‘I can’t make excuses’ – Remco Evenepoel suffers shock major time loss at UAE Tour but Red Bull-Bora-Hansgrohe stress they will not make major drama out of setback

As Remco Evenepoel reached his soigneurs past the finish after getting dropped and losing more than two minutes on stage 3 of the UAE Tour, his overwhelming emotion was surely disappointment – but there was frustration too, as perhaps became clear when he berated a cameraman who was in his way as he stopped and then rode swiftly back to his team van.

Evenepoel had started the day in the red leader’s jersey and on a big high after winning the stage 2 time trial. But his GC bid evaporated, and his joy turned to rage on the final seven kilometres of Jebel Mobrah, where Antonio Tiberi (Bahrain Victorious) surprised the top favourites and won the stage, also taking over red.