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Australian rider Dennis wins Tour of Abu Dhabi stage

Race finishes on Sunday with a 199-kilometre stage that includes a 10.8-kilometre climb up Jebel Hafeet

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BMC rider Rohan Dennis celebrates on the podium after his victory during the fourth stage of the Abu Dhabi cycling tour in the Emirati capital on February 24, 2018.
BMC rider Rohan Dennis celebrates on the podium after his victory during the fourth stage of the Abu Dhabi cycling tour in the Emirati capital on February 24, 2018.

Rohan Dennis won the fourth stage of the Abu Dhabi Tour on Saturday after time-trial world champion Tom Dumoulin, a Dutchman with Sunweb, suffered mechanical trouble.

Dennis, an Australian who rides for BMC, covered the 12-kilometre course in 14 min 21 sec ahead of Team Sky’s Spanish rider Jonathan Castroviejo and fellow Australian and BMC teammate Miles Scotson.

The race finishes on Sunday with a 199-kilometre stage that includes a 10.8-kilometre climb up Jebel Hafeet, which rises to more than a kilometre of altitude.

Fourth stage standings: 1. Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) 14min 21sec, 2. Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP/SKY) at 14sec, 3. Miles Scotson (AUS/BMC) at 16, 4. Jos Van Emden (NED/TLJ) at 16, 5. Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN) at 16

Overall standings: 1. Rohan Dennis (AUS/BMC) 11hr 21min 10sec, 2. Jonathan Castroviejo (ESP/SKY) at 14sec, 3. Miles Scotson (AUS/BMC) at 16, 4. Jos Van Emden (NED/TLJ) at 16, 5. Wilco Kelderman (NED/SUN) at 16.

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