Non c'è due senza tre! Right, @MerlierTim? Fastest sprinter in the world takes his third stage win at the #UAETour! #No10in2024 #WayToRide Photo: @GettySport
"Perfect week for us" - Tim Merlier does it again on stage 6 to make it a UAE Tour hattrick
CyclingSaturday, 24 February 2024 at 14:30
There's little doubt who the dominant sprint force has been at the 2024 UAE Tour. Tim Merlier of Soudal - Quick-Step took his first third victory of the race on Saturday in a bunch sprint.
“Everything went perfect today with the team,” reflected the Soudal - Quick-Step sprint star said at the finish, in his post-stage interview. “We are where we want to be and I can go with my sprint where I want to go. Perfect week for us."
Making it three wins from four sprints, Merlier could hardly have dreamed of a better race this week in the UAE. “They brought me really good until about 1.5 to go, and then Bert Van Lerberghe wanted to go really early, but then he slowed down a bit and then it was all or nothing. If you do that you can be boxed in, but it didn’t happen, and I went from a good spot," he assesses.
“It’s a perfect week here. Yesterday was a close one, but it’s nicer to have a nice picture of it,” Merlier concludes with a smile.
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