Milan wins fifth stage as Tiberi keeps lead

Jonathan Milan won a second straight sprint finish to take the fifth stage of the UAE Tour in Dubai on Friday.

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The Italian edged out Norwegian Erlend Blikra and compatriot Matteo Malucelli in the charge to the line at the end of a flat 166km run around Dubai.

For the second straight day, Milan's Lidl-Trek team managed the stage perfectly, this time reeling in a breakaway trio three kilometres from the line.

But Milan was still badly placed and had lost his lead-out men as the sprinters jostled for position going into the final 500 metres.

Milan said: “Having finished third here last year, I knew how important it was to be in the front in the second last corner. But that was still very far from the finish line, my team had controlled the stage very well but at the end it was difficult to stay together but they positioned me really well and I found my way to sprint.