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Abu Dhabi Tour - Dennis wins ITT Stage [24-02-18 18:04 by staff GoNBike.com] 

Dennis powers to time trial victory and GC lead
ITT World Champion Tom Dumoulin hampered by a mechanical.
Tomorrow, the last and decisive stage, with summit finish at Jebel Hafeet

Al Maryah Island, 24 February 2018 – Triple Australian Champion for Individual Time Trial Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) claimed Stage 4 in the windy streets of Abu Dhabi as he clocked the 12.6km course 14 seconds faster than Spanish champion Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky) and 16 seconds faster than his compatriot and team-mate Miles Scotson while the other favorite, World Champion Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb) suffered a mechanical and lost 31 seconds after he scored the best intermediate time check with an advantage of one second over Dennis who will start the conclusive stage up to Jabel Hafeet in the Red Jersey.

STAGE RESULT
1 - Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team) 12.6km in 14’21”, average speed 52.682km/h
2 - Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky) at 14”
3 - Miles Scotson (BMC Racing Team) at 16”

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION
1 - Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team)
2 - Jonathan Castroviejo (Team Sky) at 14”
3 - Miles Scotson (BMC Racing Team) at 16”

JERSEYS

The Red Jersey, sponsored by the Al Maryah Island (General individual classification by time) - Rohan Dennis (BMC Racing Team)
The Green Jersey, sponsored by Emirates Post (General individual classification by points) - Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors)
The White Jersey, sponsored by Abu Dhabi Sports Channel (Best Young Rider born after 1 January 1993) - Miles Scotson (BMC Racing Team)
The Black Jersey, sponsored by Etihad Airways (Intermediate Sprint Jersey Classification) - Nikolay Trusov (Gazprom - Rusvelo)

RESS CONFERENCE
Rohan Dennis said in the press conference: “It was never straightforward. We had headwind, crosswind, tailwind… we never knew where it’d come from. Jabel Hafeet is a pretty good climb for me. It’s a hard climb but it suits a TT rider. It’s not a technical run in like we usually find in Europe. We’ll put everything into keeping this Red Jersey. It’d be great for me to win the overall classification of a stage race outside of Australia or America. Obviously, Dumoulin is right up there, but Valverde is probably the most threatening rider. He was strong on the flat, he’ll be dangerous uphill too. Crashing out of the Giro wasn’t great last year, so I’ll have a second crack this year, I’ll just keep cracking away. Everything Dumoulin has done is a confidence booster in what’s possible for me.”
Best young rider Miles Scotson said: “We have four BMC riders in the top 10, Rohan won and I was third so we couldn’t be happier. The course suited me. Shorter time trials still suit me more than long ones at the moment. You can see I lost some time on Rohan. He took 15 seconds out of me in the last 5km or so. With Rohan in this position, it’ll be 100% for him tomorrow. We want to chase the overall. That’s what we’re here for. I’ll give what I can to him.”

::RCS Sport - Press Release::




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