Cycling: Rohan Dennis (BMC) won the time trial at the Abu Dhabi. The Australian has thus put himself in an excellent position for the overall standings. In the battle against the clock, he left Jonathan Castroviejo (Sky) and teammate Miles Scotson (BMC) behind. Bitter for Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb): The Dutchman had to change his bike on the short distance and was therefore eliminated as a potential winner of the day. The German Nikias Arndt (Sunweb) presented himself strongly today with seventh place.
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Can't beat Dennis
After it yesterday on the third stage once again came to an extremely exciting mass sprint, today's Abu Dhabi Tour focused on the time trialists. In the fight against the clock, they had to cover 12,6 kilometers on Al Maryah Island. The Australian set a first serious target time Miles Scotson (BMC). But it didn't last long, because just a few minutes later his teammate and compatriot raced Rohan Dennis (BMC) just about the track. The 27-year-old was immediately 16 seconds faster. The time of 14:21 should not be beaten until the end. The Spanish time trial champion was still in second place Jonathan Castroviejo (Sky).
Dumoulin unlucky
Significantly worse than for Rohan Dennis ran the time trial for world champions Tom Dumoulin (Sunweb). The Dutchman was a second quicker than Dennis in the interim time, but after that he had to change his bike. He lost so much time that in the end it was only enough for twelfth place - and that at his premiere in the rainbow jersey. Also bitter in terms of overall standings, where Dumoulin is now 31 seconds behind leader Dennis. For many other classification riders it went even worse without a wheel change. For example Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Rafal Mayka (Bora-hansgrohe) now 40 or 44 seconds behind. Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), on the other hand, has good prospects. The Spaniard is only 24 seconds behind Dennis. wilco kelderman (Sunweb) is only 16 seconds behind. That promises a lot of excitement for tomorrow's mountain stage...
Dennis wins tijdrit Abu Dhabi Tour, unlucky with streep by classification ambities Dumoulin https://t.co/3qn563Hyyw #Indeleiderstrui pic.twitter.com/SoO6Y5AA79
— In de tragestrui (@IndeLeiderstrui) 24. February 2018
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