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  Elisa Longo Borghini took the final stage of the UAE Tour with a decisive solo victory on Jebel Hafeet for the overall win. “I just embraced the game that they were playing. It was fun, actually. I was looking for the best moment to attack, and when I felt it was a good moment, I went. I was sure it would not be the one where I would drop everybody, so I just waited and looked around, I saw Kasia with her face pretty fatigued and was like, ‘OK, I hi=t once more and then I’m pretty sure I will go solo’. I stayed away, I didn’t go easy to the finish, but I had my own pace and couldn’t enjoy the final.” -Elisa Longo Borghini has won the UAE Tour for the third time. Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Inermarched) claimed a solo victory and the overall lead on Stage 2 of the Tour of Oman, attacking from the day’s breakaway to hold of a charging peloton. In the final stage of Etoile de Besseges, featured its traditional 10km time trial around Ares, with the decisive climb of the Ermitage....