UAE Team Emirates (Slovenia) - Press Release: 4th for Trentin in final stage.
Tadej Pogačar added another victory to his growing palmarés, winning the overall title of the Tour of Slovenia. The Emirati team put in a strong performance, placing four riders in the top 10.
The fourth stage, 175.3km from Ljubljana to Novo Mesto, was decided by a quick finish in which Matteo Trentin finished in fourth place.
10 km from the finish, the group closed the gap to the breakaway as the teams began to prepare for the fast finish, with Trentin doing well in the last kilometre to follow the train of Bahrain – Victorious, just falling short of the stage win.
The gallop went to Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain – Victorious) with Trentin 4th and Rui Oliveira 8th.
Stage 5 results:
1. Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain – Victorious) 4h12’05 ”
2. Alex Edmondson (Team BikeExchange) s.t.
3. Heirich Haussler (Bahrain- Victorious) s.t.
4. Matteo Trentin (UAE Team Emirates) s.t.
Final general classification:
1.Tadej Pogačar (UAE Team Emirates) 19h23’21 “
2. Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirartes) + 1’21 “
3.Matteo Sobrero (Astana – Premier Tech) + 1’35 ”
4.Rafal Majka (UAE Team Emirates) + 2’08 “
9. Jan Polanc (UAE Team Emirates) + 3’21 “
Photo: Sportida.
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