3rd place for Miguel Heidemann on the queen stage the Tour of Sharjah 2024

The Felt Felbermayr team showed a top performance today on the queen stage of the Tour of Sharjah. On the 125.6 kilometer long section with a mountain finish in Khor Fakkan Al Suhub Mountain, Miguel Heidemann took the first podium on the road for the Welser team with third place. At the same time, he moved up to 2nd place in the overall standings ahead of tomorrow's final stage, 20 seconds behind leader Gal Glivar (UAE Team Emirates Gen Z). Teammate Hermann Pernsteiner is already in 4th place in the overall ranking after today's 7th place. “The final climb was tough. I fought until the end and am happy to have made it to the podium,” said Miguel Heidemann at the finish.

Fotonachweis: Sharjah Tour

On the 4th stage of the tour in the United Arab Emirates, all the top teams concentrated on the final climb. Previously, individual riders repeatedly tried unsuccessfully to escape the peloton. On the tough final climb, Heidemann initially rode with Anatoliy Budyak (Terengganu Cycling Team) in the lead, but then had to let the Ukrainian go. Budyak had a relatively comfortable lead until shortly before the finish, before Spaniard Mario Aparicio (Team Burgos BH) managed to take the lead in the last kilometer and ultimately won comfortably with a time of 3:02:15 minutes. Miguel Heidemann reached the finish 25 seconds behind, Hermann Pernsteiner was only 4 seconds behind.

With this top performance, Heidemann improved to second place in the overall ranking. Before tomorrow's final stage over 94.1 kilometers from Shees Park to Sharjah Safari, he is 20 seconds behind the overall leader with a total time of 9:06:43 hours. Hermann Pernsteiner is 35 seconds short of the yellow jersey. “A great performance by our team at the start of the season,” emphasizes racing director Rupert Hödlmoser. The Felt Felbermayr team is in action in the UAE with Hermann Pernsteiner, Michael Kukrle, Patryk Stosz, Miguel Heidemann, Emanuel Zangerle and Jakob Purtscheller.

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