UAE Team Emirates look ahead to stage four of Tour de France after finishing 15th in team time trial

Sport360 staff 20:51 09/07/2018
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  • UAE Team Emirates will be looking ahead to stage four of the Tour de France, keen to regain time following their disappointing 15th place finish in Monday’s Team Time Trial (TTT).

    The Emirati formation – who suffered an early bout of bad luck as Oliviero Troia picked up a puncture just 9km into the race – finished 01:39 behind the eventual stage winners, BMC Racing Team.

    However, Dan Martin and Co. remain positive for the coming days as they look to climb up the General Classification (GC) standings.

    Commenting on the result, Martin said: “We went in with a plan and it worked well. The only real negative was the fact that Troia, who was brought in to help us in the Team Time Trial got a puncture after 9km. That maybe cost us 15 or 20 seconds at the finish line.

    “Other than that, we all rode out of our skin. I felt good and more of the same over the next days and we will see how far we can go. I’m taking it day by day and there are 18 days to go so that is the way we are going to have to take it as anything can happen on any given day.”

    It will be another warm day at the saddle on Tuesday as riders get back to normal racing and tackle a 195km flat route from La Baule to Sarzeau. With just one category four climb on the route, a sprint finish is expected, with UAE’s Alexander Kristoff keen to add to his two top-five finishes to date.

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