Mistrz Włoch Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) wygrał po finiszu z peletonu pierwszy etap 2. Abu Dhabi Tour.
Drugie miejsce wywalczył John Degenkolb (Giant-Alpecin), a podium uzupełnił Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data).
Ucieczkę na pustynnej autostradzie zestawili Jens Keukeleire, Michael Matthews (Orica-BikeExchange), Dion Smith (One Pro Cycling) i Gatis Smukulis (Astana). Czwórka zdobyła 4 minuty przewagi.
Peleton nieco przysnął, dlatego 15 kilometrów przed metą różnica wynosiła sporo, bo 1:53, ale silny podmuchy wiatru sprzyjały pościgowi. Wielka grupa, przy współudziale kolarzy CCC Sprandi, wchłonęła harcowników 7 kilometrów przed kreską.
Na ostatniej prostej najszybszy okazał się Nizzolo, który wyraźnie pokonał Degenkolba i Cavendisha.
1 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3:15:59 2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 4 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 5 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team WIGGINS 6 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 7 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 8 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 9 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 10 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 11 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 12 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 13 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team WIGGINS 14 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 15 Yousif Alhammadi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 16 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 17 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 18 Siarhei Papok (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 19 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 20 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 21 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:03 22 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 23 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 24 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 25 Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 26 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 27 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 28 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 30 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 31 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 32 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 33 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 34 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 35 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre - Merida 36 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 37 Stanislau Bazhkou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 38 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 39 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 40 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) Nasr Dubai 41 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 42 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 43 Anton Ivashkin (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 44 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 45 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 46 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 47 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 49 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 50 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 51 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 52 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Lampre - Merida 53 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 54 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 55 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 56 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 57 Łukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 58 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team 59 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 60 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 61 Majid Albalushi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 62 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 63 Michael O'loughlin (Irl) Team WIGGINS 64 Yauheni Sobal (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 65 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 66 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 67 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 68 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Team WIGGINS 69 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 70 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 71 Ahmed Almansoori (UAE) Nasr Dubai 72 Oleksandr Golovash (Ukr) Minsk Cycling Club 73 Badr Alhammadi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 74 Kanstantsin Klimiankou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 75 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 76 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 00:14 77 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 78 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:16 79 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 00:20 80 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 81 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 82 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 83 James Knox (GBr) Team WIGGINS 84 Samuel Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 85 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 00:24 86 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 87 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 88 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 89 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 90 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 91 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 92 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS 93 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 00:31 94 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:50 95 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:15 96 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 01:26 97 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:34 98 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 01:51 100 Michał Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:03 101 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 04:32 102 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 103 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 104 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 105 Nasser Almemari (UAE) Nasr Dubai 106 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal DNS Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast
1 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 3:15:49 2 John Degenkolb (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:04 3 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 00:06 4 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica-BikeExchange 00:07 5 Dion Smith (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 00:09 6 Magnus Cort Nielsen (Den) Orica-BikeExchange 00:10 7 Christopher Latham (GBr) Team WIGGINS 8 Michal Kolár (Svk) Tinkoff Team 9 Roman Maikin (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 10 Marco Coledan (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 11 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 12 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 13 Erik Baska (Svk) Tinkoff Team 14 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 15 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team WIGGINS 16 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 17 Yousif Alhammadi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 18 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 19 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 20 Siarhei Papok (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 21 Alexander Kolobnev (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 22 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 23 Michael Matthews (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 00:12 24 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Soudal 00:13 25 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Movistar Team 26 Hayden McCormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 27 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Team Sky 28 Alan Banaszek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 29 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 30 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 32 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 33 Diego Ulissi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 34 Nicolas Roche (Irl) Team Sky 35 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 36 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 37 Dayer Quintana (Col) Movistar Team 38 Jan Polanc (Slo) Lampre - Merida 39 Stanislau Bazhkou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 40 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 41 Juraj Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff Team 42 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) Nasr Dubai 43 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 44 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 45 Anton Ivashkin (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 46 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Astana Pro Team 47 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 48 Koen De Kort (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 49 Maciej Paterski (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 50 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 51 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 52 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Lampre - Merida 53 Carlos Verona (Spa) Orica-BikeExchange 54 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 55 Alberto Contador (Spa) Tinkoff Team 56 Edward Ravasi (Ita) Lampre - Merida 57 Łukasz Owsian (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 58 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff Team 59 Evgeny Shalunov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 60 Martijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 61 Majid Albalushi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 62 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 63 Michael O'loughlin (Irl) Team WIGGINS 64 Yauheni Sobal (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 65 Sergey Firsanov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 66 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 67 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 68 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Team WIGGINS 69 Jesus Hernandez (Spa) Tinkoff Team 70 Carlos Betancur (Col) Movistar Team 71 Ahmed Almansoori (UAE) Nasr Dubai 72 Oleksandr Golovash (Ukr) Minsk Cycling Club 73 Badr Alhammadi (UAE) Nasr Dubai 74 Kanstantsin Klimiankou (Blr) Minsk Cycling Club 75 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 76 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 00:24 77 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 78 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:26 79 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica-BikeExchange 00:30 80 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Lotto Soudal 81 Jelle Vanendert (Bel) Lotto Soudal 82 Jan Hirt (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 83 James Knox (GBr) Team WIGGINS 84 Samuel Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 85 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 00:34 86 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 87 Matteo Draperi (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Southeast 88 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 89 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 90 Artem Nych (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 91 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 92 Andrew Tennant (GBr) Team WIGGINS 93 Andrei Solomennikov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 00:41 94 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:00 95 Niccolo Bonifazio (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:25 96 Owain Doull (GBr) Team Sky 01:36 97 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:44 98 Michał Kwiatkowski (Pol) Team Sky 99 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 02:01 100 Michał Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:13 101 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 04:41 102 Thomas De Gendt (Bel) Lotto Soudal 04:42 103 Frederik Frison (Bel) Lotto Soudal 104 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 105 Nasser Almemari (UAE) Nasr Dubai 106 Sander Armee (Bel) Lotto Soudal