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Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classification st 21 February 2018 THE STAGE REPORT Stage 1 Al Fahim km 189 START: Albanese, Caruso, Trusov, Planet and Skujins race clear since the very beginning. The peloton lets them go: at km Cavendish (Ddd) abandons the race as a consequence of a crash during the transfer. At km 10, t -Step Floors and Mitchelton-Scott riders take relays at the front of the peloton. At km 42, the gap is 3 32 . Average speed after one hour of racing: 48.400 km/h. At km 50, the peloton is down the road. Intermediate Sprint (Liwa km 55.0) Trusov claims the intermediate sprint ahead of Albanese, Caruso, Skujins and Planet; the peloton is lagging behind. At km 61, the gap is down to at at Average speed after two hours of racing: 44.150 km/h. At km 97, the breakaway riders are up the road. Rolland has a puncture but manages to get back into the peloton. At km 109, the gap is at Average speed after three hours: 42.100 km/h. Intermediate Sprint (Liwa km 129.7) Skujins claims the intermediate sprint ahead of Albanese, Trusov, Caruso and Planet; the peloton is down the road. At km 136, the gap is down to . At first, Albanese and Trusov lose ground to the breakaway, but eventually manage to get back into the leading group. Four riders remain at the front, as Skujins sits up. At km 147, the four front riders are leading by over Skujins, and by over the peloton (which eventually reels him in). At km 152, the four breakaway riders are leading by just over the peloton; at km 158, the gap is down to . Caruso and Trusov take a pull at the front. Average speed after four hours: 39.975 km/h. Albanese and Planet are reeled in. At km 163, the two front riders are ahead of the peloton. At the mark indicating 25 km remaining to the finish, the gap is . Caruso takes a pull at the front, leaving Trusov behind. With 20 km to go, Trusov is down the road, while the peloton is lagging behind. Trusov is taken in. With 15 km remaining to the finish, Caruso is still up the road, but he is eventually caught up with 13 km to go, as the peloton bunches up. Lotto Soudal and Quick-Step Floors riders are setting the pace. The peloton is packed, and the stage ends in a bunch sprint. FINISH (Madinat Zayed km 189) Kristoff claims the stage ahead of Guardini, Ewan, Viviani, McLay, Bonifazio, Bresciani and the others. Time of the winner at an average speed of 39.320 km/h. st 21 February 2018 Stage 1 Al Fahim km 189 Alexander Kristoff was born in Oslo (Norway) on 7/5/1987. He is professional since 2006. 2006 Glud & Marstrand Horsens 2007 Team Maxbo-Bianchi 1 win: the National R.R. Championships (Brumundall). 2008 Joker-Bianchi 1 win: one stage at the Ringerike GP. 2009 - Joker-Bianchi 1 win: one stage at the Ringerike GP. 2010 BMC Racing Team 2011 BMC Racing Team 1 win: National R.R Championships (Skien). 2012 Katusha Team 2 wins: one stage at the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde; one stage at the Tour of Denmark. 2013 Katusha Team 6 wins: one stage at the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde; three stages at the Tour of Norway; one stage at the Tour de Suisse; one stage (plus the T.T.T. stage) at the Tour des Fjords. 8° Milano-Sanremo; 4° Ronde van Vlaanderen; 9° Paris-Roubaix. 2014 Team Katusha 13 wins: one stage at the Tour of Oman; the Milano-Sanremo; the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt; two stages and the final classification at the Tour of Norway; two stages and the final classification at the Tour des Fjords; the Saint Etienne and Nîmes stages at the Tour de France; two stages at the Arctic Race of Norway; the Vattenfall Cyclassics 5° Ronde van Vlaanderen; 8° World Championships R.R. (Ponferrada). 2015 Team Katusha 20 wins: three stages at the Tour of Qatar; one stage at the Tour of Oman; one stage at the Paris-Nice; three stages and the final classification at the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde; the Ronde van Vlaanderen; the Scheldeprijs; two stages at the Tour of Norway; three stages at the Tour des Fjords; the GP Kanton Aargau-Gippingen; one stage at the Tour de Suisse; one stage at the Arctic Race of Norway; the GP Ouest France-Plouay. 2° Milano-Sanremo; 9° Gent-Wevelgem; 10° Paris-Roubaix; 2° Vattenfall Cyclassics-Hamburg; 4° World Championships R.R. (Richmond). 2016 Team Katusha 13 wins: three stages at the Tour of Qatar; two stages at the Tour of Oman; one stage at the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde; the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt; one stage at the Tour of California; one stage at the Arctic Race of Norway; three stages and the final classification at the Tour des Fjords. 6° Milano-Sanremo; 4° Ronde van Vlaanderen; 7° World Championships R.R. (Doha). 2017 Team Katusha Alpecin 9 wins: one stage at the Etoile de Bessèges; three stages at the Tour of Oman; the Rund um den Finanzplatz Eschborn-Frankfurt; one stage at the Driedaagse De Panne-Koksijde; the Ride London-Surrey Classic; the European R.R. Champioships (Herning); one stage at the Arctic Race of Norway. 5° Ronde van Vlaanderen; 2° World Championships R.R. (Bergen). 2018 UAE Team Emirates 2 wins: one stage at the Tour of Oman; one stage at the Abu Dhabi Tour. 21 February 2018 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Stage 1 - Al Fahim Stage - km 189 Average: 39,320 km/h RNK NUM UCI ID RIDER NAT TEAM TIME GAP BON 1. 5 10003269183 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 4:48:24 10 2. 41 10005503217 GUARDINI Andrea ITA BRD BARDIANI CSF 4:48:24 0:00 6 3. 92 10007809490 EWAN Caleb Y AUS MTS MITCHELTON - SCOTT 4:48:24 0:00 4 4. 117 10005502914 VIVIANI Elia ITA QST QUICK-STEP FLOORS 4:48:24 0:00 5. 135 10006384196 MCLAY Daniel GBR EFD EF EDUCATION FIRST-DRAPAC P/B CANNONDALE4:48:24 0:00 6. 32 10007500710 BONIFAZIO Niccolo Y ITA TBM BAHRAIN - MERIDA 4:48:24 0:00 7. 43 10008983291 BRESCIANI Michael Y ITA BRD BARDIANI CSF 4:48:24 0:00 8. 156 10006914969 VAN POPPEL Danny Y NED TLJ TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 4:48:24 0:00 9. 12 10008199312 BARBIER Rudy FRA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 4:48:24 0:00 10. 81 10002214311 GREIPEL André GER LTS LOTTO SOUDAL 4:48:24 0:00 11. 183 10008662484 BAUHAUS Phil Y GER SUN TEAM SUNWEB 4:48:24 0:00 12. 62 10007738055 ACKERMANN Pascal Y GER BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 4:48:24 0:00 13. 173 10010023316 HALVORSEN Kristoffer Y NOR SKY TEAM SKY 4:48:24 0:00 14. 172 10008915492 BASSO Leonardo Y ITA SKY TEAM SKY 4:48:24 0:00 15. 141 10004502400 KITTEL Marcel GER TKA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 4:48:24 0:00 16. 161 10005660336 PERON Andrea ITA TNN TEAM NOVO NORDISK 4:48:24 0:00 17. 72 10005747535 MAIKIN Roman RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 4:48:24 0:00 18. 52 10006480388 BEVIN Patrick NZL BMC BMC RACING TEAM 4:48:24 0:00 19. 105 10002910990 ROJAS José ESP MOV MOVISTAR TEAM 4:48:24 0:00 20. 194 10007229514 FRAME Alex Y NZL TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 4:48:24 0:00 21. 65 10007518591 FORMOLO Davide ITA BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 4:48:24 0:00 22. 25 10009027852 MINALI Riccardo Y ITA AST ASTANA PRO TEAM 4:48:24 0:00 23. 124 10007864155 DEBESAY Mekseb ERI DDD TEAM DIMENSION DATA 4:48:24 0:00 24. 85 10014621621 LAMBRECHT Bjorg Y BEL LTS LOTTO SOUDAL 4:48:24 0:00 25. 154 10009812542 TOLHOEK Antwan Y NED TLJ TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO 4:48:24 0:00 26. 17 10002844710 MONTAGUTI Matteo ITA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 4:48:24 0:00 27. 191 10005818162 BRAMBILLA Gianluca ITA TFS TREK - SEGAFREDO 4:48:24 0:00 28. 7 10005467952 ULISSI Diego ITA UAD UAE TEAM EMIRATES 4:48:24 0:00 29. 33 10002350414 GASPAROTTO Enrico ITA TBM BAHRAIN - MERIDA 4:48:24 0:00 30. 181 10007389259 DUMOULIN Tom NED SUN TEAM SUNWEB 4:48:24 0:00 31. 101 10001457509 VALVERDE Alejandro ESP MOV MOVISTAR TEAM 4:48:24 0:00 32. 74 10005890712 PORSEV Alexander RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 4:48:24 0:00 33. 147 10005501496 ZAKARIN Ilnur RUS TKA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN 4:48:24 0:00 34. 11 10007952263 COSNEFROY Benoit Y FRA ALM AG2R LA MONDIALE 4:48:24 0:00 35. 34 10042236612 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Ion ESP TBM BAHRAIN - MERIDA 4:48:24 0:00 36. 94 10003205327 KREUZIGER Roman CZE MTS MITCHELTON - SCOTT 4:48:24 0:00 37. 76 10002832279 TRUSOV Nikolay RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 4:48:24 0:00 4 38. 67 10004572724 SAGAN Juraj SVK BOH BORA - HANSGROHE 4:48:24 0:00 39. 53 10003299293 BOOKWALTER Brent USA BMC BMC RACING TEAM 4:48:24 0:00 40. 35 10008686332 MOHORIC Matej Y SLO TBM BAHRAIN - MERIDA 4:48:24 0:00 41. 77 10009728070 VLASOV Aleksandr Y RUS GAZ GAZPROM - RUSVELO 4:48:24 0:00 Page 1 of 4 21 February 2018 ORDER OF ARRIVAL Stage 1 - Al Fahim Stage - km 189 Average: 39,320 km/h RNK NUM UCI ID RIDER NAT TEAM TIME GAP BON 42.
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