Luke Plapp still in contention despite losing UAE Tour lead to Evenepoel

Luke Plapp has his eyes on the UAE Tour prize
Luke Plapp has his eyes on the UAE Tour prize (Image credit: Getty Images)

Luke Plapp may only been able to hold onto the leader’s jersey of the UAE Tour for one day, but the Australian remained both upbeat and in the battle for overall victory.

World Champion Remco Evenepoel’s second place at the Jebel Jais summit allowed the Belgian both to move into top spot overall and simultaneously go from being tied on time with Plapp to being seven seconds ahead of the Ineos Grenadiers racer.

Alasdair Fotheringham

Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The IndependentThe GuardianProCycling, The Express and Reuters.