{"id":50676,"date":"2025-09-21T12:47:06","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T12:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2024\/?p=50676"},"modified":"2025-10-12T10:03:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-12T10:03:43","slug":"%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%b0-%f0%9f%a5%87-paul-double-does-the-double-at-okolo-slovenska-with-stage-win-overall-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenedgecycling.com\/2026\/%f0%9f%87%b8%f0%9f%87%b0-%f0%9f%a5%87-paul-double-does-the-double-at-okolo-slovenska-with-stage-win-overall-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddf0 \ud83e\udd47 Paul Double does the double at Okolo Slovenska with stage win & overall victory"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Paul Double<\/strong> did the double, with victory on the final stage of Okolo Slovenska<\/strong> to take the general classification win as well.
 
The 29-year-old capitalised on a big team effort from the whole Team Jayco AlUla<\/strong> squad to solo away up the final climb and claim his second professional victory this season.
 
Alessandro De Marchi<\/strong> kicked things off for the team by getting in the early breakaway, which was eventually caught on the descent of the second of four climbs that punctuated the stage. Double then made a move himself, following an attack from Cian Uijtdebroeks heading into the next ascent.
 
While Double\u2019s move was brought back, too, the pace had split the bunch and the overall race leader Paul Magnier had been distanced. In the group that caught Double were teammates Felix Engelhardt<\/strong> and Adam Rafferty<\/strong>, and they would eventually be joined by Davide De Pretto.
 
The group worked together going into the final climb, with Rafferty setting up another attack from the British rider by doing an enormous pull on the front. Double took Bart Lemmen with him initially, but after doing much of the work on the front, he finally cracked the Dutchman and went solo over the final kilometres.
 
Double\u2019s win was enough to also deliver him the overall victory, his first general classification win for the team. Meanwhile, Engelhardt pushed on to take fourth and making it two Team Jayco AlUla riders in the top five.
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Paul Double<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cFor me, it\u2019s been a bit frustrating all week because we\u2019ve been a bit lost in the background. I felt like there was a bit of pressure coming into today that we needed to get something out of the week. We knew me and Felix had good legs and the team rode well again today. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

We weren\u2019t on the back foot like we were a couple of days ago. We were always in front. We rode a really good race. Visma attacked from the bottom, but that was a launch pad for me. I got caught once and they went again. I had Bart with me on the climb, who was never going to pull because [Thomas] Gloag was trying to get across from behind, so I just had to go as hard as possible and try to ride him off the wheel. For the team, it\u2019s awesome because they came here and won last year and for me it\u2019s just a real confidence boost. I did it once this year, but maybe I thought it was a bit of a fluke so now I can be confident that when the legs are good I can pull off something like this.\u201d
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Okolo Slovenska stage 5 results<\/span>
1. Paul Double (Team Jayco AlUla) 02:58:31<\/strong>
2. Bart Lemmen +0:31
3. Thomas Gloag +0:34
4. Felix Engelhardt (Team Jayco\u00a0 AlUla) +41<\/strong>
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Okolo Slovenska overall results<\/span>
1. Paul Double (Team Jayco AlUla) 18:12:22<\/strong>
2. Bart Lemmen +0:34
3. Thomas Gloag +0:35
4. Felix Engelhardt (Team Jayco AlUla) +0:51<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photo: Sprint Cycling<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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