Al Bujairi, Wednesday, February 5th 2020 – Just a day after crashing hard during the opening stage of the Saudi Tour, Niccoló Bonifazio hit back in style. The Italian powered to the line in impressive style to claim his first win of the season in Al Bujairi. In a final bunched sprint the Total Direct Energie rider beat Phil Bauhaus (Bahrain-McLaren) and Nacer Bouhanni (Arkéa-Samsic) to the line. Finishing in the pack, Rui Costa keeps the overall leader’s Green jersey with three days to go.
Etappe1:
Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee – Jaww (173,0 km)
1 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 3:52:12
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain – McLaren 0:00:00
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkéa – Samsic 0:00:00
4 Tom-Jelte Slagter (Ned) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept 0:00:00
5 Carlos Barbero (Esp) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:00
6 Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain – McLaren 0:00:00
7 Andreas Lorentz Kron (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:00
8 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Total Direct Energie 0:00:00
9 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:00:00
10 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept 0:00:00
Etappe 2:
Sadus Castle – Al Bujairi (187,0 km)
1 Niccolò Bonifazio (Ita) Total Direct Energie 4:32:31
2 Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain – McLaren 0:00:02
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkéa – Samsic 0:00:02
4 Timothy Dupont (Bel) Circus – Wanty Gobert 0:00:02
5 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept 0:00:02
6 Orluis Alberto Aular Sanabria (Ven) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:00:02
7 Imerio Cima (Ita) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:02
8 August Jensen (Nor) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:02
9 Julien Trarieux (Fra) Nippo Delko Provence 0:00:02
10 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Terengganu Inc. TSG Cycling Team 0:00:02
Gesamtwertung
1 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 8:24:35
2 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Bahrain – McLaren 0:00:01
3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Team Arkéa – Samsic 0:00:02
4 Phil Bauhaus (GER) Bahrain – McLaren 0:00:04
5 Andreas Lorentz Kron (Den) Riwal Readynez Cycling Team 0:00:09
6 Jens Debusschere (Bel) B&B Hotels – Vital Concept 0:00:10
7 Carlos Barbero (Esp) NTT Pro Cycling Team 0:00:10
8 Matteo Malucelli (Ita) Caja Rural – Seguros RGA 0:00:10
9 Sergei Chernetskii (Rus) Gazprom – RusVelo 0:00:10
10 Lucas Carstensen (GER) Bike Aid 0:00:10