Kristoff targets more success

Dubai : Alexander Kristoff will make his long awaited debut for UAE Team Emirates at the Dubai Tour next week with the Norwegian looking to hit the ground running with a stage win. Kristoff moved to his new team in the off-season having spent six largely successful years at Katusha. He was replaced by Marcel Kittel, with the pair just two of a highly competitive sprint field that will race the Dubai Tour from February 6-10.

The race will offer the first opportunity to see Kittel, Kristoff, Mark Cavendish, John Degenkolb, Elia Viviani and several other fast men compete against each other this year. Kristoff, although making his debut in the race, is no stranger to racing in the Middle East, having won six stage of the Tour of Qatar while the race was still in existence.

“I can’t wait to start my season with the new team. This will be my first time racing in the Dubai Tour. I really like the idea, because when I went to the United Arab Emirates for holidays I discovered that it’s a wonderful place,” Kristoff said.