Tour of Dubai Stage 2: World Trade Center > Palm Island Atlantis, 121kms

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All attention is on Fernando Alonso and Rui Costa before the start...

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Rui Costa listens in on the Lampre team tactical chat - it's going to be windy out there..!

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The peloton leaves Dubai's skyline behind as it heads out into the desert...

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Diogo Nunes leads an escape with Francesco Mancebo and Jakobus Smit...

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Trek bicycles mounted on a Mercedes car - Dubai has a lot of money to offer this race..!

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Ryder Hesjedal is competing his first race of the year in Dubai...

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USA's Lawson Craddock is riding his first days as a new professional...

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Taylor Phinney is wearing his first race-leader's jersey of the year...

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Ewen Huffman is enjoying the start to his second year as a 'pro...

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Peter Sagan can climb and he can sprint - and he's the greatest threat to Phinney's overall hopes here...

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The peloton finds itself in a mini-sandstorm on the highways around Dubai...

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Fabio Silvestre loads up with bottles as the riders' throats begin to dry up...

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BMC chases into the wind, the gap is about three minutes now...

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Janez Brajkovic and Vincenzo Nibali are more interested in tomorrow's 'mountain' stage...

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The peloton passes a fancy-looking sports stadium about 50-kilometres into the stage...

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Fabian Cancellara looks cool, calm and happy on his second day of racing this year...

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Rui Costa looks cool, calm and very determined today...

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Nunes, Mancebo and Smit are still two minutes ahead, but not for much longer...

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Luca Paoloini still has that beard left over from 2013...

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BMC is still chasing into the wind as the race heads towards the coast with 50-kilometres to go...

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Mancebo and Smit have moved clear of Nunes in the last 20-kilometres...

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The pelotonhas swept up the escape and does a tour of the posh areas of Dubai on its way to the finale...

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Thor Hushovd makes a wheel change in the last 15-kilometres...

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Omega-Pharma starts to set-up the sprint for Mark Cavendish...

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Young Craddock is earning his pay by leading the Giant-Shimano train...

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Marcel Kittel wins stage two from Sagan and Phinney, so no change overall..!

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