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2023 Tour of Oman (2.Pro)

12th edition: February 11 - February 15, 2023

Tour of Oman podium history | 2022 edition | 2024 edition | Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5

2023 Tour of Oman map. Five stages covering 830.3 km


Wednesday, February 15: 5th & Final Stage, Samail “Al Fayhaa Resthouse” - Jabal al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), 152.2 km

Stage 5 map & profile

Mauri Vansevenant finishes just ahead of final GC winner Matteo Jorgenson. Photo: ASO/Thomas Maheux

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Weather at the start city of Samail at 9:05 AM, local time: 26C (78F), sunny, with the wind from the south at 5 km/hr (3 mph). No rain is forecast. The temperature is forecast to climb to 33C (92F) at 1:00 PM.

Ascent:

  • Km 152.2: Jabal al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), 5.7 km @ 10.5%

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage five summary.

The final stage of the Tour of Oman 2023, set for the first time up the ascent of Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), saw two 23-year-old talents rise to victory in an explosive finale. Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step) was the strongest on the brutal slopes of a 5.7km ascent with an average gradient of 10.5% to take an emotional victory in front of his family, who came to Oman to support him. Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) managed to hang on and save the leader’s red jersey for 1’’. A couple of days after his first professional victory, he becomes the first American overall winner of the Tour of Oman.

Matteo Jorgenson won the 2023 Tour of Oman by a single second. Photo Getty Sport

The final challenges of the Tour of Oman 2023 inspire seven attackers who get on the move as soon as they leave Samail: Lawrence Naesen (AG2R Citroën), Ceriel Desal (Bingoal WB), Angel Fuentes (Burgos-BH), the Oman National Champion Faisal Al Mamari (Oman National Team), Benjamin Perry (Human Powered Health), Irwandie Lakasek (Terengganu Polygon) and Manabu Ishibashi (JCL Team Ukyo).

Astana Qazaqstan pull the bunch
They open a gap of 4’10’’ after 14km but Astana Qazaqstan react at the front of the bunch to defend the options of Alexey Lutsenko, who dominated Jabal Al Akhdhar and the Tour of Oman on two occasions (2018, 2019). The Asian team control the gap around 2 minutes.

Al Mamari goes first through the intermediate sprint of Wadi Squt (62.7km to go). Some 20km further, Lakasek and then Al Mamari are dropped by their breakaway companions.

The gap increases again, up to 2’40’’, before the peloton up the ante inside the last 30km. But the attackers also increase their pace. They still hold an advantage of 1’20’’ at the bottom of the climb up Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain): 5.7km at 10.5% to decide the Tour of Oman 2023.

The final showdown
Intermarché-Circus-Wanty set the pace on the first part of the ascent. Naesen and Desal are the last riders to be caught, just inside the last 4km of ascent.
With 3km to go, only Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar), Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step) and Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën) can keep up with Rein Taarämae (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty). But the Estonian climber is the next rider to drop.

It eventually comes down to a brutal uphill sprint. Vansevenant is the most explosive to take victory in front of his parents and his sister. But Jorgenson hangs on to win the overall standings by 1’’.

The final GC podium, from left: Mauri Vansevenant (2nd), Matteo Jorgenson (1st) & Geoffrey Bouchard (3rd)

Complete results:

152.2 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.051 km/hr

1 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 3hr 53min 51sec
2 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
3 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN @ 12sec
4 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 22''
5 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY 0' 37''
6 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
7 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC 0' 58''
8 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
9 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR 1' 00''
10 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 12''
11 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 21''
12 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
13 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 30''
14 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH 1' 35''
15 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 1' 41''
16 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB 1' 55''
17 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY 1' 58''
18 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC 2' 01''
19 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 2' 03''
20 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 2' 14''
21 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB 2' 35''
22 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 2' 39''
23 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
24 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS 2' 51''
25 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 2' 53''
26 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 2' 56''
27 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 3' 01''
28 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
29 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE 3' 12''
30 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 3' 14''
31 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC 3' 17''
32 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
33 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 3' 22''
34 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 3' 29''
35 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 3' 38''
36 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 3' 43''
37 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
38 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN 3' 53''
39 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO 3' 57''
40 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR s.t.
41 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
42 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 4' 01''
43 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 4' 07''
44 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN 4' 09''
45 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 4' 34''
46 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 4' 36''
47 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 4' 58''
48 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH 5' 03''
49 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE 5' 03''
50 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 5' 10''
51 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB 5' 14''
52 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 5' 19''
53 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
54 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 5' 30''
55 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 5' 49''
56 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR 6' 01''
57 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN 6' 07''
58 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB 6' 31''
59 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
60 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 7' 05''
61 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
62 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
63 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 7' 10''
64 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 7' 32''
65 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 7' 46''
66 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 7' 51''
67 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 8' 18''
68 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
69 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
70 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
71 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 8' 28''
72 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY 8' 45''
73 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 8' 50''
74 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
75 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X 9' 00''
76 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X s.t.
77 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS s.t.
78 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB s.t.
79 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
80 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
81 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X s.t.
82 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X s.t.
83 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB s.t.
84 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
85 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
86 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
87 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
88 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
89 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
90 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
91 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
92 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 9' 13''
93 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH 10' 12''
94 MARIO APARICIO MUÑOZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
95 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR 10' 36''
96 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 10' 49''
97 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC 11' 30''
98 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
99 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO 11' 34''
100 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 11' 54''
101 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS s.t.
102 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 12' 14''
103 MIGUEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH 12' 28''
104 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 12' 33''
105 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 12' 44''
106 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 12' 52''
107 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
108 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
109 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 13' 47''
110 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 14' 03''
111 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 16' 33''
112 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
113 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
114 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 18' 51''
115 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON 20' 30''
116 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.

 

Final GC after stage 5:

  • GC winner: Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
  • Active rider classification winner: Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X)
  • Best young rider: Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar)
  • Teams classification winner: Bora-hansgrohe

830.3 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.642 km/hr

1 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR 19hr 56min 21sec
2 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP @ 1sec
3 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 0' 28''
4 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 46''
5 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 48''
6 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY 0' 58''
7 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 1' 20''
8 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 22''
9 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 36''
10 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR 1' 37''
11 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH 1' 59''
12 NIKLAS EG UNO-X 2' 01''
13 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE 2' 07''
14 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 2' 21''
15 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 2' 40''
16 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB 2' 41''
17 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY 2' 44''
18 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 2' 49''
19 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 2' 52''
20 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 3' 07''
21 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB 3' 21''
22 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC 3' 27''
23 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS 3' 37''
24 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 4' 00''
25 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN 4' 47''
26 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 5' 20''
27 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
28 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE 5' 38''
29 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X 5' 41''
30 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 6' 01''
31 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 6' 02''
32 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO 6' 07''
33 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC 6' 28''
34 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 6' 35''
35 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
36 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 6' 47''
37 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 7' 20''
38 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 7' 57''
39 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 8' 03''
40 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 8' 30''
41 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 9' 04''
42 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN 9' 19''
43 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 9' 24''
44 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 10' 35''
45 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN 10' 59''
46 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH 12' 02''
47 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR 12' 06''
48 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 12' 16''
49 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 12' 25''
50 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 12' 36''
51 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 14' 04''
52 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO 14' 10''
53 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE 14' 18''
54 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 14' 30''
55 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 14' 59''
56 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 15' 14''
57 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 15' 23''
58 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 15' 51''
59 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 15' 54''
60 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH 16' 43''
61 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 16' 52''
62 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 17' 19''
63 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB 17' 36''
64 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR 17' 41''
65 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 19' 33''
66 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR 19' 57''
67 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB 20' 14''
68 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY 20' 26''
69 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X 21' 08''
70 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 21' 21''
71 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X 21' 46''
72 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 21' 49''
73 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 21' 54''
74 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 22' 01''
75 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 22' 10''
76 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 22' 41''
77 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 23' 22''
78 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 23' 41''
79 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 23' 49''
80 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 23' 57''
81 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 24' 22''
82 ANGEL FUENTES PANIEGO BURGOS-BH 25' 01''
83 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB 25' 09''
84 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 25' 14''
85 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON 25' 31''
86 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO 25' 53''
87 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 26' 15''
88 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 26' 42''
89 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 26' 55''
90 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 27' 12''
91 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 27' 15''
92 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 27' 23''
93 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X 27' 28''
94 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 27' 50''
95 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY 28' 19''
96 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR 28' 40''
97 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 29' 46''
98 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 29' 48''
99 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 30' 10''
100 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC 31' 05''
101 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X 32' 31''
102 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO 32' 48''
103 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 33' 38''
104 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 34' 32''
105 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 34' 43''
106 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH 35' 20''
107 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 35' 21''
108 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 37' 36''
109 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 40' 36''
110 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 43' 50''
111 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 45' 17''
112 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH 45' 42''
113 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON 47' 30''
114 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 48' 35''
115 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON 57' 53''
116 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 1H 01' 48''

 

Stage 5 map & profile:

Tour of Oman stage 5 map

2023 Tour of Oman stage five map

2023 Tour of Oman stage 5 profile

2023 Tour of Oman stage five profile

Profile of the climb to the finish.


Tuesday, February 14: Stage 4, Izki - Yitti Hills, 204.9 km

Stage 4 map & profile

Diego Ulissi wins stage four. Photo: ASO/Thomas Maheux

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Weather at Muscat, two-thirds into the stage, at 8:45 AM, local time: 23C (73F), fair, with the wind from the west at 5 km/hr (3 mph). The temperature should climb to 26C (78F) by 2:00 PM. No rain is forecast.

Ascents:

  • Km 194.1: Climb of Al Jissah, 2.5 km @ 6.9%
  • Km 204: Climb of Yitti Hills, 1.6 km @ 6.6%

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage four report.

After he came close to victory in Qurayyat and Al Hamra, Diego Ulissi rose his arms in triumph on Tuesday, in Yitti. Stage 4, the longest of the Tour of Oman 2023 (204.9km), had an explosive finale in store for the peloton with a couple of ascents in the last 10 km.

Pascal Ackermann, Ulissi’s teammate in the ranks of UAE Team Emirates, went on the move on these up and down sections before he was caught with 2km to go… It was then time for the Italian puncheur to display his power and take victory ahead of Axel Zingle (Cofidis) and Ide Schelling (Bora-Hansgrohe), while Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) retained the leader’s red jersey. After a week of racing in the Sultanate, a final challenge awaits the rider: the mighty climb up Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), where the overall winner of the Tour of Oman will be crowned.

Matteo Jorgenson retained the GC leader's red jersey.

As usual in this Tour of Oman 2023, attackers get on the move immediately after the start, from Izki. But the 204.9km ahead of them inspire many riders, leading to a relentless battle for the break of the day. 

Josef Cerny (Soudal Quick-Step) tries to make the most of his raw power to make a difference. Jeroen Meijers (Terengganu Polygon) is also determined to race at the front to defend his golden jersey as the leader of the most aggressive rider classification.

Two hours of battle for the break
But everyone get back together ahead of the first intermediate sprint (km 52.4). Fredrik Dversnes seizes the opportunity to take 3 points and the lead of the virtual standings against Meijers (13 pts vs 11).

It takes two hours of racing at 47.3km/h for a group of attackers to eventually make the break with Dversnes, back at the front after he was reeled in by the bunch, as well as the U23 World Champion Yevgeniy Fedorov (Astana Qazaqstan), Urko Berrade (Kern Pharma) and the winner of the African Games Youcef Reguigui (Terengganu Polygon).

Movistar, Arkéa-Samsic and Cofidis work together
After such a battle, they enter the last 100km with a lead of 3’40’’. Matteo Jorgenson’s Movistar drive the bunch to defend the red jersey and they quickly receive support from Arkéa-Samsic and Cofidis. They control the gap around 2 minutes.   Reguigui dominates the second intermediate sprint (49.2km to go) ahead of Dversnes, who extends his lead in the most aggressive rider classification. Reguigui drops back to the bunch as his breakaway companions enter the last 20km with a lead of 1’10’’.

Ackermann attacks, Ulissi delivers
Dversnes, Fedorov and Berrade are caught at the bottom of the penultimate climb of the day, in Al Jissah (2.5km at 6.9%). Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) set a brutal pace on the ascent and a small group emerges at the front.   Pascal Ackermann (UAE Team Emirates) attacks on the downhill and manages to open a gap of 25’’. He’s caught inside the last 2km to go. Ivan Cobo (Kern Pharma) launches a counter-attack on the final ascent (1.6km at 6.6%). He’s caught right at the summit, inside the last kilometre.   The battle for the stage win comes down to a sprint in a reduced bunch. And Diego Ulissi demonstrates once again his expertise in this area. Meanwhile, Matteo Jorgenson safely defends his red jersey on the eve of the final battle up Green Mountain.

Diego Ulissi will start the final stage in the points classification leader's green jersey.

Complete results:

204.9 kilometers raced at an average speed of 44.415 km/hr

1 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 4hr 36min 48sec
2 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS s.t.
3 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
4 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
5 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X s.t.
6 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
7 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
8 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
9 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
10 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
11 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
12 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
13 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
14 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
15 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
16 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
17 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
18 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
19 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
20 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
21 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
22 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
23 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
24 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
25 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
26 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
27 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
28 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
29 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
30 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
31 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
32 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
33 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
34 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
35 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH s.t.
36 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
37 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
38 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
39 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
40 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
41 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH @ 11sec
42 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X 0' 21''
43 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
44 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 0' 53''
45 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 0' 55''
46 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X s.t.
47 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
48 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
49 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 08''
50 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
51 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
52 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
53 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 1' 13''
54 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 1' 33''
55 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 1' 35''
56 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
57 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
58 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
59 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
60 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
61 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
62 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB s.t.
63 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
64 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
65 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
66 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
67 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB s.t.
68 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
69 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
70 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
71 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
72 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 2' 01''
73 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 2' 13''
74 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 2' 37''
75 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH 3' 26''
76 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 4' 13''
77 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB s.t.
78 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
79 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
80 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
81 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
82 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X s.t.
83 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
84 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
85 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
86 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
87 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
88 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR s.t.
89 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
90 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS s.t.
91 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
92 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 5' 21''
93 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 5' 32''
94 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 7' 22''
95 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 7' 32''
96 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 7' 38''
97 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
98 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
99 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
100 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
101 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR s.t.
102 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
103 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
104 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
105 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
106 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
107 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
108 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
109 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
110 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
111 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
112 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X s.t.
113 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
114 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
115 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 7' 43''
116 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
117 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 10' 47''
118 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 11' 25''
119 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
120 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.

 

GC after stage 4:

678.1 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 42.267 km/hr

1 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR 16hr 2min 36sec
2 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES @ 5sec
3 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
4 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 0' 14''
5 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY 0' 15''
6 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 0' 16''
7 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 18''
8 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
9 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
10 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
11 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 22''
12 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR 0' 31''
13 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 32''
14 NIKLAS EG UNO-X 0' 34''
15 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
16 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB 0' 40''
17 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
18 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
19 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
20 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
21 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
22 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN 0' 48''
23 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 53''
24 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 04''
25 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1' 17''
26 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 20''
27 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 1' 36''
28 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH 1' 44''
29 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO 2' 04''
30 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X 2' 18''
31 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE 2' 20''
32 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 2' 55''
33 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 2' 59''
34 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC 3' 05''
35 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN 3' 06''
36 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 3' 19''
37 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 3' 36''
38 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 3' 45''
39 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 3' 50''
40 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 3' 56''
41 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 4' 00''
42 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 4' 08''
43 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 4' 41''
44 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 4' 42''
45 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 4' 59''
46 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 5' 25''
47 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 6' 38''
48 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN 6' 44''
49 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 6' 51''
50 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO 6' 59''
51 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 7' 45''
52 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR 8' 03''
53 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 8' 13''
54 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 8' 20''
55 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 8' 39''
56 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON 8' 44''
57 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 8' 55''
58 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 9' 04''
59 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE 9' 09''
60 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 9' 14''
61 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 9' 54''
62 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 9' 58''
63 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 10' 37''
64 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB 10' 59''
65 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 11' 10''
66 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR 11' 34''
67 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
68 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY 11' 35''
69 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X 12' 02''
70 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 12' 33''
71 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X 12' 40''
72 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 12' 43''
73 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR 12' 46''
74 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO 12' 55''
75 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
76 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 14' 16''
77 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 14' 17''
78 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 14' 43''
79 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH 14' 46''
80 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 14' 51''
81 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 14' 54''
82 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
83 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 15' 16''
84 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 15' 17''
85 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB 16' 03''
86 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 16' 50''
87 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X 16' 56''
88 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON 17' 07''
89 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 17' 09''
90 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 17' 46''
91 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR 17' 58''
92 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 18' 01''
93 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 18' 06''
94 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 18' 09''
95 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 18' 17''
96 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 18' 21''
97 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X 18' 22''
98 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 18' 54''
99 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
100 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY 19' 13''
101 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC 19' 29''
102 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 19' 45''
103 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 20' 51''
104 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO 21' 09''
105 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 21' 45''
106 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 22' 12''
107 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 22' 23''
108 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE 22' 26''
109 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH 22' 46''
110 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X 23' 25''
111 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 24' 46''
112 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON 26' 54''
113 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 27' 11''
114 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 27' 57''
115 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 28' 38''
116 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH 29' 03''
117 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 36' 59''
118 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON 37' 17''
119 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 42' 54''
120 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 49' 05''

 

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Monday, February 13: Stage 3, Al Khobar - Jabal Haat, 151.8 km

Stage 3 map & profile

Matteo Jorgensen wins the tough uphill finish and takes over the GC lead. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

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Weather at Al Hamra, on the route, 7 km from the finish, at 8:50 AM, local time: 23C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 3 km/hr (2 mph). The temperature is forecast to climb to 30C (86F) by 2:00 PM. No rain is forecast.

Ascent

  • Km 151.8: Climb of Jabal Haat, 4.6 km @ 8.5%

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage 3 report.

Young American talent Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) flew to his professional victory on stage 3 of the Tour of Oman 2023. The 23-year-old climber made the most of the steepest sections leading to an unprecedented finish in Al Hamra (climb of Jabal Hatt, 4.6km at 8.5%) to get the best of another young rising talent, Belgium’s Mauri Vansevenant (Soudal Quick-Step), and France’s Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën). Not only does Jorgenson take the stage win, he also claims the leader’s red jersey. On day 4, the penultimate stage ahead of the final showdown up Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), the peloton face another explosive finish on the Yitti Hills.

The start from Al Khobar quickly sees five attackers jump ahead of the bunch: Johan Meens (Bingoal WB), Alejandro Franco (Burgos-BH), Said Al Rahbi (Oman National Team), Stephen Bassett (Human Powered Health) and Mohd Harrif Saleh (Terengganu Polygon).

They open a gap of 3’30’’ while Jesus Herrada’s Cofidis take the reins of the bunch to defend the leader’s red jersey.

Cofidis and UAE pull
Al Rahbi and Saleh struggle on an uphill section 45km into the stage. Saleh makes his way back to the front of the race but Al Rahbi drops back to the bunch.

Saleh goes first at the intermediate sprint (km 93.1) to defend his teammate Jeroen Meijers’ golden jersey as the leader of the most aggressive rider classification. He then drops back to the bunch.

Meens, Franco and Bassett enter the last 50km with a lead of 3’30’’. A dozen kilometres further into the race, UAE Team Emirates also send a man at the front of the bunch to participate in the chase.

Tour of Oman

Racing in the dry hills of Oman. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

Jorgenson pounces
The gap drops down to 1’40’’ into the last 20km and under a minute with 12km to go. The attackers are eventually caught just ahead of the final ascent: 4.6km at 8.5% with sections around 15% in the last 2km.

Already in the top 5 up Qurayyat, Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar) senses his opportunity to make a difference. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Qazaqstan) also wants to make it a hard race. But nobody, not even the Kazakh all rounder (a 2-time winner of the Tour of Oman), can’t resist when Jorgenson sprints to victory in the final 200m.

Matteo Jorgensen

No one can stay with Matteo Jorgensen when he drops the hammer. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

Complete results:

151.8 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.591 km/hr

1 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR 3hr 33min 51sec
2 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP @ 2sec
3 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 0' 03''
4 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
5 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
6 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
7 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
8 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 07''
9 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 09''
10 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY 0' 11''
11 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 0' 16''
12 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
13 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 19''
14 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
15 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
16 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 0' 45''
17 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC 0' 49''
18 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 52''
19 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY 0' 53''
20 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
21 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
22 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
23 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
24 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB 0' 58''
25 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
26 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1' 02''
27 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR s.t.
28 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
29 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 1' 05''
30 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 1' 08''
31 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
32 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 22''
33 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 1' 29''
34 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
35 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
36 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH s.t.
37 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 49''
38 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 1' 53''
39 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
40 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
41 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 2' 02''
42 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 2' 14''
43 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
44 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN 2' 41''
45 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
46 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
47 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
48 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 3' 01''
49 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 3' 14''
50 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 3' 23''
51 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 3' 32''
52 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON 3' 43''
53 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 4' 20''
54 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 4' 31''
55 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 4' 43''
56 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR 4' 54''
57 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
58 JORDI LOPEZ CARAVACA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 5' 10''
59 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 5' 19''
60 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
61 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 5' 25''
62 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY 5' 34''
63 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
64 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 5' 41''
65 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 6' 02''
66 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
67 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
68 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN 6' 05''
69 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
70 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR s.t.
71 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
72 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB s.t.
73 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB s.t.
74 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X s.t.
75 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
76 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB s.t.
77 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
78 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH s.t.
79 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
80 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
81 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
82 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
83 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
84 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
85 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
86 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 6' 30''
87 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 6' 56''
88 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH 7' 33''
89 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
90 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 7' 47''
91 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
92 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 7' 53''
93 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB 8' 05''
94 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 8' 11''
95 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
96 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
97 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X 8' 55''
98 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X s.t.
99 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X s.t.
100 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
101 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 9' 27''
102 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 9' 39''
103 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS s.t.
104 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
105 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 9' 41''
106 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY 9' 45''
107 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 9' 53''
108 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
109 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
110 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
111 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
112 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
113 MIGUEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
114 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 9' 56''
115 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE 10' 22''
116 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 11' 30''
117 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 13' 05''
118 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 17' 12''
119 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 17' 46''
120 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 18' 16''
121 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.

 

GC after stage 3:

473.2 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 41.310 km/hr

1 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR 11hr 25min 48sec
2 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 0' 06''
3 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN 0' 14''
4 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 15''
5 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
6 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 0' 16''
7 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 18''
8 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
9 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
10 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
11 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 22''
12 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR 0' 31''
13 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 32''
14 NIKLAS EG UNO-X 0' 34''
15 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
16 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 1' 07''
17 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB 1' 08''
18 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
19 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
20 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
21 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB 1' 13''
22 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1' 17''
23 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 1' 21''
24 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
25 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN 1' 23''
26 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 1' 24''
27 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 30''
28 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 1' 36''
29 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH 1' 44''
30 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH s.t.
31 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
32 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 47''
33 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X 1' 57''
34 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO 2' 04''
35 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
36 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON 2' 21''
37 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE 2' 24''
38 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 2' 32''
39 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN 3' 06''
40 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 3' 07''
41 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 3' 15''
42 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 3' 33''
43 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 3' 36''
44 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 3' 39''
45 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR 3' 50''
46 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON 4' 31''
47 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE 4' 56''
48 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 4' 59''
49 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 5' 04''
50 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 5' 16''
51 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 5' 30''
52 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 5' 45''
53 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 5' 49''
54 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO 5' 51''
55 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 6' 10''
56 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN 6' 44''
57 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 7' 04''
58 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 7' 13''
59 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 7' 22''
60 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
61 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 7' 29''
62 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 8' 13''
63 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN 8' 20''
64 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
65 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 8' 23''
66 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR 8' 33''
67 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 9' 19''
68 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB 9' 24''
69 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON 9' 29''
70 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 9' 37''
71 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 9' 42''
72 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH 9' 59''
73 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 10' 00''
74 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
75 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 10' 03''
76 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS 10' 18''
77 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR 10' 20''
78 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 10' 31''
79 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
80 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 10' 39''
81 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X 10' 49''
82 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 11' 10''
83 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 11' 16''
84 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO 11' 20''
85 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
86 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH s.t.
87 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X 11' 45''
88 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB 11' 50''
89 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC 11' 51''
90 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X 12' 02''
91 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 12' 42''
92 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X 12' 43''
93 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 13' 03''
94 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 13' 13''
95 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO 13' 26''
96 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 13' 33''
97 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 13' 42''
98 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 13' 59''
99 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 14' 08''
100 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 14' 34''
101 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 14' 41''
102 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 14' 45''
103 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE 14' 48''
104 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB 14' 54''
105 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY 15' 00''
106 MIGUEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH 15' 08''
107 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X 15' 47''
108 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 16' 31''
109 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 16' 50''
110 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 17' 08''
111 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 17' 32''
112 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 17' 51''
113 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON 19' 16''
114 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 19' 33''
115 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 20' 19''
116 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH 21' 25''
117 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON 25' 52''
118 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 26' 05''
119 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 29' 37''
120 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 35' 16''
121 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 37' 40''

 

Stage 3 map & profile:

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 map

Stage 3 profile

Stage 3 profile


Sunday, February 12: Stage 2, Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex (Muscat) - Qurayyat, 174 km

Stage 2 map & profile

Jesus Herrada wins the stage and takes over the GC lead. Photo: ASO/Thomas Maheux

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Weather at the stage finish at Qurayyat at 8:45 AM, local time: 24C (74F), sunny, with the wind from the east at 3 km/hr (2 mph). The forecast is for the temperature to rise to 25C (77F) at 2:00 PM. There is just a 1% chance of rain.

Ascents

  • Km 6.3: Climb of Al Jabal Street, 3.5 km @ 9.2%
  • Km 122: Climb of Qurayyat (1st crossing of finish line), 2.6 km @ 7%
  • Km 174: Climb to finish at Qurayyat, 2.6 km @ 7%

The race: Here's the race organizer's stage two report.

A ferocious attack in the final metres up the ascent of Qurayyat got Jesus Herrada (Cofidis) the prizes he was aiming for: the win in stage 2 of the Tour of Oman 2023 and the overall lead. The Spanish puncheur made the most of his skills and his knowledge of this specific terrain to pounce at the perfect moment and get the best of Maxim Van Gils (Lotto Dstny) and Diego Ulissi (UAE Team Emirates). Already a podium finisher in the Tour of Oman (3rd in 2019, a year that saw him finish 2nd in Qurayyat), Herrada says he wants to keep the red jersey all the way to Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), the final summit of this 12th edition, on Wednesday.

As soon as the peloton leave the Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex, they head to the infamous climb of Al Jabal Street (3.5km at 9.2%), where riders unleash a flurry of attacks. Ivan Cobo (Equipo Kern Pharma) is the fiercest on the uphill but the peloton don’t give him much room to operate. Alone at the front, he’s caught at the bottom of the downhill.

Stage two's terrain was challenging. Photo: ASO/Pauline Ballet

UAE and Astana control the day
Attacks keep flying on the flat. Fredrik Dversnes (Uno-X) jumps ahead of the bunch at km 15. He’s quickly joined at the front by Luca Van Boven (Bingoal WB) but Dvernes dominates the intermediate sprint of Al Amrat (km 20.1).

The two leaders are joined by four more attackers after 25km: Ivan Cobo, back on the move, Angel Fuentes (Burgos-BH), Kosuke Takeyama (JCL Team Ukyo) and the leader of the most aggressive rider classification, Jeroen Meijers (Terengganu Polygon), wearing the golden jersey after his breakaway on day 1.

The gap is up to 4’ but UAE Team Emirates and Astana Qazaqstan react at the front of the bunch. Mark Cavendish participates in the chase for the kazakh team and the gap sits between 2 and 3 minutes for most of the stage.

Cobo shows again his climbing skills as the attackers face the climb of Qurayyat (2.6km at 7%) for the first time, 52km before the uphill finish. Meijers can’t keep up, he drops back to the bunch.

Herrada’s day
The peloton up the ante after the summit. As the gap drops down to 1 minute, Cobo, Dvernes and Takeyama also drop back to the bunch. Van Boven and Fuentes remain at the front inside the last 30km.

Soudal Quick-Step move to the front of the bunch and put the hammer down with 15km to go. The two attackers remaining at the front are brought in 7km away from the finish, just ahead of the final ascent.

UAE Team Emirates, Bora-Hansgrohe and Arkéa-Samsic set a strong pace for their leaders. But nobody can contain Jesus Herrada’s acceleration in the final 200m. Maxim Van Gils and Diego Ulissi are the closest to the Spaniard.

Complete results:

174 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.982 km/hr

1 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 4hr 21min 7sec
2 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
3 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
4 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
5 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
6 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN @ 3sec
7 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS 0' 05''
8 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
9 STAN DEWULF AG2R CITROEN s.t.
10 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
11 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
12 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
13 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
14 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
15 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
16 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
17 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
18 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
19 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
20 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R CITROEN s.t.
21 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
22 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
23 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
24 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH s.t.
25 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
26 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R CITROEN 0' 13''
27 GIOVANNI ALEOTTI BORA-HANSGROHE 0' 15''
28 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS s.t.
29 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
30 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
31 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R CITROEN s.t.
32 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS s.t.
33 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 18''
34 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
35 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
36 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
37 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
38 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 0' 24''
39 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 25''
40 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
41 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
42 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 0' 29''
43 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
44 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
45 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R CITROEN s.t.
46 BART LEMMEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 0' 33''
47 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON 0' 38''
48 ROGER ADRIA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 45''
49 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
50 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY 0' 49''
51 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
52 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 52''
53 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 0' 55''
54 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 1' 09''
55 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 1' 14''
56 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB s.t.
57 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 1' 17''
58 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 1' 35''
59 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R CITROEN 2' 05''
60 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R CITROEN s.t.
61 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
62 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 2' 08''
63 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X s.t.
64 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
65 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 2' 16''
66 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 2' 18''
67 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
68 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR s.t.
69 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
70 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
71 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO MOVISTAR 2' 38''
72 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X 2' 40''
73 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
74 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS 2' 57''
75 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
76 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
77 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS s.t.
78 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 3' 04''
79 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 3' 31''
80 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X 3' 38''
81 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 3' 46''
82 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO 3' 48''
83 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON 4' 00''
84 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
85 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 4' 13''
86 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 4' 16''
87 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
88 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
89 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
90 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 4' 24''
91 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 4' 35''
92 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X 4' 40''
93 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH 5' 05''
94 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
95 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
96 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
97 MIGUEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
98 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
99 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
100 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
101 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
102 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB 5' 35''
103 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 6' 16''
104 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 6' 20''
105 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
106 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 6' 30''
107 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 6' 42''
108 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
109 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
110 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 6' 59''
111 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 7' 17''
112 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON 7' 29''
113 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
114 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
115 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
116 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 8' 07''
117 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 8' 53''
118 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB 9' 13''
119 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
120 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH 11' 26''
121 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 18' 04"
122 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 17' 54''
123 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 17' 57''

 

GC after stage 2:

321.4 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 40.860 km/hr

1 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS 7hr 51min 57sec
2 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY @ 4sec
3 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 06''
4 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 0' 10''
5 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
6 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 13''
7 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES 0' 15''
8 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
9 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
10 HAROLD TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
11 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
12 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
13 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
14 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
15 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
16 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
17 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
18 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
19 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
20 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
21 PELAYO SANCHEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
22 MARIO APARICIO BURGOS-BH s.t.
23 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R CITROEN s.t.
24 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
25 STAN DEWULF AG2R CITROEN s.t.
26 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 0' 21''
27 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R CITROEN 0' 23''
28 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R CITROEN 0' 25''
29 GIOVANNI ALEOTTI BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
30 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS s.t.
31 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
32 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
33 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 28''
34 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
35 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
36 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
37 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
38 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO 0' 34''
39 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO 0' 35''
40 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
41 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
42 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE 0' 39''
43 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R CITROEN s.t.
44 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
45 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
46 BART LEMMEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 0' 43''
47 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON 0' 48''
48 ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 55''
49 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
50 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 0' 59''
51 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
52 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES 1' 02''
53 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC 1' 05''
54 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY 1' 19''
55 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB 1' 24''
56 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB s.t.
57 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO 1' 27''
58 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 2' 08''
59 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R CITROEN 2' 15''
60 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R CITROEN s.t.
61 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
62 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON 2' 18''
63 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
64 ABNER GONZÁLEZ MOVISTAR 2' 26''
65 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 2' 28''
66 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
67 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
68 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
69 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR 2' 48''
70 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X 2' 50''
71 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
72 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 3' 07''
73 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
74 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X s.t.
75 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS s.t.
76 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB 3' 14''
77 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 3' 41''
78 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X 3' 48''
79 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 3' 54''
80 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 3' 56''
81 BENJAMI PRADES JCL TEAM UKYO 3' 58''
82 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC 4' 04''
83 NUR FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI TERENGGANU POLYGON 4' 10''
84 MATHIAS NORSGAARD MOVISTAR 4' 15''
85 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 4' 23''
86 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE 4' 26''
87 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
88 URKO BERRADE EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
89 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
90 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 4' 34''
91 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X 4' 44''
92 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 5' 05''
93 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 5' 07''
94 MIGUEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH 5' 15''
95 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
96 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
97 ANGEL FUENTES BURGOS-BH s.t.
98 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
99 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
100 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB 5' 45''
101 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA 6' 26''
102 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH 6' 30''
103 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES 6' 40''
104 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 6' 43''
105 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES 6' 52''
106 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
107 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
108 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 7' 14''
109 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY 7' 27''
110 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 7' 39''
111 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
112 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 7' 58''
113 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 8' 03''
114 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO 8' 17''
115 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 8' 19''
116 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC 9' 03''
117 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB 9' 20''
118 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON 9' 23''
119 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 9' 40''
120 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH 11' 32''
121 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 18' 04''
122 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 18' 07''
123 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 19' 24''

 

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Saturday, February 11: Stage 1, Al Rustaq Fort - Oman Convention and Exhibition Centre, Muscat, 147.5 km

Stage 1 map & profile

Stage one winner Tim Merlier crosses the line as if he were holding his new-born son. Photo: GettySport

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Weather at the finish city of Muscat at 8:45 AM, local time: 22C (71F), fair, with the wind from the southwest at 11 km/hr (7 mph). It should climb to 23C (74F) by 2:00 PM. There is just a 1% chance of rain.

The race: Here's the stage one report from the race organizer.

Tim Merlier (Soudal Quick-Step) is enjoying a great start of the year 2023: he became a father 11 days ago and was already able to dedicate a victory to his young son as he outsprinted his rivals in stage 1 of the Tour of Oman 2023. The Belgian National champion takes his first victory on the road since joining Soudal Quick-Step in the off-season (he also won a cyclo-cross in January). In front of the Oman Convention and Exhibition Center, he got the best of David Dekker (Arkéa-Samsic) and Axel Zingle (Cofidis). This should be the only opportunity for sprinters this week, on the eve of a first summit finish in Qurayyat.

As soon as the peloton head away from Al Rustaq Fort, three attackers get on the move: Rodrigo Alvarez (Burgos-BH), Said Al Rahbi (Oman National Team) and Jeroen Meijers (Terengganu Polygon). They bring their gap up to a maximum of 2’45’’ at km 13 but Tim Merlier’s Soudal Quick-Step quickly react to control the day towards a potential sprint.

The day's break: Alvarez, Al Rahbi & Meijers. Photo: GettySport

Astana pulls for Cavendish, Meijers insists
The attackers cover 42.7km in the first hour and Alvarez dominates the first intermediate sprint of the day (km 60.1). Astana Qazaqstan also work at the front of the peloton as they try to deliver a first opportunity to sprint for Mark Cavendish, who came to Oman for his first races since he joined the Asian WorldTeam.

The gap sits between 1’30’’ and 2’ on the way to Fanja, where Meijers goes first atop the only climb of the day (km 92) to take 3 points in the most aggressive rider classification. The Dutch attacker keeps going with a gap of 2’ to the bunch. His two breakaway companions are distanced.

Merlier delivers
Meijers takes 3 more points in the intermediate sprint (km 101), followed by Al Rahbi and Alvarez. The two chasers are quickly caught by the bunch, trailing by 1’50’’. Bora-Hansgrohe also participate in the chase and Meijers is reeled in with 16km to go.

Tim Merlier drives for the line slightly ahead of David Dekker. Photo: GettySport

AG2R Citroën try to control the finale but Soudal Quick-Step move up to the front positions and Tim Merlier delivers the victory for his new team, ahead of David Dekker (Arkéa-Samsic) and Axel Zingle (Cofidis).

Complete results:

147.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 41.943 km/hr

1 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 3hr 31min 0sec
2 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
3 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS s.t.
4 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
5 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X s.t.
6 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
7 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
8 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB s.t.
9 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
10 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
11 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
12 BENJAMI PRADES REVERTE JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
13 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
14 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
15 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
16 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
17 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
18 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
19 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
20 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
21 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
22 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
23 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
24 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
25 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
26 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB s.t.
27 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
28 HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
29 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
30 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
31 JORDI LOPEZ CARAVACA EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
32 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
33 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
34 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
35 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
36 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
37 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
38 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
39 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
40 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
41 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
42 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
43 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
44 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
45 BART LEMMEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
46 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
47 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
48 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
49 GIOVANNI ALEOTTI BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
50 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
51 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS s.t.
52 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
53 ANGEL FUENTES PANIEGO BURGOS-BH s.t.
54 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
55 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
56 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
57 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
58 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
59 ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
60 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
61 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
62 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
63 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
64 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
65 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
66 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
67 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
68 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR s.t.
69 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
70 MARIO APARICIO MUÑOZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
71 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB s.t.
72 PELAYO SANCHEZ MAYO BURGOS-BH s.t.
73 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
74 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
75 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
76 ABNER GONZÁLEZ RIVERA MOVISTAR s.t.
77 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
78 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
79 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
80 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
81 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
82 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
83 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
84 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
85 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X s.t.
86 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
87 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB s.t.
88 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
89 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X s.t.
90 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
91 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
92 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
93 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
94 NUR AMIRULL FAKHRUDDIN TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
95 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
96 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
97 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
98 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
99 URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
100 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
101 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
102 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
103 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
104 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
105 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
106 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
107 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS s.t.
108 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
109 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
110 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
111 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 19''
112 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 0' 23''
113 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 0' 47''
114 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS s.t.
115 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY @ 0sec
116 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X 0' 49''
117 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 54''
118 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 1' 20''
119 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 1' 28''
120 NORSGAARD MATHIAS MOVISTAR 1' 47''
121 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 2' 01''
122 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP @ 0sec
123 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 3' 34''
124 ABDULLAH AL-GHELANI    OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 6' 28''

 

GC after stage 1:

1 TIM MERLIER SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 3hr 30min 50sec
2 DAVID DEKKER ARKEA-SAMSIC @ 4sec
3 JEROEN MEIJERS TERENGGANU POLYGON 0' 05''
4 AXEL ZINGLE COFIDIS 0' 06''
5 RODRIGO ALVAREZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
6 ARNE MARIT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 0' 10''
7 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN UNO-X s.t.
8 PASCAL ACKERMANN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
9 MATTHEW WALLS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
10 ALEXANDER SALBY BINGOAL WB s.t.
11 MAX KANTER MOVISTAR s.t.
12 RÜDIGER SELIG LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
13 LAWRENCE NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
14 BENJAMI PRADES REVERTE JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
15 DIEGO ULISSI UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
16 JENTHE BIERMANS ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
17 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
18 MAXIM VAN GILS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
19 ATSUSHI OKA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
20 ALAN BANASZEK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
21 BARNABÁS PEÁK HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
22 RAYMOND KREDER JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
23 MARK CAVENDISH ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
24 DAVIDE FORMOLO UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
25 STEPHEN BASSETT HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
26 BERT VAN LERBERGHE SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
27 MASAKI YAMAMOTO JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
28 CERIEL DESAL BINGOAL WB s.t.
29 JESUS HERRADA COFIDIS s.t.
30 HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
31 LENNERT TEUGELS BINGOAL WB s.t.
32 IVAN COBO CAYON EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
33 JORDI LOPEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
34 GIOVANNI CARBONI EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
35 GREG VAN AVERMAET AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
36 MAURI VANSEVENANT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
37 IRWANDIE LAKASEK TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
38 NIKLAS EG UNO-X s.t.
39 MATTEO JORGENSON MOVISTAR s.t.
40 SIMONE PETILLI INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
41 OLIVER NAESEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
42 ANDRII PONOMAR ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
43 BEN ZWIEHOFF BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
44 FLORIS DE TIER BINGOAL WB s.t.
45 AUGUST JENSEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
46 BART LEMMEN HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
47 LOUIS MEINTJES INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
48 RÉMY ROCHAS COFIDIS s.t.
49 EMANUEL BUCHMANN BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
50 GIOVANNI ALEOTTI BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
51 IMANOL ERVITI MOVISTAR s.t.
52 HARRISON WOOD COFIDIS s.t.
53 MOHD HARRIF SALEH TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
54 ANGEL FUENTES PANIEGO BURGOS-BH s.t.
55 BENJAMIN PERRY HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
56 REIN TAARAMÄE INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
57 RYAN GIBBONS UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
58 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
59 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG HUMAN POWERED HEALTH s.t.
60 ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
61 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
62 CARLOS VERONA MOVISTAR s.t.
63 PABLO CASTRILLO EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
64 ANTHONY DELAPLACE ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
65 ARJEN LIVYNS LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
66 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI BURGOS-BH s.t.
67 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
68 JAN HIRT SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
69 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA MOVISTAR s.t.
70 ANDREA VENDRAME AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
71 MARIO APARICIO MUÑOZ BURGOS-BH s.t.
72 JOHAN MEENS BINGOAL WB s.t.
73 PELAYO SANCHEZ MAYO BURGOS-BH s.t.
74 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
75 LASSE NORMAN LETH UNO-X s.t.
76 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
77 ABNER GONZÁLEZ RIVERA MOVISTAR s.t.
78 MICHEL RIES ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
79 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
80 YEVGENIY FEDOROV ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
81 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
82 ALEJANDRO FRANCO BURGOS-BH s.t.
83 YUMA KOISHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
84 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
85 JESSE EWART TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
86 FREDRIK DVERSNES UNO-X s.t.
87 LUCA VAN BOVEN BINGOAL WB s.t.
88 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK BINGOAL WB s.t.
89 ALEXEY LUTSENKO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
90 TORD GUDMESTAD UNO-X s.t.
91 MAGNUS KULSET UNO-X s.t.
92 NICOLAS EDET ARKEA-SAMSIC s.t.
93 IDE SCHELLING BORA-HANSGROHE s.t.
94 SYLVAIN MONIQUET LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
95 NUR AMIRULL FAKHRUDDIN TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
96 DANNY VAN DER TUUK EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
97 YOUCEF REGUIGUI TERENGGANU POLYGON s.t.
98 MAZIN AL RIYAMI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
99 URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ EQUIPO KERN PHARMA s.t.
100 MANUELE BOARO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN s.t.
101 THOMAS DE GENDT LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
102 STAN DEWULF AG2R-CITROEN s.t.
103 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
104 MICHAEL VINK UAE TEAM EMIRATES s.t.
105 MANABU ISHIBASHI JCL TEAM UKYO s.t.
106 FAISAL AL-MAMARI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
107 ALEXIS RENARD COFIDIS s.t.
108 TOM PAQUOT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
109 FRANCESCO BUSATTO INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY s.t.
110 MUNDHER AL-HSANI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM s.t.
111 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN LOTTO DSTNY s.t.
112 FAUSTO MASNADA SOUDAL QUICK-STEP s.t.
113 MARTIN LAAS ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 0' 29''
114 JORDI WARLOP SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 0' 33''
115 SAID AL RAHBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 0' 54''
116 WESLEY KREDER COFIDIS 0' 57''
117 LOUIS BENDIXEN UNO-X 0' 59''
118 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT INTERMARCHÉ-CIRCUS-WANTY 1' 04''
119 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 1' 30''
120 JOSEF ČERNÝ SOUDAL QUICK-STEP 1' 38''
121 NORSGAARD MATHIAS MOVISTAR 1' 57''
122 LEONARDO BASSO ASTANA QAZAQSTAN 2' 11''
123 FRANÇOIS BIDARD COFIDIS 3' 44''
124 ABDULLAH AL-GHELANI    OMAN NATIONAL TEAM 6' 38''

 

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Start list with back numbers, February 10, 2023:

SOUDAL QUICK-STEP
1 JAN HIRT
2 JOSEF ČERNÝ
3 FAUSTO MASNADA
4 TIM MERLIER
5 BERT VAN LERBERGHE
6 MAURI VANSEVENANT
7 JORDI WARLOP
UAE TEAM EMIRATES
11 DIEGO ULISSI
12 PASCAL ACKERMANN
13 DAVIDE FORMOLO
14 RYAN GIBBONS
15 VEGARD STAKE LAENGEN
16 MICHAEL VINK
INTERMARCHÉ - CIRCUS - WANTY
21 LOUIS DU BOUISSON MEINTJES
22 FRANCESCO BUSATTO
23 ARNE MARIT
24 TOM PAQUOT
25 SIMONE PETILLI
26 BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT
27 REIN TAARAMÄE
TEAM ARKEA - SAMSIC
31 CRISTIAN RODRIGUEZ MARTIN
32 JENTHE BIERMANS
33 DAVID DEKKER
34 ANTHONY DELAPLACE
35 NICOLAS EDET
36 ANDRII PONOMAR
37 MICHEL RIES
UNO-X PRO CYCLING TEAM
41 KRISTOFFER HALVORSEN
42 LOUIS BENDIXEN
43 FREDRIK DVERSNES
44 NIKLAS EG
45 TORD GUDMESTAD
46 MAGNUS KULSET
47 LASSE NORMAN LETH
AG2R CITROEN TEAM
51 GREG VAN AVERMAET
52 GEOFFREY BOUCHARD
53 STAN DEWULF
54 JAAKKO HÄNNINEN
55 LAWRENCE NAESEN
56 OLIVER NAESEN
57 ANDREA VENDRAME
BORA - HANSGROHE
61 EMANUEL BUCHMANN
62 GIOVANNI ALEOTTI
63 FLORIAN LIPOWITZ
64 IDE SCHELLING
65 CIAN UIJTDEBROEKS
66 MATTHEW WALLS
67 BEN ZWIEHOFF
ASTANA QAZAQSTAN TEAM
71 ALEXEY LUTSENKO
72 LEONARDO BASSO
73 MANUELE BOARO
74 MARK CAVENDISH
75 YEVGENIY FEDOROV
76 MARTIN LAAS
77 HAROLD ALFONSO TEJADA CANACUE
MOVISTAR TEAM
81 MATTEO JORGENSON
82 IMANOL ERVITI
83 ABNER GONZÁLEZ RIVERA
84 NORSGAARD MATHIAS JØRGENSEN
85 MAX KANTER
86 IVAN RAMIRO SOSA CUERVO
87 CARLOS VERONA QUINTANILLA
COFIDIS
91 JESUS HERRADA
92 FRANÇOIS BIDARD
93 WESLEY KREDER
94 ALEXIS RENARD
95 RÉMY ROCHAS
96 HARRISON WOOD
97 AXEL ZINGLE
LOTTO DSTNY
101 THOMAS DE GENDT
102 ARJEN LIVYNS
103 SYLVAIN MONIQUET
104 MICHAEL SCHWARZMANN
105 RÜDIGER SELIG
106 EDUARDO SEPULVEDA
107 MAXIM VAN GILS
BINGOAL WB
111 CERIEL DESAL
112 FLORIS DE TIER
113 JOHAN MEENS
114 ALEXANDER SALBY
115 LENNERT TEUGELS
116 LUCA VAN BOVEN
117 GUILLAUME VAN KEIRSBULCK
EQUIPO KERN PHARMA
121 ROGER ADRIA OLIVERAS
122 URKO BERRADE FERNANDEZ
123 GIOVANNI CARBONI
124 PABLO CASTRILLO ZAPATER
125 IVAN COBO CAYON
126 JORDI LOPEZ CARAVACA
127 DANNY VAN DER TUUK
BURGOS-BH
131 PELAYO SANCHEZ MAYO
132 RODRIGO ALVAREZ RODRIGUEZ
133 MARIO APARICIO MUÑOZ
134 MIGUEL ANGEL FERNANDEZ RUIZ
135 ALEJANDRO FRANCO GONZALEZ
136 ANGEL FUENTES PANIEGO
137 VICTOR LANGELLOTTI
OMAN NATIONAL TEAM
141 SAID AL RAHBI
142 ABDULLAH AL-GHELANI   
143 MUNDHER AL-HSANI
144 FAISAL AL-MAMARI
145 MAZIN AL RIYAMI
146 MOHAMED AL-WAHIBI
HUMAN POWERED HEALTH
151 ALAN BANASZEK
152 STEPHEN BASSETT
153 AUGUST JENSEN
154 BART LEMMEN
155 BARNABÁS PEÁK
156 BENJAMIN PERRY
157 EMBRET SVESTAD-BÅRDSENG
TERENGGANU POLYGON CYCLING TEAM
161 YOUCEF REGUIGUI
162 JESSE EWART
163 IRWANDIE LAKASEK
164 NUR AMIRULL FAKHRUDDIN MAZUKI
165 JEROEN MEIJERS
166 JAMBALJAMTS SAINBAYAR
167 MOHD HARRIF SALEH
JCL TEAM UKYO
171 BENJAMI PRADES REVERTE
172 MANABU ISHIBASHI
173 YUMA KOISHI
174 RAYMOND KREDER
175 ATSUSHI OKA
176 KOSUKE TAKEYAMA
177 MASAKI YAMAMOTO