Dutchman Jaspar Carpaij (InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie) earned a convincing victory at the Liwa Cycling Sportive, the second of four events in the UAE Tour Mabadala Challange, an amateur version of  The UAE Tour for professional riders  occurring February 23-29.

CHAMPION JASPAR CARPAIJ LEADS THE CHARGE © LIWA CYCLING SPORTIVE

Dominating much of the 107km race from start to finish at the Moreeb Dune, Carpaij whittled the field of 175 riders down to 3 by the finish.  Leading out the sprint, Carpaij held on to take the win in 2:47:43 over Ahmed Almarri (Trek Dubai) from UAE and Russian Vladimir Gusev (Shabab Al Ahli Dubai).

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STUNNING WESTERN UAE DUNES © LIWA CYCLING SPORTIVE

In the women’s race Samah Khaled (Dubai Police) from Jordan won a 5-up group sprint to finish in 3:18:11.  U23 rider Safia Al Sayegh from UAE finished second with Dutch rider Yvonne Van Hattum (InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie) rounding out the podium for third.

2020 LIWA CYCLING SPORTIVE RESULTS

WOMEN
1 Samah Khaled JOR Dubai Police 3:18:12
2 Safia Al Sayegh UAE 3:18:12
3 Yvonne Van Hattum NED InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie 3:18:12
4 Meg Smith RSA Yas Cycles 3:18:13
5 Aoife Keating Kearney IRL Yas Cycles 3:18:42
6 Noura Alameeri KUW Kuwait team 3:21:48
7 Lorraine Mullarkey IRL The Cycle Hub Arla Protein 3:21:55
8 Roisin Thomas IRL 3:32:02
9 Nienke Gelderloos NED The A Team 3:44:23
10 Vasiliki Gounari GRE The Cycle Hub Arla Protein 3:48:28
MEN
1 Jasper Carpaij NED InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie 2:47:44
2 Ahmed Almarri UAE Trekdubai 2:47:45
3 Vladimir Gusev RUS Shabab Al Ahli Dubai 2:47:53
4 Gerry Van Den Eynde BEL Al Wathba 2:48:49
5 Steve James GBR The Cycle Hub Arla Protein 2:48:51
6 Kyle Correia RSA Ride-Mektrax 2:49:56
7 Jan De Henau BEL InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie 2:51:59
8 Harib Alblooshi UAE Trek Dubai Topline 2:52:02
9 Jamie Lowden GBR InGruppetto p/b Grind & Searchie 2:52:05
10 Daniel Leithner GER The Cycle Hub 2:52:12

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