2017 Abu Dhabi Tour (WorldTour),
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
3rd edition: February 23 - 26, 2017
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Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4
Sunday, February 26: 4th & Final Stage, Yas Marina - Yas Marina, 147 km
Caleb Ewen (yellow helmet) wins the Abu Dhabi Tour's final stage
The race: Here's the story from stage winner Caleb Ewen's Orica-Scott team.
Young sprint star Caleb Ewan has asserted himself as one of the fastest riders in the world today, winning the final stage of the Tour of Abu Dhabi ahead of well established sprinters, Mark Cavendish (Dimension-Data) and Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal).
The 22-year-old displayed his sprinting maturity, timing his effort to perfection as he launched out from behind the wheel of lead-out man Roger Kluge and to his eighth victory of the season.
After his unfortunate crash on stage one and an agonisingly close second place on stage two, Ewan was relieved to come away with the victory to finish off the tour sucessfully.
“I guess I started this race on a real low with that crash and then I finished on an absolute high,” said Ewan. “After stage two I'm really happy to repay my team with a win.”
A well executed lead-out and full team commitment from Orica-Scott meant Ewan stayed out of trouble and in perfect position for the final two-laps around the Yas Marina F1 Circuit in the unusual rainy conditions.
“The team did a great job," Ewan continued. "We started working early and we knew on this course which were the important corners. They controlled the race from 15km out and no-one really came past us from that moment on. If you really want to be on top you need to beat Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors), Cavendish and Greipel and so for me beating them all here, I'm over the moon with that.”
Sport director Dave McPartland also praised the team effort and commitment to Ewan in the sprint today, acknowledging the value of having Kluge and Luka Mezgec as final lead-out riders.
“Roger and Luka are so calm and they have a really good effect on Caleb,” said McPartland. “Caleb is now super calm, in a final it can be so stressful so when you have guys who are so experienced and can make good decisions, then it makes the sprinter more relaxed and helps them to save energy.”
“On a wet course like today it was safer for us to be up at the front and well organised early. In the end it worked out perfectly, we were able to use up everyone in the best way and pull off this fantastic result.”
How it happened:
After pleasantly warm temperatures having raced through the desert on the previous stages, today's stage four, was a complete contrast with pouring rain and 26laps around the Yas Marina F1 circuit.
The race began like the other days with a breakaway forming in the early stages. Six-riders established a lead with the peloton mostly in one-long line behind navigating around the tight bends and wet corners.
Orica-Scott placed riders at the fore to help with the steady chase and keep sprinter, Ewan out of trouble. Three of the initial escapees finally came back to the chasing peloton, leaving the other three rider dangling out front.
The race was eventually all back together with 30 kilometres to go and as the final kilometres ticked down the blue and yellow train of Orica-Scott emerged at the front and lead the peloton for the final few laps.
Jack Haig, Carlos Verona, Robert Power and Roman Kreuziger took on the initial work load, controlling the bunch before Alex Edmondson increased the speed leaving Mezgec and Kluge to take on the final kilometre.
The giant German Kluge provided the perfect shelter for Ewan as he jumped out from the wheel in the closing metres and onto the top step of the podium.
Complete Results:
147 kilometers raced at an average speed of 48.170 km/hr
| 1 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | 3hr 3min 6sec |
| 2 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 3 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 4 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 5 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 6 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 7 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 8 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 9 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 10 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 11 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 12 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 13 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 14 | Rui Alberto FARIA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 15 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 17 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 18 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 19 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 20 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 21 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 22 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 23 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 24 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 25 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 26 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 27 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 28 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 29 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 30 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 31 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 32 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 33 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 34 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 35 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 36 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 37 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 38 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 39 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 40 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 41 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ | Astana | s.t. |
| 42 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 43 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | s.t. |
| 44 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 46 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 47 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 49 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 50 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 51 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 52 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 53 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 54 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 56 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 57 | Ruben FERNANDEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 58 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 59 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 60 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 61 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 62 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 63 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 64 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 65 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 66 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 67 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 68 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 69 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 71 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 72 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 73 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 74 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 75 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 76 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | s.t. |
| 77 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 78 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 79 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 80 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 81 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 82 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 83 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 84 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 85 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 86 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 87 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | s.t. |
| 88 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 89 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 90 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 91 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 92 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 93 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 94 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 95 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 96 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 97 | Alberto CONTADOR | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 98 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 99 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 100 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 101 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 102 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 103 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 104 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 105 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 106 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 107 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 108 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 109 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 110 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 111 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 112 | Alberto LOSADA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 113 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 114 | Owain DOULL | Sky | s.t. |
| 115 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | s.t. |
| 116 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 117 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 118 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 119 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 120 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 121 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 122 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 123 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 124 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 125 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 126 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 127 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 128 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 129 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 130 | JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 131 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 132 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 133 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 134 | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | BMC | s.t. |
| 135 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | +5:31 |
| 136 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 137 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 138 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 139 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | +10:08 |
| 140 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +13:45 |
| 141 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
Final GC after Stage 4:
671 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.723 km/hr
| 1 | Rui Alberto FARIA | UAE Abu Dhabi | 15hr 42min 21sec |
| 2 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | @ 16sec |
| 4 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | @ 38sec |
| 5 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | @ 53sec |
| 6 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 56sec |
| 7 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 8 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 9 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:07 |
| 11 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +1:08 |
| 12 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 14 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | +1:11 |
| 15 | Alberto CONTADOR | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 16 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | +1:15 |
| 17 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 18 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 19 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 20 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 21 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 22 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 23 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 24 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 25 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 26 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | +1:32 |
| 27 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 28 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | +1:33 |
| 29 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | +1:35 |
| 30 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | +1:37 |
| 31 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | +2:07 |
| 32 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 33 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | Ruben FERNANDEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 35 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 36 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 37 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 38 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 39 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 40 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 41 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 42 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | +2:36 |
| 43 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | +2:38 |
| 44 | Samuel SANCHEZ | BMC | +2:40 |
| 45 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 46 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | +2:52 |
| 47 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 48 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 49 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 50 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | +3:06 |
| 51 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +3:36 |
| 52 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 53 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 54 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 55 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | +3:55 |
| 56 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 57 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | +3:57 |
| 58 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | +4:10 |
| 59 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | +4:12 |
| 60 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 61 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | +4:23 |
| 62 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 63 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | +4:40 |
| 64 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 65 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +5:43 |
| 66 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +5:44 |
| 67 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +5:50 |
| 68 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | +6:02 |
| 69 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | +6:05 |
| 70 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | +6:12 |
| 71 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ | Astana | s.t. |
| 72 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 73 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 74 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 75 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | +6:48 |
| 76 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | +6:50 |
| 77 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | +7:35 |
| 78 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 79 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 80 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 81 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 82 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | +7:53 |
| 83 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | +7:55 |
| 84 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +8:38 |
| 85 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | +11:30 |
| 86 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | +11:36 |
| 87 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | +11:39 |
| 88 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +11:46 |
| 89 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | +11:50 |
| 90 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 91 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | +11:52 |
| 92 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 93 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 94 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 95 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 96 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 97 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 98 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 99 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 100 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 101 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 102 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 103 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 104 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 105 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 106 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 107 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 108 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 109 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 110 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 111 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 112 | JHONATAN RESTREPO | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 113 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 114 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | +12:11 |
| 115 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | +12:12 |
| 116 | Owain DOULL | Sky | +12:14 |
| 117 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +12:18 |
| 118 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | +12:26 |
| 119 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | +12:41 |
| 120 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | +12:46 |
| 121 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | +13:16 |
| 122 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | +13:16 |
| 123 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +13:39 |
| 124 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +13:44 |
| 125 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | +14:03 |
| 126 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | +14:25 |
| 127 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +14:58 |
| 128 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | +15:03 |
| 129 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | +17:20 |
| 130 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +17:57 |
| 131 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | +18:21 |
| 132 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +19:25 |
| 133 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | +20:08 |
| 134 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | +20:40 |
| 135 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | +21:23 |
| 136 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | +21:37 |
| 137 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | +21:48 |
| 138 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +22:13 |
| 139 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +23:47 |
| 140 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +24:49 |
| 141 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | +25:37 |
Saturday, February 25: Stage 3, Al Ain - Jebel Hafeet, 186 km
Rui Alberto Faria wins stage three and becomes the GC leader
The race: Here's the story from Katusha-Alpecin.
Team Katusha-Alpecin’s leader Ilnur Zakarin finished second in a two man sprint on the mountaintop finish of the third stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour. Winner atop of Jebel Hafeet was former world champion Rui Costa (UAE Emirates). The last ten kilometer uphill were suited for Zakarin. He counterattacked Costa at some six kilometer from the finish. The two stayed in front and sprinted for the day win and the red leader’s jersey. Third place went to Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb), ten seconds behind. A group with Contador, Quintana and Nibali lost 58 seconds. Zakarin is second now in GC, four seconds behind Rui Costa.
"It has been a very nice race. I felt also very good and I am happy with this result as I trained hard at the Teide. This is the fruit of my hard work but I am happy", said Ilnur Zakarin.
"This was well done, riding against Costa in his second home, is not obvious. I am already very happy about Ilnur’s preparation. This result shows that he did a really good work in Tenerife the last weeks. We worked a bit harder and different than last year. I like his style. Don’t forget, his goals lie further ahead in the season. We will not race against Rui Costa in the Giro. There will be other competitors, but he left some of them already behind today", added Team Director Dmitry Konyshev.
Tomorrow finishes the Abu Dhabi Tour with an evening race on the Yas Marina Formula 1 Circuit. The riders will tackle 26 laps of 5.5 kilometers.
Complete results:
196 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.710 km/hr
| 1 | Rui Alberto FARIA | UAE Abu Dhabi | 4:34:08 |
| 2 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 3 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | @ 10sec |
| 4 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | @ 28sec |
| 5 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | @ 46sec |
| 6 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 7 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 8 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 9 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 10 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | @ 58sec |
| 11 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 12 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 13 | Alberto CONTADOR | Trek-Segafredo | +1:01 |
| 14 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | +1:05 |
| 15 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 16 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 18 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 19 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 20 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 21 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 22 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 23 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 24 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 25 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 26 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | +1:22 |
| 27 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 28 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +1:23 |
| 29 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 30 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | +1:25 |
| 31 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | +1:27 |
| 32 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | +1:57 |
| 33 | Julian David ARREDONDO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 34 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 35 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 36 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 37 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 38 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 39 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 40 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 41 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 42 | Ruben FERNANDEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 43 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 44 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 45 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | +2:26 |
| 46 | Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | +2:28 |
| 47 | Samuel SANCHEZ | BMC | +2:30 |
| 48 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 49 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | +2:42 |
| 50 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 51 | Alberto LOSADA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 52 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 53 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | +2:56 |
| 54 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | +3:26 |
| 55 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | +3:26 |
| 56 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 57 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 58 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | +3:45 |
| 59 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 60 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | +3:47 |
| 61 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | +4:00 |
| 62 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | +4:02 |
| 63 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 64 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 65 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | +4:13 |
| 66 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 67 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | +4:30 |
| 68 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 69 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | +4:45 |
| 70 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | +4:53 |
| 71 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +5:40 |
| 72 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 73 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 74 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | +5:55 |
| 75 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | +6:02 |
| 76 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 77 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 78 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ | Astana | s.t. |
| 79 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 80 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +6:11 |
| 81 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | +6:38 |
| 82 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 83 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | +6:40 |
| 84 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +7:03 |
| 85 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | +7:25 |
| 86 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 87 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 88 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 89 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 90 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | +7:45 |
| 91 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +8:28 |
| 92 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | +11:42 |
| 93 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 94 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 95 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 96 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 97 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 98 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 99 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 100 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 101 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 102 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 103 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 104 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 105 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 106 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 107 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 108 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 109 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 110 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 111 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 112 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 113 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 114 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 115 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 116 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 117 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 118 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 119 | Owain DOULL | Sky | s.t. |
| 120 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 121 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 122 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 123 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 124 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 125 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 126 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 127 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 128 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 129 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 130 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 131 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 132 | JHONATAN RESTREPO | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 133 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 134 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 135 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 136 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 137 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | +12:31 |
| 138 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | +12:40 |
| 139 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 140 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 141 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 142 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | +13:16 |
| 143 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +14:48 |
| 144 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +17:47 |
| 145 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +19:17 |
| 146 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 147 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 148 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 149 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 150 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | +20:10 |
| 151 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +20:30 |
| 152 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 153 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 154 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | s.t. |
| 155 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
GC after stage 3:
| 1 | Rui Alberto FARIA | UAE Abu Dhabi | 12:39:15 |
| 2 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | @ 16sec |
| 4 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | @ 38sec |
| 5 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | @ 56sec |
| 6 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 7 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 8 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 9 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 10 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | +1:08 |
| 11 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 12 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 13 | Alberto CONTADOR | Trek-Segafredo | +1:11 |
| 14 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | +1:15 |
| 15 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 16 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 17 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 18 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 19 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 20 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 21 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 22 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 23 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 24 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 25 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 26 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | +1:32 |
| 27 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 28 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | +1:33 |
| 29 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | +1:35 |
| 30 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | +1:37 |
| 31 | Julian David ARREDONDO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +2:07 |
| 32 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 33 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 34 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 35 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 36 | Ruben FERNANDEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 37 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 38 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 39 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 40 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 41 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 42 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 43 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 44 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | +2:36 |
| 45 | Merhawi GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | +2:38 |
| 46 | Samuel SANCHEZ | BMC | +2:40 |
| 47 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 48 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | +2:52 |
| 49 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 50 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 51 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 52 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | +3:06 |
| 53 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +3:36 |
| 54 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | +3:36 |
| 55 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 56 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 57 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | +3:55 |
| 58 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 59 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | +3:57 |
| 60 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | +4:10 |
| 61 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | +4:12 |
| 62 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 63 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 64 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | +4:23 |
| 65 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 66 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | +4:40 |
| 67 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 68 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | +4:55 |
| 69 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +5:43 |
| 70 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +5:44 |
| 71 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +5:50 |
| 72 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | +6:05 |
| 73 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | +6:06 |
| 74 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | +6:12 |
| 75 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 76 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 77 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ | Astana | s.t. |
| 78 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 79 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | +6:48 |
| 80 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | +6:50 |
| 81 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | +6:55 |
| 82 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | +7:35 |
| 83 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 84 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 85 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 86 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 87 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | +7:53 |
| 88 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | +7:55 |
| 89 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +8:13 |
| 90 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +8:28 |
| 91 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +8:38 |
| 92 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | +11:36 |
| 93 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | +11:39 |
| 94 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | +11:46 |
| 95 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 96 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | +11:49 |
| 97 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | +11:50 |
| 98 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | +11:51 |
| 99 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 100 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | +11:52 |
| 101 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 102 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 103 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 104 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 105 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 106 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 107 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 108 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 109 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 110 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 111 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 112 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 113 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 114 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 115 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 116 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 117 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 118 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 119 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 120 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 121 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 122 | JHONATAN RESTREPO | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 123 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 124 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 125 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 126 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | +12:12 |
| 127 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 128 | Owain DOULL | Sky | +12:14 |
| 129 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +12:18 |
| 130 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | +12:41 |
| 131 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | +12:46 |
| 132 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | +12:50 |
| 133 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 134 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | +12:59 |
| 135 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | +13:16 |
| 136 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 137 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +13:39 |
| 138 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | +14:03 |
| 139 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | +14:25 |
| 140 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | +14:58 |
| 141 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | +15:09 |
| 142 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | +15:22 |
| 143 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +17:38 |
| 144 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +17:57 |
| 145 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +19:25 |
| 146 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | +19:25 |
| 147 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | +20:08 |
| 148 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | +20:40 |
| 149 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | +21:18 |
| 150 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | +21:23 |
| 151 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | +21:37 |
| 152 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | +21:48 |
| 153 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | +22:54 |
| 154 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +23:47 |
| 155 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +24:49 |
Friday, February 24: Stage 2, Abu Dhabi/ Al Maryah Island - Abu Dhabi/Al Marina, 153 kilometers
Marcel Kittel keeps his head down (left) and just beats Caleb Ewen (hands off bars)
The race: Here's the story from stage winner Marcel Kittel's Quick Step team.
One day after crashing and missing out on the opportunity to get in the mix on the opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour, Marcel Kittel showed why he's the most in-form sprinter of the bunch by taking a splendid win in Big Flag, where the 155km-long stage 2 concluded. It was Marcel's fifth victory of 2017, and Quick-Step Floors' 13th success in less than two months, one which cemented the team's position as the most winningest of the peloton.
Quick-Step Floors was again in the spotlight, setting the tempo behind the six men who booked a place in the early escape and bringing Marcel Kittel to the fore when it mattered, inside the last kilometers, once the break was nullified. The finale followed the pattern established on the previous stage and became a chaotic one, thus reducing the importance of lead-out trains. Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott) looked on the verge of nabbing the win, but a fantastic Kittel came from nowhere and pipped the Australian on the line, just as he was preparing to celebrate the victory.
For both Marcel Kittel and Quick-Step Floors, this was the first World Tour victory of the season, one which came after a beautifully executed plan of the team and a very strong sprint of the 28-year-old German, who latched onto his opponent's wheel before bursting to the line and snatching his 14th career win in the Middle East. It was a sweet success which showed the determination and extra motivation Marcel had after Thursday's disappointment, when he couldn't sprint due to the crash that occurred in the final kilometer.
"Our plan was to leave it late today. It was a strange finale and I surfed from wheel to wheel, saving up some energy. I really believed in this victory until the very end and getting it the way I did makes things very nice, just as in Dubai, two weeks ago. On stage 1 I lost the chance to fight for the victory, but also some skin, so today I was keen on making the most out of this opportunity. Thanks to the guys for their help, they did a marvelous job! It feels great to notch a win also here, before my European debut next week, at Paris-Nice", a beaming Marcel Kittel said after his impressive sprint on the second stage of Abu Dhabi, which saw him edge out all his opponents and continue the strong run displayed since starting his season.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | 3:28:11 |
| 2 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 3 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 4 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 5 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 6 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 7 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 8 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 9 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 10 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 11 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 12 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 13 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 14 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 15 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 16 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 17 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 18 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 19 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 20 | Julian David ARREDONDO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 21 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 22 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 23 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 24 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 25 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 26 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 27 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 28 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 29 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 30 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 31 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 32 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 33 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 34 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 35 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 36 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 37 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 38 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 39 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 40 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 41 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 42 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 43 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 44 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 45 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 46 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 47 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 49 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 50 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | s.t. |
| 51 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 52 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 53 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 54 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 55 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 56 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 57 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 58 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 59 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 60 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | s.t. |
| 61 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 62 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 63 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 64 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 65 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 66 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 67 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 68 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 69 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 71 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 72 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 73 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 74 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | s.t. |
| 75 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 76 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 77 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 78 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 79 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 80 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 81 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 82 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 83 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 84 | Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR | Movistar | s.t. |
| 85 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 86 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 87 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 88 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 89 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 90 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 91 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 92 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 93 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 94 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 95 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 96 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 97 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 98 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 99 | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | BMC | s.t. |
| 100 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 101 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 102 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 103 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 104 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 105 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 106 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 107 | Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 108 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 109 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 110 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 111 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 112 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 113 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 114 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 115 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 116 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA | Astana | s.t. |
| 117 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 118 | JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 119 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 120 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 121 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 122 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 123 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 124 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 125 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 126 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 127 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 128 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 129 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 130 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 131 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 132 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 133 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 134 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 135 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 136 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 137 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 138 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 139 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | 20 |
| 140 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 141 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | 22 |
| 142 | Owain DOULL | Sky | s.t. |
| 143 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | 26 |
| 144 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 145 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | 37 |
| 146 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | 41 |
| 147 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 148 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | 55 |
| 149 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | 57 |
| 150 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | +1:03 |
| 151 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +1:15 |
| 152 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | s.t. |
| 153 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +1:17 |
| 154 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | +1:25 |
| 155 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +2:22 |
| 156 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +2:51 |
GC after Stage 2:
| 1 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | 8:05:03 |
| 2 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | @ 4sec |
| 3 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | @ 8sec |
| 4 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 5 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 6 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 7 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | 10 |
| 8 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | 11 |
| 9 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | 12 |
| 10 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 11 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | 13 |
| 12 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | 14 |
| 13 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 15 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 16 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 17 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 18 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 19 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 20 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 21 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 22 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 23 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 24 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 25 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 26 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 27 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 28 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 29 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 30 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 31 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 32 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 33 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 34 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 35 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 36 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 37 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 38 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 39 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 40 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 41 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 42 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 43 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 44 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 45 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 46 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 47 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 48 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 49 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | s.t. |
| 50 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 51 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 52 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 53 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 54 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 55 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 56 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 57 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 58 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 59 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 60 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 61 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 62 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 63 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 64 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 65 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 66 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 67 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 68 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 69 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 70 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 71 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 72 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 73 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 74 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 75 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | s.t. |
| 76 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 77 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 78 | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | BMC | s.t. |
| 79 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 80 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 81 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 82 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 83 | Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR | Movistar | s.t. |
| 84 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 85 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 86 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 87 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 88 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 89 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 90 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 91 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 92 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 93 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 94 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 95 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 96 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 97 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 98 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 99 | Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 100 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 101 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 102 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 103 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 104 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 105 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 106 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 107 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 108 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 109 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 110 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 111 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 112 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 113 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 114 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA | Astana | s.t. |
| 115 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 116 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 117 | JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 118 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 119 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 120 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 121 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 122 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 123 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 124 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 125 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 126 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 127 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 128 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 129 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | 34 |
| 130 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 131 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | 36 |
| 132 | Owain DOULL | Sky | s.t. |
| 133 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | 40 |
| 134 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 135 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | 51 |
| 136 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | 55 |
| 137 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | +1:11 |
| 138 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | +1:17 |
| 139 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | +1:19 |
| 140 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | +1:21 |
| 141 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | +1:29 |
| 142 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:38 |
| 143 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +2:01 |
| 144 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | +2:06 |
| 145 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 146 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 147 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | +2:31 |
| 148 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | +2:35 |
| 149 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | +2:47 |
| 150 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:55 |
| 151 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +3:21 |
| 152 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | +3:31 |
| 153 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | +3:44 |
| 154 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +4:23 |
| 155 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +4:24 |
| 156 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | +6:00 |
Thursday, February 23: Stage 1, Madinat Zayed - Madinat Zayed, 189 km
Mark Cavendish nails the Abu Dhabi Tour's first stage
The race: Here's the story from winner Mark Cavendish's Team Dimension Data.
Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka were on song during stage 1 of the Abu Dhabi Tour as a perfect leadout from the African Team delivered Mark Cavendish to victory. The minor podium placings went to Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Niccolo Bonifazio (Bahrain-Merida) respectively. It was the first World Tour victory of the season for Cavendish and Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka.
The opening stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour presented the crowd with the sprint finale they were expecting and it was the superior leadout that won the stage today. When the early breakaway of the stage was reeled in with 15km to go, the respective sprint teams began to organise their sprint trains. Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka remained calm at the rear of the peloton, waiting for the right time to move up.
After Daniel Teklehaimanot did a mountain of work to bring back the early breakaway, it was Igor Anton that led our African Team to the head of affairs with just 10km to go. It was a tough battle to stay organised at the front of the race as the wide road made it easy for teams to move up the sides of the peloton. Johann van Zyl and Bernhard Eisel were going shoulder to shoulder with the other trains as Reinardt Janse van Rensburg, Mark Renshaw and Mark Cavendish stayed in the wheel.
It was extremely difficult keep in formation but Eisel marshaled the troops well. With 4km to go our Austrian powerhouse brought Janse van Rensburg, Renshaw and Cavendish back to the head of the race. A strong pull by Eisel then had our finishing trio head into the all-important final left hand corner with 1km to go first. In the corner there was a crash but as we were leading, Cavendish was unaffected.
Our South African champion then turned on the power down the finishing straight before giving way to Renshaw, who began the kick for the line. Bonifazio realised he was behind the 8-ball at this point and decided to go early from 2 places back, but all this did was provide Cavendish with the final slingshot to take the victory.
Mark Cavendish – Rider: The team was fantastic, really the lads did a phenomenal job today and I can’t fault anyone in the team. We knew that last corner was where it was going to count though and we had to get there first. We were hugging the barrier and I think it was a new guy from Orica, who tried to come up the inside. When I saw the barrier I thought, ah no, there is no way you’ll get your whole team through there and next thing we heard the crash behind. I hope everyone is alright from that crash. Through the corner when Reinie went, the South African champion, you actually have to tell him to slow down because he is so strong. He just gave us so much speed and then Mark could go. I wanted to go a bit late obviously with the wind, but Bonifazio went early which played into my hands because I could just bounce off him and go through. I’m really happy with the win and the jersey obviously, this is a special race to me and its great motivation for the whole team.
Roger Hammond – Sport Director: The team worked really well today. Everyone was involved from Merhawi our climber, through Daniel and Igor who is also saving himself for Saturday. They all chipped in to make sure the guys were dropped off for the sprint. We knew we needed to be in the first 5 guys after that corner and they executed it perfectly. From kilometre zero to the end they executed the plan perfectly and the end result is a win. Everyone is really happy and can be happy with their own performances.
Complete Results:
| 1 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | 4:37:06 |
| 2 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 3 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 4 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 5 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 6 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 7 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 8 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 9 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 10 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 11 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 12 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 13 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 14 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 15 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 16 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 17 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 18 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 19 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 20 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 21 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 22 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 23 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 24 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 25 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 26 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 27 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 28 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 29 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 30 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 31 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 32 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 33 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 34 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 35 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 36 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 37 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | s.t. |
| 38 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 39 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 40 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 41 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 43 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 44 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 45 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 46 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 47 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 48 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 49 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 50 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 51 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 52 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 53 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 54 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 55 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 56 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 57 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 58 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 59 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 60 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 61 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 62 | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | BMC | s.t. |
| 63 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 64 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 65 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 66 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 67 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 68 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 69 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 70 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 71 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 72 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 73 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 74 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 75 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 76 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 77 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 78 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 79 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 80 | Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR | Movistar | s.t. |
| 81 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 82 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | s.t. |
| 83 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 84 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 85 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 86 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 87 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 88 | Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 89 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 90 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 91 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 92 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 93 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 94 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 95 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 96 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 97 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 98 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 99 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 100 | JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 101 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA | Astana | s.t. |
| 102 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 103 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 104 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 105 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 106 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 107 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 108 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 109 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 110 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 111 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 112 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 113 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 114 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 115 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 116 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 117 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 118 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 119 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 120 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 121 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 122 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 123 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 124 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 125 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | s.t. |
| 126 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 127 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 128 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 129 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | +1:07 |
| 130 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | s.t. |
| 131 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | @ 0sec |
| 132 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | 0 |
| 133 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | 0 |
| 134 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:24 |
| 135 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | @ 0sec |
| 136 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:26 |
| 137 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | @ 0sec |
| 138 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +1:47 |
| 139 | Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 140 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 141 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +1:52 |
| 142 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 143 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 144 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 145 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 146 | Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 147 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | 0 |
| 148 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | +2:17 |
| 149 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | +2:33 |
| 150 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:41 |
| 151 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:49 |
| 152 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +2:55 |
| 153 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 154 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | @ 0sec |
| 155 | Owain DOULL | Sky | 0 |
| 156 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | 0 |
| 157 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | 0 |
| 158 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | 0 |
GC after Stage 1:
| 1 | Mark CAVENDISH | Dimension Data | 4:36:56 |
| 2 | André GREIPEL | Lotto Soudal | @ 4sec |
| 3 | Manuele MORI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 4 | NICCOLO' BONIFAZIO | Bahrain-Merida | @ 6sec |
| 5 | Mirco MAESTRI | Bardiani-CSF | @ 8sec |
| 6 | Kazushige KUBOKI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 7 | Simone CONSONNI | UAE Abu Dhabi | @ 10sec |
| 8 | Elia VIVIANI | Sky | s.t. |
| 9 | Roger KLUGE | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 10 | Alexander PORSEV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 11 | Matteo PELUCCHI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 12 | Nicola RUFFONI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 13 | Eduard Michael GROSU | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 14 | Enrico BATTAGLIN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 15 | Iuri FILOSI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 16 | Rüdiger SELIG | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 17 | Mark RENSHAW | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 18 | Rick ZABEL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 19 | Marco CANOLA | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 20 | Rui Alberto FARIA DA COSTA | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 21 | Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 22 | Ben SWIFT | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 23 | Riccardo MINALI | Astana | s.t. |
| 24 | Martijn VERSCHOOR | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 25 | Davide MARTINELLI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 26 | Sean DE BIE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 27 | Fabio ARU | Astana | s.t. |
| 28 | Vincenzo NIBALI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 29 | Tom DUMOULIN | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 30 | Andrea GUARDINI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 31 | Rafal MAJKA | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 32 | Kenny ELISSONDE | Sky | s.t. |
| 33 | Robert GESINK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 34 | George BENNETT | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 35 | Ilnur ZAKARIN | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 36 | Bert-Jan LINDEMAN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 37 | Robert KIŠERLOVSKI | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 38 | Roman KREUZIGER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 39 | NICHOLAS ROCHE | BMC | s.t. |
| 40 | Tejay VAN GARDEREN | BMC | s.t. |
| 41 | Romain BARDET | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 42 | Nairo QUINTANA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 43 | Quentin VALOGNES | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 44 | Mathias FRANK | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 45 | Steven KRUIJSWIJK | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 46 | Alberto LOSADA ALGUACIL | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 47 | Pawel POLJANSKI | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 48 | Louis VERVAEKE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 49 | Diego ULISSI | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 50 | Ivan ROVNY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 51 | Charles PLANET | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 52 | Gianluca BRAMBILLA | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 53 | Janez BRAJKOVIC | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 54 | Louis MEINTJES | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 55 | Kanstantsin SIUTSOU | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 56 | Lars Ytting BAK | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 57 | Emanuel BUCHMANN | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 58 | Pavel BRUTT | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 59 | Bauke MOLLEMA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 60 | Rafael VALLS FERRI | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 61 | Tanel KANGERT | Astana | s.t. |
| 62 | Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 63 | Luca WACKERMANN | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 64 | Ivan SAVITSKIY | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 65 | Samuel SANCHEZ GONZALEZ | BMC | s.t. |
| 66 | Domenico POZZOVIVO | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 67 | Joonas HENTTALA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 68 | Fabio CALABRIA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 69 | Paolo TIRALONGO | Astana | s.t. |
| 70 | Sergey FIRSANOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 71 | Julian David ARREDONDO MORENO | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 72 | Pavel KOCHETKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 73 | Fumiyuki BEPPU | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 74 | Paul MARTENS | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 75 | Ben GASTAUER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 76 | Jasha SÜTTERLIN | Movistar | s.t. |
| 77 | Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ | Movistar | s.t. |
| 78 | Daniele BENNATI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 79 | Chris HAMILTON | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 80 | Maxime MONFORT | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 81 | Loïc VLIEGEN | BMC | s.t. |
| 82 | Ruben FERNANDEZ ANDUJAR | Movistar | s.t. |
| 83 | Manuele BOARO | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 84 | Dario CATALDO | Astana | s.t. |
| 85 | Lennard KÄMNA | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 86 | Andrea PERON | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 87 | Patrick KONRAD | Bora-hansgrohe | s.t. |
| 88 | Kiel REIJNEN | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 89 | Michael GOGL | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 90 | Alberto CONTADOR VELASCO | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 91 | Axel DOMONT | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 92 | Carlos VERONA | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 93 | Sindre SKJOESTAD LUNKE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 94 | Edoardo ZARDINI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 95 | Sergei CHERNETSKI | Astana | s.t. |
| 96 | Manuel SENNI | BMC | s.t. |
| 97 | Dylan TEUNS | BMC | s.t. |
| 98 | Jorge ARCAS PEÑA | Movistar | s.t. |
| 99 | Laurens TEN DAM | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 100 | Franco PELLIZOTTI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 101 | JHONATAN RESTREPO VALENCIA | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 102 | Pello BILBAO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA | Astana | s.t. |
| 103 | Albert TIMMER | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 104 | Adam HANSEN | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 105 | Imanol ERVITI | Movistar | s.t. |
| 106 | Manuel QUINZIATO | BMC | s.t. |
| 107 | Pier Paolo DE NEGRI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 108 | Jack HAIG | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 109 | Rob POWER | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 110 | Alexey VERMEULEN | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 111 | Alan MARANGONI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 112 | Kristijan ÐURASEK | UAE Abu Dhabi | s.t. |
| 113 | Peter STETINA | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 114 | Valerio AGNOLI | Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 115 | David LOZANO RIBA | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 116 | Peter KENNAUGH | Sky | s.t. |
| 117 | Rein TAARAMÄE | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 118 | Alessandro DE MARCHI | BMC | s.t. |
| 119 | Pieter SERRY | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 120 | Laurent DIDIER | Trek-Segafredo | s.t. |
| 121 | Julian ALAPHILIPPE | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 122 | Maxim BELKOV | Katusha Alpecin | s.t. |
| 123 | Artur ERSHOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 124 | Stefano PIRAZZI | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 125 | Jonathan DIEBBEN | Sky | s.t. |
| 126 | Nicola BOEM | Bardiani-CSF | s.t. |
| 127 | Luka MEZGEC | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 128 | Lennard HOFSTEDE | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 129 | Petr VAKOC | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 130 | Jack BAUER | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 131 | Fabio SABATINI | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 132 | CYRIL GAUTIER | Ag2r La Mondiale | s.t. |
| 133 | Merhawi KUDUS GHEBREMEDHIN | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 134 | Alexander EDMONSON | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 135 | Marcel KITTEL | Quick-Step | s.t. |
| 136 | Owain DOULL | Sky | s.t. |
| 137 | Alex DOWSETT | Movistar | s.t. |
| 138 | Phil BAUHAUS | Sunweb | s.t. |
| 139 | Caleb EWAN | Orica-Scott | s.t. |
| 140 | Artyom ZAKHAROV | Astana | +1:15 |
| 141 | Alessandro TONELLI | Bardiani-CSF | +1:17 |
| 142 | Juraj SAGAN | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:34 |
| 143 | Erik BASKA | Bora-hansgrohe | +1:36 |
| 144 | Bernhard EISEL | Dimension Data | +1:57 |
| 145 | Daniel TEKLEHAIMANOT | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 146 | Nikolay TRUSOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
| 147 | Johann VAN ZYL | Dimension Data | +2:02 |
| 148 | Sander ARMEE | Lotto Soudal | s.t. |
| 149 | Igor ANTON HERNANDEZ | Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 150 | Stephen CLANCY | Novo Nordisk | s.t. |
| 151 | Yuma KOISHI | Nippo-Vini Fantini | s.t. |
| 152 | Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE | Lotto NL-Jumbo | s.t. |
| 153 | Simone ANDREETTA | Bardiani-CSF | +2:27 |
| 154 | Julien BERNARD | Trek-Segafredo | +2:43 |
| 155 | Sondre HOLST ENGER | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:51 |
| 156 | Christophe RIBLON | Ag2r La Mondiale | +2:59 |
| 157 | Tao GEOGHEGAN HART | Sky | +3:05 |
| 158 | Kirill SVESHNIKOV | Gazprom-Rusvelo | s.t. |
