Tiberi climbs into the UAE Tour lead on stage 3

Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) stormed into the race lead at the UAE Tour with a victory on stage 3, which finished atop the brutal Jebel Mobrah. The double digit gradients of the final climb saw attacks and counter-attacks from the GC hopefuls, with overnight leader Remco Evenepoel (Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe) unable to keep pace with the accelerations.

Tiberi surged clear of a select group of attackers with around 3 km to go and held on solo ahead of a pursuing Isaac del Toro (UAE Team Emirates XRG) to win the stage and take the lead. Del Toro settled for runner-up honors 15 seconds later with Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto-Intermarché) taking third 29 seconds down.

[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90102 count=5 gc=0 year=2026]

[race_result id=9800 stage_id=90102 count=5 gc=5 year=2026]