SUPERMAN MILAN

Jonathan Milan claims victory on the challenging finish at Liwa Palace, securing his first-ever win at the UAE Tour and wearing the Red Jersey as the overall leader for the first time. The Lidl-Trek rider, who had already won a stage at the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana earlier this season, timed his sprint perfectly to edge out Jasper Philipsen - later relegated to 52nd place for irregular sprinting - and Finn Fisher-Black in a thrilling finale.
With this victory, Milan also takes the lead in both the Green Jersey and White Jersey classifications, while the Black Jersey for intermediate sprints goes to Manuele Tarozzi, the last breakaway rider to be caught by the peloton. Tomorrow, the individual time trial on Al Hudayriyat Island will serve as the first real test for the GC contenders.
Jonathan Milan was awarded the Red Jersey by H.E. Nasser Mohamed Al Mansouri - Undersecretary of the Ruler's Representative Court in Al Dhafrah Region - and Brigadier Hamdan Saif Al Mansouri - Director of Al Dhafrah Region Police Directorate
GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
2 - Finn Fisher-Black (RedBull - Bora - Hansgrohe) at 4"
3 - Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic PostNL) at 6"
Stage winner Jonathan Milan was awarded by Mr. Majed Al Awari - General Manager of Shams Power Company - and H.E. Nasser Mohamed Al Mansouri - Undersecretary of the Ruler's Representative Court in Al Dhafrah Region
STAGE RESULTS
1 - Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek), 138km in 3h31’34”, average speed 39.137 km/h
2 - Finn Fisher-Black (RedBull - Bora - Hansgrohe) s.t.
3 - Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic PostNL) s.t.
Jonathan Milan was awarded the Green Jersey by H.E. Aref Al Awani - General Secretary of Abu Dhabi Sports Council - and Mr. Muhamad Ali Al Mansouri - Director General of Al Dhafrah Region Municipality
THE OFFICIAL JERSEYS
The leader jerseys of the UAE Tour are provided by ALÉ, proud jersey partner of the leader jersey by ENIT and ITALIA.IT.
Red Jersey, leader of the General Classification, sponsored by International Holding Company: IHC - Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek)
Green Jersey, leader of the Points Classification, sponsored by Mubadala - Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) - worn by Tobias Lund Andresen (Team Picnic PostNL)
White Jersey, Best Young Rider, sponsored by Nakheel - Jonathan Milan (Lidl-Trek) - worn by Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto)
Black Jersey, leader of the Intermediate Sprint Classification, sponsored by ALDAR - Manuele Tarozzi (VF Group BardianiCSF-Faizanè)
Jonathan Milan was awarded the White Jersey by H.E. Nasser Mohamed Al Mansouri - Undersecretary of the Ruler's Representative Court in Al Dhafrah Region - and Mr. Hamed Al Mansouri - CEO of Al Dhafrah Hospitals
PRESS CONFERENCE
Speaking in the press conference, the stage winner and Red Jersey Jonathan Milan said: "In any case I had a lot of motivation for this uphll finish although it was different from what I’m used to. It was important to find the best spot, not too far back but also not too early at the front, to get a good run-in to the last 700 meters. I still had the power for the final metres and the guys guided me to best spot possible. At one moment, I saw Tadej Pogacar attacking. I was following another guy from Bardiani then I did my sprint. We’re also preparing for Milano-Sanremo that has a different kind of finale and the other classics later on but let’s enjoy this UAE Tour first. Tomorrow, the time trial is not super long, there are riders in contention who are more specialised than me but I have a jersey to defend, I’ll do my best to retain it".
Manuele Tarozzi was awarded the Black Jersey by Mr. Allen Bird - Principle of ADNOC School of Al Dhafrah Region - and H.E. Talal Al Hashemi - Executive Director of Events Sector
STATISTICS
Third win by an Italian rider at the UAE Tour after stage 5 in 2019 (Elia Viviani) and stage 2 in 2021(Filippo Ganna).
Jonathan Milan is the first leader for Italy at the UAE Tour. Italy is the 9th country with a leader’s jersey in the history of the race. Slovenia leads with 17 stages in the lead.
At 23 years and 132 days, this was the 3rd youngest stage podium in UAE Tour’s history. The record is 22 years 308 days, stage 6, 2022 (Mathias Vacek, Paul Lapeira, Dmitry Strakhov).
First podium at the UAE Tour for Tobias Lund Andresen. He is the 4th rider from Denmark with a top-3 finish here after Michael Morkov, Mikkel Bjerg and Jonas Vingegaard. The latter is the only winner: Jebel Jais 2021.
TOMORROW'S STAGE - STAGE 2, AL HUDAYRIYAT ISLAND TUDOR ITT, 12.2 KM
The route
Stage 2 is an Individual Time Trial that takes place entirely inside Al Hudayriyat Island. The route is very fast and features only a few right-angle bends and two U-turns. The road is perfectly flat, wide and with sweeping turns, which will allow the riders to maintain very high speeds (wind permitting).
Final kilometres
Wide curves, wide road, excellent pavement. The finish line is on asphalt.
Jonathan Milan’s stage-winning data, produced by Velon
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