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Luke Plapp (Ineos Grenadiers) took the overall lead at the UAE Tour as Remco Evenepoel laid down a marker at the UAE Tour by leading his Soudal-QuickStep squad to victory on the stage 2 team time trial at Khalifa Port.
Soudal-QuickStep pipped EF Education-EasyPost by a second to claim the stage honours, with Ineos Grandiers taking third at two seconds.
EF Education-EasyPost spent the bulk of the afternoon in the hot seat and they looked set for stage victory when Soudal-QuickStep, the last team down the start ramp, came through the intermediate check some seven seconds down.
Evenepoel took command on the latter part of the course, however, and Soudal-QuickStep stopped the clock at 18:17 to claim the win.
Bahrain Victorious took fourth at 4 seconds, while the UAE Team Emirates squad of Adam Yates could only manage 8th at 16 seconds.
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