Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 2
Elia Viviani is talking tactics with his Team Sky teamates at the start...
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The stage is named after the Nations Towers, so let's start beneath the Nations Towers...
Jens Keukeleire is in the escape for the second-successive day and trying to keep his black jersey...
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The peloton is alkready chasing as it passes the huge Mosque of Sheikh Zayed...
Jan Polenc is in the escape and helping to keep it two minutes ahead...
The races crosses the Sheikh Zayed bridge on its way out of Abu Dhabi...
John Degenkolb is weating the points jersey, on loan from race-leader Giacomo Nizzolo...
Race-leader Giacomo Nizzolo is having a full-on laugh with Filippo Pozzato and Viviani as the short stage unravels before them...
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Mark Cavendish is nervous - he wants his cleats tightened in anticipation of the sprint finish...
Cavendish patiently awaits for the Dimension Data mechanic to do his job...
Cleaned, polished, and with cleats tightened, Cavendish gets his left shoe back as the peloton speeds up in front...
Jesus Hernandez is modelling the Tinkoff training kit in Abu Dhabi - to signify the team's last-ever race...
Dion Smith is also in the escape for the second day running, he wants to become the race's best-young rider at the end...
Niccolo Bonifazio is chasing hard for Trek and Nizzolo, but the gap has crept up to two minutes again...
The peloton speeds beneath the Hydra 55 Towers on Reem Island, but the escape is still well away...
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The escape is over with 500-metres left - so Cavendish goes against Viviani for the stage-win...
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Mark Cavendish wins stage two from Viviani and Guardini..!
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Mark Cavendish is the new race-leader, and very happy about it as well..!