Elia Viviani (Quick-Step Floors) wygrał sprint w finale drugiego odcinka ścigania w Zjednoczonych Emiratach Arabskich. Liderem pozostał drugi na mecie Dylan Groenewegen (LottoNL-Jumbo).
Podium uzupełnił Riccardo Minali (Astana).
W zawiązanej zaraz po starcie ucieczce tak jak wczoraj zameldowali się Nathan Van Hooydonck (BMC Racing), Charles Planet (Novo Nordisk) i Mohammed Yousif Al Mansoori (reprezentacja ZEA), którym tym razem towarzyszyli Nicolas Edet (Cofidis), Fuwen Xue (Mitchelton-BikeExchange) i Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE Team Emirates).
Szóstka dostała 5 minut do obrony. 50 kilometrów przed metą pozostała z tego minuta, co obniżyło morale harcowników. Van Hooydonck dał za wygraną, Mirza Al-Hammadi i Yousif Al Mansoori wkrótce poszli w jego ślady.
Różnica ponownie podskoczyła, osiągając 2:30. Ekipa Katusha-Alpecin podkręciła tempo, natomiast koszulki Quick-Step po defekcie asystowały Vivianiemu.
Na 10 kilometrów przed finiszem ucieczka została skasowana. Z rozpędzonego peletonu na ostatniej prostej wyskoczył Jakub Mareczko (Wilier Triestina), który spełnił rolę spłoszonego zająca. Najlepszy timing i szybkość wykazał obchodzący dziś 29-urodziny Viviani, w pełni rewanżując się Groenewegenowi za porażkę na pierwszym odcinku.
1 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 4:34:31 2 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 3 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 5 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 6 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 8 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 9 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 11 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12 Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 13 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 14 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 15 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 16 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 17 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 18 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 19 Lo?c Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 20 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 21 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 22 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 23 Nazaerbieke Bieken (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 24 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 25 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 26 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 27 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 28 Amund Gr?ndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 29 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 30 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 31 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 32 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 33 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 34 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 35 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 36 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 37 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 38 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 39 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 40 Nasser Almemari (UAE) UAE National Team 41 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 42 Xialong Sun (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 43 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 44 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 45 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 46 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 47 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 48 Brad Huff (USA) Rally Cycling 49 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data 50 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) UAE National Team 51 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 52 Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates 53 Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling 54 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 55 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 56 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 57 Moh Almaurawwi Alblooshi (UAE) UAE National Team 58 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 59 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 60 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 61 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 62 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 63 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 64 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 65 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 66 Majed Albloushi (UAE) UAE National Team 67 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling 68 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 69 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 70 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 71 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 72 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 73 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 74 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 00:20 75 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 76 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 00:23 77 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:26 78 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 79 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 80 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:31 81 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 82 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 00:32 83 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 00:36 84 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 00:42 85 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 86 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 87 Khalid Mayouf (UAE) UAE National Team 88 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 00:44 89 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 90 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 91 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 92 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 93 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 00:51 94 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:58 95 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 01:18 96 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 01:37 97 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 98 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 01:40 99 Saif Alkaabi (UAE) UAE National Team 01:43 100 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 01:47 101 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 102 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 02:06 103 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 02:12 104 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 105 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 106 Mohammed Almansoori (UAE) UAE National Team 03:31 107 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 108 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 05:08 109 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 05:36 DNS Wenhui Bi (Chn) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange
1 Dylan Groenewegen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 8:25:50 2 Elia Viviani (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 00:02 3 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:09 4 Magnus Cort (Den) Astana Pro Team 00:10 5 Riccardo Minali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:12 6 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:16 7 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 9 John Degenkolb (Ger) Trek-Segafredo 10 Jacob Hennessy (GBr) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 11 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 12 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 13 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 14 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 15 Lo?c Vliegen (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16 Andrea Peron (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 17 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 18 Mehdi Benhamouda (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 19 Brian Kamstra (Ned) Team Novo Nordisk 20 Michel Kreder (Ned) Aqua Blue Sport 21 Robert Stannard (Aus) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 22 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 23 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 24 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 25 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 26 Toms Skujins (Lat) Trek-Segafredo 27 Nazaerbieke Bieken (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 28 Amanuel Ghebreigzabhier (Eri) Dimension Data 29 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 30 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 31 Julien Vermote (Bel) Dimension Data 32 Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling 33 Simone Consonni (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 34 Matthias Brändle (Aut) Trek-Segafredo 35 Rick Zabel (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 36 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 37 Anass Ait El Abdia (Mar) UAE Team Emirates 38 Timo Roosen (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 39 Brad Huff (USA) Rally Cycling 40 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 41 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling 42 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek-Segafredo 43 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 44 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 45 Jakub Mareczko (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 00:28 46 Luca Pacioni (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 47 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 48 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit 00:36 49 Boy van Poppel (Ned) Trek-Segafredo 50 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 00:42 51 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:47 52 Amund Gr?ndahl Jansen (Nor) LottoNL-Jumbo 00:52 53 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 54 Umberto Poli (Ita) Team Novo Nordisk 01:00 55 Filippo Ganna (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 01:10 56 Eugert Zhupa (Alb) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 01:12 57 David Per (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 01:16 58 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 01:18 59 Jaber Almansoori (UAE) UAE National Team 01:27 60 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:38 61 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 01:46 62 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 63 Marco Coledan (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 01:48 64 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 01:55 65 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 02:03 66 Thomas Leezer (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 02:19 67 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 02:29 68 Liam Bertazzo (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Italia 02:34 69 Christopher Williams (Aus) Team Novo Nordisk 02:51 70 Moh Almaurawwi Alblooshi (UAE) UAE National Team 71 Majed Albloushi (UAE) UAE National Team 72 Samuel Jenner (Aus) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 03:06 73 Daniel Navarro Garcia (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 74 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Cofidis, Solutions Cred 03:29 75 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 03:33 76 Matteo Bono (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 03:38 77 Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team 03:44 78 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 79 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 80 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 81 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 82 Jay Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 03:48 83 Quentin Valognes (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 84 Maximilian Schachmann (Ger) Quick-Step Floors 03:55 85 Eugenio Alafaci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 03:58 86 Bert-Jan Lindeman (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 04:16 87 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 04:20 88 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 04:25 89 Simone Bevilacqua (Ita) Wilier Triestina-Selle Ita 04:31 90 Bram Tankink (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo 04:43 91 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Dimension Data 04:46 92 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 05:20 93 Xialong Sun (Chn) Mitchelton-BikeExchange 94 Saif Alkaabi (UAE) UAE National Team 05:27 95 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 05:44 96 Nasser Almemari (UAE) UAE National Team 06:07 97 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 07:06 98 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 07:11 99 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 07:17 100 Truls Korsaeth (Nor) Astana Pro Team 07:28 101 Khalid Mayouf (UAE) UAE National Team 07:45 102 Ivan Garcia (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 08:45 103 Fuwen Xue (Chn) Mitchelton-Bikeexchange 08:52 104 Marco Mathis (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 09:12 105 Zhandos Bizhigitov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 09:18 106 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 10:03 107 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 11:28 108 Mohammed Almansoori (UAE) UAE National Team 11:29 109 Charles Planet (Fra) Team Novo Nordisk 11:59