Nizzolo beats Degenkolb and Cavendish in Abu Dhabi opener
Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) showed that he is in great form late in the season when he rode to a dominant victory in the bunch sprint on the first stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour.
The Italian positioned himself perfectly behind Ramon Sinkeldam (Giant-Alpecin) and after a long sprint he easily held off John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) and Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) to take both the win and the first leader’s jersey.
With the win, Nizzolo is the first leaders of the race with a 4-second advantage over Degenkolb. He will try to make it two in a row in tomorrow’s second stage which is equally and takes place in the city of Abu Dhabi where another bunch sprint is expected.
Abu Dhabi Tour 2016 – stage 1 results:
| 1 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) |
3:15:59 |
| 2 | John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin) |
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| 3 | Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) |
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| 4 | Magnus Cort Nielsen (Orica-BikeExchange) |
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| 5 | Christopher Latham (WIGGINS) |
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| 6 | Michael Kolar (Tinkoff) |
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| 7 | Romain Maikin (Gazprom-RusVelo) |
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| 8 | Marco Coleman (Trek-Segafredo) |
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| 9 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (BMC) |
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| 10 | Ramon Sinkeldam (Giant-Alpecin) |
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