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Abu Dhabi Tour Stages 1-5 Results and Final GC – Canada’s Woods 19th Overall

by pedalmag.com
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February 27, 2018 (Jabel Hafeet, Abu Dhabi) – Canada’s Michael Woods (EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale) kicked off of his 2018 season with a 19th-place GC finish at the 5-stage Abu Dhabi Tour, Feb. 21-25, won by Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team. Woods had a strong finish on the final stage this past weekend placing 18th to move into the top 20 overall.

Results

Stage 1 – Feb. 21 – Madinat Zayed – 189km
1. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 4:48:24
2. Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF
3. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
4. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
5. Daniel McLay (Gbr) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
6. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
7. Michael Bresciani (Ita) Bardiani CSF
8. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
9. Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal

66. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
123. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott

Stage 2 – Feb. 22 – Yas Mall to Yas Beach – 154km
1. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 3:15:30
2. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
3. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Kristoffer Halvorsen (Nor) Team Sky
5. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
6. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb
7. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
8. Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Bahrain-Merida
9. Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
10. Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data

48. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
79. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott

Stage 3 – Feb. 23 – Nation Towers to Big Flag – 133km
1. Phil Bauhaus (Ger) Team Sunweb 3:02:55
2. Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
3. Pascal Ackermann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe
4. Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors
5. Caleb Ewan (Aus) Mitchelton-Scott
6. André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal
7. Rudy Barbier (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale
8. Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates
9. Danny van Poppel (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo
10. Andrea Guardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF

32. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale
125. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 0:32

Stage 4 – Feb. 24 – Al Maryan Island (ITT) – 12.6km
1. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 14:21
2. Jonathan Castroviejo (Esp) Team Sky 00:14
3. Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 00:16
4. Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:16
5. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:17
6. Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:17
7. Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 00:22
8. Patrick Bevin (Nzl) BMC Racing Team 00:24
9. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 00:27
10. Alex Dowsett (Gbr) Katusha-Alpecin 00:29

50. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 01:06
72. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 01:25

Stage 5 – Feb. 25 – Al Ain to Jabel Hafeet – 199km
1. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 4:38:47
2. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team
3. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 00:15
4. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe
5. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb
6. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:37
7. Niklas Eg (Den) Trek-Segafredo 00:47
8. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:55
9. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
10. Antwan Tolhoek (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo

18. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 01:26
121. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 13:42

Final GC
1. Alejandro Valverde (Esp) Movistar Team 16:00:11
2. Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb 00:17
3. Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 00:29
4. Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 00:31
5. Rafal Majka (Pol) Bora-Hansgrohe 00:45
6. Davide Formolo (Ita) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:13
7. Diego Ulissi (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:18
8. Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 01:28
9. Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 01:29
10. Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Hansgrohe 01:37

19. Michael Woods (Can) EF Education First-Drapac p/b Cannondale 02:36
107. Svein Tuft (Can) Mitchelton-Scott 15:06





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