Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors) wygrał 4. edycję Dubai Tour. Obrońca tytułu triumfował również na ostatnim etapie, zbierając w sumie trzy z czterech rozegranych etapów.
Niemiecki sprinter na ostatnich metrach był szybszy od Włochów Elli Vivianiego (Team Sky) i Riccardo Manaliego (Astana).
Wcześniej, po kilku próbach ucieczkę na trasie udało zawiązać się czwórce Dmitriy Gruzdev (Astana), Matteo Bono (UAE Abu Dhabi), Ivan Garcia Cortina (Bahrain-Merida) i Floris Gerts (BMC Racing).
Harcownicy wypracowali półtorej minuty i to było maksimum na co pozwolił peleton. 10 kilometrów przed metą akcja obiegła końca, a zespoły rozpoczęły “tańce” przed finiszową rozgrywką.
Na końcu po raz trzeci bezdyskusyjne zwycięstwo odniósł 28-letni Kittel, który znakomicie wszedł w tegoroczny sezon startów.
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 2:34:12 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 3 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 6 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 7 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 8 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 11 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 12 Jan Polanc (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 13 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 14 Thomas Stewart (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 15 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 00:03 16 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 17 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina 18 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 19 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 20 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 21 Yousef Mirza (UAE) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 22 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 23 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 24 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 25 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 00:06 26 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 27 Badr Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE) UAE 28 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 29 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 30 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 31 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 32 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 33 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 34 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 35 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 36 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 37 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 38 Lo?c Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 39 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 40 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 41 Joshua Hunt (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 42 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 43 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 44 Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF 45 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 46 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 47 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 48 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 49 Samuel Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 50 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 51 Yousef Almansoori (UAE) UAE 52 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 53 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 54 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 55 Nasser Almemari (UAE) UAE 56 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 57 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) UAE 58 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina 59 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 60 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:14 61 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 62 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 63 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 64 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 65 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 66 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 67 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 68 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 69 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 70 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 71 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 00:17 72 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 73 Simone Consonni (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:19 74 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 00:21 75 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:29 76 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 77 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 78 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 00:31 79 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 80 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:36 81 Majid Albalushi (UAE) UAE 00:38 82 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 83 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina 84 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:41 85 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 86 Ahmed Almansory (UAE) UAE 87 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 00:46 88 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 89 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:47 90 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:50 91 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:53 92 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Team Sky 93 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 94 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 95 Matteo Bono (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 01:04 96 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 01:07 97 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 98 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 99 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 01:22 100 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 01:27 101 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 01:41 102 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 103 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 104 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 105 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:48 106 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 02:04 107 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 108 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 02:07 109 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 110 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina 02:09 111 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina 112 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 02:16 113 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 02:46 114 Saif Mayoof Al Kaabi (UAE) UAE 03:08 115 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 116 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 117 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina 118 Mohammed Almurawwi Alblooshi (UAE) UAE 119 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 120 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 121 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 03:47 122 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina
1 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 15:08:56 2 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:18 3 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 00:20 4 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 00:24 5 Elia Viviani (Ita) Team Sky 6 Thomas Stewart (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 7 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:26 8 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 9 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Da 00:27 10 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Movistar Team 11 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina 00:29 12 Floris Gerts (Ned) BMC Racing Team 13 Yousef Mirza Banihammad (UAE) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 14 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 15 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:30 16 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 17 Paolo Simion (Ita) Bardiani CSF 18 Jan Polanc (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 19 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 20 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:32 21 Lo?c Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 22 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 23 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 00:33 24 Matej Mohoric (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 25 Carlos Barbero (Spa) Movistar Team 26 Marco Maronese (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27 Peter Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 00:35 28 Steele Von Hoff (Aus) ONE Pro Cycling 00:36 29 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Movistar Team 30 Koen De Kort (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 31 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 32 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 33 Karol Domagalski (Pol) ONE Pro Cycling 34 Hayden Mccormick (NZl) ONE Pro Cycling 35 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 36 Arman Kamyshev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 37 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Movistar Team 38 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 39 Enrico Barbin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 40 Joshua Hunt (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 41 Simone Velasco (Ita) Bardiani CSF 42 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 43 Joonas Henttala (Fin) Team Novo Nordisk 44 Cristian Rodriguez (Spa) Wilier Triestina 45 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 46 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 00:44 47 Samuel Sanchez (Spa) BMC Racing Team 48 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 49 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 00:47 50 Simone Consonni (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:49 51 David Lozano (Spa) Team Novo Nordisk 52 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 00:50 53 Winner Anacona (Col) Movistar Team 00:53 54 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 00:57 55 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:59 56 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 57 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:01 58 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 59 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 01:08 60 Juan Jose Lobato (Spa) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:11 61 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 63 Jonathan Dibben (GBr) Team Sky 01:23 64 Fumiyuki Beppu (Jpn) Trek-Segafredo 01:24 65 Amund Grondahl Jansen (Nor) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:25 66 Rory Sutherland (Aus) Movistar Team 01:33 67 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 01:43 68 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 01:44 69 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 02:01 70 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 71 Michał Gołaś (Pol) Team Sky 02:04 72 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 02:05 73 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 02:06 74 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 75 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 02:07 76 Gianni Moscon (Ita) Team Sky 02:11 77 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 02:34 78 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 79 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) UAE 02:36 80 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina 02:39 81 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 02:50 82 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 03:27 83 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 03:34 84 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 03:37 85 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 03:42 86 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 03:45 87 Majid Albalushi (UAE) UAE 03:46 88 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 03:48 89 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 03:59 90 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Dimension Data 04:04 91 Julien Vermote (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 04:10 92 Yousef Almansoori (UAE) UAE 04:23 93 Samuel Williams (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 04:26 94 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina 04:33 95 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 04:57 96 Bram Tankink (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 04:58 97 Héctor Carretero (Spa) Movistar Team 05:07 98 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 05:20 99 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina 05:35 100 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 05:41 101 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 05:58 102 Gerd De Keijzer (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 06:05 103 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 06:06 104 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 06:24 105 Matteo Bono (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 06:29 106 Matteo Busato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 06:43 107 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina 06:52 108 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 07:31 109 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina 07:40 110 Tao Geoghegan Hart (GBr) Team Sky 07:57 111 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 07:59 112 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 08:41 113 Badr Mohamed Ahmed Mohamed Alhammadi (UAE) UAE 08:46 114 Nasser Almemari (UAE) UAE 09:25 115 Michael Gogl (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 09:41 116 Ahmed Almansory (UAE) UAE 09:51 117 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 10:08 118 Kristian House (GBr) ONE Pro Cycling 10:20 119 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Sky 12:19 120 Saif Mayoof Al Kaabi (UAE) UAE 13:11 121 Mohammed Almurawwi Alblooshi (UAE) UAE 14:09 122 Nick Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 14:33