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2018 Abu Dhabi Tour (WorldTour),
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
4th edition: February 21 - 25, 2018
Abu Dhabi Tour podium history | 2017 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
2018 Abu Dhabi Tour overall map, 687.6 km
Sunday, February 25: 5th & Final Stage, Qasr Al Muwaiji - Jebel Hafeet, 199 km
Alejandro Valverde wins stage five and the final overall title.
The race: The organizer posted this short summary.
Jebel Hafeet, 25 February 2018 – The Spanish rider Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team) has won the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, winning on the top of Jebel Hafeet after a 199km hard fought Stage 5. On the podium, he was rewarded with the Golden Grit, the new trophy destined to the winner of the overall race, and the final Red Jersey, sponsored by Al Maryah Island.
Second and third in today's stage are Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Astana Pro Team) and Julian Alaphilippe (Quick-Step Floors), while Wilco Kelderman (Team Sunweb) and Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Astana Pro Team) complete the final GC podium.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner Alejandro Valverde said: “Firstly, I want to thank my team for the great job they have done all week. It's been a complicated day today with the wind and a bit of rain. This is a World Tour victory. I'm very happy with it.”
Complete Results:
199 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.829 km/hr
| 1 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 4hr 38min 47sec |
| 2 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 3 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | @ 15sec |
| 4 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:37 |
| 7 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | 0:47 |
| 8 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:55 |
| 9 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 10 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 11 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 12 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:59 |
| 13 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | 1:01 |
| 14 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | 1:03 |
| 15 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 16 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:05 |
| 17 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | 1:23 |
| 18 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | 1:26 |
| 19 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 20 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | 1:41 |
| 21 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | 1:43 |
| 22 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 23 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 24 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:01 |
| 25 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:03 |
| 26 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | 2:09 |
| 27 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 2:28 |
| 28 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 29 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | 2:47 |
| 30 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 31 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 32 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | 3:20 |
| 33 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 34 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 35 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 36 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 3:33 |
| 37 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:41 |
| 38 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | 4:26 |
| 40 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 41 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 42 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 43 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 44 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | 4:38 |
| 45 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 46 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 47 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 48 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | 5:20 |
| 49 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 5:25 |
| 50 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 51 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 52 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 53 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 54 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | 5:38 |
| 55 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | 5:44 |
| 56 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | 5:50 |
| 57 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | 5:58 |
| 58 | BYSTROM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 59 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 60 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 61 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 62 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | 6:24 |
| 63 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 6:26 |
| 64 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 65 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 66 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 6:28 |
| 67 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 7:20 |
| 68 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | 7:28 |
| 69 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 7:45 |
| 70 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 71 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 72 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 73 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 8:12 |
| 74 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | 8:26 |
| 75 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | 8:53 |
| 76 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 77 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | 9:01 |
| 78 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 9:03 |
| 79 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 80 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | 9:43 |
| 81 | LOPEZ David | Sky | 10:07 |
| 82 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 83 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | 10:24 |
| 84 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 10:30 |
| 85 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 86 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 87 | ROWE Luke | Sky | s.t. |
| 88 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 89 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 90 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 91 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 92 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 93 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 94 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 95 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 96 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 97 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 98 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 99 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 100 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 101 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 102 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 103 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 104 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 105 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 106 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 107 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | 12:34 |
| 108 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 109 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | 13:20 |
| 110 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 111 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | 13:22 |
| 112 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 13:28 |
| 113 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | 13:30 |
| 114 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 115 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 116 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 117 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 13:33 |
| 118 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | 13:37 |
| 119 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 120 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 13:42 |
| 121 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 122 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | 13:48 |
| 123 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 124 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 125 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 15:01 |
| 126 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 127 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 128 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 129 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 130 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 131 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 132 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
Final GC after Stage 5:
- Final GC leader: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar)
- Points classification winner: Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
- Best young rider: Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana)
- Intermediate sprint classification winner: Nikolay Trusov (Gazprom-RusVelo)
681.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.592 km/hr
| 1 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 16hr 0min 11sec |
| 2 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | @ 17sec |
| 3 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | 0:29 |
| 4 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 0:31 |
| 5 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:45 |
| 6 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:13 |
| 7 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:18 |
| 8 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:28 |
| 9 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | 1:29 |
| 10 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:37 |
| 11 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 12 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | 1:41 |
| 13 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:42 |
| 14 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 15 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | 2:06 |
| 16 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 2:08 |
| 17 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | 2:18 |
| 18 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:29 |
| 19 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | 2:36 |
| 20 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | 2:43 |
| 21 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | 2:50 |
| 22 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | 2:55 |
| 23 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | 3:44 |
| 24 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | 3:48 |
| 25 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | 3:58 |
| 26 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 4:20 |
| 27 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | 4:40 |
| 28 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 4:50 |
| 29 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 30 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | 4:52 |
| 31 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:23 |
| 32 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | 5:27 |
| 33 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | 5:41 |
| 34 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | 5:42 |
| 36 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | 5:44 |
| 37 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 5:54 |
| 38 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | 5:55 |
| 39 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | 6:01 |
| 40 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | 6:12 |
| 41 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 42 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 6:20 |
| 43 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | 6:21 |
| 44 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 6:23 |
| 45 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | 6:26 |
| 46 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | 6:36 |
| 47 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | 6:38 |
| 48 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | 6:46 |
| 49 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | 7:11 |
| 50 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 7:17 |
| 51 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 7:20 |
| 52 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | 7:26 |
| 53 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | 8:05 |
| 54 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 8:23 |
| 55 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | 8:43 |
| 56 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | 8:47 |
| 57 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | 8:50 |
| 58 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | 9:05 |
| 59 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 9:07 |
| 60 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | 9:09 |
| 61 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | 9:12 |
| 62 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 63 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | 9:33 |
| 64 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 9:35 |
| 65 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 9:39 |
| 66 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | 9:45 |
| 67 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | 10:01 |
| 68 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | 10:06 |
| 69 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | 10:21 |
| 70 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | 10:26 |
| 71 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 10:33 |
| 72 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 10:52 |
| 73 | BYSTROM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | 10:55 |
| 74 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 10:59 |
| 75 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 76 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | 11:05 |
| 77 | LOPEZ David | Sky | 11:08 |
| 78 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 11:10 |
| 79 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 11:21 |
| 80 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | 11:28 |
| 81 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | 11:30 |
| 82 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 83 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | 11:31 |
| 84 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | 11:49 |
| 85 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | 12:02 |
| 86 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | 12:07 |
| 87 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 12:08 |
| 88 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | 12:12 |
| 89 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | 12:16 |
| 90 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | 12:23 |
| 91 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | 12:26 |
| 92 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 12:40 |
| 93 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | 12:50 |
| 94 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 12:51 |
| 95 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 13:31 |
| 96 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | 13:46 |
| 97 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | 13:50 |
| 98 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | 14:04 |
| 99 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | 14:21 |
| 100 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | 14:30 |
| 101 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | 14:32 |
| 102 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | 14:43 |
| 103 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | 14:53 |
| 104 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | 14:58 |
| 105 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 14:59 |
| 106 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 15:01 |
| 107 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | 15:06 |
| 108 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 15:09 |
| 109 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | 15:35 |
| 110 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | 15:40 |
| 111 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 15:58 |
| 112 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 16:03 |
| 113 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 16:09 |
| 114 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 16:24 |
| 115 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | 16:32 |
| 116 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | 16:38 |
| 117 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | 16:46 |
| 118 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | 16:47 |
| 119 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 16:51 |
| 120 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | 16:59 |
| 121 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | 17:03 |
| 122 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | 17:04 |
| 123 | BASKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 17:06 |
| 124 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 17:09 |
| 125 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | 17:10 |
| 126 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | 17:13 |
| 127 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | 17:39 |
| 128 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 18:40 |
| 129 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | 19:45 |
| 130 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | 20:36 |
| 131 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 132 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | 20:54 |
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 5 map
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 5 profile
Saturday, February 24: Stage 4, Al Maryah Island 12.6 km individual time trial
Rohan Dennis starts his stage-winning ride
The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.
Al Maryah Island, 24 February 2018 – The Australian champion for Individual Time Trial Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) won Stage 4 of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, Al Maryah Island Individual Time Trial (12.6km), and took the lead in the General Classification. On the podium he was rewarded with the race leader's Red Jersey, sponsored by Al Maryah Island.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner and new race leader Rohan Dennis said: “I wasn't scheduled to race until Tirreno-Adriatico after the Australian campaign. I'm here after a change of plan ahead of the Giro and I'm pretty happy so far. It was hard to pace today with the wind so, power wise, I felt pretty good for February. It was tricky so I'm happy with the win. Tom Dumoulin had a mechanical but I still beat him by 31 seconds. We always say a bike change requires 30 seconds. It's never good to win over someone like Tom in that way. It's a shame that it actually happened but I think Dumoulin is still pretty dangerous. Valverde is looking good at the moment. I saw him going strong in the wind on stage 2. He should be good on the hills tomorrow too but I'll do my best to win the Abu Dhabi Tour.”
Complete Results:
12.6 kilometers raced at an average speed of 52.682 km/hr
| 1 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | 14min 21sec |
| 2 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | @ 14sec |
| 3 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | 0:16 |
| 4 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | 0:17 |
| 7 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 0:22 |
| 8 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | 0:23 |
| 9 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 0:27 |
| 10 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:29 |
| 11 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | 0:30 |
| 12 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | 0:31 |
| 13 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 0:34 |
| 14 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 0:37 |
| 15 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 16 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | 0:38 |
| 17 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 18 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | 0:40 |
| 19 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 20 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 0:44 |
| 22 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 23 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 0:45 |
| 24 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:47 |
| 25 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 26 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:48 |
| 27 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:49 |
| 28 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 29 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 30 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 31 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 32 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:50 |
| 33 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 34 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:51 |
| 35 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 36 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 0:52 |
| 37 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:54 |
| 38 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 39 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 40 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:56 |
| 41 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:57 |
| 43 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 0:59 |
| 44 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 1:04 |
| 45 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 46 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 47 | BYSTROM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 48 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 1:05 |
| 49 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | 1:06 |
| 50 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 51 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 52 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:07 |
| 53 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:09 |
| 54 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | 1:10 |
| 55 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 56 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 1:11 |
| 57 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | 1:12 |
| 58 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 59 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | 1:14 |
| 61 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 62 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | 1:15 |
| 63 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 64 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 65 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | 1:16 |
| 66 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:17 |
| 67 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 68 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | 1:19 |
| 69 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 70 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | 1:22 |
| 71 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:24 |
| 72 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 73 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 74 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | 1:25 |
| 75 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:27 |
| 76 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 77 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 78 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 1:29 |
| 79 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:30 |
| 80 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 82 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 83 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | 1:34 |
| 84 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 85 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 86 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:35 |
| 87 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 88 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | 1:36 |
| 89 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:37 |
| 90 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:39 |
| 91 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 92 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | 1:42 |
| 93 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | 1:43 |
| 94 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:45 |
| 95 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:46 |
| 96 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 97 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 98 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 1:48 |
| 99 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 100 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | 1:51 |
| 101 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 102 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | 1:52 |
| 103 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 1:55 |
| 104 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:56 |
| 105 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 106 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 107 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 2:00 |
| 108 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | 2:02 |
| 109 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 2:05 |
| 110 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 111 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 2:06 |
| 112 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 113 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:07 |
| 114 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 115 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | 2:09 |
| 116 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 2:11 |
| 117 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | 2:13 |
| 118 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:14 |
| 119 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | 2:15 |
| 120 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 2:16 |
| 121 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 122 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 123 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | 2:19 |
| 124 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | 2:23 |
| 125 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 126 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 2:35 |
| 127 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | 2:40 |
| 128 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | 2:41 |
| 129 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:51 |
| 130 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | 2:53 |
| 131 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | 2:55 |
| 132 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | 3:03 |
| 133 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 3:26 |
| 134 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
GC after Stage 4:
482.6 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.094 km/hr
| 1 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | 11hr 21min 10sec |
| 2 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | @ 14sec |
| 3 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | 0:16 |
| 4 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 5 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | 0:17 |
| 7 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | 0:23 |
| 8 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 0:24 |
| 9 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | 0:31 |
| 10 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | 0:34 |
| 11 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 0:36 |
| 12 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:37 |
| 13 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | 0:38 |
| 14 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 15 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:40 |
| 16 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:44 |
| 17 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:47 |
| 18 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 19 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:48 |
| 20 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | 0:49 |
| 22 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 23 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 24 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:50 |
| 25 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 26 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:51 |
| 27 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 28 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:54 |
| 29 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 30 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 31 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:56 |
| 32 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 33 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:57 |
| 34 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 1:01 |
| 35 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 1:05 |
| 36 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | 1:06 |
| 37 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | 1:10 |
| 39 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 1:11 |
| 40 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | 1:12 |
| 41 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 42 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | 1:14 |
| 43 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 44 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | 1:15 |
| 45 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 46 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 47 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 48 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:17 |
| 49 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 50 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | 1:19 |
| 51 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:24 |
| 52 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 53 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | 1:25 |
| 54 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | 1:27 |
| 55 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 56 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 57 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | 1:30 |
| 58 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 59 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:33 |
| 60 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | 1:34 |
| 61 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 1:37 |
| 62 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 63 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:38 |
| 64 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | 1:42 |
| 65 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 66 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 1:43 |
| 67 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:46 |
| 68 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 69 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 70 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | 1:48 |
| 71 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | 1:51 |
| 72 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 1:52 |
| 73 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 1:53 |
| 74 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | 1:56 |
| 75 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 76 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 77 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | 2:00 |
| 78 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 2:06 |
| 79 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | 2:07 |
| 80 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 2:08 |
| 81 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 2:09 |
| 82 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 2:10 |
| 83 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | 2:16 |
| 84 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 2:19 |
| 85 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 2:22 |
| 86 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | 2:23 |
| 87 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 2:24 |
| 88 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | 2:34 |
| 89 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 2:35 |
| 90 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | 2:36 |
| 91 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 2:49 |
| 92 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | 2:55 |
| 93 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 94 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 95 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 96 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 3:15 |
| 97 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | 3:23 |
| 98 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | 3:25 |
| 99 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 3:27 |
| 100 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 3:35 |
| 101 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 4:24 |
| 102 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | 4:37 |
| 103 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 4:51 |
| 104 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | 5:06 |
| 105 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | 5:11 |
| 106 | BYSTROM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 107 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | 5:16 |
| 108 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | 5:19 |
| 109 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 110 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 5:21 |
| 111 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 112 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | 5:29 |
| 113 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 114 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | 5:33 |
| 115 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | 5:41 |
| 116 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | 5:42 |
| 117 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | 5:46 |
| 118 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | 5:54 |
| 119 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | 5:59 |
| 120 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | 6:06 |
| 121 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | 6:09 |
| 122 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | 6:14 |
| 123 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | 6:16 |
| 124 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | 6:20 |
| 125 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | 6:22 |
| 126 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 127 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | 6:31 |
| 128 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | 6:43 |
| 129 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | 6:48 |
| 130 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | 6:57 |
| 131 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | 7:02 |
| 132 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | 7:10 |
| 133 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 7:56 |
| 134 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 8:11 |
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 4 map
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 4 profile
Friday, February 23: Stage 3, Nation Towers - Big Flag, 133 km
Phil Bauhaus (center, black & white Sunweb kit) wins stage 3.
The race: Here's the organizer's stage report.
Abu Dhabi (Al Marina), 23 February 2018 – Phil Bauhaus claimed Team Sunweb’s first win of the 2018 season as a build up for further successes as he outsprinted two of his German compatriots, Marcel Kittel (Katusha-Alpecin) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe). Fourth on the line, Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) retained the red jersey ahead of the Individual Time Trial in which another Team Sunweb rider, ITT World Champion Tom Dumoulin, is expected to shine.
Tomorrow, the first rider to start will be Charles Planet (Team Novo Nordisk) at 13:15. The last rider to start will be the Red Jersey, Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors), at 15:30.
Stage 3 winner Phil Bauhaus said in the press conference: “I wasn’t sure that I’d won when I crossed the line. It was really close, especially with Marcel Kittel coming very fast from behind. I was super happy when I was told I won. I came in good position behind Elia Viviani in the last corner and I could start my sprint from his back wheel. I’m very proud to take the win against those big names. Every win is important. This one is different from last year’s at the Dauphiné. It’s early in the season. It’s also the first win for our team. We’ll build our confidence up on the win I got today.”
Race leader Elia Viviani declared: “We were where we wanted to be in the last corner. It’s not easy to plan a sprint. Fabio Sabatini left me with 150m to go, which wasn’t far out but yet, some guys came from behind. We missed Morkov who had a puncture with 5km to go but Hodeg replaced him very well, so it’s not an excuse. I did a good sprint but the Germans did an even better sprint. It’s cool to ride the time trial tomorrow with the red jersey. I’ll go full gas to respect the jersey even though it’s probably four kilometers too long for me to defend the lead and I might go for the intermediate sprint on Sunday to win the points classification.”
Intermediate sprints leader Nikolai Trusov said: “Our goal at the start of today’s stage was that I’d make the breakaway to defend the jersey of the intermediate sprints. But I couldn’t do it. After the first intermediate sprint, we realized that a Bardiani CSF rider [Marco Maronese] was threatening my lead, so to save the jersey, we had to close the gap and go for the second sprint. It’s very nice to remain at the top of this classification and we’ll fight for it till the very end of the Abu Dhabi Tour.”
Complete Results:
133 kilometers raced at an average speed of 43.626 km/hr
| 1 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | 3hr 2min 55sec |
| 2 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 3 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 5 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 6 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 7 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 8 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 9 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 10 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 11 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 12 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 13 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 14 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 15 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 16 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 17 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 18 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 19 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 20 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 22 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 23 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 25 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 26 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 27 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 28 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 29 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 30 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 31 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 32 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 33 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 34 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 35 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 36 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 37 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 38 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 39 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 40 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 41 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 42 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 43 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 44 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 46 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 47 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 48 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 49 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 50 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 51 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 52 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 53 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 54 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 55 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 56 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 57 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 58 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 59 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 60 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 61 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 62 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 63 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 64 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 65 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 66 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 67 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 68 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 69 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 70 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 71 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 72 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 73 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 74 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 75 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 76 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 77 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 79 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 80 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 81 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 82 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 83 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 84 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 85 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 86 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 87 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 88 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 89 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 90 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 91 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 92 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 93 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 94 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 95 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 96 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 97 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 98 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 99 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 100 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 101 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 102 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 103 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 104 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 105 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 106 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 107 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 108 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 109 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 110 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 111 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 112 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 113 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 114 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 115 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 116 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 117 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | @ 19sec |
| 118 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 119 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 120 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | 0:26 |
| 121 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 0:32 |
| 122 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 123 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 124 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 125 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 126 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 127 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 128 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 129 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 130 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 131 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 132 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 0:36 |
| 133 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 134 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:39 |
| 135 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 1:15 |
| 136 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 3:30 |
GC after Stage 3:
470 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.304 km/hr
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 11hr 6min 36sec |
| 2 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 3sec |
| 3 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 4 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:05 |
| 5 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:07 |
| 6 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 7 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:09 |
| 8 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 0:10 |
| 9 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 10 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 11 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 0:11 |
| 12 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 13 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | 0:12 |
| 14 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 15 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | 0:13 |
| 16 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 17 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 18 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 19 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 20 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 21 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 23 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 24 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 25 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 26 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 27 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 28 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 29 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 30 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 31 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 32 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 33 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 34 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 35 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 36 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 37 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 38 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 39 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 40 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 41 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 42 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 43 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 44 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 45 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 46 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 47 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 48 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 49 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 50 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 51 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 52 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 53 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 54 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 55 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 56 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 57 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 60 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 61 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 62 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 63 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 64 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 65 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 66 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 67 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 68 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 69 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 70 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 71 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 72 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 73 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 74 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 75 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 76 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 77 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 0:27 |
| 78 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:28 |
| 79 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | 0:32 |
| 80 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | 0:33 |
| 81 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 82 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 0:34 |
| 83 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:36 |
| 84 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:37 |
| 85 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | 0:39 |
| 86 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | 0:45 |
| 87 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 88 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 89 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 90 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 0:48 |
| 91 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:52 |
| 92 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 93 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:57 |
| 94 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:03 |
| 95 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 96 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 1:13 |
| 97 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | 1:35 |
| 98 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:09 |
| 99 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 2:10 |
| 100 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 2:23 |
| 101 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:39 |
| 102 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 2:49 |
| 103 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | 4:16 |
| 104 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 105 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | 4:17 |
| 106 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | 4:18 |
| 107 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 108 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 4:19 |
| 109 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | 4:20 |
| 110 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 111 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 112 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 113 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 114 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 115 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 116 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 117 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 118 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 119 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 120 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 121 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 122 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 123 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 124 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 125 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 126 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 127 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | 4:38 |
| 128 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | 4:39 |
| 129 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | 4:52 |
| 130 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 131 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 132 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 133 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | 4:56 |
| 134 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 4:57 |
| 135 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 4:58 |
| 136 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 6:04 |
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 3 map
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 3 profile
Thursday, February 22: Stage 2, Yas Mall - Yas Beach, 148 km
Elia Viviani (far right) wins stage two of the Abu Dhabi Tour
The race: Here's the organizer's stage summary.
Yas Beach, 22 February 2018 – The Italian rider Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) won Stage 2 of the 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour, from Yas Island to Yas Beach (148km), in a bunch sprint and took the lead in the General Classification. On the podium he was rewarded with the race leader's Red Jersey, sponsored by Al Maryah Island, and also the points leader's Green Jersey, sponsored by Emirates Post.
Echelons made Stage 2 of the Abu Dhabi Tour a very competitive race with the threat of losing it all for some of the big names in contention but Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) continued his winning streak after he successfully raced at the Tour Down Under in Australia and claimed two stages and the overall classification of the Dubai Tour. Young guns Danny Van Poppel (LottoNL-Jumbo) and Pascal Ackermann (Bora-Hansgrohe) rounded out the podium while Viviani succeeded to Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) in the Red Jersey.
Speaking seconds after the stage finish, the winner Elia Viviani said: “I need to break the ice on the first day of a stage race. Usually, I don't win the first sprint. It's been the case again but I was very confident today. Also in the echelons, I felt strong and I was willing to pull. We had Julian Alaphilippe and Enric Mas in the front group. It was good for our GC but we also wanted to win the stage, so I asked the guys to wait for me and close the gap. When we regrouped with 20km to go, I said we put all our efforts into the last corner. The young Alvaro Hodeg is unbelievable in his preparation for my sprint. Michael Morkov is always in the right place and I trust Fabio Sabatini 100% for the lead out. With such a team, it was easy for me to finish it off.”
Complete Results:
148 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.421 km/hr
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 3hr 15min 30sec |
| 2 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 3 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 4 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 5 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 6 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 7 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 8 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 9 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 11 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 12 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 13 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 14 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 15 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 16 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 17 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 18 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 19 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 20 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 21 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 22 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 23 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 24 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 25 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 26 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 27 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 28 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 29 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 30 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 31 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 32 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 33 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 34 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 35 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 36 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 37 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 38 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | IZAGIRRE Jon | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 40 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 41 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 42 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 43 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 44 | BILBAO Pello | Astana | s.t. |
| 45 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 46 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 47 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 48 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 49 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 50 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 51 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 52 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 53 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 54 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 55 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 56 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 57 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 58 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 59 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 60 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 61 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 62 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 63 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 64 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 65 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 66 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 67 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 68 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 69 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 70 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 71 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 72 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 73 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 74 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 75 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 76 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 77 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 78 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 79 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 80 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 81 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 82 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 83 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 84 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 85 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 86 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 87 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 88 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 89 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 90 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 91 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 92 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 93 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 94 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | @ 18sec |
| 95 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:20 |
| 96 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 0:23 |
| 97 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 98 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 0:31 |
| 99 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 0:35 |
| 100 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | 0:50 |
| 101 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 102 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 0:55 |
| 103 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 1:14 |
| 104 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:36 |
| 105 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | 4:07 |
| 106 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 107 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 108 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 109 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 110 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 111 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 112 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 113 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 114 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 115 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 116 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 117 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 118 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 119 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 120 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 121 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 122 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 123 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 124 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 125 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 126 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 127 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 128 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 129 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 130 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 131 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 132 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 133 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 134 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 135 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 136 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 137 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 4:13 |
GC after Stage 2:
337 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.800 km/hr
| 1 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 8hr 3min 44sec |
| 2 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 3 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | @ 4sec |
| 4 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:06 |
| 5 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | 0:07 |
| 7 | SKUJINS Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 8 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 9 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | 0:08 |
| 10 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | 0:09 |
| 11 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | 0:10 |
| 12 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 13 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 14 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 15 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 16 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 17 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 18 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 19 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 20 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 22 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 23 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 24 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 25 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 26 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 27 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 28 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 29 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 30 | IZAGIRRE Jon | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 31 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 32 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 33 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 34 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 35 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 36 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 37 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 38 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 40 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 41 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 42 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 43 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 44 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 45 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 46 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 47 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 48 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 49 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 50 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 51 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 52 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 53 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 54 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 55 | MORKOV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 56 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 57 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 58 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 59 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 60 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 61 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 62 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 63 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 64 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 65 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 66 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 67 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 68 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 69 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 70 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 71 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 72 | BILBAO Pello | Astana | s.t. |
| 73 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 74 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 75 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 76 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 77 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 78 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 79 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 80 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 81 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 82 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 83 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 84 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 85 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | 0:24 |
| 86 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:25 |
| 87 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | 0:30 |
| 88 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 89 | HODEG Álvaro | Quick-Step Floors | 0:31 |
| 90 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | 0:33 |
| 91 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:34 |
| 92 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | 0:45 |
| 93 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | 0:49 |
| 94 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:54 |
| 95 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | 1:00 |
| 96 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 97 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 98 | ROWE Luke | Sky | 1:05 |
| 99 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 1:10 |
| 100 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | 1:24 |
| 101 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:06 |
| 102 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 2:07 |
| 103 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 2:10 |
| 104 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:36 |
| 105 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | 4:13 |
| 106 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 107 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | 4:15 |
| 108 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 4:16 |
| 109 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | 4:17 |
| 110 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 111 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 112 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 113 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 114 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 115 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 116 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 117 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 118 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 119 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 120 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 121 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 122 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 123 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 124 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 125 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 126 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 127 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 128 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 129 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 130 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 131 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 132 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 133 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 134 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 135 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 136 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | 4:23 |
| 137 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 5:29 |
Stage 2 map
Stage 2 profile
Wednesday, February 21: Stage 1, Madinat Zaya - Adnoc School, 189 km
Alexander Kristoff gets the first stage
The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.
Madinat Zayed, 21 February 2018 – Alexander Kristoff claimed his second victory for UAE Team Emirates today as he kept his momentum rolling after winning the conclusive stage of the Tour of Oman on Sunday. In the long final straight in Madinat Zayed, he outsprinted Caleb Ewan (Mitchelton-Scott) who launched from far out despite the headwind. The Australian took third place and the best young rider jersey while Andrea Guardini (Bardiani CSF) – the very first stage winner of the Abu Dhabi Tour back in 2015, also in Madinat Zayed – settled for second.
Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) crashed out as he was involved in a fall in the neutralized zone.
PRESS CONFERENCE
The winner and Red Jersey Alexander Kristoff said: “I felt good in Dubai, I came close to winning, I felt good again in the hills in Oman but I had to wait for the last stage of Oman to win my first race of the season. I wanted to make a three week block of racing in the Middle East because I’m usually good after a Grand Tour. It’s part of my build up to the classics. Normally, a race like today with tailwind and headwind but very few crosswinds it's not easy for me to beat all the pure sprinters but the slightly uphill end suited me. I got to the front after I lost my lead-out man, Roberto Ferrari. Even if Caleb Ewan is low on his bike and offers no draft, I managed to pass him, I was happy to do so and I was relieved when I crossed the line first. I’m delighted to ride with the Red Jersey tomorrow. I’ll have another two chances for a bunch sprint finish but the GC is more important for the team. However, the time trial makes it more difficult for us to win the Abu Dhabi Tour this year but we’ll try.”
Best young rider Caleb Ewan said: “I felt like I launched my sprint too early. But I was a little bit forced into going early. I didn’t want to hesitate against the headwind because I’d lose all my speed. It was probably about fifty meters earlier than I hoped to have gone but I just had to hit out and try to hold on. It was a little bit too long for me. I’ll come for revenge tomorrow. I feel very good. I must not repeat the same little mistake again.”
Complete Results:
189 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.320 km/hr
| 1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 4hr 48min 24sec |
| 2 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 3 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 4 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 5 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 6 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 7 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 8 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 9 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 11 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 12 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 13 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 14 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 15 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 16 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 17 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 18 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 19 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 20 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 21 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 22 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 23 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 24 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 25 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 26 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 27 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 28 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 29 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 30 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 31 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 32 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 33 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 34 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 35 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 36 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 37 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 38 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 39 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 40 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 41 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 42 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 43 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 44 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 45 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 46 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 47 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 48 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 49 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 50 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 51 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 52 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 53 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 54 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 55 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 56 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 57 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 58 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 60 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 61 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 62 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 63 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 65 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 66 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 67 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 68 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 69 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 70 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 71 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 72 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 73 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 74 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 75 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 76 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 77 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 78 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 79 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 80 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 82 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 83 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 84 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 85 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 86 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 87 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 88 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 89 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 90 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 91 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 92 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 93 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 94 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 95 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 96 | ROWE Luke | Sky | s.t. |
| 97 | MØRKØV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 98 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 99 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 100 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 101 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 102 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 103 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 104 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 105 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 106 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 107 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 108 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 109 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 110 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | s.t. |
| 111 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 112 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 113 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 114 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 115 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 116 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 117 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 118 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 119 | BILBAO Pello | Astana | s.t. |
| 120 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 121 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 122 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 123 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 124 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 125 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 126 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | @ 15sec |
| 127 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 0:19 |
| 128 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 0:21 |
| 129 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 130 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:24 |
| 131 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 132 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 0:37 |
| 133 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 0:50 |
| 134 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 1:13 |
| 135 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:56 |
| 136 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 1:57 |
| 137 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 2:00 |
GC after Stage 1:
| 1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | UAE-Team Emirates | 4hr 48min 14sec |
| 2 | GUARDINI Andrea | Bardiani-CSF | @ 4sec |
| 3 | EWAN Caleb | Mitchelton-Scott | 0:06 |
| 4 | TRUSOV Nikolay | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 5 | ALBANESE Vincenzo | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 6 | SKUJIŅŠ Toms | Trek-Segafredo | 0:07 |
| 7 | CARUSO Damiano | BMC | 0:09 |
| 8 | VIVIANI Elia | Quick-Step Floors | 0:10 |
| 9 | MCLAY Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 10 | BONIFAZIO Niccolo | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 11 | BRESCIANI Michael | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 12 | VAN POPPEL Danny | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 13 | BARBIER Rudy | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 14 | GREIPEL André | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 15 | BAUHAUS Phil | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 16 | ACKERMANN Pascal | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | HALVORSEN Kristoffer | Sky | s.t. |
| 18 | BASSO Leonardo | Sky | s.t. |
| 19 | KITTEL Marcel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 20 | PERON Andrea | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 21 | MAIKIN Roman | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 22 | BEVIN Patrick | BMC | s.t. |
| 23 | ROJAS José Joaquín | Movistar | s.t. |
| 24 | FRAME Alex | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 25 | FORMOLO Davide | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 26 | MINALI Riccardo | Astana | s.t. |
| 27 | DEBESAY Mekseb | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 28 | LAMBRECHT Bjorg | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 29 | TOLHOEK Antwan | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 30 | MONTAGUTI Matteo | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 31 | BRAMBILLA Gianluca | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 32 | ULISSI Diego | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 33 | GASPAROTTO Enrico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 34 | DUMOULIN Tom | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 35 | VALVERDE Alejandro | Movistar | s.t. |
| 36 | PORSEV Alexander | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 37 | ZAKARIN Ilnur | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 38 | COSNEFROY Benoit | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | IZAGIRRE Ion | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 40 | KREUZIGER Roman | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 41 | SAGAN Juraj | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 42 | BOOKWALTER Brent | BMC | s.t. |
| 43 | MOHORIC Matej | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 44 | VLASOV Aleksandr | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 45 | KELDERMAN Wilco | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 46 | TEUNISSEN Mike | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 47 | SABATINI Fabio | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 48 | MAESTRI Mirco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 49 | RENSHAW Mark | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 50 | MAS Enric | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 51 | MARONESE Marco | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 52 | CICCONE Giulio | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 53 | FRANKINY Kilian | BMC | s.t. |
| 54 | SÜTTERLIN Jasha | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | FIRSANOV Sergey | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 56 | GIOUX Romain | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 57 | GOGL Michael | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 58 | COSTA Rui | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 59 | POZZOVIVO Domenico | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 60 | FRANK Mathias | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 61 | BENNATI Daniele | Movistar | s.t. |
| 62 | EG Niklas | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 63 | CRADDOCK Lawson | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 64 | POLJANSKI Pawel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 65 | NOVAK Domen | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 66 | BAŠKA Erik | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 67 | HALLER Marco | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 68 | WOODS Michael | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 69 | HANSEN Jesper | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | VILLELLA Davide | Astana | s.t. |
| 71 | CHEVRIER Clément | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 72 | LOPEZ Miguel Angel | Astana | s.t. |
| 73 | MAJKA Rafał | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 74 | NYCH Artem | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 75 | YATES Simon | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 76 | GENIEZ Alexandre | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 77 | CASTROVIEJO Jonathan | Sky | s.t. |
| 78 | CATALDO Dario | Astana | s.t. |
| 79 | LOPEZ David | Sky | s.t. |
| 80 | HENTTALA Joonas | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 81 | BUCHMANN Emanuel | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 82 | HANSEN Adam | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 83 | HENAO Sebastián | Sky | s.t. |
| 84 | ARU Fabio | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 85 | DENNIS Rohan | BMC | s.t. |
| 86 | MORENO Daniel | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 87 | ROSSKOPF Joey | BMC | s.t. |
| 88 | BAUER Jack | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 89 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 90 | BRAND Sam | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 91 | GEOGHEGAN HART Tao | Sky | s.t. |
| 92 | ALAPHILIPPE Julian | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 93 | MAGNUSSON Kim | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 94 | EENKHOORN Pascal | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 95 | CLARKE William | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 96 | TONELLI Alessandro | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 97 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 98 | ROWE Luke | Sky | s.t. |
| 99 | MØRKØV Michael | Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 100 | BYSTRØM Sven Erik | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 101 | HOFSTEDE Lennard | Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 102 | BRÄNDLE Matthias | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 103 | DE LA PARTE Víctor | Movistar | s.t. |
| 104 | MORI Manuele | UAE-Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 105 | LOZANO David | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 106 | GRMAY Tsgabu | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 107 | VENTER Jaco | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 108 | DAVIES Scott | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 109 | MORTON Lachlan | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 110 | ZEITS Andrey | Astana | s.t. |
| 111 | GASTAUER Ben | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 112 | KOCHETKOV Pavel | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 113 | SCOTSON Miles | BMC | s.t. |
| 114 | ROLLAND Pierre | EF Education First-Drapac | s.t. |
| 115 | VAN HOECKE Gijs | LottoNL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 116 | FRISON Frederik | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 117 | CUMMINGS Stephen | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 118 | VAN IJZENDOORN Rik | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 119 | BILBAO Pello | Astana | s.t. |
| 120 | VALLS Rafael | Movistar | s.t. |
| 121 | PEDRERO Antonio | Movistar | s.t. |
| 122 | ZABEL Rick | Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 123 | TUFT Svein | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 124 | MEZGEC Luka | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 125 | SHALUNOV Evgeny | Gazprom-RusVelo | s.t. |
| 126 | FERRARI Roberto | UAE-Team Emirates | 0:25 |
| 127 | ARNDT Nikias | Team Sunweb | 0:29 |
| 128 | HODEG Álvaro José | Quick-Step Floors | 0:31 |
| 129 | SIEBERG Marcel | Lotto-Soudal | s.t. |
| 130 | WAGNER Robert | LottoNL-Jumbo | 0:34 |
| 131 | KLUGE Roger | Mitchelton-Scott | s.t. |
| 132 | NAVARDAUSKAS Ramunas | Bahrain-Merida | 0:47 |
| 133 | DOWSETT Alex | Katusha-Alpecin | 1:00 |
| 134 | PLANET Charles | Novo Nordisk | 1:23 |
| 135 | BELKOV Maxim | Katusha-Alpecin | 2:06 |
| 136 | MERTZ Remy | Lotto-Soudal | 2:07 |
| 137 | KNOX James | Quick-Step Floors | 2:10 |
Abu Dhabi stage 1 map
Abu Dhabi Tour stage 1 profile
Start list with back numbers, February 20, 2018:
| UAE-Team Emirates | |
| 1 | Faria, Rui Alberto |
| 2 | Aru, Fabio |
| 3 | Bystrøm, Sven Erik |
| 4 | Ferrari, Roberto |
| 5 | Kristoff, Alexander |
| 6 | Mori, Manuele |
| 7 | Ulissi, Diego |
| Ag2r La Mondiale | |
| 11 | Cosnefroy, Benoît |
| 12 | Barbier, Rudy |
| 13 | Chevrier, Clément |
| 14 | Frank, Mathias |
| 15 | Gastauer, Ben |
| 16 | Geniez, Alexandre |
| 17 | Montaguti, Matteo |
| Astana | |
| 21 | López, Miguel Ángel |
| 22 | Bilbao, Pello |
| 23 | Cataldo, Dario |
| 24 | Hansen, Jesper |
| 25 | Minali, Riccardo |
| 26 | Villella, Davide |
| 27 | Zeits, Andrey |
| Bahrain-Merida | |
| 31 | Pozzovivo, Domenico |
| 32 | Bonifazio, Niccolò |
| 33 | Gasparotto, Enrico |
| 34 | Izagirre, Ion |
| 35 | Mohorič, Matej |
| 36 | Navardauskas, Ramunas |
| 37 | Novak, Domen |
| Bardiani-CSF | |
| 41 | Guardini, Andrea |
| 42 | Albanese, Vincenzo |
| 43 | Bresciani, Michael |
| 44 | Ciccone, Giulio |
| 45 | Maestri, Mirco |
| 46 | Maronese, Marco |
| 47 | Tonelli, Alessandro |
| BMC | |
| 51 | Dennis, Rohan |
| 52 | Bevin, Patrick |
| 53 | Bookwalter, Brent |
| 54 | Caruso, Damiano |
| 55 | Frankiny, Kilian |
| 56 | Rosskopf, Joey |
| 57 | Scotson, Miles |
| Bora-hansgrohe | |
| 61 | Majka, Rafał |
| 62 | Ackermann, Pascal |
| 63 | Baška, Erik |
| 64 | Buchmann, Emanuel |
| 65 | Formolo, Davide |
| 66 | Poljański, Pawel |
| 67 | Sagan, Juraj |
| Gazprom-RusVelo | |
| 71 | Firsanov, Sergey |
| 72 | Maikin, Roman |
| 73 | Nych, Artem |
| 74 | Porsev, Alexander |
| 75 | Shalunov, Evgeny |
| 76 | Trusov, Nikolay |
| 77 | Vlasov, Aleksandr |
| Lotto-Soudal | |
| 81 | Greipel, André |
| 82 | Armée, Sander |
| 83 | Frison, Frederik |
| 84 | Hansen, Adam |
| 85 | Lambrecht, Bjorg |
| 86 | Mertz, Rémy |
| 87 | Sieberg, Marcel |
| Mitchelton-Scott | |
| 91 | Yates, Simon |
| 92 | Ewan, Caleb |
| 93 | Bauer, Jack |
| 94 | Kreuziger, Roman |
| 95 | Mezgec, Luka |
| 96 | Kluge, Roger |
| 97 | Tuft, Svein |
| Movistar | |
| 101 | Valverde, Alejandro |
| 102 | Bennati, Daniele |
| 103 | De La Parte, Victor |
| 104 | Pedrero, Antonio |
| 105 | Rojas, José Joaquin |
| 106 | Sütterlin, Jasha |
| 107 | Valls, Rafael |
| Quick-Step Floors | |
| 111 | Alaphilippe, Julian |
| 112 | Hodeg, Alvaro |
| 113 | Knox, James |
| 114 | Mas, Enric |
| 115 | Mørkøv, Michael |
| 116 | Sabatini, Fabio |
| 117 | Viviani, Elia |
| Dimension Data | |
| 121 | Cavendish, Mark |
| 122 | Cummings, Steve |
| 123 | Davies, Scott |
| 124 | Debesay, Mekseb |
| 125 | Morton, Lachlan |
| 126 | Renshaw, Mark |
| 127 | Venter, Jaco |
| EF Education First-Drapac | |
| 131 | Rolland, Pierre |
| 132 | Clarke, Will |
| 133 | Craddock, Lawson |
| 134 | Magnusson, Kim |
| 135 | McLay, Daniel |
| 136 | Moreno, Daniel |
| 137 | Woods, Michael |
| Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 141 | Kittel, Marcel |
| 142 | Belkov, Maxim |
| 143 | Dowsett, Alex |
| 144 | Haller, Marco |
| 145 | Kochetkov, Pavel |
| 146 | Zabel, Rick |
| 147 | Zakarin, Ilnur |
| LottoNL-Jumbo | |
| 151 | Emden, Jos van |
| 152 | Eenkhoorn, Pascal |
| 154 | Tolhoek, Antwan |
| 155 | Van Hoecke, Gijs |
| 156 | Poppel, Danny van |
| 157 | Wagner, Robert |
| Novo Nordisk | |
| 161 | Peron, Andrea |
| 162 | Brand, Sam |
| 163 | Gioux, Romain |
| 164 | Henttala, Joonas |
| 165 | Lozano, David |
| 166 | Planet, Charles |
| 167 | IJzendoorn, Rick van |
| Sky | |
| 171 | Castroviejo, Jonathan |
| 172 | Basso, Leonardo |
| 173 | Halvorsen, Kristoffer |
| 174 | Geoghegan, Tao |
| 175 | Henao, Sebastián |
| 176 | López, David |
| 177 | Rowe, Luke |
| Team Sunweb | |
| 181 | Dumoulin, Tom |
| 182 | Arndt, Nikias |
| 183 | Bauhaus, Phil |
| 184 | Fröhlinger, Johannes |
| 185 | Hofstede, Lennard |
| 186 | Kelderman, Wilco |
| 187 | Teunissen, Mike |
| Trek-Segafredo | |
| 191 | Brambilla, Gianluca |
| 192 | Brändle, Matthias |
| 193 | Eg, Niklas |
| 194 | Frame, Alex |
| 195 | Gogl, Michaël |
| 196 | Grmay, Tsagabu |
| 197 | Skujiņš, Toms |