Keukeleire explains Orica-Bike Exchange day out front at the Abu Dhabi Tour

Jens Keukeleire has revealed that he and Orica-Bike Exchange teammate Michael Matthews had no plans to go in the Abu Dhabi Tour break of the day, only to spend 135km out front trying to hold off the sprinter's and their teams.

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