BDC Mag

Alla fine dell’ultima tappa del primo Abu-Dhabi Tour, vinta in volata dall’italiano Elia Viviani (Sky) il quale ha vinto anche la maglia verde della classifica a punti, è stato Esteban Chaves, colombiano della Orica-GreenEdge, a vincere la classifica generale. Precedendo di 16″ un altro italiano, Fabio Aru. Chaves ha vinto anche la maglia bianca di miglior giovane.

STAGE RESULT

1 – Elia Viviani (Team Sky) 110 km in 2h22’43”, average speed 46.245 km/h

2 – Peter Sagan (Tinkoff – Saxo) s.t.

3 – Andrea Guardini (Astana Pro Team) s.t.

GENERAL CLASSIFICATION

1 – Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEDGE)

2 – Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team) at 16″

3 – Wouter Poels (Team Sky) at 27″

JERSEYS

• RED JERSEY, sponsored by ADNOC (General Classification by time) – Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEDGE)
• GREEN JERSEY, sponsored by ABU DHABI SPORTS COUNCIL (General Classification by points) – Elia Viviani (Team Sky)
• WHITE JERSEY, sponsored by THE NATIONAL (Best Young Rider, born after 1 January 1990) – Esteban Chaves (Orica GreenEDGE)
• BLACK JERSEY, sponsored by ETIHAD AIRWAYS (Intermediate Sprint Jersey Classification) – Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling)

Alla sera è seguito l’UCI Cycling Gala, durante il quale sono stati premiati i migliori corridori, squadre e nazioni dell’anno sportivo appena terminato.

Ecco i premi:

2015 UCI Cycling Gala award recipients

1st, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Alejandro Valverde (Movistar Team)

2nd, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Joaquin Rodriguez (Team Katusha)

3rd, UCI WorldTour Individual Classification: Nairo Quintana (Movistar Team)

1st, UCI WorldTour Team Classification: Movistar Team

1st, UCI WorldTour Nation Classification: Spain 

Men’s Elite UCI Road Race World Champion: Peter Sagan (Slovakia)

Men’s Elite UCI Individual Time Trial World Champion: Vasil Kiryienka (Belarus)

Men’s Elite UCI Team Time Trial Champions: BMC Racing Team

Men’s UCI Hour Record Holder: Bradley Wiggins (Great Britain)

Women’s UCI Hour Record Holder: Molly Shaffer Van Houwelling (USA)

Fair Play (awarded by the Abu Dhabi Sports Council): Tom Dumoulin (Team Giant – Alpecin)

Squadra piu’ amichevole con i media (awarded by the International Association of Cycling Journalists): Team Giant – Alpecin

Miglior giornalista ciclistico: Jean-Paul Ollivier (France)

Giro d’Italia winner: Alberto Contador (Tinkoff – Saxo)

Tour de France winner: Christopher Froome (Team Sky)

Vuelta a España winner: Fabio Aru (Astana Pro Team)