Dubai Tour Stage 2: Dubai-Dubai, 184kms

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The peloton passes near Dubai and its spectacular skyline in the opening kilometres..
scenery
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Chung Kai Feng leads a five-man escape away after a rapid first 20-kilometres...
lampre
The escape gets tangled up with the race-organisers car at a tricky intersection...
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The peloton speeds past a Mosque on its way out into the desert...
scenery
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The Dubai Tour passes Silicon Oasis 40-kilometres into the stage...
scenery
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The peloton is cheered on by an unusually big crowd in this modern metropolis...
dubai fans
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Is Mark Cavendish about to quit the race..?!
etixx
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Cavendish has stopped to adjust his 'bars, nothing more serious than that...
etixx mechanic
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Vincenzo Nibali has time to chat with Joachim Rodriguez in a quieter moment...
astana
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Carlos Verona chases for Etixx - Bernhard Eisel is in the escape for Sky and not to be let loose...
etixx
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Janez Brajkovic is riding the Dubai Tour for his new team, United Health Care...
uhc
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Rafaa Chtioui leads the escape into some strong winds, but they have a four-minute lead...
sky dive
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Eisel has dropped out of the escape to give them a chance - he's now fetching water-bottles..
sky
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Yuraj Sagan has crashed - brother Peter would not be impressed..!
crash tinkoff
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The Dubai desert looks a bleak place to have a bike-race, especially when it's 29-degrees C..!
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Chtioui leads what has become a trio of escapers, but they are tiring now...
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Winds has split the peloton as it starts its long return to Dubai and the finish...
echelon wind
A monument to cycling is a sign that Dubai has won itself another sport...
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Michal Kolar has got caught in a crash now, it's just not Tinkoff's day..!
crash tinkoff
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Robert Kiserlovski is also involved in what is an all-Tinkoff affair...
tinkoff
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Chtioui is still out in front in the last 15-kilometres...
uae
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David L:opez chases for Sky and their sprinter, Elia Viviani...
sky
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Viviani is leading his rivals with 20-metres to go...
sky
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Elia Viviani wins stage two of the Dubai Tour but Mark Cavendish remains in first place overall...
sky