Cycling Remco Evenepoel is after his task because of a crash in the fourth stage of the UAE Tour (UAE/world tour) and transferred to the hospital, confirmed his team Deceuninck-Quick Step. There were in the investigations’t show any fractures, only abrasions.

At first sight, it appeared that the injury is not too serious. “The scrapes”, as clarified ploegdokter Yvan Van Mol mentioned earlier Belga. The rider was conscious and currently resides still in the hospital for further care. The damage is so, the expectation is that the Belgian top talent quickly back on the bike will sit.

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Phil Lowe, press officer of Deceuninck-QuickStep, commented another one and another among our colleagues from the VTM News. “On doctor’s advice, he is to the hospital. As a precaution, there are scans taken and we have learned that he has no fractures or contusions. Just some abrasions. Every accident is a bit of a scare, it is always difficult, but that is unfortunately in cycling. We want to know how it happened and wait for further investigations.”

In his first WorldTour race, was the only nineteen-year-old neo pro after three rides on the seventeenth place. In the mountain stage on Tuesday was the world champion in the junior handsome fifteenth and as best Belgian. His pro debut he celebrated late last month in the Tour of San Juan.

Ewan wins

The Australian Caleb Ewan (Lotto Soudal) won the fourth stage in the UAE Tour (UAE/world tour). After 197 kilometres between Palm Jumeirah, Hatta Dam was the 24-year-old Ewan on the final climb with steep sections of up to seventeen percent faster than the Italian Matteo Moschetti and the Slovenian Primoz Roglic, that leader remains. For Ewan it was the first victory in a WorldTour race for Lotto Soudal, that him at the end of last year took over from Mitchelton-Scott.

Six riders opted for the long flight. For the third day in a row, Stepan Kurianov and Charles Planet, who was a solid fight uitvochten to the tussensprinten. In the peloton were mainly the task of Remco Evenepoel to report after a crash, and the nervousness at the start of the last wedstrijduur, when there just as fans were drawn. It played a visible irritated world champion Alejandro Valverde in a striking role.

In the final went under more Lotto Soudal to the front in the peloton, in the service of his new leader, Caleb Ewan. Surprisingly enough, it pulled Tom Dumoulin as well as risky attack in the slopes adjacent to the Hatta Dam. Behind his back, beat the numbers 2, 3 and 4 of the general standings against the ground with a massive crash. Alejandro Valverde, and Emanuel Buchmann, and could still return, David Gaudu lost additional ground due to a puncture.

At the cutting of the final climb was Dumoulin is already up and placed a neo pro Moschetti (Pull-Segafredo) out of gear. Ewan shoved, timede his sprint perfectly and took smoothly his first UCI victory of the season. With pauwels (sunweb revor) finished Roglic third. Thanks to a small sore and the bonificatieseconden he runs as another seven seconds from his nearest rival Valverde. That follows in the booth now at 21 seconds.

Tomorrow, the sprinters are likely to put in the UAE Tour. Just before the finish line in Khor Fakkan wait still a prickly slope.