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• Date: 24 February 2017
• Start time: 11:05
• Avg. speed winner: 44.1 km/h
• Race category: ME - Men Elite
• Distance: 153 km
• Points scale: 2.WT.Stage
• UCI scale: UCI.WR.C3.Stage - TM2022
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• ProfileScore: 0
• Vert. meters: 136
• Departure: Al Maryah Island
• Arrival: Big Flag
• Race ranking: 0
• Startlist quality score: 839
• Won how: Sprint of 127 riders
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Nibali, Aru, Quintana, Contador, Mollema, Bardet and more head to the Middle East

The Abu Dhabi Tour returns this week for its second edition in the space of four months. What started out in 2015 as a season-ending affair has now become part of a February festival of Middle Eastern racing, with the new slot in the calendar going with its newly acquired WorldTour status.

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The move to February will mean cooler conditions than the furnace in which the first two editions were held, giving organisers the opportunity to be more creative with the race route in the future – though the format remains largely unchanged this year.

There will be a stage in the desert and a stage in the city, both for the sprinters, before the GC men come to the fore on day three for the Jebel Hafeet summit finish. Both men who have won atop the climb – Esteban Chaves in 2015 and Tanel Kangert in 2016 – went on to lift the overall trophy the following day after a showpiece final stage under the lights of the Formula 1 Yas Marina circuit.

What has changed is the calibre of riders on the start line. The three flat stages have attracted a stellar cast of sprinters, while the fact that there’s just one hilly stage hasn’t deterred a raft of top names from the GC ranks.

Indeed, almost every top contender for the Giro d’Italia will be in Abu Dhabi.

Reigning Giro champion Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) will get a first taste of racing against his compatriot and former teammate Fabio Aru (Astana), while Movistar's Nairo Quintana is the other former Grand Tour winner on the start line. The Colombian is laying the foundations for his audacious Giro-Tour double attempt.

Bauke Mollema (Trek-Segafredo) will be looking to build on his overall victory at the Vuelta a San Juan last month, while Tom Dumoulin (Team Sunweb), Tejay Van Garderen (BMC Racing) and Steven Kruijswijk (LottoNl-Jumbo), who came agonisingly close to winning the Giro last year, are others who will be in the frame in May.

There are non-Giro-bound stars, too, with two of the big favourites for the Tour de France in Romain Bardet (AG2R-La Mondiale) and Alberto Contador (Trek-Segafredo). The latter was a late addition to the line-up as he looks to hone his condition. Ilnur Zakarin (Katusha-Alpecin) and Rafal Majka (Bora-Hansgrohe) are two more who've had strong performances in recent Grand Tours, and the latter will be riding his first stage race for his new team.

Of course, with just one climb so crucial, you don’t need to be a pure GC rider to win, and there are plenty of other strong climbers, including Kenny Elissonde (Team Sky) and Astana's defending champion Kangert.

The sprint stages will see the majority of the world’s top fast men go head-to-head, with Marcel Kittel (Quick-Step Floors), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Elia Viviani (Team Sky) resuming their battles from the Dubai Tour.

Andre Greipel (Lotto Soudal) is also in attendance, while Caleb Ewan (Orica-Scott), after cleaning up at Tour Down Under, is set for a real test now that others have had a chance to catch up with their form and training.

With the cobwebs having been blown away, Abu Dhabi will be a key test for the sprinters to see how they measure up against each other, and while the likes of Kittel and Greipel have already got the ball rolling this term, Cavendish and Viviani will no doubt be eager to get that first win on the board.

The move to February has allowed organisers to increase the overall distances of the stages, but the format of the race – with two flat stages, the Jebel Hafeet summit finish, and the night-time finale on the Yas Marina Formula 1 circuit – remains intact.

The opening stage takes place in the desert, starting and finishing in Madinat Zayed. The riders will set out along a wide, arrow-straight highway until they reach the oasis of Liwa and, after a loop in the rolling dunes, they’ll head straight back along that road and prepare for a bunch sprint.

The second stage takes place in the city of Abu Dhabi, starting on the Al Maryah island before heading along the corniche and back around in an anti-clockwise direction. With the stage taking place on wide boulevards and not a hill in sight, it’s another one for the sprinters.

The sprinters will take a back seat on stage 3 as the GC men gear up for the Jebel Hafeet summit finish. The stage starts in Al Ain and comes back after a lengthy loop, but the day is all about the one climb. The road begins to rise with 15km to go and the climb proper starts with 11km to go, with an average gradient of between eight and nine percent, but touching 11 percent with around three kilometres to go – where Kangert shook off Nicolas Roche last year.

The final stage is something of a showpiece, taking place on the Yas Marina circuit under the floodlights. It will be a zippy final day as riders complete 26 laps of the 5.5km circuit on the marble-like smoothness of the asphalt. 

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Who Is Tommy Fleetwood's Wife? All About Clare Fleetwood

Tommy Fleetwood and Clare Fleetwood first began dating in 2015

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Tommy Fleetwood has been married to his wife, Clare Fleetwood, since 2017.

The pair first met through Tommy's brother, Joe, who worked with her at Hambric Sports Management. After Tommy switched management companies to Hambric in 2015, he revealed that he was already familiar with his future wife.

"I get on well with Clare Craig, too, who is vice-president of Europe. She’s always been around on Tour, and I’ve chatted to her a lot over the years,” he wrote in June 2015 on his blog for Golf Monthly .

By the end of that same year, Clare became Tommy's manager, and the two later began a romantic relationship. This development caused her to consider giving up the role to another person, but it didn't become necessary when Tommy and Clare struck a balance between their work and personal lives.

“As we were sat there listening to different proposals, I'm like I can do this ... but I just for some reason at the beginning thought I couldn't and I shouldn't,” she recalled to the Performance People podcast in May 2023. “Then we gave it six months, and it worked, so we carried on.”

So, who is Tommy Fleetwood's wife? Here's everything to know about Clare Fleetwood.

She works in sports management

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Clare grew up and studied in Manchester, England. After college, she worked at Hambric Sports Management, representing professional golfers, and she was eventually named the vice president for Europe.

She is Tommy's longtime manager

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Clare became Tommy’s manager in 2015 before they established a romantic relationship. While working at Hambric Sports Management, she approached Tommy about helping out with his career, and he has credited her for being part of his success.

While discussing why they work well together, he shared that Clare keeps him grounded.

"That calming side, that reality check ... that happiness side of things and she’s very clever," he told Performance People . "She judges situations better than you do when you’re playing all the time and you’re so single-minded on what you do and that you don’t look outside the box."

Tommy revealed that as a manager, Clare can "make good decisions, good calls and bring you out of that when it’s needed."

She turned down Tommy in the beginning

Shortly after Clare became Tommy’s manager, he tried to ask her out “a few times,” to which she denied him.

"We've got a 23-year age difference. Of course, I turned him down. I was like, 'Don't be stupid,' " Clare recalled to the Performance People podcast.

According to Tommy, she "eventually gave in" and became open to the idea of seeing where it would take them. While their age gap was the initial reason Clare hesitated, she shared that it didn't impact their relationship afterward, but she admitted to feeling "a little bit paranoid" when industry people in their circles heard the news.

Still, she didn't waver about her feelings for Tommy. "I had full faith. Once we fell in love, that's it ... we were in," Clare added. "It was just navigating through the gossip, basically. But it was quick 'cause people saw us and knew it meant something."

The sports agent also revealed that others later got on board. "People who were the doubters have redeemed themselves, let's say, and admittedly doubted wrongly," she concluded.

They announced their engagement in 2017

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Two years after Clare became his agent and they began dating, the couple discussed their relationship publicly for the first time. Not only did they reveal their relationship to the world, but they also announced their engagement.

In June 2017, the DP World Tour X account (formerly known as Twitter) posted a photo asking golf fans to "name the player," and Clare responded back , "My fiancé ❤️ @TommyFleetwood1." Tommy then replied with , "😍😍😍."

The next month, he mentioned their engagement after he won the 2017 Open de France and tweeted , “My beautiful, amazing fiancé @ClareCraig thank you for everything. Looking after me in every way possible at home and at work! I love you!!x.”

She has two children from a previous relationship

Clare welcomed her first two sons, Oscar and Mo, with her ex-husband, Andy Craig. The boys were born in the early 2000s, but their exact birthdates are unknown.

That said, both Oscar and Mo regularly appear on Tommy's Instagram during family outings. The brothers are also making names for themselves in the golf world. In September 2023, Oscar won the FirstPoint USA Boy’s Strokeplay event at Abu Dhabi Golf Club's National Course, while Mo tied for third place and later clinched second place in the boys' net division.

Tommy, Oscar and Mo previously claimed a victory together at the Dubai Moonlight Classic in October 2021, alongside fellow pro golfers.

"So cool to see Oscar and Mo winning the @dubai.moonlight pro-am with Felicity Johnson & Abdullah Al Hashimi last night… a very proud moment!!!" Tommy captioned Instagram photos of them on the course.

She shares one child with Tommy

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On Sept. 28, 2017, Clare gave birth to her and Tommy’s first child together, Franklin Fleetwood, who weighed in at 7 lbs., 6 oz.

Tommy ended up withdrawing from the British Masters to await the arrival of his son. "I wanted to give myself every chance of playing this week, but being there at the birth of your child is a special moment in anyone's life and I would not want to miss it," he said in a statement.

The athlete later said it was "the most beautiful and proud moment" of his life. When he posted one of the first few pictures of Franklin online, Tommy took it as a chance to celebrate Clare. "Fiancé, best friend, Agent, mother of my son, my hero! Thank you for this moment @ClareCraig! I love you! 💙," he tweeted .

Clare previously noted that Frankie, as he's affectionately called, is glued to his father’s side whenever Tommy is home. For U.K. Mother's Day in March 2022, Tommy honored her with a sweet message on Instagram .

“Everyday you make me proud to be your husband by the way you are with our kids," he wrote. "You’re strong, loving, caring, funny and so much more! One day doesn’t cover how amazing you are. But for today, Happy Mother’s Day!”

Frankie was on hand at the 2024 Masters Par 3 contest, where he and some of the other golfers' kids wore white caddy uniforms and adorably helped their dads out during the competition.

They got married in December 2017

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Less than three months after welcoming Frankie to their family, the pair wed on Dec. 5, 2017. The ceremony took place on a beach in the Bahamas with just 30 guests in attendance. The logistics of their nuptials worked out perfectly, as he played in the Hero World Challenge in the locale just days before they said “I do.”

"Me and Clare said that if we got into the tournament, it would be a great place to get married," Tommy told USA Today of the reasoning behind the back-to-back tournament and wedding. "So I'm actually getting married on Tuesday here. So missing the tournament wasn't really an option."

When asked about their honeymoon plans, he already had a spot picked out. "I want to go home," he said. "I've been away a long time."

She's a regular at his matches

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Over the years, Clare has been spotted cheering Tommy on while he's competed in several tournaments, including the DP World Tour Championship in Dubai and the Ryder Cup.

When Clare first accepted representing her future husband, she knew of his reputation among his fans and the golf community. She labeled him as a “golden child” and “never says the wrong thing.”

“The thing that he's got on his side [is that] a lot of golfers and everybody loves him no matter what he does,” she shared with the Performance People podcast. “He's so popular, honestly, he cannot do a thing wrong which is the more annoying for me.”

Abu Dhabi Tour 2017: Riders

The Abu Dhabi Tour is the second stage-race with World Tour-status in the 2017 season. It is the first time that former teammates Nibali and Aru go head to head. Quintana, Contador, Majka and Bardet are other prominent contenders. Cyclingstage.com brings you the start list of the 2017 Abu Dhabi Tour. ( Slideshow route/profile )

World Tour Teams

AG2R La Mondiale Romain Bardet, Axel Domont, Sondre Holst Enger, Mathias Frank, Ben Gastauer, Cyril Gautier, Domenico Pozzovivo, Christophe Riblon

Astana Pro Team Tanel Kangert, Fabio Aru, Pello Bilbao, Dario Cataldo, Sergei Chernetckii, Riccardo Minali, Paolo Tiralongo, Artyom Zakharov

Bahrain Merida Pro Cycling Team Vincenzo Nibali, Valerio Agnoli, Manuele Boaro, Niccolo Bonifazio, Janez Brajkovič, Ramunas Navardauskas, Franco Pellizotti, Kanstantsin Siutsou

BMC Racing Team Tejay van Garderen, Alessandro De Marchi, Manuel Quinziato, Nicolas Roche, Samuel Sánchez, Manuel Senni, Dylan Teuns, Loïc Vliegen

Bora – Hansgrohe Rafal Majka, Erik Baška, Emanuel Buchmann, Patrick Konrad, Matteo Pelucchi, Pawel Poljanski, Juraj Sagan, Rüdiger Selig

Dimension Data Mark Cavendish, Igor Anton, Bernhard Eisel, Reinardt J. van Rensburg, Merhawi Kudus, Mark Renshaw, Daniel Teklehaimanot, Johann van Zyl

Lotto Soudal André Greipel, Lars Bak, Sean De Bie, Adam Hansen, Maxime Monfort, Sander Armée, Rafael Valls, Louis Vervaeke

LottoNL-Jumbo Steven Kruijswijk, Enrico Battaglin, George Bennett, Robert Gesink, Bert-Jan Lindeman, Juan José Lobato, Paul Martens, Alexey Vermeulen

Movistar Team Nairo Quintana, Daniele Bennati, Imanol Erviti, Alex Dowsett, Rubén Fernández, Jesús Herrada, Jorge Arcas, Jasha Sütterlin

ORICA-Scott Roman Kreuziger, Alexander Edmondson, Caleb Ewan, Jack Haig, Roger Kluge, Luka Mezgec, Robert Power, Carlos Verona

Quick-Step Floors Marcel Kittel, Julian Alaphilippe, Jack Bauer, Gianluca Brambilla, Davide Martinelli, Fabio Sabatini, Pieter Serry, Petr Vakoc

Team Katusha – Alpecin Maxim Belkov, Robert Kišerlovski, Pavel Kochetkov, Alberto Losada, Jhonatan Restrepo, Rein Taaramäe, Rick Zabel, Ilnur Zakarin

Team Sky Elia Viviani, Jonathan Dibben, Owain Doull, Kenny Elissonde, Tao Geoghegan Hart, Peter Kennaugh

Team Sunweb Tom Dumoulin, Phil Bauhaus, Chris Hamilton, Lennard Hofstede, Lennard Kämna, Sindre Skjøstad Lunke, Laurens ten Dam, Albert Timmer

Trek – Segafredo Alberto Contador, Fumiyuki Beppu, Julien Bernard, Laurent Didier, Michael Gogl, Bauke Mollema, Kiel Reijnen, Peter Stetina

Procontinental teams

Bardiani – CSF Stefano Pirazzi, Simone Andreetta, Nicola Boem, Mirco Maestri, Nicola Ruffoni, Alessandro Tonelli, Luca Wackermann, Edoardo Zardini

Gazprom-RusVelo Sergey Firsanov, Pavel Brutt, Artur Ershov, Alexander Porsev, Ivan Rovny, Ivan Savitskiy, Kirill Sveshnikov, Nikolay Trusov

Nippo – Vini Fantini Julián Arredondo, Marco Canola, Pier Paolo De Negri, Iuri Filosi, Eduard Michael Grosu, Yuma Koishi, Kazushige Kuboki, Alan Marangoni

Team Novo Nordisk Fabio Calabria, Stephen Clancy, Joonas Henttala, David Lozano, Quentin Valognes, Andrea Peron, Charles Planet, Martijn Verschoor

UAE Team Emirates Andrea Guardini, Simone Consonni, Kristijan Durasek, Rui Costa, Louis Meintjes, Manuele Mori, Ben Swift, Diego Ulissi

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