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  "description": "Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) successfully defended her UAE Tour overall title on Sunday by taking victory on Jebel Hafeet.\n\nThe only uphill finish of the race came after 142 km of flat terrain, throughout which a couple of lone riders attempted to earn themselves a head start, but the pack was all together well in advance of the lower slopes of the 10.7-kilometre climb (6.9% average). Amanda Spratt was first to attack the UAE Team ADQ-led pack, and her move drew a reaction from Longo Borg",
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  "textContent": "Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE Team ADQ) successfully defended her UAE Tour overall title on Sunday by taking victory on Jebel Hafeet.\n\nThe only uphill finish of the race came after 142 km of flat terrain, throughout which a couple of lone riders attempted to earn themselves a head start, but the pack was all together well in advance of the lower slopes of the 10.7-kilometre climb (6.9% average). Amanda Spratt was first to attack the UAE Team ADQ-led pack, and her move drew a reaction from Longo Borghini, with overall rivals Kasia Niewiadoma-Phinney (Canyon-SRAM zondacrypto), Kim Le Court-Pienaar (AG Insurance-Soudal), Niamh Fisher-Black (Lidl-Trek), Monica Trinca-Colonel (Liv AlUla Jayco) and Femke De Vries (Visma-Lease a Bike) marking closely – Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime) was forced to withdraw prior to the stage due to illness.\n\nRepeated attacks from among the leaders gradually forced the group to disintegrate until Longo Borghini's particularly stinging attack with about 3.5 km remaining. De Vries reacted well at first, and Niewiadoma-Phinney was able to regain contact, but only briefly. The Italian finally went solo a little outside 2 km to go, taking the stage 12 seconds ahead of resurgent chaser Trinca Colonel, De Vries just two seconds further back in third, a podium replicated in the final GC standings.\n\n[race_result id=18130 stage_id=90147 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n[race_result id=18130 stage_id=90147 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]",
  "title": "UAE Tour stage 4: Longo Borghini successfully defends her title on Jebel Hafeet",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-08T14:56:10.000Z"
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