Rui Costa claims Abu Dhabi Tour victory
Sunday 26 February 2017 19:12, UK
Portugal's Rui Costa held on safely to win the Abu Dhabi Tour on Sunday as Caleb Ewan took the final stage in a sprint finish.
Costa, riding for the home-based Team Emirates, had a four-second lead going into the final day staged on Abu Dhabi's Formula 1 circuit and finished comfortably in the pack.
Orica-Scott's Ewan of Australia held off Briton Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Germany's Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) in a bunch sprint after 143 km of racing.
Former world road champion Costa, 30, had taken control of the race on Saturday when he outsprinted Russian Ilnur Zakarin to win the third stage after an 11km climb to the finish.
Final Classification from Abu Dhabi Tour on Sunday:
1. Rui Costa (Portugal / UAE Team Emirates) 15:42:21"
2. Ilnur Zakarin (Russia / Katusha) +4"
3. Tom Dumoulin (Netherlands / Sunweb) +16"
4. Bauke Mollema (Netherlands / Trek) +38"
5. Julian Alaphilippe (France / Quick-Step) +53"
6. Rafal Majka (Poland / BORA) +56"
7. George Bennett (New Zealand / LottoNL)
8. Fabio Aru (Italy / Astana)
9. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy / AG2R)
10. Patrick Konrad (Austria / BORA) +1:07"
