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Abu Dhabi Tour (2017) Photos February 23 - 26

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Stage 0:  Pre-Race/ Training and Press Conference  Full Results and Report






































Stage 1:  Madinat Zayed → Madinat Zayed, 189 km  Full Results and Report
















Depleted sprint finish back in Madinat Zayed after a crash with 1 km to go


Mark CAVENDISH (DIMENSION DATA) wins Stage 1 ahead of 2nd André GREIPEL (LOTTO SOUDAL) and 3rd Niccolo' BONIFAZIO (BAHRAIN - MERIDA)


















At the press conference, the stage winner and first race leader Mark Cavendish (Team Dimension Data) said: 'Today we did our tactical homework. We studied the finale from this stage last year. We did it all wrong last year. We really studied last year and we did the opposite. In the end it went exactly as we planned in team meeting. I didn't really have to do anything.'

Stage 2:  Abu Dhabi → Abu Dhabi, 153 km  Full Results and Report






















An all-star sprint finish

Close-up. Caleb Ewan gets more aero than Mark Cavendish.

Premature victory salute by the youngster as Marcel Kittell pips Caleb Ewan for the win. Mark Cavendish was third

Photo finish photo



Better to fire off a victory salute when your certain you have the win












Stage 3:  Hazza Bin Zayed Stadium → Jebel Hafeet, 186 km  Full Results and Report




















Stage 4:  Yas Marina → Yas Marina, 143 km  Full Results and Report