It boasts around ten centimeters between the two. Cavendish retained the lead in the summary, but Kristoff buttoned catching up ahead. Now distinguishes them five seconds.
– luckily spent Cavendish much effort underway. I managed just to keep him behind me, said Kristoff to TV2.
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Tuesday’s stage was at 135 km and went in a XC trail with start and finish at the University of Qatar. There is also a lot of the same course that will be used during the World Cup in October.
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– I know I can win the World Cup, but it can also Cavendish. Today it finish on a slight uphill, which suits me fine. Rounds in the World Cup is flat, which is slightly smaller advantage for me, said the Norwegian.
Did bonus seconds
Edvald Boasson Hagen was fifth on the stage, and advanced to fifth place overall. He has 18 seconds up to teammate Cavendish.
Four riders stuck in the early stage. Lieuwe Westra, Gediminas Bagdonas, Brian Van Goethem and Preben Van Hecke had at most a few minutes lead.
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When the riders were riding in, cracked field into four parts. Kristoff sat in the front of the field and took the first entered the sprint ahead of Boasson Hagen, who defended his captain Mark Cavendish.
Cavendish had ended up in group two and after that four mil was done had Kristoff group gained a lead of 45 seconds. After two hours were the favorites in total.
Youth Jersey
The Belgian Van Hecke had been joined by Gatis Smukulis a new violation. The two took the first places in the next sprint, while Hagen took the latter asked point.
Smukulis was taken again by about five kilometers to the finish. It was kept high speeds in the field towards the finish line. With less than one kilometer left went wrong inside the box and many riders had in the pavement.
Sven Erik Bystrøm set too far ahead in the sprint and avoided crash. He rolled in after 14th place and advanced to 9th place overall. He took it the white youth jersey from Danish Soren Kragh Andersen. (© NTB)
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