Seeking a marquee win for the newly minted UAE Team Emirates on their “home” course, Rui Costa delivered just that during Saturday’s third stage of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour.
Costa, proudly pointing to the UAE insignia on his shirt as he crosses the finish line, takes the Sport cover for the Sunday, February 26, 2017 edition of The National.
“After making their World Tour debut at the Tour Down Under in Australia last month, UAE Team Emirates headed ‘home’ for this week’s Abu Dhabi Tour, where captain Rui Costa made his first appearance for his new team.
“On the eve of the Abu Dhabi Tour, Costa said it was ‘important for us to do well … this is our home race’.
“And do well he did on Friday, winning the third Al Maryah Island Stage, the Tour’s 186-kilometre mid-mountain stage, to take over the red jersey from Mark Cavendish.”
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