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February 24, 2018
Abu Dhabi Tour 2018 – Stage 4 – Al Maryan Island (ITT) : 12,6 km
The 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour is a road cycling stage race that is taking place between 21 and 25 February 2018 in Abu Dhabi.
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February 24, 2018
Abu Dhabi Tour 2018 – Stage 4 – Al Maryan Island (ITT) : 12,6 km
The 2018 Abu Dhabi Tour is a road cycling stage race that is taking place between 21 and 25 February 2018 in Abu Dhabi. It is the fourth edition of the Abu Dhabi Tour and the third event of the 2018 UCI World Tour.
Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing) surged into the overall lead at the Abu Dhabi Tour after taking victory in the key time trial on stage 4. The Australian completed the 12.6km course in a time of 14:21, some 14 seconds quicker than his closest rival Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky), while his teammate Miles Scotson finished third a further two seconds back.
Dennis now leads Castroviejo in the overall standings by the same margin he beat him by in the time trial. World champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) was one of the favourites going into the stage but suffered a mechanical, which was fatal to his chances of victory.
After three straight days for the sprinters, the overall classification was game for almost anyone with a decent time trial in their arsenal. Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) would roll out last as the race leader, but his advantage over much of the pack was 13 seconds and he would have to pull out the effort of his life to retain the red jersey.
Team Sunweb set the early benchmark, with Nikias Arndt going around the course in a time of 14:43, beating the likes of Alex Dowsett (Katusha-Alpecin) as he crossed the line. He would enjoy almost half an hour in the hot seat before Scotson came in and booted him off. Dennis set off while Scotson was still out on course and there was little time to get comfortable for the young Australian before he too was bumped down a spot in the standings as Dennis went 16 seconds quicker.
With some strong time triallists still to test their mettle on the sweeping, fast course, a victory was not certain and Dennis would have to sit and wait while many tried and failed to oust him. Spanish champion Castroviejo came close, but still fell 14 seconds short.
Dumoulin looked like the only serious challenger for Dennis and was a second up on the BMC Racing rider at the first intermediate check. But then it all went wrong for the world champion when he had to swap bikes because of a mechanical issue. The frustration was clear as he moved to the left of the road to pick up his new machine and he let out a yell as he threw his arms up. He was quickly back on his bike but, with such short time trial, he was never going to make up the time lost and he was unable to even make the top 10.
With Dumoulin out of the running, Dennis could relax and it was merely a case of waiting for the others to finish before he could step up and claim his red jersey. Thanks to his efforts, Scotson moved into the lead of the young rider’s classification.
Dennis will have to defend his jersey on the final stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour to Jebel Hafeet, a 10.8km climb that averages just over six per cent.
Results :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:21
2 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:14
3 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16
4 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:16
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:17
6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
7 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:22
8 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:24
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:27
10 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:29
11 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:31
12 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:31
13 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34
14 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:37
15 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:37
16 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:38
17 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 0:00:39
18 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:00:40
19 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:40
20 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:41
21 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:44
22 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:44
23 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:00:45
24 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:47
25 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:47
26 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:48
27 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:49
28 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:49
29 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:49
30 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:50
31 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:50
32 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:50
33 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:00:51
34 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:51
35 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:51
36 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:53
37 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:54
38 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:54
39 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:55
40 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:56
41 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:57
42 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:58
43 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 0:00:59
44 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:04
45 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
46 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:04
47 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:05
48 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:01:05
49 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:06
50 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:06
51 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:06
52 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:08
53 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:09
54 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:10
55 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:11
56 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:11
57 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 0:01:12
58 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:12
59 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:12
60 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:14
61 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:15
62 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky 0:01:15
63 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:15
64 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 0:01:16
65 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:16
66 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:17
67 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal 0:01:18
68 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:19
69 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:19
70 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 0:01:23
71 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:24
72 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:25
73 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:25
74 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:25
75 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:27
76 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:27
77 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:28
78 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:01:29
79 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:30
80 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:30
81 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:30
82 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:30
83 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 0:01:34
84 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:01:34
85 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:35
86 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:36
87 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:36
88 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:37
89 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:38
90 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:39
91 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:39
92 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:42
93 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:01:44
94 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:45
95 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:46
96 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:46
97 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Movistar Team 0:01:47
98 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:48
99 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:48
100 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:51
101 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:52
102 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:01:53
103 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:55
104 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:56
105 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:56
106 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:57
107 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:01
108 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:03
109 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:05
110 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:05
111 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:07
112 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:07
113 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:07
114 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:08
115 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:09
116 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:11
117 Hendrikus van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:13
118 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:14
119 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:16
120 Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:16
121 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:16
122 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:17
123 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:02:20
124 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:23
125 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 0:02:23
126 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:35
127 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:41
128 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:02:41
129 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:02:51
130 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:53
131 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:55
132 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 0:03:04
133 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:03:26
134 Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:27
General Classification after Stage 4 :
1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 11:21:10
2 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:14
3 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16
4 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17
7 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:23
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:24
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:31
10 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34
11 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:36
12 Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:37
13 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:38
14 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team
15 Ilnur Zakarin (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:40
16 Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:44
17 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:47
18 Alex Frame (NZl) Trek-Segafredo
19 Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:00:48
20 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
21 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 0:00:49
22 Simon Yates (GBr) Mitchelton-Scott
23 Ion Izagirre (Spa) Bahrain-Merida
24 Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:00:50
25 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo
26 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:51
27 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) LottoNL-Jumbo
28 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:54
29 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb
30 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
31 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:56
32 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
33 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Mitchelton-Scott 0:00:57
34 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:01
35 Alvaro Hodeg (Col) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:05
36 Davide Villella (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:01:06
37 Pawel Poljanski (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
38 Enric Mas (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 0:01:10
39 Daniel McLay (GBr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:11
40 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 0:01:12
41 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb
42 Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:01:14
43 Luka Mezgec (Slo) Mitchelton-Scott
44 Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky 0:01:15
45 José Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team
46 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Trek-Segafredo
47 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky
48 Pascal Eenkhoorn (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:17
49 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto Soudal
50 Kim Magnusson (Swe) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:01:19
51 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:24
52 Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
53 Jesper Hansen (Den) Astana Pro Team 0:01:25
54 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:01:27
55 Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
56 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale
57 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:30
58 Jack Bauer (NZl) Mitchelton-Scott
59 Roger Kluge (Ger) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:33
60 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 0:01:34
61 Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:01:37
62 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin
63 Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:01:38
64 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:42
65 Michael Mørkøv (Den) Quick-Step Floors
66 Robert Wagner (Ger) LottoNL-Jumbo 0:01:43
67 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:01:46
68 Mirco Maestri (Ita) Bardiani CSF
69 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Movistar Team
70 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 0:01:48
71 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 0:01:51
72 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Bahrain-Merida 0:01:52
73 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 0:01:53
74 Matteo Montaguti (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale 0:01:56
75 Domen Novak (Slo) Bahrain-Merida
76 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team
77 Leonardo Basso (Ita) Team Sky 0:02:00
78 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:06
79 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 0:02:07
80 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Soudal 0:02:08
81 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:02:09
82 Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott 0:02:10
83 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:16
84 Erik Baska (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe 0:02:19
85 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:02:22
86 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 0:02:23
87 Jaco Venter (RSA) Dimension Data 0:02:24
88 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:02:34
89 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:02:35
90 Daniel Moreno (Spa) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:02:36
91 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:49
92 Giulio Ciccone (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:02:55
93 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin
94 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team
95 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Bora-Hansgrohe
96 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 0:03:15
97 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:23
98 Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:03:25
99 Remy Mertz (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:03:27
100 Maxim Belkov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 0:03:35
101 James Knox (GBr) Quick-Step Floors 0:04:24
102 Lawson Craddock (USA) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:04:37
103 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 0:04:51
104 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 0:05:06
105 Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:11
106 Sven Erik Bystrøm (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
107 Aleksandr Vlasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:16
108 William Clarke (Aus) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:05:19
109 Benoit Cosnefroy (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
110 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 0:05:21
111 Victor De La Parte (Spa) Movistar Team
112 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:29
113 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team
114 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:33
115 Sebastian Henao (Col) Team Sky 0:05:41
116 Clement Chevrier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 0:05:42
117 Manuele Mori (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:05:46
118 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:54
119 Bjorg Lambrecht (Bel) Lotto Soudal 0:05:59
120 Pierre Rolland (Fra) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 0:06:06
121 Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:09
122 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:14
123 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 0:06:16
124 Hendrikus van Ijzendoorn (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 0:06:20
125 Stephen Cummings (GBr) Dimension Data 0:06:22
126 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk
127 Sam Brand (GBr) Team Novo Nordisk 0:06:31
128 Vincenzo Albanese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:43
129 Romain Gioux (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:06:48
130 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 0:06:57
131 Lennard Hofstede (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:07:02
132 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 0:07:10
133 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 0:07:56
134 Antonio Pedrero (Spa) Movistar Team 0:08:11
