Mark Cavendish sfodera una volata d'autore e conquista il successo nella seconda tappa dell’UAE Tour, la Hudayriyat Island - Abu Dhabi Breakwater di 176 km. Il britannico della Quick Step Alpha Vynil ha letto alla perfezione la corsa, ha anticipato la volata costringendo alla resa Bennet e ha resistito da campione al ritorno di Jasper Philipsen. Alle loor spalle Ackermann, Kooji, Demare e il bravo Matteo Malucelli della Gazprom Rusvelo.
Davvero astuta la mossa di Cavendish che non ha seguto Morkov, alla cui ruota c'erano Guarnieri e Demare, ma ha preferito lanciarsi tutto solo seguendo il disegno della strada che piegava leggermente a sinistra e ha scelto il momento giusto per piazzare il suo acuto.
Ovviamente Philipsen, primo ieri e secondo oggi, conserva la maglia rossa di leader della classifica generale.
Per Cannonball si tratta del secondo successo stagionale, del numero 158 in carriera e la Quick Step Alpha Vynil con questa vittoria arriva già a quota 10 in stagione e siamo solo al 21 febbraio...
LA CORSA. Un attacco in grande stile, quello organizzato oggi dalla Gazprom Rusvelo che ha mandato all’attacco ben tre dei suoi corridori ovvero Pavel Kochetkov, Michael Kurkle e Dmitry Strakhov. Il gruppo li ha ripresi a 35 km dalla conclusione, proprio quando il vento ha cominciato a soffiare in senso contrario alla marcia dei corridori e li ha costretti ad un surplus di fatica.
ORDINE D'ARRIVO
1 161 CAVENDISH Mark 36 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:20:45
2 21 PHILIPSEN Jasper 23 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
3 2 ACKERMANN Pascal 28 UAE Team Emirates ,,
4 134 KOOIJ Olav 20 Jumbo-Visma ,,
5 91 DÉMARE Arnaud 30 Groupama - FDJ ,,
6 83 MALUCELLI Matteo 28 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
7 194 LIEPINŠ Emils 29 Trek - Segafredo ,,
8 112 DEVRIENDT Tom 30 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
9 143 SCHWARZMANN Michael 31 Lotto Soudal ,,
10 77 VAN DEN BERG Marijn 22 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
11 121 BARBIER Rudy 29 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
12 71 GUERREIRO Ruben 27 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
13 53 MODOLO Sacha 34 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
14 171 GROENEWEGEN Dylan 28 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
15 154 KANTER Max 24 Movistar Team ,,
16 66 VAN POPPEL Danny 28 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
17 63 BENNETT Sam 31 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
18 16 VENTURINI Clément 28 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
19 76 QUINN Sean 21 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
20 24 STANNARD Robert 23 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
21 41 MÄDER Gino 25 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
22 184 DAINESE Alberto 23 Team DSM ,,
23 51 CAÑAVERAL Johnatan 25 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
24 107 VIVIANI Elia 33 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
25 163 MASNADA Fausto 28 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
26 87 VACEK Mathias 19 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
27 7 RICHEZE Maximiliano 38 UAE Team Emirates ,,
28 173 GROVES Kaden 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
29 102 GANNA Filippo 25 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
30 72 BISSEGGER Stefan 23 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
31 94 GUARNIERI Jacopo 34 Groupama - FDJ ,,
32 142 HOLMES Matthew 28 Lotto Soudal ,,
33 192 CATALDO Dario 36 Trek - Segafredo ,,
34 3 ALMEIDA João 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
35 42 BILBAO Pello 31 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
36 67 VLASOV Aleksandr 25 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
37 166 VAN TRICHT Stan 22 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
38 182 ARENSMAN Thymen 22 Team DSM ,,
39 164 MØRKØV Michael 36 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
40 126 ZABEL Rick 28 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
41 22 RICKAERT Jonas 28 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
42 37 ZAKHAROV Artyom 30 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
43 52 COVILI Luca 25 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
44 185 LEKNESSUND Andreas 22 Team DSM ,,
45 101 YATES Adam 29 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
46 64 KONRAD Patrick 30 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
47 133 HARPER Chris 27 Jumbo-Visma ,,
48 54 RASTELLI Luca 22 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
49 44 MILAN Jonathan 21 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
50 61 HINDLEY Jai 25 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
51 1 POGACAR Tadej 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
52 144 VERVLOESEM Xandres 21 Lotto Soudal ,,
53 131 DUMOULIN Tom 31 Jumbo-Visma ,,
54 36 PRONSKIY Vadim 23 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
55 31 DE LA CRUZ David 32 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
56 6 MAJKA Rafal 32 UAE Team Emirates ,,
57 23 SBARAGLI Kristian 31 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
58 86 STRAKHOV Dmitry 26 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
59 35 NATAROV Yuriy 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
60 11 JUNGELS Bob 29 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
61 75 POWLESS Neilson 25 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
62 113 HIRT Jan 31 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
63 73 KUDUS Merhawi 28 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
64 135 ROOSEN Timo 29 Jumbo-Visma ,,
65 45 OSORIO Alejandro 23 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
66 183 BOL Cees 26 Team DSM ,,
67 96 SCOTSON Miles 28 Groupama - FDJ ,,
68 32 DE BOD Stefan 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
69 103 PLAPP Luke 21 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
70 4 BENNETT George 31 UAE Team Emirates ,,
71 26 VERMEERSCH Gianni 29 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
72 57 ZOCCARATO Samuele 24 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
73 17 SARREAU Marc 28 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
74 125 JONES Taj 21 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
75 152 BARTA Will 26 Movistar Team ,,
76 115 TAARAMÄE Rein 34 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
77 85 ROVNY Ivan 34 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
78 46 PERNSTEINER Hermann 31 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
79 114 JOHANSEN Julius 22 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
80 181 BARDET Romain 31 Team DSM ,,
81 195 PELLAUD Simon 29 Trek - Segafredo ,,
82 122 BERWICK Sebastian 22 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
83 82 KUKRLE Michael 27 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
84 155 RODRÍGUEZ Óscar 26 Movistar Team ,,
85 14 LAPEIRA Paul 21 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
86 151 VERONA Carlos 29 Movistar Team ,,
87 111 MEINTJES Louis 30 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
88 156 SAMITIER Sergio 26 Movistar Team ,,
89 34 HENAO Sebastián 28 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
90 153 NORSGAARD Mathias 24 Movistar Team ,,
91 165 STEELS Stijn 32 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
92 43 MACIEJUK Filip 22 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
93 92 BADILATTI Matteo 29 Groupama - FDJ ,,
94 97 SINKELDAM Ramon 33 Groupama - FDJ ,,
95 175 MEZGEC Luka 33 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
96 12 BERTHET Clément 24 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
97 62 ARCHBOLD Shane 33 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
98 13 BOUCHARD Geoffrey 29 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
99 132 BOUWMAN Koen 28 Jumbo-Visma ,,
100 186 MÄRKL Niklas 22 Team DSM ,,
101 193 EGHOLM Jakob 23 Trek - Segafredo ,,
102 55 TONELLI Alessandro 29 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
103 25 THWAITES Scott 32 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
104 157 TORRES Albert 31 Movistar Team ,,
105 65 MULLEN Ryan 27 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
106 141 DRIZNERS Jarrad 22 Lotto Soudal ,,
107 174 HOWSON Damien 29 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
108 33 GIDICH Yevgeniy 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
109 191 BRUSTENGA Marc 22 Trek - Segafredo ,,
110 74 LANGEVELD Sebastian 37 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
111 136 VAN EMDEN Jos 37 Jumbo-Visma ,,
112 123 DOWSETT Alex 33 Israel - Premier Tech 0:52
113 177 STEWART Campbell 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:02
114 176 O'BRIEN Kelland 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:09
115 167 VERNON Ethan 21 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:16
116 187 NIEUWENHUIS Joris 26 Team DSM 1:24
117 172 BEWLEY Sam 34 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:27
118 95 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas 36 Groupama - FDJ ,,
119 124 IMPEY Daryl 37 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
120 81 KOCHETKOV Pavel 35 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
121 104 AMADOR Andrey 35 INEOS Grenadiers 1:43
122 47 PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan 22 Bahrain - Victorious 1:53
123 5 BJERG Mikkel 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
124 105 KWIATKOWSKI Michal 31 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
125 93 DAVY Clément 23 Groupama - FDJ 5:03
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 21 PHILIPSEN Jasper 23 Alpecin-Fenix 9:03:03
2 86 STRAKHOV Dmitry 26 Gazprom - RusVelo 0:04
3 161 CAVENDISH Mark 36 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:06
4 63 BENNETT Sam 31 BORA - hansgrohe 0:10
5 2 ACKERMANN Pascal 28 UAE Team Emirates 0:12
6 107 VIVIANI Elia 33 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
7 82 KUKRLE Michael 27 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
8 55 TONELLI Alessandro 29 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
9 144 VERVLOESEM Xandres 21 Lotto Soudal 0:14
10 91 DÉMARE Arnaud 30 Groupama - FDJ 0:16
11 134 KOOIJ Olav 20 Jumbo-Visma ,,
12 194 LIEPINŠ Emils 29 Trek - Segafredo ,,
13 112 DEVRIENDT Tom 30 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
14 171 GROENEWEGEN Dylan 28 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
15 121 BARBIER Rudy 29 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
16 154 KANTER Max 24 Movistar Team ,,
17 77 VAN DEN BERG Marijn 22 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
18 143 SCHWARZMANN Michael 31 Lotto Soudal ,,
19 66 VAN POPPEL Danny 28 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
20 71 GUERREIRO Ruben 27 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
21 53 MODOLO Sacha 34 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
22 16 VENTURINI Clément 28 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
23 51 CAÑAVERAL Johnatan 25 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
24 72 BISSEGGER Stefan 23 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
25 24 STANNARD Robert 23 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
26 44 MILAN Jonathan 21 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
27 184 DAINESE Alberto 23 Team DSM ,,
28 102 GANNA Filippo 25 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
29 164 MØRKØV Michael 36 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
30 76 QUINN Sean 21 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
31 41 MÄDER Gino 25 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
32 87 VACEK Mathias 19 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
33 192 CATALDO Dario 36 Trek - Segafredo ,,
34 7 RICHEZE Maximiliano 38 UAE Team Emirates ,,
35 1 POGACAR Tadej 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
36 52 COVILI Luca 25 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
37 37 ZAKHAROV Artyom 30 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
38 61 HINDLEY Jai 25 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
39 23 SBARAGLI Kristian 31 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
40 3 ALMEIDA João 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
41 142 HOLMES Matthew 28 Lotto Soudal ,,
42 17 SARREAU Marc 28 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
43 101 YATES Adam 29 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
44 135 ROOSEN Timo 29 Jumbo-Visma ,,
45 22 RICKAERT Jonas 28 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
46 182 ARENSMAN Thymen 22 Team DSM ,,
47 67 VLASOV Aleksandr 25 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
48 163 MASNADA Fausto 28 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
49 35 NATAROV Yuriy 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
50 133 HARPER Chris 27 Jumbo-Visma ,,
51 73 KUDUS Merhawi 28 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
52 83 MALUCELLI Matteo 28 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
53 113 HIRT Jan 31 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
54 31 DE LA CRUZ David 32 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
55 36 PRONSKIY Vadim 23 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
56 75 POWLESS Neilson 25 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
57 14 LAPEIRA Paul 21 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
58 64 KONRAD Patrick 30 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
59 131 DUMOULIN Tom 31 Jumbo-Visma ,,
60 34 HENAO Sebastián 28 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
61 42 BILBAO Pello 31 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
62 26 VERMEERSCH Gianni 29 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
63 175 MEZGEC Luka 33 Team BikeExchange - Jayco ,,
64 156 SAMITIER Sergio 26 Movistar Team ,,
65 6 MAJKA Rafal 32 UAE Team Emirates ,,
66 191 BRUSTENGA Marc 22 Trek - Segafredo ,,
67 32 DE BOD Stefan 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
68 33 GIDICH Yevgeniy 25 Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,
69 62 ARCHBOLD Shane 33 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
70 57 ZOCCARATO Samuele 24 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
71 114 JOHANSEN Julius 22 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
72 126 ZABEL Rick 28 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
73 166 VAN TRICHT Stan 22 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
74 11 JUNGELS Bob 29 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
75 181 BARDET Romain 31 Team DSM ,,
76 152 BARTA Will 26 Movistar Team ,,
77 4 BENNETT George 31 UAE Team Emirates ,,
78 185 LEKNESSUND Andreas 22 Team DSM ,,
79 195 PELLAUD Simon 29 Trek - Segafredo ,,
80 85 ROVNY Ivan 34 Gazprom - RusVelo ,,
81 115 TAARAMÄE Rein 34 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
82 151 VERONA Carlos 29 Movistar Team ,,
83 45 OSORIO Alejandro 23 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
84 54 RASTELLI Luca 22 Bardiani-CSF-Faizanè ,,
85 155 RODRÍGUEZ Óscar 26 Movistar Team ,,
86 12 BERTHET Clément 24 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
87 122 BERWICK Sebastian 22 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
88 46 PERNSTEINER Hermann 31 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
89 43 MACIEJUK Filip 22 Bahrain - Victorious ,,
90 111 MEINTJES Louis 30 Intermarché - Wanty - Gobert Matériaux ,,
91 96 SCOTSON Miles 28 Groupama - FDJ ,,
92 153 NORSGAARD Mathias 24 Movistar Team ,,
93 125 JONES Taj 21 Israel - Premier Tech ,,
94 92 BADILATTI Matteo 29 Groupama - FDJ ,,
95 13 BOUCHARD Geoffrey 29 AG2R Citroën Team ,,
96 97 SINKELDAM Ramon 33 Groupama - FDJ ,,
97 193 EGHOLM Jakob 23 Trek - Segafredo ,,
98 157 TORRES Albert 31 Movistar Team ,,
99 65 MULLEN Ryan 27 BORA - hansgrohe ,,
100 132 BOUWMAN Koen 28 Jumbo-Visma ,,
101 186 MÄRKL Niklas 22 Team DSM ,,
102 25 THWAITES Scott 32 Alpecin-Fenix ,,
103 141 DRIZNERS Jarrad 22 Lotto Soudal ,,
104 74 LANGEVELD Sebastian 37 EF Education-EasyPost ,,
105 136 VAN EMDEN Jos 37 Jumbo-Visma ,,
106 173 GROVES Kaden 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 0:34
107 94 GUARNIERI Jacopo 34 Groupama - FDJ 0:35
108 183 BOL Cees 26 Team DSM ,,
109 103 PLAPP Luke 21 INEOS Grenadiers ,,
110 123 DOWSETT Alex 33 Israel - Premier Tech 1:08
111 165 STEELS Stijn 32 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team ,,
112 177 STEWART Campbell 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:18
113 176 O'BRIEN Kelland 23 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:25
114 167 VERNON Ethan 21 Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 1:32
115 174 HOWSON Damien 29 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 1:38
116 187 NIEUWENHUIS Joris 26 Team DSM 1:40
117 81 KOCHETKOV Pavel 35 Gazprom - RusVelo 1:41
118 95 KONOVALOVAS Ignatas 36 Groupama - FDJ 1:43
119 104 AMADOR Andrey 35 INEOS Grenadiers 1:59
120 105 KWIATKOWSKI Michal 31 INEOS Grenadiers 2:09
121 124 IMPEY Daryl 37 Israel - Premier Tech 2:22
122 47 PRICE-PEJTERSEN Johan 22 Bahrain - Victorious 3:33
123 5 BJERG Mikkel 23 UAE Team Emirates ,,
124 172 BEWLEY Sam 34 Team BikeExchange - Jayco 3:46
125 93 DAVY Clément 23 Groupama - FDJ 5:19