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2015 Dubai Tour

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Saturday, February 7: 4th and Final Stage, Dubai International Marine Club - Burj Khalifa, 123 km

Stage 4 map |

The Race: Mark Cavendish went into the fourth and final stage of the Dubai Tour four seconds behind John Degenkolb. By winning the final stage ahead of Elia Viviani and Juan José Lobato, he gained ten seconds of bonus time, thereby giving Cavendish the overall victory in the second edition of the race. Degenkolb finished ninth, out of contention for any bonus time.

Five riders escaped early in the stage, which was raced at very high speeds (final average speed for the stage was 46.9 km/hr). Though the escapees built a four-minute lead, they were doomed. The last rider was caught close to the end, with only six kilometers to go, setting things up for the final sprint.

Cavendish was very pleased with the race's final outcome, but displeased with the other teams, saying, "To win here is pretty special. We rode hard the whole week and today we really had to work. I'm super happy with our lads."

He added, "...most of the days we were the only team riding. I was a bit frustrated with the other teams. They came here, but didn't really want to race."

Cavendish also won the first stage, making this his second stage win of the race.

Complete Results:

46.932 km/hr average speed!!

1	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	2hr 37min 15sec
2	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
3	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
4	Ben SWIFT	Sky	s.t.
5	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	s.t.
6	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
7	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
8	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
9	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
10	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
11	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
12	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
13	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
14	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
15	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
16	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
17	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
18	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	s.t.
19	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
20	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
21	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
22	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
23	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
24	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
25	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
26	Stefan KUNG	BMC	s.t.
27	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	s.t.
28	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
29	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
30	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
31	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	s.t.
32	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
33	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
34	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
35	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
36	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
37	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
38	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
39	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
40	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
41	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
42	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	s.t.
43	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	s.t.
44	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
45	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
46	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
47	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
48	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
49	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
50	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
51	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
52	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
53	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
54	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
55	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
56	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
57	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
58	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
59	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
60	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
61	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
62	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
63	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
64	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
65	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
66	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
67	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	@ 13sec
68	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	@ 15sec
70	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	s.t.
71	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
72	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
73	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
74	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	s.t.
75	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
76	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	s.t.
77	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
78	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
79	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	s.t.
80	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	@ 24sec
81	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
82	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
83	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
84	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
85	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
86	Lars BOOM	Astana	s.t.
87	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	s.t.
88	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
89	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
90	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	@ 29sec
91	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	s.t.
92	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	@ 31sec
93	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	s.t.
94	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 39sec
95	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
96	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 57sec
97	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	@ 1min 3sec
98	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 1min 4sec
99	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	@ 1min 6sec
100	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick-Step	@ 1min 7sec
101	Andrew FENN	Sky	s.t.
102	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 1min 9sec
103	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 36sec
104	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
105	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
106	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	@ 1min 39sec
107	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
108	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	@ 2min 6sec
109	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	@ 2min 32sec
110	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
111	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	@ 2min 32sec
112	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
113	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	@ 2min 41sec
114	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	@ 2min 59sec
115	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
116	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
117	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
118	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
119	Michael VAKOC		s.t.
120	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	@ 9min 14sec

Complete Final GC after Stage 4:

660 km raced at an average speed of 42.921 km/hr

1	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	15hr 22hr 38sec
2	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	@ 6sec
3	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	@ 10sec
4	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	@ 12sec
5	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	@ 14sec
6	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	@ 17sec
7	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 18sec
8	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
9	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
10	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
11	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	@ 23sec
12	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
13	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
14	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	@ 26sec
15	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
16	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
17	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
18	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
19	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
20	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
21	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
22	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
23	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
24	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
25	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
26	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	@ 47sec
27	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	@ 50sec
28	Daniel OSS	BMC	@ 54sec
29	Rick ZABEL	BMC	@ 56sec
30	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	@ 59sec
31	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
32	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
33	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
34	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	@ 1min 1sec
35	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	@ 1min 8sec
36	Lars BOOM	Astana	@ 1min 11sec
37	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 26sec
38	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
39	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	@ 1min 28sec
40	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	@ 1min 35sec
41	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 1min 39sec
42	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	@ 1min 54sec
43	Stefan KUNG	BMC	@ 2min 53sec
44	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 3min 4sec
45	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	@ 3min 5sec
46	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	@ 3min 10sec
47	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 3min 46sec
48	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	@ 4min 19sec
49	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	@ 5min 43sec
50	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	@ 6min 1sec
51	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	@ 6min 3sec
52	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
53	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
54	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
55	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
56	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
57	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
58	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
59	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
60	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	@ 6min 6sec
61	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	6:20
62	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	6:27
63	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	7:08
64	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	7:09
65	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	7:36
66	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	7:42
67	Ben SWIFT	Sky	8:21
68	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	8:30
69	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
70	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	8:35
71	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	8:44
72	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	8:53
73	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	8:54
74	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
75	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
76	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
77	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
78	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	9:01
79	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	9:02
80	Michael VAKOC	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
81	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	9:10
82	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	9:13
83	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	9:20
84	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	9:25
85	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	9:26
86	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	9:40
87	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	9:51
88	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	9:58
89	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	10:00
90	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	10:13
91	Andrew FENN	Sky	10:16
92	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	10:27
93	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	11:05
94	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	11:07
95	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	11:21
96	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	11:22
97	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	11:28
98	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	11:30
99	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	11:42
100	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
101	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	11:51
102	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	12:58
103	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	13:37
104	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	14:03
105	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	14:04
106	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	14:13
107	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	14:26
108	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	15:00
109	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	16:26
110	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	16:42
111	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	17:33
112	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	18:44
113	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	25:31
114	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	26:44
115	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	28:52
116	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	29:30
117	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	29:41
118	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	31:37
119	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	33:55
120	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	41:32

Stage 4 map:

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Friday, February 6: Stage 3, Dubai International Marine Club - Hatta Dam, 205 km

Stage 3 map |

The Race: Stage three had no easy flat finish. Instead, the racers had to climb a steep ascent to Hatta Dam.

The day's break escaped after about forty kilometers of racing. Five riders eventually built a nine-minute gap, but the escapees were rounded up with about thirty kilometers to go. Along the way, there were several crashes, one caused by carpet on the road.

As the road started to point up, race leader Mark Cavendish was unsurprisingly tossed, but help from his teammates brought him back to the field to contest the final kilometers.

With perfect timing, John Degenkolb took off as the final scent to the finish reared up. Alejandro Valverde went after him, but Degenkolb was gone.

Degenkolb's effort was good enough for both the stage win and GC leadership.

Complete results:

1	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	4hr 50min 40sec
2	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	@ 2sec
3	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
4	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
5	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
6	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
7	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
8	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	@ 7sec
9	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
10	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
11	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	@ 10sec
12	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
13	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
14	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
15	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
16	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
17	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
18	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
19	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
20	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
21	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
22	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
23	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
24	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
25	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
26	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
27	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
28	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
29	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	@ 25sec
30	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	@ 28sec
31	Lars BOOM	Astana	@ 31sec
32	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
33	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	@ 32sec
34	Daniel OSS	BMC	@ 40sec
35	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
36	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	@ 43sec
37	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
38	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
39	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	s.t.
40	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	@ 1min 0sec
41	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 8sec
42	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	@ 1min 10sec
43	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
44	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	@1min 14sec
45	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min18sec
46	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 1min 23sec
47	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 1min 39sec
48	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 41sec
49	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 2min 23sec
50	Stefan KUNG	BMC	@ 2min 37sec
51	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 5min 47sec
52	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
53	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
54	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
55	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
56	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
57	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
58	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
59	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
60	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
61	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
62	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
63	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
64	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
65	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	s.t.
66	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
67	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
68	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
69	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
70	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
71	Michael VAKOC	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
72	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
73	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
74	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
75	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
76	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	@8min 3sec
77	Ben SWIFT	Sky	@ 8min 8sec
78	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
79	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	@ 8min 14sec
80	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
81	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
82	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
83	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	@ 8min 31sec
84	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	(UAE)	s.t.
85	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
86	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 8min 38sec
87	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
88	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
89	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	s.t.
90	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
91	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
92	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
93	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
94	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
95	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
96	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
97	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
98	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
99	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
100	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	s.t.
101	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
102	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	s.t.
103	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
104	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
105	Andrew FENN	Sky	s.t.
106	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
107	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
108	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	@ 11min 26sec
109	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	s.t.
110	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
111	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani CSF	@ 11min 48sec
112	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	@ 13min 43sec
113	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	@ 13min 47sec
114	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	@ 13min 51sec
115	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	@ 13min 57sec
116	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	@ 22min 33sec
117	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
118	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
119	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
120	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	@ 22min 55sec
121	Jaber ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	@ 23min 11sec
122	Majid ALBALOOSHI	(UAE)	@ 23min 15sec
123	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	@ 23min 40sec

Complete GC after Stage 3:

1	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	12hr 45min 29sec
2	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 4sec
3	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	@ 6sec
4	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	@ 8sec
5	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	@ 11sec
6	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 12sec
7	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
8	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
9	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
10	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	0:17
11	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
12	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
13	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
14	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 18sec
15	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	@ 20sec
16	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
17	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
18	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
19	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
20	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
21	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
22	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
23	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
24	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
25	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
26	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
27	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
28	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	@ 34sec
29	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	@ 38sec
30	Lars BOOM	Astana	@ 41sec
31	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
32	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	@ 42sec
33	Daniel OSS	BMC	@ 50sec
34	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
35	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	@ 53sec
36	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
37	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
38	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
39	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	@ 1min 10sec
40	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	1:20
41	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	s.t.
42	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	1:24
43	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	1:28
44	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	1:33
45	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	1:49
46	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick Step	2:33
47	Stefan KUNG	BMC	2:47
48	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	3:49
49	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	5:43
50	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	5:47
51	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	5:55
52	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	5:57
53	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
54	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
55	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
56	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
57	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
58	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
59	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
60	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
61	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
62	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
63	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
64	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
65	Michael VAKOC	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
66	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	6:14
67	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	6:43
68	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	7:03
69	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	7:11
70	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	8:02
71	Ben SWIFT	Sky	8:15
72	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	8:18
73	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	8:24
74	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	8:24
75	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	8:25
76	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	8:38
77	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	8:43
78	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	8:47
79	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	8:48
80	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
81	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
82	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
83	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
84	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
85	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
86	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
87	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
88	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
89	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
90	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	8:50
91	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	8:55
92	Andrew FENN	Sky	9:03
93	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	9:04
94	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	9:19
95	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	9:20
96	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	9:48
97	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	9:57
98	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	10:51
99	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	10:57
100	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	11:24
101	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	11:36
102	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani CSF	11:41
103	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	11:45
104	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	11:55
105	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	11:55
106	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	12:33
107	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	13:57
108	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	13:58
109	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	14:04
110	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	14:07
111	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	(UAE)	14:20
112	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	14:28
113	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	16:01
114	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani CSF	17:44
115	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	18:19
116	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	23:49
117	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	24:32
118	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	28:22
119	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	28:32
120	Jaber ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	29:00
121	Majid ALBALOOSHI	(UAE)	29:04
122	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	(UAE)	32:12
123	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	33:02

Stage 3 map

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Thursday, February 5: Stage 2, Dubai International Marine Club - Palm Jumeirah (Atlantis), 187 km

Stage 2 map |

The Race: Early on, five riders (Chun Kai Feng, Bernhard Eisel, Davide Frattini, Enrico Battaglin and Rafaa Chtioui) escaped the peloton. Over the stage kilometers the escapees were dropped and retuned to the peloton until there was just one rider off the front, Chtioui.

Late in the stage Chtioui was rounded up, setting things up for a sprinters' fest. Andrea Guardini was the first to jump, but he was passed by Mark Cavendish. Elia Viviani came around to just win the stage.

Mark Cavendish remains the overall leader.

Complete Stage Results:

44.551 km/hr average speed

1	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	4hr 29min 59sec
2	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
3	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	s.t.
4	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	s.t.
5	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
6	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
7	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
8	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
9	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
10	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
11	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
12	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
13	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
14	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
15	Stefan KUNG	BMC	s.t.
16	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
17	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
19	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
20	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
21	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
22	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
23	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
24	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
25	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
26	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
27	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
28	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
29	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
30	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	s.t.
31	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
32	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
33	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
34	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
35	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
36	Klaas LODEWYCK	BMC	s.t.
37	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
38	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
39	Ben SWIFT	Sky	s.t.
40	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
41	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
42	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
43	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
44	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	s.t.
45	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
46	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	s.t.
47	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
48	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	s.t.
49	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
50	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
51	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
52	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
53	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
54	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
55	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	s.t.
56	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
57	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
58	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
59	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
60	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
61	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
62	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
63	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
64	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
65	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
66	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
67	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	s.t.
68	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
69	Lars BOOM	Astana	s.t.
70	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
71	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
72	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
73	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
74	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
75	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
76	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
77	Soufiane HADDI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
78	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
79	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
80	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
81	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
82	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	s.t.
83	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	s.t.
84	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	Michael VAKOC	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
86	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
87	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
88	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
89	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
90	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
91	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
92	Andrew FENN	Sky	@ 15sec
93	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 17sec
94	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
95	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	@ 23sec
96	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	@ 26sec
97	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 32sec
98	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	@ 57sec
99	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	@ 1min 6sec
100	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
101	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
102	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 15sec
103	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	@ 1min 22sec
104	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	@ 1min 49sec
105	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 2min 3sec
106	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani CSF	@ 2min 53sec
107	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	@ 3min 7sec
108	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
109	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
110	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
111	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
112	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	@ 4min 26sec
113	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
114	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
115	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani CSF	@ 4min 30sec
116	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	@ 5min 27sec
117	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
118	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
119	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
120	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	@ 5min 39sec
121	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
122	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	s.t.
123	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	s.t.
124	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	@ 6min 17sec
125	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	@ 9min 20sec

Complete GC after Stage 2:

1	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx - Quick Step	7hr 54min 43sec
2	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	@ 2sec
3	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	@ 6sec
4	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	@ 11sec
5	Ben SWIFT	Sky	@ 13sec
6	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
7	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
8	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 14sec
9	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	@ 15sec
10	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	@ 16sec
11	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
12	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
13	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
15	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
16	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
17	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
18	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
19	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
20	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Ag2R	s.t.
21	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
22	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
23	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
24	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
25	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
26	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
27	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
28	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
29	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
30	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
31	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
32	Stefan KUNG	BMC	s.t.
33	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
34	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
35	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	s.t.
36	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
37	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
38	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
39	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
40	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
41	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
42	Klaas LODEWYCK	BMC	s.t.
43	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
44	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	s.t.
45	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
46	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
47	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
48	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
49	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
50	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
51	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	s.t.
52	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
53	Soufiane HADDI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
54	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
55	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
56	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
57	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
58	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
59	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
60	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	s.t.
61	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
62	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
63	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
64	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
65	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
66	Tony MARTIN	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
67	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
68	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
70	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
71	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
72	Lars BOOM	Astana	s.t.
73	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
74	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
75	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
76	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
77	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
78	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
79	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
80	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
81	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
82	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	s.t.
83	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
84	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
85	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	s.t.
86	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
87	Michael VAKOC	Etixx - Quick Step	s.t.
88	Andrew FENN	Sky	@ 31sec
89	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	@ 33sec
90	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	@ 42sec
91	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 48sec
92	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 1min 2sec
93	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	@ 1min 13sec
94	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	@ 1min 22sec
95	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
96	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
97	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	1:23
98	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx - Quick Step	1:30
99	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	1:49
100	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	2:05
101	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	2:19
102	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	2:25
103	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx - Quick Step	2:44
104	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	2:47
105	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani CSF	3:09
106	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	3:14
107	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	3:20
108	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	3:23
109	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
110	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani CSF	s.t.
111	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	4:41
112	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	4:42
113	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani CSF	5:32
114	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	5:43
115	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
116	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
117	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	5:55
118	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	s.t.
119	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
120	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
121	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani CSF	6:02
122	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	6:27
123	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	8:38
124	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx - Quick Step	8:47
125	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	10:35

Stage 2 map

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Wednesday, February 4: Stage 1, Dubai International Marine Club - Union House Flag, 145 km

Stage 1 map |

Mark Cavendish enjoys his stage win

The Race: Before the first stage was even ten kilometers old, five riders rolled away from the peloton. The group which included Vladimir Gusev and Enrico Battaglin was kept on a short leash most of the day, never getting more than about a minute and a half lead.

With about twenty kilometers to go the peloton was together with the sprinters' teams keeping the group intact.

Mark Renshaw did a huge pull before Mark Cavendish launched his sprint for the line. Cavendish went a bit early and seemed to run low on gas. Andrea Guardini closed in on Cavendish and seemed to be about to pass him. A check of the finish photos showed Cavendish did indeed win the stage and gets to wear the leader's jersey in stage two.

Complete Results: 42.439 km/hr average speed

1	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx-Quick Step	3hr 25min 0sec
2	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	s.t.
3	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	s.t.
4	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	s.t.
5	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
6	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
7	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
8	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
9	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
10	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
11	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
12	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
13	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
14	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
15	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
16	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
17	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
18	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
19	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
20	Gediminas BAGDONAS	AG2R	s.t.
21	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
22	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
23	Soufiane HADDI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
24	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	s.t.
26	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
27	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	s.t.
28	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
29	Ben SWIFT	Sky	s.t.
30	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
31	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
32	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
33	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
34	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
35	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
36	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
37	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
38	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	s.t.
39	Matteo MONTAGUTI	AG2R	s.t.
40	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
41	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
42	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
43	Mikael CHEREL	AG2R	s.t.
44	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	s.t.
45	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
46	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	s.t.
47	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
48	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
49	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
50	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
51	Klaas LODEWYCK	BMC	s.t.
52	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
53	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
54	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
55	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	s.t.
56	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
57	Stefan KUNG	BMC	s.t.
58	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
59	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
60	Tony MARTIN	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
61	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
62	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
63	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
64	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	AG2R	s.t.
65	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
66	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
67	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	s.t.
68	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
69	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
70	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
71	Patrick GRETSCH	AG2R	s.t.
72	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
73	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
74	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
75	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
76	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
77	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
78	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
79	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
80	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
81	Lars BOOM	Astana	s.t.
82	Andrew FENN	Sky	s.t.
83	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	s.t.
84	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
85	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
87	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
88	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
89	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
90	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
91	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
92	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	s.t.
93	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	s.t.
94	Sébastien MINARD	AG2R	s.t.
95	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
96	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
97	Damien GAUDIN	AG2R	s.t.
98	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
99	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
101	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
102	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
103	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	s.t.
104	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
105	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
108	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
109	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	s.t.
110	Michael VAKOC	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
111	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 46sec
112	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	@ 50sec
113	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
114	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx-Quick Step	@ 57sec
115	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	@ 59sec
116	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	@ 1min 7sec
117	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani-CSF	@ 1min 16sec
118	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
119	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 33sec
120	Naser AL MEMARI	UAE	@ 1min 41sec
121	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	@ 2min 5sec
122	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
123	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	@ 2min 58sec
124	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	@ 3min 4sec
125	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
126	Ammar ABDULLA	UAE	s.t.
127	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	?
128	Essa ALSAYED	UAE	@ 15min 47sec

Complete GC after Stage 1:

1	Mark CAVENDISH	Etixx-Quick Step	3hr 24min 50sec
2	Andrea GUARDINI	Astana	@ 4sec
3	Elia VIVIANI	Sky	@ 6sec
4	Ben SWIFT	Sky	@ 7sec
5	Alessandro BAZZANA	United Healthcare	s.t.
6	Manuele BOARO	Tinkoff-Saxo	@ 8sec
7	Enrico BATTAGLIN	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
8	Rafael VALLS FERRI	Lampre-Merida	@ 9sec
9	Alexander PORSEV	Katusha	@ 10sec
10	Juan Jose LOBATO DEL VALLE	Movistar	s.t.
11	Luka MEZGEC	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
12	Andrea PALINI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
13	Paolo SIMION	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
14	Daniel OSS	BMC	s.t.
15	Martijn VERSCHOOR	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
16	Rick ZABEL	BMC	s.t.
17	Grega BOLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
18	John DEGENKOLB	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
19	Daniele RATTO	United Healthcare	s.t.
20	Davide CIMOLAI	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
21	Lloyd MONDORY	Ag2R	s.t.
22	Nicola RUFFONI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
23	Ruslan TLEUBAYEV	Astana	s.t.
24	Christian DELLE STELLE	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
25	Gediminas BAGDONAS	Ag2R	s.t.
26	Adil JELLOUL	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
27	Marcus BURGHARDT	BMC	s.t.
28	Soufiane HADDI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
29	Maciej PATERSKI	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
30	Anton VOROBYEV	Katusha	s.t.
31	Andrea PERON	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
32	Sergey CHERNETSKI	Katusha	s.t.
33	Rafaa CHTIOUI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
34	Alexey LUTSENKO	Astana	s.t.
35	Chad HAGA	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
36	Vladimir GUSEV	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
37	Jesus HERRADA LOPEZ	Movistar	s.t.
38	Marco CANOLA	United Healthcare	s.t.
39	Robert KISERLOVSKI	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
40	Robert FORSTER	United Healthcare	s.t.
41	Mark RENSHAW	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
42	Bader ALHAMMADI MIREZA	UAE	s.t.
43	Matteo MONTAGUTI	Ag2R	s.t.
44	Janez BRAJKOVIC	United Healthcare	s.t.
45	Eduard VORGANOV	Katusha	s.t.
46	Mikael CHEREL	Ag2R	s.t.
47	Pablo LASTRAS GARCIA	Movistar	s.t.
48	Michael VALGREN ANDERSEN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
49	Majid ALBALOOSHI	UAE	s.t.
50	Filippo POZZATO	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
51	Johannes FROHLINGER	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
52	Philippe GILBERT	BMC	s.t.
53	Michal KOLAR	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
54	Klaas LODEWYCK	BMC	s.t.
55	Tobias LUDVIGSSON	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
56	Gang XU	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
57	Geraint THOMAS	Sky	s.t.
58	Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE	Movistar	s.t.
59	Edgar Miguel LEMOS PINTO	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
60	Stefan KUNG	BMC	s.t.
61	Brent BOOKWALTER	BMC	s.t.
62	Francisco MANCEBO PEREZ	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
63	Tony MARTIN	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
64	Oliver ZAUGG	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
65	Mohammed ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
66	Chun Kai FENG	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
67	Johan VAN SUMMEREN	Ag2R	s.t.
68	Javier MEGIAS LEAL	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
69	Lukasz OWSIAN	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
70	Simon SPILAK	Katusha	s.t.
71	Egor SILIN	Katusha	s.t.
72	Manuel QUINZIATO	BMC	s.t.
73	Patrick GRETSCH	Ag2R	s.t.
74	Vincenzo NIBALI	Astana	s.t.
75	Adrian KUREK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
76	Jaber ALMANSOORI	UAE	s.t.
77	Juraj SAGAN	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
78	Laurens DE VREESE	Astana	s.t.
79	Luka PIBERNIK	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
80	Matteo TOSATTO	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
81	Salvatore PUCCIO	Sky	s.t.
82	Lars BOOM	Astana	s.t.
83	Andrew FENN	Sky	s.t.
84	Alessandro VANOTTI	Astana	s.t.
85	Christopher WILLIAMS	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
86	David LOZANO RIBA	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
87	Julien VERMOTE	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
88	Eros CAPECCHI	Movistar	s.t.
89	Evgeny PETROV	Tinkoff-Saxo	s.t.
90	Ilia KOSHEVOY	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
91	David LOPEZ GARCIA	Sky	s.t.
92	Adriano MALORI	Movistar	s.t.
93	Davide FRATTINI	United Healthcare	s.t.
94	Sébastien MINARD	Ag2R	s.t.
95	Sylvester SZMYD	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
96	Dmitriy GRUZDEV	Astana	s.t.
97	Damien GAUDIN	Ag2R	s.t.
98	Ian BOSWELL	Sky	s.t.
99	Kevin DE MESMAEKER	Novo Nordisk	s.t.
100	Kiel REIJNEN	United Healthcare	s.t.
101	Nicolas Jonathan CASTROVIEJO	Movistar	s.t.
102	Jan POLANC	Lampre-Merida	s.t.
103	Giovanni VISCONTI	Movistar	s.t.
104	Joaquin RODRIGUEZ OLIVER	Katusha	s.t.
105	Simone STERBINI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
106	Nicola BOEM	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
107	Stefano PIRAZZI	Bardiani-CSF	s.t.
108	Mohammed AL MURAWWI	Skydive Dubai	s.t.
109	Angel VICIOSO ARCOS	Katusha	s.t.
110	Michael VAKOC	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
111	Grzegorz STEPNIAK	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	s.t.
112	Jaroslaw MARYCZ	CCC Sprandi Polkowice	@ 56sec
113	Bernhard EISEL	Sky	@ 59sec
114	Luca STERBINI	Bardiani-CSF	@ 1min 0sec
115	Fabio SABATINI	Etixx-Quick Step	@ 1min 7sec
116	Ruud CREMERS	Novo Nordisk	@ 1min 9sec
117	Nicolas LEFRANCOIS	Novo Nordisk	@ 1min 17sec
118	Andrea PIECHELE	Bardiani-CSF	@ 1min 26sec
119	Roy CURVERS	Giant-Alpecin	s.t.
120	Zico WAEYTENS	Giant-Alpecin	@ 1min 43sec
121	Naser AL MEMARI	UAE	@ 1min 51sec
122	Abdulla ALMANSOORI	UAE	@ 2min 15sec
123	Lukasz WISNIOWSKI	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
124	Federico ZURLO	United Healthcare	@ 3min 8sec
125	Thierry HUPOND	Giant-Alpecin	@ 3min 14sec
126	Carlos VERONA QUINTANILLA	Etixx-Quick Step	s.t.
127	Ammar ABDULLA	UAE	s.t.
128	Essa ALSAYED	UAE	@ 15min 57sec

Stage 1 map

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Teams invited: each team has eight riders:

AG2R LA MONDIALE (FRA)
ASTANA PRO TEAM (KAZ)
BMC RACING TEAM (USA)
ETIXX-QUICK STEP (BELGIUM)
LAMPRE–MERIDA (ITA)
MOVISTAR (SPAIN)
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN (GER)
TEAM KATUSHA (RUS)
TEAM SKY (GBR)
TINKOFF-SAXO (RUS)
BARDIANI CSF (ITA)
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE (POL)
UNITEDHEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL CYCLING TEAM (USA)
TEAM NOVO NORDISK (USA)
SKYDIVE DUBAI PRO CYCLING TEAM – (UAE)
UAE NATIONAL SELECTION