Mirza won the UAE road championship

While UAE Team Emirates were racing in Europe, Yousif Mirza competed at the UAE National road championship, where he finished first ahead of Ali Al Hassani (Al Nasr) and Ahmed Al Mansoori (Al Nasr).
They all were in a breakaway which reached the arrival, the sprint assigned the victory.

Mirza commented: “I’m so happy, I was the favourite and I won: it’s nevery easy when you’re the favourite. I kept calm, I joined the main attack and was aware that my legs felft good for the sprint. I can’t wait for the start of the Tour of Croatia, my next race, from 18 to 23 April“.

For the UAE Team Emirates this is the 7th UAE road champion title, the third victory in 2017 after the successes in the time trials in the national championship and in the GCC.