Al Manshiya Train Station – Al Manshiya Train Station – 149Km
A bunched sprint was expect at the end of stage 1 and that’s exactly what happened on the opening day of the AlUla Tour. In a hectic final straight with a lot of candidates to victory, Casper Van Uden (Team DSM-Firmenich PostNL) proved to be the fastest. The young Dutchman only just captures his first major success by beating compatriot Dylan Groenewegen (Team Jayco AlUla) and Belgium’s Tim Merlier (Soudal Quickstep). Thanks to his victory, Van Uden takes command of the general classification and will be wearing the green jersey for tomorrow’s stage 2.

STAGE CLASSIFICATION

1 VAN UDEN Casper NED Team dsm-firmenich PostNL 03:18:55
2 GROENEWEGEN Dylan NED Team Jayco-AlUla 00:00
3 MERLIER Tim BEL Soudal Quick-Step 00:00
4 WÆRENSKJOLD Søren NOR Uno-X Mobility 00:00
5 RAJOVIC Dusan SRB Bahrain Victorious 00:00
6 DE KLEIJN Arvid NED Tudor Pro Cycling Team 00:00
7 MALUCELLI Matteo ITA JCL Team UKYO 00:00
8 MOLANO Sebastian COL UAE Team Emirates 00:00
9 SYRITSA Gleb RUS Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
10 CIMOLAI Davide ITA Movistar Team 00:00
11 MOSCHETTI Matteo ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
12 KOCH Jonas GER BORA-hansgrohe 00:00
13 TESSON Jason FRA TotalEnergies 00:00
14 OLIVEIRA Rui POR UAE Team Emirates 00:00
15 MARTÍN Gotzon ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 00:00
16 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 00:00
17 MULUBRHAN Henok ERI Astana Qazaqstan Team 00:00
18 PASQUALON Andrea ITA Bahrain Victorious 00:00
19 KUDUS Merhawi ERI Terengganu Cycling Team 00:00
20 LOPEZ DE ABETXUKO Andoni ESP Euskaltel-Euskadi 00:00