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Young guns come out blazing in Spain and UAE

Belgium's Lennert Van Eetvelt produced a dramatic summit finish on Jebel Hafeet to claim the final stage and overall victory in the UAE Tour on Sunday."I was expecting a difficult stage," Van Eetvelt said, adding that he had been able to stay on the wheels of the leaders.

Belgium's Lennert Van Eetvelt produced a dramatic summit finish on Jebel Hafeet to claim the final stage and overall victory in the UAE Tour on Sunday.The 22-year-old Lotto rider powered clear around two kilometres from the line to take the 161km seventh stage by 22 seconds from Pello Bilbao and Ben O'Connor.With a 10sec time bonus Van Eetvelt shot to the top of the overall standings, two seconds ahead of Australia's O'Connor, with Bilbao completing the podium.

ABU DHABI, 25th February, 2024 (WAM) -- Lennert Van Eetvelt (Lotto Dstny) etched his name in history, claiming both the stage 7 victory and the overall title at the 2024 UAE Tour. The young Belgian launched a daring attack on the final climb of Jebel Hafeet with 1.7 km remaining, leaving a star-studded chase group that included pre-race favourites gasping in his wake. Pello Bilbao (Bahrain

Wout Poels won stage 20 in a sprint finish ahead of Remco Evenepoel.

Andreas Kron took the second stage of the Vuelta Espana on Sunday to give heartbroken Lotto Dstny their first World Tour win of the season, two days after the teams first-year pro Tijl De Decker died following a training crash.