British "Tarling" He wins a race against the individual watch and takes off the tawaf of the Emirates

Abu Dhabi, February 18 / WAM / The British cyclist, Joshua Tarling, won the second stage (Todor) in the Emirates Tournament 2025, the only world race in the Middle East, within the agenda of the International Bicycle Federation and is held in its seventh edition, organized by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, and will continue until February 23 .
Tarling Drag, Enus Greenaders, came at the top of the second stage of a race against the individual watch after the 21 -year -old set out through the 12.2 km long path on the island of Al -Hudayriyat, at a speed rate of 56.671 km/hour, to achieve his first victory in the 2025 season.
Tarling recorded the fastest time of 12 minutes and 55 seconds at the finish line, and the Swiss Stephen Pisiger Drag Decathlon AG2R LA Mondal, which ranked second by 13 seconds.
The Emirates XRG team kept its strong chances of competing for the title of seventh edition of the circumambulation, after the Slovenian Tadi Bugsher and his teammate Jay Fiene ranked third and fourth in the stage, a difference of 18 and 21 seconds for Tarling, respectively.
Despite the distinguished level of the Emirates team, but he suffered a strong blow in the absence of the Colombian bike, Juan Sebastian Mulano, after the team decided to exclude him from participating in the second stage due to the violent fall that he was subjected to on the first day, where the team doctor announced that the cyclist suffered a severe ankle sprain The foot causes severe swelling forcing him to have comfort and more tests and control.
The first stage champion, Italian Jonathan Milan Drag Lidel Trek, was the last of the race against the individual clock, but he was unable to reach the speed needed to record the fastest time, ending the race in 49th, a minute and 13 seconds late, and loses the red shirt in favor of Tarling.
Tarling won, the British cyclist took the top of the overall ranking, and got the red shirt under the auspices of the World Holding Company with a total time of 3 hours, 44 minutes and 29 seconds.
Tarling also topped the classification of young points and bikes, where after the end of the second stage, the green shirt was sponsored by Mubadala with 20 points, as well as the white shirt under the auspices of the palm for the best young bike, while the Italian Manuel Taruzi remained the Drag “VF Group Bardian CSV” – Vicani Wearing the black shirt, sponsored by the house, as the leader of the average speed.
The winners of the second stage were crowned His Excellency Rashid Abdul Karim Al Balushi, Undersecretary of the Finance Department, His Excellency Eng. Abdullah Al Yazidi, Secretary -General of the Abu Dhabi Quality and Construction Council, His Excellency Aref Hamad Al Awani, Secretary -General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, and Al Khaili Al -Khaili, Executive Director of the Abu Dhabi Cycling Club.

The third stage, which will be held tomorrow, will be one of the most important and longest stages of circumambulation, and represents the first two mountain phases, which is the Ras Al Khaimah Commission for Tourism Development, for a total distance of 181 km, and starts from Ras Al Khaimah, passing through many of the emirate’s features, then directly to the last and difficult part Climbing the summit of Mount Jais, where the rise of Jais Mountain is about 20 km, with a rise of between 5-7%, to 9% before 2 km on the finish line.

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