UAE | General

Excellent show by Ahmed

Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was named champion of the Spain Cup Endurance ride which was held in Madrid on Saturday.

  • WAM
  • Published: 00:00 July 1, 2002
  • Gulf News

Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum was named champion of the Spain Cup Endurance ride which was held in Madrid on Saturday.

The four leg ride which was held for 120 kilometres saw absolute domination by the UAE riders who occupied the first three and the sixth places.

Sheikh Ahmed came first after covering the distance in five hours, 51 minutes and 34 seconds.

In a few seconds, he was followed by Sheikh Rashid bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Sheikh Hamdan bin Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum in the second and third places respectively.

Sheikh Hazza bin Sultan Al Nahyan won the sixth place.

The UAE squad was led by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Minister of Defence, who preferred to rest his horse.

"But for Sheikh Mohammed's instructions, I would not have won the ride," said Sheikh Ahmed bin Mohammed Al Maktoum.

"I will spare no effort for the good of the UAE in all field."

The Spain ride is one of the qualifiers for the World Cup Endurance championship, also scheduled to be held in Jerez, Spain on September 16.

More than 97 riders from Spain, Portugal, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium, Great Britain, Italy, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, South Africa, Australia, Colombia and Malaysia took part in the ride.

Gulf News
Mooch

Mooch ado about nothing

Mooch represents dreams, troubles of a Dubaiite

National Day wallpaper

40 years of UAE

Download commemorative wallpapers of the UAE

<i>Building a Nation</i> is both accessible enough for newcomers in the UAE to appreciate the emirates and informed enough for long-term residents to value the history and context.

Book

Gulf News' book chronicles UAE's rich history

Community Reports

More from Community Reports

A day to remember two different lives

History

Gulf News Editor-in-Chief recalls the UAE of old

UAE Journey

Video

GNTV takes us on a journey across the emirates