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Cycling - Rui Costa takes lead in Abu Dhabi Tour

Published 25/02/2017, 14:16
Updated 25/02/2017, 14:20
Cycling - Rui Costa takes lead in Abu Dhabi Tour

ABU DHABI (Reuters) - Portugal's Rui Costa snatched the overall lead of the Abu Dhabi Tour on Saturday after powering to victory in the third stage.

Costa, riding for home-based Team Emirates, beat Katusha-Alpecin's Russian rider Ilnur Zakarin in a sprint after an 11-km climb to the finish of the 186-km mainly flat stage.

The 30-year-old former world road champion leads Zakarin by four seconds going into the final day around the local Formula One circuit and, barring a crash, looks set to claim victory.

A five-man breakaway built up a lead of five minutes through the desert but was reeled in 15km from the end when Costa and Zakarin attacked the peloton and forged ahead.

Dutchman Tom Dumoulin attempted to chase them down but could not bridge the gap and had to settle for third as the two leaders fought out the stage victory on top of the Jebel Hafeet mountain.

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