Kajamini Florian | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 32 | Hoole Daan | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 33 | Conforti Lorenzo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 34 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 35 | Chaves Esteban | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 36 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 00 |
| 37 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 38 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 39 | Lemmen Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 40 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 41 | Vermeersch Florian | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 00 |
| 42 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | + 00 |
| 43 | Consonni Simone | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 44 | Romeo Iván | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 45 | Raisberg Nadav | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 46 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 00 |
| 47 | Bissegger Stefan | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 48 | Colleoni Kevin | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 49 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 50 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 00 |
| 51 | Mezgec Luka | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 00 |
| 52 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 53 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 54 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 55 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 00 |
| 56 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 57 | Van Hoecke Gijs | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 58 | Higuita Sergio | XDS Astana Team | + 00 |
| 59 | Pinarello Alessandro | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 00 |
| 60 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 61 | Gonzalez Roberto | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 00 |
| 62 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 63 | Van der Sande Tosh | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 00 |
| 64 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 00 |
| 65 | Zijlaard Maikel | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 66 | Seixas Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 00 |
| 67 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | + 00 |
| 68 | Thompson Reuben | Lotto | + 00 |
| 69 | Steinhauser Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 70 | Wilksch Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 71 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 00 |
| 72 | Lutsenko Alexey | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 73 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 00 |
| 74 | Mackellar Alastair | EF Education-EasyPost | + 00 |
| 75 | Cimolai Davide | Movistar Team | + 00 |
| 76 | Petit Adrien | Intermarché-Wanty | + 00 |
| 77 | Hirt Jan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 00 |
| 78 | Van Lerberghe Bert | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 79 | Eenkhoorn Pascal | Soudal Quick-Step | + 00 |
| 80 | Kielich Timo | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 00 |
| 81 | Walscheid Max | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 00 |
| 82 | Reinders Elmar | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 00 |
| 83 | Schelling Ide | XDS Astana Team | + 15 |
| 84 | Heiduk Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | + 21 |
| 85 | Herregodts Rune | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 21 |
| 86 | Fortin Filippo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 21 |
| 87 | Edmondson Alex | Team Picnic PostNL | + 21 |
| 88 | Craps Lars | Lotto | + 21 |
| 89 | Ghys Robbe | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 21 |
| 90 | Pasqualon Andrea | Bahrain Victorious | + 21 |
| 91 | Mullen Ryan | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 38 |
| 92 | Theuns Edward | Lidl-Trek | + 38 |
| 93 | Rickaert Jonas | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 48 |
| 94 | Donaldson Robert | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 48 |
| 95 | Krieger Alexander | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 57 |
| 96 | Palzer Anton | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 01:10 |
| 97 | Quartucci Lorenzo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 01:17 |
| 98 | Durbridge Luke | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 01:17 |
| 99 | Petilli Simone | Intermarché-Wanty | + 01:27 |
| 100 | Bastiaens Ayco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:27 |
| 101 | Froome Chris | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:27 |
| 102 | Kolze Changizi Sebastian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 01:41 |
| 103 | Bjerg Mikkel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 01:52 |
| 104 | Pedersen Casper | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:00 |
| 105 | Currie Logan | Lotto | + 02:18 |
| 106 | Cerný Josef | Soudal Quick-Step | + 02:18 |
| 107 | Zwiehoff Ben | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:52 |
| 108 | Maciejuk Filip | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 02:52 |
| 109 | Barta William | Movistar Team | + 02:52 |
| 110 | Rootkin-Gray Jack | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:32 |
| 111 | Novak Domen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 04:01 |
| 112 | Bouchard Geoffrey | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 04:15 |
| 113 | Su Haoyu | XDS Astana Team | + 04:15 |
| 114 | van den Berg Julius | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:15 |
| 115 | Sbaragli Kristian | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 04:15 |
| 116 | Leijnse Enzo | Team Picnic PostNL | + 04:15 |
| 117 | Gregaard Jonas | Lotto | + 04:15 |
| 118 | Castroviejo Jonathan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 04:15 |
| 119 | Fiorelli Filippo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 04:15 |
| 120 | Tarozzi Manuele | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 04:15 |
| 121 | Dillier Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 04:15 |
| 122 | Price-Pejtersen Johan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 04:15 |
| 123 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 04:15 |
| 124 | Biagini Federico | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 04:15 |
| 125 | van der Meulen Max | Bahrain Victorious | + 04:15 |
| 126 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Lidl-Trek | + 04:15 |
| 127 | Kluckers Arthur | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 04:15 |
| 128 | Carthy Hugh | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:15 |
| 129 | Taminiaux Lionel | Lotto | + 04:15 |
| 130 | Leonard Michael | INEOS Grenadiers | + 04:15 |
| 131 | Van Der Lee Jardi | EF Education-EasyPost | + 04:15 |
| 132 | Kuypers Gerben | Intermarché-Wanty | + 05:11 |
| 133 | Samudio Carlos | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 05:21 |
| 134 | Djuric Djordje | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 05:21 |
Safely across the line in the leader’s jersey at the #UAETour.
— @UAE-TeamEmirates (@TeamEmiratesUAE) February 20, 2025
Stage 4 brought a cheeky acceleration from @TamauPogi after the intermediate sprint, before our boys handled themselves well in the late crosswinds 💨
Another day ticked off! ✅ pic.twitter.com/G8hGt8s09G
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