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"description": "Isaac del Toro won the opening stage of the UAE Tour on Monday with a surprise attack at the end of a day shortened from 144 km to 118 km due to high winds.\n\nStage 1 seemed likely to go to the sprinters but a slightly uphill finish proved enough of a launching pad for Del Toro to jump clear in the final kilometer, where he held on to win ahead of Cees Bol (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious).\n\n[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90100 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n[race_result id=980",
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"textContent": "Isaac del Toro won the opening stage of the UAE Tour on Monday with a surprise attack at the end of a day shortened from 144 km to 118 km due to high winds.\n\nStage 1 seemed likely to go to the sprinters but a slightly uphill finish proved enough of a launching pad for Del Toro to jump clear in the final kilometer, where he held on to win ahead of Cees Bol (Decathlon-CMA CGM) and Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious).\n\n[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90100 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]\n\n[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90100 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]",
"title": "Del Toro steals a march on the sprinters to win stage 1 of the UAE Tour",
"updatedAt": "2026-02-16T16:45:37.008Z"
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