Frattini enjoys his early season day out at the Dubai Tour

Davide Frattini (UnitedHealthcare) spent stage 3 of the Dubai Tour in the jersey of leader of the sprint classification, and was fourth overall but his time with a view to the race's final podium faded on the steep climb to Hatta Dam on Friday. The Italian, knowing his duties were those of a domestique, could be consoled that he passed that jersey along to teammate Alessandro Bazzana, who made the day's breakaway, picked up the intermediate sprint points and moved into fifth overall.

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Stephen Farrand
Head of News

Stephen is the most experienced member of the Cyclingnews team, having reported on professional cycling since 1994. He has been Head of News at Cyclingnews since 2022, before which he held the position of European editor since 2012 and previously worked for Reuters, Shift Active Media, and CyclingWeekly, among other publications.