Marcel Kittel beats Mark Cavendish on the finish line in Fujairah
By Dubai TourThe German rider Marcel Kittel (Etixx - Quick Step) has won Stage 1, the Dubai Silicon Oasis Stage, of the third edition of the Dubai Tour, from the Dubai International Marine Club to Fujairah (173km). He fended off Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) to clinch his first success of the 2016 season after an ill-fated year.
Soon after the start, six riders formed a breakaway as they joined forces after two separated attempts to ride the peloton off. Loic Vliegen (BMC), Marc Soler (Movistar), Martin Mortensen (One Pro Cycling), Soufiane Haddi (Skydive Dubai), Charles Planet (Novo Nordisk) and Jesus Rubio (Al Nasr) maintained a high speed - close to an average 47km/h - with an advantage of nearly 3.30 for the majority of the stage over the pack mostly led by Etixx-Quick Step and Astana.
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Haddi won both of the day’s two intermediate sprints to claim the UAE flag jersey. The second sprint was with just 10km to go, while the peloton was on the edge of reeling in the escapees. The inevitable bunch gallop saw the obvious superiority of the Etixx-Quick Step team who gave Kittel the dream lead-out he was hoping for as he joined the Belgian outfit during last year's transfer window.
The powerful German sprinter leads the Dubai Tour with the aim of succeeding Cavendish to overall classification victory as well, receiving the Blue Jersey at the presence of H.H. Sheikh Saif bin Hamad bin Saif Al Sharqi, Chairman of Fujairah Free Zone and Chairman of Fujairah Marine Club and H.E. Saeed Hareb, Dubai Sports Council General Secretary.
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