Dubai Tour: Strong winds force organisers to cancel stage
KIttel to lead race into final stage
The fourth stage of the Dubai Tour was cancelled after strong winds hit the course. Upon arriving at the start in Hatta, riders raised questions about safety conditions and following a lengthy meeting with the top riders and the commissaires, the call was made not to run the stage.
Stage 4 had already been altered due to concerns about the winds and the start was moved to Hatta, in order to avoid the exposed run through the desert.
The race will resume on Saturday with Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) leading the overall classification eight seconds ahead of Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo).
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General Classification after stage 4
# | Rider Name (Country) Team | Result |
---|---|---|
1 | Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 12:34:54 |
2 | Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:00:08 |
3 | John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:10 |
4 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:13 |
5 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 0:00:14 |
6 | Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | Row 5 - Cell 2 |
7 | Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team | Row 6 - Cell 2 |
8 | Thomas Stewart (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 7 - Cell 2 |
9 | Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:00:16 |
10 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | Row 9 - Cell 2 |
11 | Loïc Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 10 - Cell 2 |
12 | Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team | Row 11 - Cell 2 |
13 | Yousif Mirza (UAE) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 12 - Cell 2 |
14 | Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:00:19 |
15 | Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:00:20 |
16 | Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | Row 15 - Cell 2 |
17 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 16 - Cell 2 |
18 | Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 17 - Cell 2 |
19 | Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky | Row 18 - Cell 2 |
20 | Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 19 - Cell 2 |
21 | Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 20 - Cell 2 |
22 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 21 - Cell 2 |
23 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team | Row 22 - Cell 2 |
24 | Simone Consonni (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 23 - Cell 2 |
25 | Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 24 - Cell 2 |
26 | Matej Mohoric (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 25 - Cell 2 |
27 | Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team | Row 26 - Cell 2 |
28 | Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo | Row 27 - Cell 2 |
29 | Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 28 - Cell 2 |
30 | Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 29 - Cell 2 |
31 | Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 30 - Cell 2 |
32 | Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team | Row 31 - Cell 2 |
33 | Jan Polanc (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 32 - Cell 2 |
34 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 33 - Cell 2 |
35 | Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky | Row 34 - Cell 2 |
36 | Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team | Row 35 - Cell 2 |
37 | Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 36 - Cell 2 |
38 | Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 37 - Cell 2 |
39 | Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 38 - Cell 2 |
40 | Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team | Row 39 - Cell 2 |
41 | Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 40 - Cell 2 |
42 | Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team | Row 41 - Cell 2 |
43 | Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 42 - Cell 2 |
44 | Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky | Row 43 - Cell 2 |
45 | Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 44 - Cell 2 |
46 | Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | Row 45 - Cell 2 |
47 | Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 46 - Cell 2 |
48 | Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky | Row 47 - Cell 2 |
49 | Joshua Hunt (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | Row 48 - Cell 2 |
50 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 49 - Cell 2 |
51 | Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team | Row 50 - Cell 2 |
52 | Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF | Row 51 - Cell 2 |
53 | Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | Row 52 - Cell 2 |
54 | Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk | Row 53 - Cell 2 |
55 | Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team | Row 54 - Cell 2 |
56 | Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina | Row 55 - Cell 2 |
57 | Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina | Row 56 - Cell 2 |
58 | Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team | Row 57 - Cell 2 |
59 | Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport | Row 58 - Cell 2 |
60 | David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:00:33 |
61 | Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | Row 60 - Cell 2 |
62 | Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team | 0:00:37 |
63 | Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | Row 62 - Cell 2 |
64 | Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data | Row 63 - Cell 2 |
65 | Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team | Row 64 - Cell 2 |
66 | Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | Row 65 - Cell 2 |
67 | Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:40 |
68 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:41 |
69 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:47 |
70 | Michal Golas (Pol) Team Sky | 0:01:01 |
71 | Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 70 - Cell 2 |
72 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 0:01:06 |
73 | Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:08 |
74 | Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 0:01:13 |
75 | Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:01:15 |
76 | Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina | Row 75 - Cell 2 |
77 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo | 0:01:20 |
78 | Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:01:29 |
79 | Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:01:31 |
80 | David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 0:01:39 |
81 | Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | Row 80 - Cell 2 |
82 | Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | 0:01:51 |
83 | Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:02:11 |
84 | Jaber Almansoori (UAE) UAE | 0:02:20 |
85 | Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:02:41 |
86 | Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors | 0:02:42 |
87 | Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:02:55 |
88 | Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors | 0:02:56 |
89 | Majed Albloushi (UAE) UAE | 0:02:58 |
90 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 0:03:06 |
91 | Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data | 0:03:08 |
92 | Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:03:10 |
93 | Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 0:03:13 |
94 | Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:03:15 |
95 | Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:03:21 |
96 | Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 0:03:32 |
97 | Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | 0:03:36 |
98 | Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky | 0:04:00 |
99 | Mohammed Yousef Al Mansouri (UAE) UAE | 0:04:07 |
100 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | Row 99 - Cell 2 |
101 | Samuel Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:04:10 |
102 | Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:04:47 |
103 | Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk | 0:04:48 |
104 | Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida | 0:04:49 |
105 | Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team | 0:04:51 |
106 | Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:04:52 |
107 | Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo | 0:04:56 |
108 | Matteo Bono (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi | 0:05:15 |
109 | Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina | 0:05:21 |
110 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05:45 |
111 | Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data | 0:06:50 |
112 | Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling | 0:07:02 |
113 | Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:07:07 |
114 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 0:07:12 |
115 | Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo | 0:07:24 |
116 | Badr Alhammadi (UAE) UAE | 0:08:30 |
117 | Ahmed Almansoori (UAE) UAE | 0:09:00 |
118 | Nasser Almemari (UAE) UAE | 0:09:09 |
119 | Saif Alkaabi (UAE) UAE | 0:09:53 |
120 | Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky | 0:10:42 |
121 | Mohammed Al Maurawwi Alblooshi (UAE) UAE | 0:10:51 |
122 | Nicholas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | 0:11:15 |
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