Germany's Marcel Kittel of the Giant-Shimano team has won the third stage of the Dubai Tour as American Taylor Phinney maintained the overall race lead.
Kittel won his second consecutive stage, edging out Spain's Juan Jose Lobato of Movistar and Slovakia's Peter Sagan in a sprint finish to the 162km ride from the capital to Hatta.
Phinney leads by a margin of 15 seconds from Britain's Steve Cummings, with only 36 seconds separating the top 10.
The race, being held for the first time this year, concludes with a 123km ride from the capital to Burj-Khalifa.
3rd stage results:
1. Marcel Kittel (GER/Giant-Shimano) 3h 47:52
2. Juan Jose Lobato (ESP/Movistar), s.t.
3. Peter Sagan (SVK/Cannondale) s.t.
Overall standings:
1. Taylor Phinney (USA/BMC) 6h 50:24.
2. Steve Cummings (GBR/BMC) at 15sec
3. Lasse Hansen (DEN/GRM) 17
