Rohan Dennis moves into race lead after individual time trial

Four BMC riders in top 10 on GC before final Mountain stage the finishes atop Green Mountain on Sunday

BMC Racing's Rohan Dennis was fastest on the flat 12.6 km time trial around Al Maryah in Saturday. American Brent Bookwalter was only 17 seconds behind and moved into sixth place. Teammates Miles Scotson as 3rd fastest and Patrick Bevin was 8th fatest, resulting in BMC Racing fielding four riders in the top ten in overall GC coming into the final stage.

Sunday's stage is the Queen stage, 199 kms long from Al Ain to Jebel Hafeet it culminates in the climb of Green Mountain Road that goes on for 10.8 kilometers at 6.6%.

The first 4 kms are undulating, with gradients of around 8-9% for the next 4 kms with a peak of 11% at 2.8 kilometres before the top. In the last 2.3 kilometres the climb flattens out and a minor descent ushers in the final ramp that leads straight to the finish line.

VIDEO: 2018 Abu Dhabi Stage 4 ITT

2018 Abu Dhabi Tour Stage 4 Top 10 ITT

1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:14:21 
2 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:14 
3 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16 
4 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo   
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb   
6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17 
7 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Sunweb 0:00:22 
8 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:23 
9 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:27 
10 Alex Dowsett (GBr) Katusha-Alpecin 0:00:29

2018 Abu Dhabi Tour GC after Stage 4

1 Rohan Dennis (Aus) BMC Racing Team 11:21:10 
2 Jonathan Castroviejo (Spa) Team Sky 0:00:14 
3 Miles Scotson (Aus) BMC Racing Team 0:00:16 
4 Jos van Emden (Ned) LottoNL-Jumbo   
5 Wilco Kelderman (Ned) Team Sunweb   
6 Brent Bookwalter (USA) BMC Racing Team 0:00:17 
7 Patrick Bevin (NZl) BMC Racing Team 0:00:23 
8 Alejandro Valverde (Spa) Movistar Team 0:00:24 
9 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Sunweb 0:00:31 
10 Julian Alaphilippe (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 0:00:34