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Jay Vine has compared the penultimate day of his bid to win a major WorldTour race in the Middle East to a leisurely, sight-seeing ride to work in his native Australia.
But the Townsville-born rider, whose rise from being a turbo trainer warrior in his living room to Grand Tour stage winner has been one of cycling’s great recent success stories, knows it’s just the calm before a final-day storm at the UAE Tour.
The race leader was just trying to keep out of trouble on Saturday’s sprint stage with his thoughts already turning to a potential duel for the title with his fellow Aussie Ben…
