Wind has split the peloton on stage four of the 2014 Tour of Qatar
With an official average speed of 56.816km per hour, the fourth stage of the 2014 Tour of Qatar could claim to be the fastest professional road race in history.
Won by Tom Boonen, a steady tailwind blew riders east from one side of the flat Gulf state to the other, and the big guns at Omega Pharma-Quickstep, Belkin and BMC revelled in the conditions.
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