“Dubai Stage” smiles at Dutch Charlotte

Dutch Charlotte Cole achieved victory in the first Dubai stage of the first edition of the Emirates Women’s Tour 2023, the only race in the Middle East region, organized by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, between February 9 and 12, and Cole deserved to win the opening stage that was held in Dubai for a distance of 109 km. Starting from Port Rashid, passing through the prominent landmarks of Dubai, and reaching Dubai Harbor, after defeating a group of female cyclists who are nominated to win, led by Lorena Wipes and Claire Consone.

Cole of the Dutch DSM team managed to cover the race distance with a time of 2:47:14 hours, and Lorena Wipes of the SD Works team came in second place, and Claire Consoni of Emirates ADQ came in third place.

Cole won three shirts after the end of the race, as she wore the red shirt sponsored by the Fatima Bint Mubarak Women’s Sports Academy, as the leader in the general standings of the race, the green shirt sponsored by BAIC Abu Dhabi, as the points leader, and the white shirt sponsored by Abu Dhabi 360 as the best young contestant under 23 years old, while Leanne Libert was crowned From the Movie Star team in the black jersey, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Experience, as the leader in the medium speed stage. Charlotte Cole wears the red jersey, sponsored by the Fatima Bint Mubarak Women’s Sports Academy, during the second stage that will be held tomorrow in Al Dhafra, sponsored by Marina Holding, with a distance of 133 km, starting from Al Dhafra Fort at 1:10 pm, arriving at the port city at an expected time of 4 pm. :30 p.m.

After winning the stage, Charlotte said: “I am proud to be the first winner of a stage in the first edition of the Emirates Tour for Women. I trained well to reach this position, and to achieve victory by maintaining fast performance, and although I faced some challenges as a result of a collision between bikes in the last kilometers, But the exit of strong competitors was my luck, and I will return with all my strength during the second stage tomorrow, and I will do everything in my power to maintain the lead and win again.

The winners were attended and crowned by the Secretary-General of the Abu Dhabi Sports Council, Aref Al-Awani, the Secretary-General of the Dubai Sports Council, Saeed Hareb, the President of the UAE Cycling Federation, Mansour Bu Osaiba, the representative of the Dubai Police, Brigadier General Juma Suwaidan, a representative from the Fatima Bint Mubarak Academy for Women’s Sports, and Zaher Al-Shaar, Director Regional General Motors (Chevrolet), and d. Aisha Al Dhaheri, Head of the Health Promotion Department at the Abu Dhabi Center for Public Health, and Khaled Al Muflahi, Director of Sports Tourism at the Department of Culture and Tourism.