UAQ International Race - 2.2

United Arab Emirates, February 21-24, 2008

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Stage 3 - February 23: Emirates Road - Masafi - Palm Beach Hotel, 175 km

Photography

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Images by Moad Sultan
The mountains are looming and the attacks come thick and fast.
Natehgi takes matters in his own feet.
Attack is the best defence!
The chase group trying to get back.
The German Physiodom team is putting on the hammer.
One of the few roundabouts.
The lone break that didn't succeed.
The peloton in control.
The podium in stage 3.
Results

1 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida           4.19.57 (40,39 km/h)
2 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Tunis Team                      
3 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt Team                         
4 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida               0.03
5 Florin Monreal (Ger) Team Physiodom                 0.10
6 Hossein Askari (IRI) Paykan Team                    0.18
7 Roman Bronis (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida             0.25
8 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Physiodom                     
9 Marco Müller (Ger) Team Physiodom                  
10 Branislav Zachar (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida            
11 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Katro                 
12 Ahmed Hafez (Egy) Egypt Team                           
13 Kahili Abduljanan (Qat) Qatar Team                     
14 Karim Jendoubi (Tun) Tunis Team                        
15 Aymen Brini (Tun) Tunis Team                           
16 Tariq Qobaid Murad (UAE) Al Araby Team                 
17 Badr Ali Shambih (UAE) UAE Cycling Team                
18 Yousef Mirza (UAE) UAE Cycling Team                    
19 Omar Al Mansory (UAE) Al Araby Team                    
20 Tareq Haghi (Qat) Qatar Team                           
21 Fedor Slegtenhorst (Ned) Cosmote Katro                 
22 Andreas Keuser (Ger) Team Physiodom                    
23 Archil Makharashvili (Geo) Georgian Team               
24 Fotios Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Katro                 
25 Moosa Said (Qat) Qatar Team                            
26 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Katro                  
27 Khalid Ali Shambih (UAE) UAE Cycling Team              
28 Pavol Polievka (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida              
29 Majed Albalooshi (UAE) Al Araby Team                   
29 Hossein Natehgi (IRI) Paykan Team                      
31 Hassan Ali (Brn Bahrain Team                           
32 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Paykan Team                       
33 Ahmed Mraihi (Tun) Tunis Team                          
34 Mansoor Ali Shambi (UAE) Al Araby Team                 
35 Radhwan Moraqab (Qat) Qatar Team                       
36 Karsten Delle (Ger) Team Physiodom                     
37 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Team Physiodom                   
38 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Tunis Team                        
39 Ahmmed Sayed (Brn) Bahrain Team                        
40 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Paykan Team                    
41 Patrik Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                
42 Amr Mahmoud (Egy) Egypt Team                           
43 Esmaeil Delmorad (UAE) Al Araby Team                   
44 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Paykan Team                        
45 Giorgi Nadiradze (Geo) Georgian Team               3.15
46 Mohammed Alkabarov (UAE) Al Araby Team                 
47 Mohammed Mansiur (Brn) Bahrain Team                4.57
48 Raffa Chtioui (Tun) Tunis Team                    10.26
49 Ahmed Salman (Brn) Bahrain Team                   10.55
DNF Badr Mirza (UAE) UAE Cycling Team                     
DNF Mohamed Hasan Almurawi (UAE) UAE Cycling Team         
DNF Sayed Taha (Brn) Bahrain Team                         
 
Points
 
1 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                20 pts
2 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Tunis Team                    15
3 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt Team                       12
4 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                 10
5 Florin Monreal (Ger) Team Physiodom                    8
6 Hossein Askari (IRI) Paykan Team                       6
7 Roman Bronis (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                4
8 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Physiodom                    3
9 Marco Müller (Ger) Team Physiodom                      2
10 Branislav Zachar (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida           1

Teams

1 Dukla Trencin Merida    13.00.19
2 Tunis Team                  0.22
3 Egypt Team                      
4 Team Physiodom              0.32
5 Paykan Team                 0.40
6 Cosmote Katro               0.47
7 Qatar Team                      
8 UAE Cycling Team                
9 Al Araby Team                   
10 Bahrain Team               5.19
 
General classification after stage 3
 
1 Hossein Askari (IRI) Paykan Team                 9.42.34
2 Yousef Mirza (UAE) UAE Cycling Team                 0.07
3 Kahili Abduljanan (Qat) Qatar Team                      
4 Roman Bronis (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                 
5 Hossein Natehgi (IRI) Paykan Team                       
6 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Paykan Team                        
7 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Tunis Team                  0.28
8 Florin Monreal (Ger) Team Physiodom                 1.02
9 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida              1.14
10 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt Team                        
11 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida              1.17
12 Karim Jendoubi (Tun) Tunis Team                    1.30
13 Tareq Haghi (Qat) Qatar Team                       1.39
14 Moosa Said (Qat) Qatar Team                            
15 Alireza Haghi (IRI) Paykan Team                        
16 Jan Deutschmann (Ger) Team Physiodom                   
17 Pavol Polievka (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida          2.03
18 Badr Ali Shambih (UAE) UAE Cycling Team            2.12
19 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Physiodom                    
20 Christoph Springer (Ger) Cosmote Katro                 
21 Omar Al Mansory (UAE) Al Araby Team                    
22 Mansoor Ali Shambi (UAE) Al Araby Team                 
23 Branislav Zachar (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida            
24 Andreas Keuser (Ger) Team Physiodom                    
25 Radhwan Moraqab (Qat) Qatar Team                       
26 Mohammad Rajablou (IRI) Paykan Team                    
27 Ahmed Mraihi (Tun) Tunis Team                      2.14
28 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Tunis Team                    2.24
29 Ahmed Hafez (Egy) Egypt Team                       2.32
29 Aymen Brini (Tun) Tunis Team                       2.39
31 Karsten Delle (Ger) Team Physiodom                 2.47
32 Giorgi Nadiradze (Geo) Georgian Team               4.29
33 Tariq Qobaid Murad (UAE) Al Araby Team            10.36
34 Marco Müller (Ger) Team Physiodom                 
35 Archil Makharashvili (Geo) Georgian Team               
36 Hassan Ali (Brn Bahrain Team                           
37 Khalid Ali Shambih (UAE) UAE Cycling Team              
38 Ahmmed Sayed (Brn) Bahrain Team                        
39 Amr Mahmoud (Egy) Egypt Team                           
40 Raffa Chtioui (Tun) Tunis Team                    11.06
41 Patrik Tybor (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida           11.36
42 Mohammed Alkabarov (UAE) Al Araby Team            13.26
43 Mohammed Mansiur (Brn) Bahrain Team               15.08
44 Ahmed Salman (Brn) Bahrain Team                   21.06
45 Fotios Antonarakis (Gre) Cosmote Katro            23.40
46 Fedor Slegtenhorst (Ned) Cosmote Katro                 
47 Nebojsa Jovanovic (Srb) Cosmote Katro                  
48 Majed Albalooshi (UAE) Al Araby Team                   
49 Esmaeil Delmorad (UAE) Al Araby Team              23.43
 
Points classification
 
1 Hossein Natehgi (IRI) Paykan Team                     40 pts
2 Aymen Ben Hassine (Tun) Tunis Team                    29
3 Maros Kovac (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                23
4 Yousef Mirza (UAE) UAE Cycling Team                   20
5 Roman Bronis (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida               19
6 Hossein Askari (IRI) Paykan Team                      14
7 Florin Monreal (Ger) Team Physiodom                   13
8 Sherif Abdalla (Egy) Egypt Team                       13
9 Badr Ali Shambih (UAE) UAE Cycling Team               12
10 Kahili Abduljanan (Qat) Qatar Team                   10
11 Jan Sipeky (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida                10
12 Ghader Mizbani (IRI) Paykan Team                      6
13 Mansoor Ali Shambi (UAE) Al Araby Team                6
14 Philipp Becker (Ger) Team Physiodom                   3
15 Tareq Haghi (Qat) Qatar Team                          2
16 Marco Müller (Ger) Team Physiodom                     2
17 Raffa Chtioui (Tun) Tunis Team                        2
18 Branislav Zachar (Svk) Dukla Trencin Merida           1

Teams classification
 
1 Paykan Team             29.07.56
2 Dukla Trencin Merida        2.24
3 Tunis Team                  2.40
4 UAE Cycling Team            2.58
5 Qatar Team                  3.11
6 Team Physiodom              4.39
7 Egypt Team                 14.08
8 Al Araby Team              14.46
9 Bahrain Team               27.54
10 Cosmote Katro             49.18