At first glance, the month of April has not brought UAE Team Emirates a victory, but if we look at the result, we see that the team has been a protagonist wherever it set foot, being even the determining factor for the result to be the one that finally happened.
It happened, for example, in the Tour of Flandersthe great festival of a land that breathes and lives for cycling. With the focus on other riders,Tadej Pogačar signed an anthological race in his final stretch. Aware that he was not competing in his field, that he was a kind of stranger among so many specialists "flandriens", the two-time Tour winner attacked on almost every cobbled slope. the end of the race to stay alone with the final winner, Mathieu Van der Poel.
Pogačar did not win the beloved De Rondebut he was decisive, being out of the podium in the last breath to be chased by Van Baarle and Madouas, because of the marking imposed by him and Van der Poel in the final straight.
The Slovenian also tried his luck on the Flecha Wallonnebut did not have his day. The explosive arrival at the Huy wall left him empty, while the best climbed the longest kilometer of the campaign. Tadej lost places halfway up the climb and was unable to compete in a classic. that he surely has in his legs. There, in addition, he closed his journey through the Ardennes, because the next day he had to leave the group that was going to compete in the Liège-Bastogne-Liège due to the death of his partner's mother.
From Marc Soler and Marc Hirschi to Juan Ayuso and Fernando Gaviria
Meanwhile, the northern classics were being decided, in the Itzuliawe enjoyed a great race from Marc Soler, undoubtedly one of the strong men of the Basque Tour.. An omnipresent protagonist, Marc Soler won the affection of the fans the day he arrived in Mallabia, for building and maintaining a long breakaway that led to the first professional victory of the young Andalusian Carlos Rodriguez.
Marc Soler's great performancewas not only focused on specific days, he also achieved a meritorious seventh place in a very competitive general classification. Soler put on a show, spent his strength in breakaways and also managed his tremendous engine to finish very high in a top race.
So did the Swiss Marc Hirschiwho shone both in Amstel Gold Race and in Liège-Bastogne-Liège, finishing ninth in both races. He himself Hirschi himself was a protagonist in the Tour de Romandie.Hirschi himself was a protagonist in the Tour de Romandie, standing on the podium of one of the stages, the one won by Dylan Teuns over Rohan Dennis on the line.
In the French-speaking canton of Switzerland, in Romandie, the other name was Juan Ayusowho 19 years oldwas half a minute from the final podium. However, as he had already done, for example, in the Volta a Catalunya, the Valencian was a great protagonist, finishing third in the queen stage, after the two BoraHiguita and Vlasov, and best young rider of the World Tour race.
Romandy was also the fiefdom of Fernando Gaviria's comeback.who was already ahead in some of the sprint finishes. Gaviria was also on the podium in Frankfurt, one of the most prestigious races on the German calendar.
Joining them in the transalpine adventure will be the three Italians Alessandro Covi, Davide Formolo y Diego Ulissiboth of them know what it means to win a stage in the Giro, the Argentinean Max Richeze and the Colombian Fernando Gaviria, and the Colombian Fernando Gaviria, hoping that Italy and its grand tour will once again be Colombian has won five stages in the Giro..
Now... the Giro
For the Giro d'Italia UAE Team Emirates presents an eight in which Joao Almeida shines as a great leader. We are talking about a rider who has taken the measure of the Italian grand tour, as he has raced it only twice and was fourth, in what was his grand tour debut, in 2020, and sixth last edition. In addition, a circle of trust has been established around Joao with the two "Ruis" of the team, Costa, experienced and a great connoisseur of the Giro, and Oliveira, an excellent rider.
