Below, the full entry list for the 2015 Abu Dhabi Tour, which begins on Thursday.
Astana Pro Team:
1 – Vincenzo Nibali; 2 – Fabio Aru; 3 – Andrea Guardini; 4 – Alexey Lutsenko; 5 – Diego Rosa; 6 – Ruslan Tleubayev
BMC Racing Team:
11 – Philippe Gilbert; 12 – Marcus Burghardt; 13 – Daniel Oss; 14 – Manuel Quinziato; 15 – Manuel Senni; 16 – Danilo Wyss
Bora-Argon 18:
21 – Emanuel Buchmann; 22 – Patrick Konrad; 23 – Dominik Nerz; 24 – Lukas Postlberger; 256 – Michael Schwarzmann; 26 – Paul Voss
Colombia:
31 – Edwin Avila; 32 – Alex Cano; 33 – Daniel Martinez; 34 – Sebastian Molano; 35 – Carlos Quintero; 36 – Mario Carlos Ramirez Botero
Drapac Pro Cycling:
41 – Graeme Brown; 42 – Brendan Canty; 43 – William Clarke; 44 – Brenton Jones; 45 – Travis Meyer; 46 – Adam Phelan
Etixx-Quick-Step:
51 – Tom Boonen; 52 – Gianluca Brambilla; 53 – Fabio Sabatini; 54 –Stijn Vandenbergh; 55 – Carlos Verona Quintanilla; 56 – Lukasz Wisniowski
Lampre-Merida:
61 – Sacha Modolo; 62 – Davide Cimolai; 63 – Rui Costa; 64 – Manuele Mori; 65 – Diego Ulissi; 66 – Gang Xu
Movistar Team:
71 – Alejandro Valverde; 72 – Juan Jose Lobato Del Valle; 73 – Javier Moreno Bazan; 74 – Jose Joaquin Rojas Gil; 75 – Marc Soler Gimenez; 76 – Giovanni Visconti
MTN-Qhubeka:
81 – Matthew Harley Goss; 82 – Theo Bos; 83 – Songezo Jim; 84 – Youcef Reguigui; 85 – Andreas Stauff; 86 –Daniel Teklehaimanot
Orica GreenEdge:
91 – Michael Matthews; 92 – Sam Bewley; 93 – Johan Esteban Chaves Rubio; 94 – Mathew Hayman; 95 – Jens Keukeleire; 96 – Christian Meier
Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling:
101 – Mohammed Al Murawwi; 102 – Soufiane Haddi; 103 – Khalid Ibrahim; 104 – Francisco Mancebo; 105 – Andrea Palini; 106 – Rafaa Schtioui
Team Giant-Alpecin:
111 – Marcel Kittel; 112 – Tom Dumoulin; 113 – Johannes Frohlinger; 114 – Cheng Ji; 115 – Luka Mezgec; 116 – Albert Timmer
Team Katusha:
121 - Maxim Belkov; 122 – Jacopo Guarnieri; 123 – Dmitry Kozoncuk; 124 – Alberto Losada Alguacil; 125 – Eduard Vorganov; 126 – Anton Vorobyev
Team Sky:
131 – Elia Viviani; 132 – Andrew Fenn; 133 – Sebastian Henao Gomez; 134 – Wouter Poels; 135 – Leopold Konig; 136 – Ben Swift
Team Wiggins:
141 – Luc Hall; 142 – Christopher Lawless; 143 – Iain Paton; 144 – Daniel Patten; 145 – Dan Pearson; 146 – Michael Thompson
Tinkoff Saxo:
151 – Peter Sagan; 152 – Daniele Bennati; 153 – Manuele Boaro; 154 – Bruno Pires; 155 – Juraj Sagan; 156 – Matteo Tosatto
UAE National Team:
161 – Ahmed Al Mansouri; 162 – Ammar Ali Ibrahim Abdullah; 163 – Jaber Al Mansouri; 164 – Khayyam Sodir Shir Mohammed; 165 – Majid Al Baloushi; 166 – Talal Soudir Shir Mohammed
United HealthCare Pro Cycling:
171 – Marco Canola; 172 – Alessandro Bazzana; 173 – Janez Brajkovic; 174 – John Murphy; 175 – Tanner Putt; 176 – Federico Zurlo
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Tuesday's fixtures
Kyrgyzstan v Qatar, 5.45pm
Why it pays to compare
A comparison of sending Dh20,000 from the UAE using two different routes at the same time - the first direct from a UAE bank to a bank in Germany, and the second from the same UAE bank via an online platform to Germany - found key differences in cost and speed. The transfers were both initiated on January 30.
Route 1: bank transfer
The UAE bank charged Dh152.25 for the Dh20,000 transfer. On top of that, their exchange rate margin added a difference of around Dh415, compared with the mid-market rate.
Total cost: Dh567.25 - around 2.9 per cent of the total amount
Total received: €4,670.30
Route 2: online platform
The UAE bank’s charge for sending Dh20,000 to a UK dirham-denominated account was Dh2.10. The exchange rate margin cost was Dh60, plus a Dh12 fee.
Total cost: Dh74.10, around 0.4 per cent of the transaction
Total received: €4,756
The UAE bank transfer was far quicker – around two to three working days, while the online platform took around four to five days, but was considerably cheaper. In the online platform transfer, the funds were also exposed to currency risk during the period it took for them to arrive.
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At a glance
Global events: Much of the UK’s economic woes were blamed on “increased global uncertainty”, which can be interpreted as the economic impact of the Ukraine war and the uncertainty over Donald Trump’s tariffs.
Growth forecasts: Cut for 2025 from 2 per cent to 1 per cent. The OBR watchdog also estimated inflation will average 3.2 per cent this year
Welfare: Universal credit health element cut by 50 per cent and frozen for new claimants, building on cuts to the disability and incapacity bill set out earlier this month
Spending cuts: Overall day-to day-spending across government cut by £6.1bn in 2029-30
Tax evasion: Steps to crack down on tax evasion to raise “£6.5bn per year” for the public purse
Defence: New high-tech weaponry, upgrading HM Naval Base in Portsmouth
Housing: Housebuilding to reach its highest in 40 years, with planning reforms helping generate an extra £3.4bn for public finances
Skewed figures
In the village of Mevagissey in southwest England the housing stock has doubled in the last century while the number of residents is half the historic high. The village's Neighbourhood Development Plan states that 26% of homes are holiday retreats. Prices are high, averaging around £300,000, £50,000 more than the Cornish average of £250,000. The local average wage is £15,458.