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Ian Chadband

HISTORICAL FACTS: Vine still leads uae tour after welsford near miss | History Defined

Jay Vine still leads the UAE Tour overall with two stages left in the week-long WorldTour event. (Matt Turner/AAP PHOTOS)

Australian rider Jay Vine still leads the UAE Tour with two days left after his compatriot Sam Welsford was pipped in a dramatic sprint finish to the fifth stage.

As Vine safely negotiated another hectic finale on Friday to maintain his 11-second lead in the GC over fellow Australian Ben O'Connor, all eyes were on another chaotic dash to the line in the WorldTour race featuring a host of the world's best sprinters.

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