While Elisa Longo Borghini dominated the final stage of the UAE Tour, winning on Jebel Hafeet for the third time, the day's unexpected result was Femke de Vries's third place, just 17 seconds behind the victorious UAE Team ADQ rider.
As the peloton thinned on the lower slopes of the Jebel Hafeet climb, De Vries's bright yellow Visma-Lease a Bike jersey was ever present, maintaining her position close to the front. Even when the attacks started flying, she held firm, emerging as one of only four women at the front of the race.
