UAE Tour 2025 stage 5 GC Update - Serious changes as INEOS and Movistar riders crash in hellish finale
CyclingFriday, 21 February 2025 at 15:10
Stage 5 of the UAE Tour seemed to be a day with little to expect in terms of GC, but it was absolutely not the case. Tadej Pogacar and Lennert van Eetvelt joined the day's breakaway and gained 3 seconds each, whilst a mass crash with just over 3 kilometers to go caused several podium contenders to lose time.
The fall inside the final kilometer made no difference to those affected, but the first of the big falls did. Felix Gall, Carlos Rodríguez, Paul Seixas, Pablo Castrillo and Victor Langellotti have all gone down and lost important time in a race with little chances to recover it.
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UAE Tour 2025 overall classification after stage 5:
| 1 | Pogacar Tadej | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | 15:40:34 |
| 2 | Tarling Joshua | INEOS Grenadiers | + 21 |
| 3 | Romeo Iván | Movistar Team | + 27 |
| 4 | Fisher-Black Finn | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 28 |
| 5 | Vine Jay | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 36 |
| 6 | Ciccone Giulio | Lidl-Trek | + 37 |
| 7 | Bilbao Pello | Bahrain Victorious | + 38 |
| 8 | Van Eetvelt Lennert | Lotto | + 38 |
| 9 | Tejada Harold | XDS Astana Team | + 41 |
| 10 | Onley Oscar | Team Picnic PostNL | + 44 |
| 11 | Steinhauser Georg | EF Education-EasyPost | + 56 |
| 12 | Riccitello Matthew | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:15 |
| 13 | Kepplinger Rainer | Bahrain Victorious | + 01:17 |
| 14 | Konrad Patrick | Lidl-Trek | + 01:17 |
| 15 | Storer Michael | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 01:21 |
| 16 | Castrillo Pablo | Movistar Team | + 01:24 |
| 17 | Lutsenko Alexey | Israel-Premier Tech | + 01:24 |
| 18 | Lecerf Junior | Soudal Quick-Step | + 01:28 |
| 19 | Lemmen Bart | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 01:37 |
| 20 | Gall Felix | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 01:40 |
| 21 | Rodriguez Carlos | INEOS Grenadiers | + 01:46 |
| 22 | Rubio Einer | Movistar Team | + 02:04 |
| 23 | Pinarello Alessandro | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 02:17 |
| 24 | Træen Torstein | Bahrain Victorious | + 02:29 |
| 25 | Kajamini Florian | XDS Astana Team | + 02:30 |
| 26 | Seixas Paul | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 03:16 |
| 27 | Goossens Kobe | Intermarché-Wanty | + 03:24 |
| 28 | Chaves Esteban | EF Education-EasyPost | + 03:29 |
| 29 | Armirail Bruno | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 03:34 |
| 30 | Zwiehoff Ben | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 03:45 |
| 31 | Thompson Reuben | Lotto | + 03:47 |
| 32 | Gonzalez Roberto | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 03:57 |
| 33 | Colleoni Kevin | Intermarché-Wanty | + 04:03 |
| 34 | Palzer Anton | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 04:04 |
| 35 | Hirt Jan | Israel-Premier Tech | + 04:35 |
| 36 | Quartucci Lorenzo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 04:54 |
| 37 | Wilksch Hannes | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 04:57 |
| 38 | Eenkhoorn Pascal | Soudal Quick-Step | + 05:24 |
| 39 | Langellotti Victor | INEOS Grenadiers | + 05:31 |
| 40 | Barta William | Movistar Team | + 05:59 |
| 41 | Hoole Daan | Lidl-Trek | + 06:56 |
| 42 | Mackellar Alastair | EF Education-EasyPost | + 07:03 |
| 43 | Petilli Simone | Intermarché-Wanty | + 08:00 |
| 44 | Kielich Timo | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 08:06 |
| 45 | van der Meulen Max | Bahrain Victorious | + 08:20 |
| 46 | Carthy Hugh | EF Education-EasyPost | + 08:22 |
| 47 | Bissegger Stefan | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 09:21 |
| 48 | Côté Pier-André | Israel-Premier Tech | + 09:30 |
| 49 | Bouchard Geoffrey | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 09:48 |
| 50 | Gate Aaron | XDS Astana Team | + 11:27 |
| 51 | Van Hoecke Gijs | Intermarché-Wanty | + 12:26 |
| 52 | Van Der Lee Jardi | EF Education-EasyPost | + 12:39 |
| 53 | Walscheid Max | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 12:48 |
| 54 | Craps Lars | Lotto | + 12:48 |
| 55 | Zijlaard Maikel | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 13:06 |
| 56 | Raisberg Nadav | Israel-Premier Tech | + 13:17 |
| 57 | Pedersen Rasmus Søjberg | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 13:29 |
| 58 | Schelling Ide | XDS Astana Team | + 13:30 |
| 59 | Mullen Ryan | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 13:38 |
| 60 | Castroviejo Jonathan | INEOS Grenadiers | + 13:59 |
| 61 | Kuypers Gerben | Intermarché-Wanty | + 14:01 |
| 62 | Lund Andresen Tobias | Team Picnic PostNL | + 14:03 |
| 63 | Van der Sande Tosh | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 14:32 |
| 64 | Ghys Robbe | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 14:35 |
| 65 | Durbridge Luke | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 14:38 |
| 66 | De Schuyteneer Steffen | Lotto | + 14:49 |
| 67 | Edmondson Alex | Team Picnic PostNL | + 14:52 |
| 68 | Debruyne Ramses | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 14:59 |
| 69 | Sbaragli Kristian | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 14:59 |
| 70 | Ghebreigzabhier Amanuel | Lidl-Trek | + 15:14 |
| 71 | Swift Ben | INEOS Grenadiers | + 15:19 |
| 72 | Märkl Niklas | Team Picnic PostNL | + 15:51 |
| 73 | Heiduk Kim | INEOS Grenadiers | + 16:04 |
| 74 | Milan Jonathan | Lidl-Trek | + 16:41 |
| 75 | Philipsen Jasper | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 17:06 |
| 76 | Pedersen Casper | Soudal Quick-Step | + 17:07 |
| 77 | Rickaert Jonas | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 17:16 |
| 78 | Froome Chris | Israel-Premier Tech | + 17:23 |
| 79 | Behrens Niklas | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 17:28 |
| 80 | van Poppel Danny | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 17:31 |
| 81 | Herregodts Rune | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 17:32 |
| 82 | Novak Domen | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 17:34 |
| 83 | Welsford Sam | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 17:53 |
| 84 | Bauhaus Phil | Bahrain Victorious | + 17:54 |
| 85 | Bjerg Mikkel | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 17:55 |
| 86 | Merlier Tim | Soudal Quick-Step | + 17:59 |
| 87 | Currie Logan | Lotto | + 17:59 |
| 88 | Vermeersch Florian | UAE Team Emirates-XRG | + 18:04 |
| 89 | Petit Adrien | Intermarché-Wanty | + 18:14 |
| 90 | Rootkin-Gray Jack | EF Education-EasyPost | + 18:25 |
| 91 | Zanoncello Enrico | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 18:32 |
| 92 | Moro Manlio | Movistar Team | + 18:34 |
| 93 | Leijnse Enzo | Team Picnic PostNL | + 18:35 |
| 94 | Donaldson Robert | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 18:38 |
| 95 | Pinazzi Mattia | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 18:40 |
| 96 | Consonni Simone | Lidl-Trek | + 18:42 |
| 97 | Van Lerberghe Bert | Soudal Quick-Step | + 18:44 |
| 98 | Su Haoyu | XDS Astana Team | + 18:50 |
| 99 | Groenewegen Dylan | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 18:56 |
| 100 | Kogut Oded | Israel-Premier Tech | + 19:11 |
| 101 | Gaviria Fernando | Movistar Team | + 19:17 |
| 102 | Theuns Edward | Lidl-Trek | + 19:21 |
| 103 | McLay Daniel | Team Visma | Lease a Bike | + 19:22 |
| 104 | Pasqualon Andrea | Bahrain Victorious | + 19:51 |
| 105 | Reinders Elmar | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 19:51 |
| 106 | Rajovic Dusan | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 20:08 |
| 107 | Gregaard Jonas | Lotto | + 20:17 |
| 108 | Jakobsen Fabio | Team Picnic PostNL | + 20:23 |
| 109 | Pollefliet Gianluca | Decathlon AG2R La Mondiale Team | + 20:26 |
| 110 | Kluckers Arthur | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 20:27 |
| 111 | Mezgec Luka | Team Jayco-AlUla | + 20:43 |
| 112 | Cimolai Davide | Movistar Team | + 20:44 |
| 113 | Thijssen Gerben | Intermarché-Wanty | + 21:06 |
| 114 | Maciejuk Filip | Red Bull-BORA-hansgrohe | + 21:21 |
| 115 | Skerl Daniel | Bahrain Victorious | + 21:24 |
| 116 | Leonard Michael | INEOS Grenadiers | + 21:29 |
| 117 | Price-Pejtersen Johan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 21:38 |
| 118 | Fortin Filippo | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 21:39 |
| 119 | Cerný Josef | Soudal Quick-Step | + 22:04 |
| 120 | Taminiaux Lionel | Lotto | + 22:22 |
| 121 | Tarozzi Manuele | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 23:40 |
| 122 | Bastiaens Ayco | Soudal Quick-Step | + 24:00 |
| 123 | Samudio Carlos | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 24:17 |
| 124 | Fiorelli Filippo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 24:25 |
| 125 | Conforti Lorenzo | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 26:23 |
| 126 | de Kleijn Arvid | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 27:11 |
| 127 | Dillier Silvan | Alpecin-Deceuninck | + 27:14 |
| 128 | Biagini Federico | VF Group-Bardiani CSF-Faizanè | + 27:36 |
| 129 | van den Berg Julius | Team Picnic PostNL | + 27:48 |
| 130 | Malucelli Matteo | XDS Astana Team | + 29:19 |
| 131 | Krieger Alexander | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 29:55 |
| 132 | Kolze Changizi Sebastian | Tudor Pro Cycling Team | + 31:54 |
| 133 | Djuric Djordje | Solution Tech-Vini Fantini | + 35:25 |
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