{"id":92779,"date":"2020-02-21T13:48:19","date_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/?p=92779"},"modified":"2020-02-21T13:48:19","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T18:48:19","slug":"jorgensen-opens-2020-win-column-evenpoel-wins-uphill-2020-uae-tour-rosters-and-more-road-racing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2020\/02\/21\/jorgensen-opens-2020-win-column-evenpoel-wins-uphill-2020-uae-tour-rosters-and-more-road-racing-news\/","title":{"rendered":"J\u00f8rgensen opens 2020 win column, Evenpoel wins uphill, 2020 UAE Tour rosters and more road racing news"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Emma Norsgaard J\u00f8rgensen Wins Opening Stage of Setmana Ciclista Valenciana<\/h3>\n<p>Danish sprinter Emma Norsgaard J\u00f8rgensen won the first stage of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SetmanaCiclista\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Setmana Ciclista Valenciana<\/a>, 107km from Gandia to Cullera. Emma and her teammates were able to navigate their way around a crash with 4km leading into the finish and after a superb lead-out, she proved that she is well and truly back after a period away from racing due to injury last year, as she crossed the line in first place. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bpct.ch\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Team Bigla-KATUSHA<\/a> also won the prize for the best team on today\u2019s opener.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92781\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2020\/02\/21\/jorgensen-opens-2020-win-column-evenpoel-wins-uphill-2020-uae-tour-rosters-and-more-road-racing-news\/road-roundup-0221202\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?fit=678%2C429&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,429\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"road-roundup-0221202\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?fit=300%2C190&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?fit=678%2C429&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92781\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?resize=678%2C429&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"429\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?w=678&ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221202.jpg?resize=300%2C190&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy team supported me really well the whole day, and it was very encouraging that they had faith in me to get a good result,” said J\u00f8rgensen. It was also important that we knew that the finale was difficult, with some tricky corners and a dangerous downhill section, so we knew we had to be careful there. Thanks very much to my teammates, who protected me heading into the finale, and then did a perfect lead-out. I\u2019m happy that I was able to reward all their hard work with the win today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bpct.ch\/emma-norsgaard-jorgensen-wins-setmana-ciclista-valenciana-opening-stage\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Evenepoel Takes First Ever Uphill Victory<\/h3>\n<p>Remco Evenepoel continued his exceptional start to the season Thursday afternoon, when he capitalised on Jo\u00e3o Almeida\u2019s tremendous work and stunned his rivals on Alto da Fo\u00eda, where he surged to victory in spectacular fashion and took not just the stage (making it two in a row for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.deceuninck-quickstep.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Deceuninck \u2013 Quick-Step<\/a> in <a href=\"http:\/\/voltaaoalgarve.com\/en\/home-2\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Algarve<\/a>), but also the yellow jersey.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92780\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2020\/02\/21\/jorgensen-opens-2020-win-column-evenpoel-wins-uphill-2020-uae-tour-rosters-and-more-road-racing-news\/road-roundup-0221201\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?fit=678%2C451&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,451\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"","caption":"","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"road-roundup-0221201\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?fit=678%2C451&ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-92780\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?resize=678%2C451&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"451\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?w=678&ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221201.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Stage 2 came down to the final kilometer, where Evenepoel launched a perfectly timed and perfectly executed attack at 500 meters to go, a fantastic acceleration which saw him zip clear of the reduced bunch that up until that point had been kept together by Almeida.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYesterday, when we discussed the tactics, we agreed that we should remain attentive and do our race, and the team did an extraordinary job the entire day, working for me and keeping me out of the wind. During the stage I had good sensations in the legs and I said to myself that I would try something in the final kilometer. For that reason, when one guy attacked, I asked Jo\u00e3o to bring him back and keep the pace high. Then, with 500 meters to go, I went full gas and managed to keep the chasers at bay despite the strong headwind in the final 100 meters,” Evenepoel said at the finish.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.deceuninck-quickstep.com\/en\/news\/4316\/evenepoel-achieves-another-milestone\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Provisional Rosters Announced for 2020 UAE Tour<\/h3>\n<p>The Provisional Entry List for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theuaetour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2020 UAE Tour<\/a>, the one and only WorldTour race in the Middle East, is revealed. 20 teams will start, including 18 of the 19 UCI WorldTeams.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_86890\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86890\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alejandro-valverde.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"86890\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2019\/08\/30\/2019-vuelta-a-espana-stage-7-results\/alejandro-valverde-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alejandro-valverde.jpg?fit=1200%2C793&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1200,793\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"BettiniPhoto\\u00a92019","camera":"","caption":"Vuelta Espana 2019 - 74th Edition - 7th stage Onda - Mas de la Costa 183,2 km - 30\\\/08\\\/2019 - Alejandro Valverde (ESP - Movistar Team) - photo Luis Angel Gomez\\\/BettiniPhoto\\u00a92019","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"BettiniPhoto\\u00a92019","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"0"}\" data-image-title=\"alejandro-valverde\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>Vuelta Espana 2019 – 74th Edition – 7th stage Onda – Mas de la Costa 183,2 km – 30\/08\/2019 – Alejandro Valverde (ESP – Movistar Team) – photo Luis Angel Gomez\/BettiniPhoto\u00a92019<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alejandro-valverde.jpg?fit=300%2C198&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alejandro-valverde.jpg?fit=800%2C529&ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-86890 size-mh-magazine-content\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/alejandro-valverde.jpg?resize=678%2C381&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"381\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-86890\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alejandro Valverde (ESP – Movistar Team) – photo Luis Angel Gomez\/BettiniPhoto\u00a92019<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Riders confirmed on the Provisional Entry List include seven-time Grand Tour winner Chris Froome, choosing the UAE Tour for his comeback; last year\u2019s UAE Tour runner-up and 2018 UCI Road World Champion, Alejandro Valverde (winner of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour and two-times stage winner atop Jebel Hafeet); 2019 Giro d\u2019Italia King of the Mountains Giulio Ciccone; and Tadej Poga\u010dar, the young Slovenian winner of the 2019 Tour of California, and three stages of the 2019 Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theuaetour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Fuglsang Takes Second Stage Win at Ruta del Sol<\/h3>\n<p>Jakob Fuglsang streaked to his second stage win in the Ruta del Sol on a punchy uphill finish in Ubeda<\/p>\n<p>The stage had its big showdown in the final meters, as the race headed up to Ubeda. The Kazakh team pulled hard to close the gap to the escapees and Jakob Fuglsang finished the great work off with a well-timed attack on the last corner to take his second stage win at the Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda. The Danish rider still leads the overall ranking and was able to increase his lead.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_92783\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92783\" style=\"width: 678px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"92783\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/2020\/02\/21\/jorgensen-opens-2020-win-column-evenpoel-wins-uphill-2020-uae-tour-rosters-and-more-road-racing-news\/road-roundup-0221204\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?fit=678%2C452&ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"678,452\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{"aperture":"0","credit":"Getty Images","camera":"","caption":"\\u00daBEDA, SPAIN - FEBRUARY 21: Arrival \\\/ Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark and Astana Pro Team Yellow Leader Jersey \\\/ Celebration \\\/ Pello Bilbao of Spain Team Bahrain - McLaren \\\/ Brandon Mcnulty of The United States and UAE-Team Emirates \\\/ during the 66th Vuelta a Andaluc\\u00eda - Ruta del Sol 2020, Stage 3 a 176,9km stage from Ja\\u00e9n to \\u00dabeda 727m \\\/ @VCANDALUCIA \\\/ #UCIProSeries \\\/ on February 21, 2020 in \\u00dabeda, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos\\\/Getty Images)","created_timestamp":"0","copyright":"2020 Getty Images","focal_length":"0","iso":"0","shutter_speed":"0","title":"","orientation":"1"}\" data-image-title=\"road-roundup-0221204\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"<p>\u00daBEDA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 21: Arrival \/ Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark and Astana Pro Team Yellow Leader Jersey \/ Celebration \/ Pello Bilbao of Spain Team Bahrain – McLaren \/ Brandon Mcnulty of The United States and UAE-Team Emirates \/ during the 66th Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda – Ruta del Sol 2020, Stage 3 a 176,9km stage from Ja\u00e9n to \u00dabeda 727m \/ @VCANDALUCIA \/ #UCIProSeries \/ on February 21, 2020 in \u00dabeda, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?fit=300%2C200&ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?fit=678%2C452&ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92783\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?resize=678%2C452&ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"678\" height=\"452\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?w=678&ssl=1 678w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221204.jpg?resize=300%2C200&ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92783\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00daBEDA, SPAIN – FEBRUARY 21: Arrival \/ Jakob Fuglsang of Denmark and Astana Pro Team Yellow Leader Jersey \/ Celebration \/ Pello Bilbao of Spain Team Bahrain – McLaren \/ Brandon Mcnulty of The United States and UAE-Team Emirates \/ during the 66th Vuelta a Andaluc\u00eda – Ruta del Sol 2020, Stage 3 a 176,9km stage from Ja\u00e9n to \u00dabeda 727m \/ @VCANDALUCIA \/ #UCIProSeries \/ on February 21, 2020 in \u00dabeda, Spain. (Photo by David Ramos\/Getty Images)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>“The first two hours of the race were really hard but my teammates did an amazing job working for me all day and after following all of the moves at the end, I used the last corner as my opportunity to go for the win. I looked at the road book this morning and I knew that if I wanted to go for the victory, it would be really important to be in the right position at that point.<\/p>\n<p>“Tomorrow will be another tough day but once again, I hope to defend the yellow jersey. Of course, we have a lot of teams here who are looking to make the race hard but so far, my team has been fantastic. Thinking ahead to Sunday, the TT looks difficult but if I have a little bit of an advantage, I think it could suit me,” said a happy Jakob Fuglsang after his second stage win.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AstanaTeam\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J\u00f8rgensen opens 2020 win column, Evenpoel wins uphill, 2020 UAE Tour rosters and more road racing news<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"featured_media":92782,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[81],"tags":[16571,579,151,10504,19749,20732,20272,5104,20723,20305,1564,20729,20717,20735,7012,20736,1091,11985,7950,20737,19710,8396,961,20710,19701,19836,970],"class_list":["post-92779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road","tag-abu-dhabi-tour","tag-alejandro-valverde","tag-astana","tag-astana-pro-team","tag-bigla-katusha","tag-bilbao","tag-brandon-mcnulty","tag-chris-froome","tag-david","tag-deceuninck","tag-denmark","tag-evenepoel","tag-getty-images","tag-giulio-ciccone","tag-jakob-fuglsang","tag-joao-almeida","tag-katusha","tag-king-of-the-mountains","tag-movistar-team","tag-pello-bilbao","tag-remco-evenepoel","tag-ruta-del-sol","tag-spain","tag-tadej","tag-uae-tour","tag-united-arab-emirates","tag-united-states"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/road-roundup-0221203.jpg?fit=678%2C452&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bikeworldnews.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}