{"id":1758671,"date":"2026-02-05T06:28:31","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758671"},"modified":"2026-02-05T06:28:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T03:28:31","slug":"new-year-same-lorena-wiebes-dutchwoman-dominates-on-season-debut","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1758671","title":{"rendered":"New Year, Same Lorena Wiebes: Dutchwoman Dominates on Season Debut"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Updated February 5, 2026 07:19AM<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Lorena Wiebes (SD Worx-Protime) picked up right where she left off Thursday \u2013 by winning.<\/p>\n

The Dutch supersprinter stomped to victory on her 2026 season debut at the UAE Tour to continue an unbeaten streak that stretches back through September 7.<\/p>\n

Lara Gillespie (UAE ADQ) and Zoe B\u00e4ckstedt (Canyon-SRAM) took the podium steps Thursday in Madinat Zayed after Wiebes blew away the bunch sprint in the UAE Tour opener.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a great start to the season, we did a good job as a team in the last 10km,\u201d Weibes said at the finish.<\/p>\n

\u201cI knew from two years ago that this was a difficult finish. It\u2019s a long way in a straight line, but we could also use the other teams in the final, and luckily, I found the gap to sprint.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Judging by the finish Thursday, Wiebes has carried all the crazy sprint form from last year that brought her 25 road victories \u2013 and more on the gravel and in the velodrome \u2013 into the new season.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has now won 5 races in 5, and lost only once in 10 starts.<\/p>\n

Will anyone be able to stop Wiebes in the next two sprint stages of the four-day UAE Tour? Gillespie, B\u00e4ckstedt, and Charlotte Kool (Fenix Premier Tech) won\u2019t have it easy.<\/p>\n

The UAE Tour\u2019s defending champion Elisa Longo Borghini (UAE ADQ) rolled in with all her main rivals Thursday.<\/p>\n

ELB, Marlen Reusser (Movistar), Anna van der Breggen (SD Worx-Protime), Kim Le Court (AG Insurance Soudal), and former Tour de France champion Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM) will romp up Jebel Hafeet on Sunday for the decisive GC stage.<\/p>\n

Jonas Vingegaard, Isaac del Toro, and Remco Evenepoel headline the men\u2019s UAE Tour, starting February 16.<\/p>\n

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