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Luke Rowe and Andrey Amador take up the pacemaking at the head of the peloton for Ineos Grenadiers, 1:44 down on the leaders. Pogacar and UAE Team Emirates might well be content to allow this breakaway some leeway, but Adam Yates and Ineos want the stage win - and the time bonuses - to remain within reach.
-109km
Break:
Mathias Frank (AG2R-Citroen), Larry Warbasse (AG2R-Citroen), Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech), Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nation), Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation), Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Kevin Colleoni (Team BikeExchange) and Lasse Norman Hansen (Qhubeka-Assos)
Peloton at 1:14
-113km
That sextet join Frank at the head of the race, and two more riders are also forging their way across to this break. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Premier Tech) and Alex Dowsett (Israel Start-Up Nartion) are about to join them in front.
-116km
This time Kluge gets some reinforcements. Larry Warbasse (AG2R-Citroen), Thomas De Gendt (Lotto Soudal), Omer Goldstein (Israel Start-Up Nation), Kevin Colleoni (Team BikeExchange) and Lasse Norman Hansen (Qhubeka-Assos) have bridged across to him. This sextet immediately sets to work in pursuit of the lone leader Frank.
And now it's déjà vu all over again at the head of the race. When the speed abates after the Greipel attack, Kluge again finds himself alone between Frank and the peloton. Frank's advantage, meanwhile, has stretched back out above one minute.
The general classification, incidentally, was as follows ahead of today's stage:
1 Tadej Pogacar (Slo) UAE Team Emirates 12:50:21
2 Adam Yates (GBr) Ineos Grenadiers 0:00:43
3 João Almeida (Por) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:01:03
4 Chris Harper (Aus) Jumbo-Visma 0:01:43
5 Neilson Powless (USA) EF Education-Nippo 0:01:45
6 Mattias Jensen (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:02:36
7 Mattia Cattaneo (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:02:38
8 Damiano Caruso (Ita) Bahrain Victorious
9 Ruben Fernandez Andujar (Spa) Cofidis 0:03:32
10 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Deceuninck-QuickStep 0:04:47
-120km
Andre Greipel (Israel Start-Up Nation) accelerates forcefully at the head of the peloton and he brings four riders with him, including teammates Omer Goldstein and Rick Zabel. The group opens a small gap but the bunch reacts swiftly to bring them back. The end result is that Frank's advantage has dropped all over again, and now stands at 41 seconds.
UAE Team Emirates sit at the head of the peloton on behalf of Pogacar, and they are content to allow Frank augment his buffer all over again. The gap is back out to 1:45 with 123km to go.
-127km
A puncture for Davide Formolo (UAE-Team Emirates), but there is no particular urgency as the Italian gets a wheel change and rejoins the fray. After that brief injection of pace before and after the sprint, the intensity has dropped again in the peloton, and Frank's lead has nudged back out to one minute.
Roger Kluge (Lotto Soudal) opens a small gap over the peloton and briefly looks as though he might bridge across to Frank, but the German is brought back swiftly. Meanwhile, Frank's advantage on the bunch has dropped to 32 seconds.
-133km
Break:
Mathias Frank (AG2R-Citroen)
Peloton at 0:57
Frank was first to the intermediate sprint but David Dekker (Jumbo-Visma) fought hard to win the sprint for second place in defence of his green jersey.
This video from Israel Start-Up Nation shows the weather is cloudy and cooler today. It is currently 25C, with cooler temperatures expected up at the finish.
Feeding!As the peloton rolls on with a moderate speed, @chrisfroome grabs two bottles in the first feed zone: one for him, and one for his teammate.@Elite_cycling @MaurtenOfficial #UAETour #YallaISN. pic.twitter.com/43wRKmVKgFFebruary 25, 2021
On Wednesday Sam Bennett (DeceuninckQuickStep) won the sprint stage with a superb final move along the barriers.
Click below to read our full stage report and see our photo gallery.
UAE Tour: Sam Bennett wins stage 4
Frank is bravely pushing on alone out front. He is 3:20 ahead of the peloton.
Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) extended his overall lead at the UAE Tour on stage 3, outfoxing Adam Yates (Ineos Grenadiers) at the summit of Jefel Hafeet after surviving a string of blistering accelerations from the British climber.
With 10 bonus seconds for the stage win, Pogačar extended his overall lead to 43 seconds over Yates, with Almeida, who placed 6th on the stage, now third at 1:03.
Pogacar wears the red leader's jersey and Yates will need to try to distance him early on the climb if he is to pull back 43 seconds.
🇦🇪 #UAETourwith 150km remaining we have Frank as a solo leader about 3‘ ahead of the bunch. pic.twitter.com/42NyEfP09yFebruary 25, 2021
The peloton is riding steady, aware that the mountain finish will create a hard finale.
The race is already into the spectacular rocky mountains but the stage follows a valley route.
We have a brave, solo breakaway attempt by AG2R rider Mathias Frank.
Giacomo Nizzolo was with him but has dropped back to the peloton, which is at 2:40.
Before the mountain finish, the riders face a ride through the desert and over several gradual climbs.
There are 150km left to race.
As the Cyclingnews virtual blimp takes height, the riders are on their way north from the Fujairah International Marine Club towards Jebel Jais, the highest climb in the UAE at 1491 metres.
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