Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The Tinkoff team waves to the crowds before the start - today is the team's last race, ever...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
An escape goes clear on the very first lap of the Yas Marina Foruma 1 circuit...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Sergei Firsanov leads the five-man escape away, they're quickly gaining ground over the peloton...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The peloton is flying along too, but there's almost three hours still to go...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
There's about 30-minutes of daylight left before the stage becomes a nocturnal affair...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The sun is slowly setting over the Abu Dhabi peloton - and therefore over the entire 2016 season...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The five escapers enjoy the dying embers of a glorious sunset, their destiny far from certain today...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Yauheni Sobal is the Minsk cyclist in the escape and enjoying the limelight for once...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
That's it, the sun has gone, sending the circuit and its cyclists into darkness...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The peloton passes beneath the Viceroy hotel for the eighth of twenty-six laps...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Kristian House is becoming the stronger cyclist in the escape - he's helped to eek out a three-minute advantage for the group...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Tanel Kangert can afford to let the others tow him along tonight, his overall lead is unlikely to be challenged...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The Viceroy hotel is the only visible landmark on the dark landscape...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Nicholas Roche is less than one hour away from finishing his time at Team Sky...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
The silent peloton corners on a Formula 1 circuit normally frequented by noisy grand prix cars...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
House is still taking the longest turns in the escape, one of the reasons why there's still a three-minute gap...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Mark Cavendish is having a laugh with both teamates and rivals as Dimension Data start to chase in earnest...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Michael Matthews has swapped his sprinting ambitions for a role as protector of Jens Keukeleire this evening...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Owain Doull has had a busy week learning the art of a professional cyclist - bigger races await him in 2017..!
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Elia Viviani has very little left to learn as one of the worlds top sprinters - and potential winner tonight...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
It's as dark as night out there but the lights of the Yas Marina circuit make it seem like daylight...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Dimension Data are slowly closing the gap on the escapers...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Cavendish has stopped smiling for now, we're into the last 30 minutes of the race..!
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
House has split the escape up, leaving him, Frison and Paluta clear of the others...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
It's a select sprint between Cavendish, Nizzolo, Viviani and Nielsen...
Abu Dhabi Tour - Stage 4
Tanel Kangerts celebrates his biggest win with Nicholas Roche and Diego Ulissi