2016 Tour of Qatar (HC)
15th edition: February 8 - February 12, 2016
Tour of Qatar Podium History | 2015 Edition |Start list
Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5
Friday, February 12: 5th and Final Stage, Sealine Beach Resort - Doha Corniche, 114 km
Alexander Kristoff gets his third stage win this Tour of Qater
The Race: here's the organizers' stage summary.
After reconquering the golden jersey yesterday in Madinat Al Shamal, Mark Cavendish battled it out to the line capturing second spot of the final sprint which was enough to give him overall victory on the 15th edition of the Tour of Qatar. The last stage of the event was captured by Alexander Kristoff, claiming his third success this year and his 6th in Qatar. Winner of the Tour back in 2013, Cav manages a triumphant return to the race after a three-year absence. The Brit conquers the race with a slim 5'' lead over Kristoff and 8'' over Van Avermaet.
The faces were tense at the start of the 5th and final stage of the Tour of Qatar. And the reasons were obvious. Not only due the wind blowing significantly on the Qatar peninsula, but mainly because there was still a lot at stake in this 15th edition of the event. Indeed after yesterday's upset (puncture in the final 10 kms) concerning former race leader Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD), the GC had dramatically changed with extremely slim gaps. Taking off with the golden jersey, Mark Cavendish (DDD) only had a 2'' advantage over Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), 6'' over Maniuel Quinziato (BMC) and 9'' over Alexander Kristoff (KAT). In other words overall victory would have to await the final sprint on the Doha Corniche.
Taking off from the Sealine Beach Resort, south of the nation, 130 remaining riders (two non-starters: Koep (SSG) and Ibrahim (SKD) took off for a 114.5-km ride all the way to the Doha Corniche. After only 5 kilometres, three men managed to break away: Tronet (FVC), Declercq (TSV) and Sergent (ALM). Their advantage reached 52'' over counter-attacking rider Van Goethem (ROP) and 2'20'' over the pack.
Fifteen kilometres later, while the first chasing rider was caught, the gap grew to 2'25'' at km 28 and even a maximum 4' at km 40. Under the control of teams Katusha and Dimension Data, le front rider could still enjoy a comfortable lead once on the final circuit. At the first intermediate sprint of the day (4th crossing of the line, km 74.5), won by Sergent in front of Tronet and Declercq, the main bunch remained 2'15'' adrift.
Apparently not interested by the bonus seconds up for grabs at the second intermediate sprint, team Katusha let the front men battle it out by themselves. Indeed at the 8th crossing of the line (km 97.5), Declercq won the sprint ahead of Sergent and Tronet while the pack was still 28'' adrift. The first man to be caught was French Champion Steven Tronet at km 104 while the remaining two leaders were gobbled up by the pack with just under two laps to go.
The pack remained bunched all the way the final straight. As expected a royal sprint took place between the two fastest men of the peloton: Cavendish vs Kristoff and it was finally the latter who outsprinted his main rival, crossing the line with a whisker of a lead on ‘Cav' while Roy Jans (WGG) finished third. Like a year ago, Kristoff wins three out of five stages on the Tour of Qatar but only just misses out on overall glory.
A winner of the event back in 2013, Cavendish tops the GC and conquers the final golden jersey. The Brit wins the race with a slim 5'' lead over Kristoff and 8'' over Van Avermaet (BMC). The silver jersey for the best rider in the point's classification naturally goes to Kristoff. Danish rider Søren Kragh Andersen (TGA) finishes best young rider (pearl white jersey) while BMC claims the team classification.
Complete Results:
114 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.805 km/hr
1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | 2hr 56min 16sec |
2 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
3 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
4 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
5 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
6 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
7 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
8 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
9 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
10 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
11 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
12 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
13 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | s.t. |
14 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
15 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
16 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
17 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R | s.t. |
18 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | s.t. |
19 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
20 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R | s.t. |
21 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | s.t. |
22 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
23 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
24 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
25 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
26 | ANDERSEN Søren | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
27 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
28 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
29 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
30 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
31 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
32 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
33 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
34 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
35 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
36 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
37 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | s.t. |
38 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
39 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | s.t. |
40 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
41 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
42 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
43 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
44 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
45 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
46 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R | s.t. |
47 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
48 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | @ 8sec |
49 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
50 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
51 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
52 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
53 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
54 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
55 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R | s.t. |
56 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
57 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
58 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R | s.t. |
59 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
60 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
61 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
62 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
63 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
64 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
65 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
66 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
67 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R | s.t. |
68 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | s.t. |
69 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
70 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R | s.t. |
71 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | s.t. |
72 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
73 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
74 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 00' 15'' |
75 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
76 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 00' 16'' |
77 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 00' 19'' |
78 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
79 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
80 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 00' 22'' |
81 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
82 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | s.t. |
83 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
84 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
85 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R | s.t. |
86 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | s.t. |
87 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
88 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
89 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
90 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
91 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 00' 29'' |
92 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 31'' |
93 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
94 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
95 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
96 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
97 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
98 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
99 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
100 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 00' 34'' |
101 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
102 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 37'' |
103 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
104 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 39'' |
105 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
106 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 00' 46'' |
107 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
108 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 48'' |
109 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
110 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
111 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
112 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
113 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
114 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 00' 59'' |
115 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
116 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
117 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
118 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | @ 1min 4sec |
119 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
120 | OSS Daniel | BMC | + 01' 19'' |
121 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | + 01' 26'' |
122 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 27'' |
123 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 02' 09'' |
124 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 02' 32'' |
125 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | s.t. |
126 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
127 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
128 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
Final GC after Stage 5:
625 kilometers raced at an average speed of 45.324 km/hr
- Final GC winner: Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data)
- Points classification winner: Alexander Kristoff (Katusha)
- Young rider classification winner: Søren Andersen (Giant-Alpecin)
- Team classification winner: BMC
1 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | 13hr 47min 23sec |
2 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | @5sec |
3 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | + 00' 08'' |
4 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | + 00' 12'' |
5 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 25'' |
6 | ANDERSEN Søren | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 36'' |
7 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 47'' |
8 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | + 00' 55'' |
9 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | + 00' 56'' |
10 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | @ 1min 4sec |
11 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 01' 12'' |
12 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 19'' |
13 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 22'' |
14 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 01' 36'' |
15 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 50'' |
16 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 02' 09'' |
17 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | + 02' 12'' |
18 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 02' 48'' |
19 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
20 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | + 02' 51'' |
21 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | + 03' 10'' |
22 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | + 03' 20'' |
23 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 03' 22'' |
24 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 03' 38'' |
25 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R | + 03' 45'' |
26 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 03' 48'' |
27 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 03' 54'' |
28 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 03' 59'' |
29 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R | + 04' 02'' |
30 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | + 04' 09'' |
31 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 04' 12'' |
32 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | + 04' 13'' |
33 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 04' 15'' |
34 | OSS Daniel | BMC | + 04' 17'' |
35 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 04' 22'' |
36 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 04' 23'' |
37 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 04' 23'' |
38 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 04' 35'' |
39 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | + 04' 37'' |
40 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 04' 47'' |
41 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 05' 13'' |
42 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 05' 32'' |
43 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 06' 03'' |
44 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | + 06' 05'' |
45 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 06' 31'' |
46 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 07' 00'' |
47 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 08' 09'' |
48 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 08' 21'' |
49 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | + 09' 02'' |
50 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 09' 09'' |
51 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 09' 19'' |
52 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 09' 47'' |
53 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 09' 49'' |
54 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 10' 00'' |
55 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 10' 55'' |
56 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 11' 00'' |
57 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 11' 38'' |
58 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 12' 23'' |
59 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 12' 35'' |
60 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R | + 13' 09'' |
61 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 13' 16'' |
62 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 13' 39'' |
63 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 41'' |
64 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | + 13' 48'' |
65 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | + 13' 53'' |
66 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 54'' |
67 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 13' 56'' |
68 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 13' 57'' |
69 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 13' 57'' |
70 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 58'' |
71 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | + 14' 05'' |
72 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 12'' |
73 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
74 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
75 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
76 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | + 14' 16'' |
77 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 26'' |
78 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 14' 39'' |
79 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 14' 42'' |
80 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R | + 14' 47'' |
81 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 14' 51'' |
82 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 15' 05'' |
83 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
84 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 15' 17'' |
85 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 15' 18'' |
86 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 15' 18'' |
87 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 15' 22'' |
88 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | + 15' 24'' |
89 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 15' 33'' |
90 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 15' 49'' |
91 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 15' 57'' |
92 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | + 16' 02'' |
93 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 16' 04'' |
94 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | + 16' 09'' |
95 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 16' 16'' |
96 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 17' 00'' |
97 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 17' 06'' |
98 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 17' 12'' |
99 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 17' 22'' |
100 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 17' 25'' |
101 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 17' 25'' |
102 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R | + 17' 38'' |
103 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 17' 46'' |
104 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R | + 18' 07'' |
105 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 18' 13'' |
106 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 18' 27'' |
107 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | + 18' 48'' |
108 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 18' 49'' |
109 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 18' 51'' |
110 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 18' 59'' |
111 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 19' 07'' |
112 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 19' 19'' |
113 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 19' 41'' |
114 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 20' 00'' |
115 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 20' 11'' |
116 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 20' 43'' |
117 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 22' 16'' |
118 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 22' 22'' |
119 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 22' 35'' |
120 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 22' 49'' |
121 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R | + 24' 11'' |
122 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 24' 21'' |
123 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 26' 25'' |
124 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 26' 29'' |
125 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 26' 33'' |
126 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 27' 20'' |
127 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 27' 24'' |
128 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R | + 28' 38'' |
Thursday, February 11: Stage 4, Alzubarah Fort - Madinat Al Shamal, 189 km
Alexander Kristoff gets his second win this Tour of Qatar
The Race: Here's the stage story from the race organizer.
Looking almost untouchable in gold after his time-trial win yesterday, Edvald Boasson Hagen was hit by bad luck on the 4th stage of the Tour of Qatar. Perfectly positioned at the front with 10 kms to go, the Norwegian suffered an unfortunate puncture that cost him his overall leader's golden jersey. The day's stage victory eventually went to his compatriot Alexander Kristoff winning for the second consecutive year in Madinat Al Shamal. Very saddened by his team mate's upset, Mark Cavendish, fifth today, moves back into race leadership. The battle for glory promises to be extremely intense tomorrow for the final day of the event: indeed only 2'' separate 'Cav' from his closest rival Greg Van Avermaet in the GC.
A day after what looked to be a decisive time-trial conquered by Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD), the riders gathered around the World Unesco heritage site of the Al Zubarah Fort for stage 4 of the Tour of Qatar. On the menu: a 189-km stage heading to Madinat Al Shamal where the 132 riders would battle it out on a final wind-swept circuit.
After an extremely fast start, thanks to the tailwind, several riders tried their luck but their breakaway efforts were vain. Eventually after 17 kilometres, 9 men managed to power away from the pack : Zakharov (AST), Van Hecke (TSV), McNally (WGG), Gretsch, Turgot (ALM), De Vries (ROP), Eaton (UHC) and Koep (SSG). Their lead reached a maximum 2'15'' advantage at the first intermediate sprint (km 73) won by Gretsch ahead of Van Hecke and Zakharov.
After a sharp right turn, the pace of the pack went dramatically faster, led by team BMC Racing. While the gap with the front men started dropping, the pack broke up into several groups. In the leading group of 31 behind the escapees were golden jersey Boasson Hagen, silver jersey Mark Cavendish (DDD), white pearl jersey Andersen (TGA) as well as all the main favourites. The gap continued dropping and eventually the front 9 were caught at km 88. Meanwhile as the front group entered the circuit around Madinat Al Shamal, the main pack including the likes of Sam Bennett (BOA) and Sven Erik Bystrøm (KAT) remained 52'' adrift. Facing the wind, all the groups eventually bunched up together again at km 110.
Five kilometres later, four men gave it a go: Van Hecke, McNally and Gretsch, again, as well as Asselman (ROP). Their lead rapidly grew and reached a maximum 2'15'' at the first crossing of the line (km 135). At the second bonus sprint (2nd crossing of the line, km 148.5) won by Gretsch ahead of Asselman and McNally, the bunch had moved closer but remained 1'25'' adrift.
Led by team Dimension Data, the pack carried on gaining time on the breakaway riders who were finally caught with just under one lap to go (km 176). The riders from teams BMC and LottoNL - Jumbo then decided to take control of the bunch and while 33 riders were left at the front, overall leader Boasson Hagen suffered a puncture with just under 10 kilometres to go. Despite being helped out by team mate Reguigui, the Norwegian was left stranded behind. BMC continued powering ahead and the gap over yesterday's stage winner reached 40'' with 5kms left.
While Boasson Hagen was seeing his golden jersey hopes fade away, time had come for a bunched sprint. Perfectly led out by his Katusha team mates, Alexander Kristoff flew to his second stage win this year, only just beating Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) to the line while Jacopo Guarnieri (KAT) finished third. Already a winner in Madinat Al Shamal last year, Kristoff claimes his fifth success in Qatar.
Fifth on the day, Mark Cavendish (DDD) re-conquers the golden jersey from his team mate Boasson Hagen. The Brit has a very slim 2'' lead over Van Avermaet and 6'' over Quinziato (BMC) with one final stage to go. Thanks to his stage win, Kristoff takes command of the points classification and will be wearing the silver jersey tomorrow between the Sealine Beach Resort and the Doha Corniche. The white pearl jersey for the best young rider remains on the shoulders of Søren Kragh Andersen (TGA).
Complete Results:
189 kilometers raced at an average speed of 47.808 km/hr
1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | 3hr 57min 12sec |
2 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | s.t. |
3 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
4 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
5 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
6 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
7 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | @ 6sec |
8 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 08'' |
9 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 09'' |
10 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | s.t. |
11 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
12 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
13 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | + 00' 13'' |
14 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 00' 14'' |
15 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 00' 18'' |
16 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
17 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
18 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
19 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
20 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 20'' |
21 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 00' 29'' |
22 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 00' 34'' |
23 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
24 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 00' 36'' |
25 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
26 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 00' 45'' |
27 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
28 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
29 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
30 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
31 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
32 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
33 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
34 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
35 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
36 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
37 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
38 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
39 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
40 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
41 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
42 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
43 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
44 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
45 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
46 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
47 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
49 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
50 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
51 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
52 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | + 00' 55'' |
53 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
54 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
55 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 00' 56'' |
56 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
57 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
58 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
59 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
60 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
61 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
62 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
63 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
64 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
65 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
66 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA PRO TEAM | @ 1min 5sec |
67 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 01' 07'' |
68 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
69 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
70 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 01' 10'' |
71 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
72 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
73 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
74 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 01' 16'' |
75 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
76 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
77 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
78 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
79 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
80 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
81 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
82 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 20'' |
83 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
84 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
85 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 23'' |
86 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
87 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
88 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
89 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 26'' |
90 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 40'' |
91 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 01' 44'' |
92 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
93 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
94 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 02' 59'' |
95 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 03' 20'' |
96 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 03' 23'' |
97 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
98 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 04' 12'' |
99 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
100 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
101 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
102 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
103 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
104 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
105 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
106 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 05' 05'' |
107 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
108 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
109 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
110 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
111 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
112 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
113 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
114 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
115 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
116 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
117 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
118 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
119 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
120 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
121 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
122 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
123 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
124 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
125 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
126 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
127 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
128 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
129 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
130 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
131 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
GC after Stage 4:
511 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 47.081 km/hr
1 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | 10hr 51min 13sec |
2 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | @ 2sec |
3 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | + 00' 06'' |
4 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | + 00' 09'' |
5 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 19'' |
6 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 30'' |
7 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 41'' |
8 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | + 00' 49'' |
9 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | + 00' 50'' |
10 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | + 00' 58'' |
11 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | @ 1min 6''sec |
12 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 13'' |
13 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 01' 15'' |
14 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 16'' |
15 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 29'' |
16 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 03'' |
17 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 02' 06'' |
18 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 42'' |
19 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
20 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | + 02' 45'' |
21 | OSS Daniel | BMC | + 02' 52'' |
22 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 02' 56'' |
23 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | + 03' 06'' |
24 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 03' 16'' |
25 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 03' 24'' |
26 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 03' 31'' |
27 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 03' 34'' |
28 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | + 03' 36'' |
29 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 03' 40'' |
30 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 03' 42'' |
31 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 03' 56'' |
32 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | + 04' 00'' |
33 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 04' 02'' |
34 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 04' 03'' |
35 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 04' 06'' |
36 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 04' 09'' |
37 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 04' 12'' |
38 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 04' 16'' |
39 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 04' 17'' |
40 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 04' 21'' |
41 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 04' 45'' |
42 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 04' 49'' |
43 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 05' 11'' |
44 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | + 05' 11'' |
45 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 05' 39'' |
46 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 06' 54'' |
47 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 06' 59'' |
48 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 07' 09'' |
49 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 08' 07'' |
50 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | + 08' 08'' |
51 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 03'' |
52 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 09' 17'' |
53 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 09' 39'' |
54 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 46'' |
55 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 09' 57'' |
56 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 10' 46'' |
57 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 10' 49'' |
58 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 11' 32'' |
59 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 11' 38'' |
60 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 12' 40'' |
61 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 12' 55'' |
62 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 13' 02'' |
63 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | + 13' 20'' |
64 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 13' 25'' |
65 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 27'' |
66 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 13' 29'' |
67 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 13' 31'' |
68 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 13' 33'' |
69 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | + 13' 37'' |
70 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 13' 41'' |
71 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 13' 43'' |
72 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 48'' |
73 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 13' 50'' |
74 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 52'' |
75 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 58'' |
76 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 14' 02'' |
77 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 14' 06'' |
78 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 06'' |
79 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 14' 06'' |
80 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 14' 07'' |
81 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 12'' |
82 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 14' 14'' |
83 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 14' 17'' |
84 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 14' 23'' |
85 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 14' 28'' |
86 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 28'' |
87 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 14' 30'' |
88 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | + 14' 30'' |
89 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 14' 33'' |
90 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 14' 33'' |
91 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 14' 37'' |
92 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 14' 45'' |
93 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 14' 50'' |
94 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 14' 51'' |
95 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 15' 08'' |
96 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 15' 35'' |
97 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 15' 48'' |
98 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 15' 51'' |
99 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 15' 58'' |
100 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 16' 07'' |
101 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 16' 26'' |
102 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 16' 48'' |
103 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 16' 48'' |
104 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 16' 54'' |
105 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 16' 54'' |
106 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 17' 32'' |
107 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 17' 39'' |
108 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 18' 07'' |
109 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 18' 14'' |
110 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 18' 24'' |
111 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 18' 30'' |
112 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | + 18' 34'' |
113 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 18' 35'' |
114 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 18' 50'' |
115 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 19' 05'' |
116 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 19' 34'' |
117 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 19' 35'' |
118 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 19' 49'' |
119 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 21' 39'' |
120 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 21' 42'' |
121 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 22' 10'' |
122 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 22' 24'' |
123 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 22' 29'' |
124 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 23' 41'' |
125 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 24' 02'' |
126 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 25' 28'' |
127 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 25' 57'' |
128 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 26' 07'' |
129 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 26' 15'' |
130 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 27' 10'' |
131 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 28' 32'' |
Wednesday, February 10: Stage 3, Lusail 11 kilometer individual time trial
Edvald Boasson Hagen showing how time trialing is done.
The race: here's the organizer's stage explanation:
The Tour of Qatar has a new boss. Thanks to his outstanding performance on the day's 11.4-km time-trial, Edvald Boasson Hagen not only captured his first ever success in Qatar, beating Van Emden and Quinziato, he also took a solid command of the general classification. Despite an excellent 7th fastest time today, Mark Cavendish sees his Golden jersey go to his Dimension Data team mate.
After two normal stages and intense battles between the top guns of the Tour of Qatar, day 3 of the event offered a far different menu to the 133 remaining riders : a windy 11.4-km individual time-trial set between the Lusail MotoGP circuit and the spectacular Arena that welcomed last year's Handball World Championships.
After best times set by Jesse Sergent (ALM), and Jordan Kerby (DPC), experienced Lieuwe Westra (AST) hit hard, clocking a reference time of 14'09''. The Dutchman's time remained unthreatened for 45 minutes before his compatriot Jos van Emden (TLJ) flew to the line in an impressive time of 13'51''.
But the man of the day would be Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD). The Norwegian first set the fastest time at the intermediate time-check in 6'16'' before crossing the line in an astonishing 13'26'', winning the stage at an average speed of 50.918 km/h, with a comfortable 25'' advantage over Van Emden and 29'' over Manuel Quinziato (BMC). On the exact same circuit as last year, the Dimension Data rider thrashed the previous record set by Niki Terpstra (14'03'') and established a time that was 59'' faster than his personal best of 2015 when he finished 8th.
Starting his timed effort with a slim 5'' lead over Kristoff in the GC, Mark Cavendish had to bid farewell to his Golden Jersey, despite a very decent 7th fastest time, just 44'' adrift. The new overall leader is his team mate Boasson Hagen who can enjoy a 26'' advantage over Cavendish and 29'' over Quinziato. ‘Cav' however keeps command of the points classification and will therefore be wearing the silver jersey on tomorrow's 4th stage between Al Zubarah and Madinat Al Shamal. The white pearl jersey for the best young rider switches shoulders and returns to those of Søren Kragh Andersen (TGA).
Complete results:
11 kilometers raced at an average speed of 49.132 km/hr
1 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | 13min 26sec |
2 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | @ 25sec |
3 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | + 00' 29'' |
4 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | + 00' 32'' |
5 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | + 00' 40'' |
6 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | + 00' 43'' |
7 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 44'' |
8 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
9 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 45'' |
10 | OSS Daniel | BMC | + 00' 47'' |
11 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | + 00' 51'' |
12 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | s.t. |
13 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 00' 57'' |
14 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 00' 58'' |
15 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | s.t. |
16 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | + 00' 59'' |
17 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | @ 1min 0sec |
18 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
19 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 01' 03'' |
20 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 04'' |
21 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
22 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
23 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
24 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | + 01' 05'' |
25 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
26 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 01' 06'' |
27 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA | + 01' 09'' |
28 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | + 01' 10'' |
29 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 01' 11'' |
30 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
31 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | + 01' 12'' |
32 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
33 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 13'' |
34 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 01' 17'' |
35 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 18'' |
36 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 01' 19'' |
37 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
38 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 20'' |
39 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
40 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 21'' |
41 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
42 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
43 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 01' 22'' |
44 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
45 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 01' 25'' |
46 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 26'' |
47 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 01' 27'' |
48 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
49 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
50 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | + 01' 28'' |
51 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
52 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | + 01' 29'' |
53 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
54 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
55 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | + 01' 31'' |
56 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
57 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 01' 32'' |
58 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
59 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 33'' |
60 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
61 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 34'' |
62 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 35'' |
63 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
64 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
65 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 01' 37'' |
66 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
67 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
68 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 01' 39'' |
69 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
70 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 40'' |
71 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
72 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 41'' |
73 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 01' 42'' |
74 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
75 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 43'' |
76 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
77 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
78 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
79 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 45'' |
80 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 01' 46'' |
81 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
82 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 47'' |
83 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 01' 48'' |
84 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | s.t. |
85 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
86 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
87 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 49'' |
88 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
89 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
90 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 01' 50'' |
91 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
92 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 01' 51'' |
93 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 01' 52'' |
94 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
95 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
96 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 01' 53'' |
97 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
98 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
99 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 01' 54'' |
100 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
101 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 01' 55'' |
102 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 01' 57'' |
103 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
104 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
105 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 58'' |
106 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | s.t. |
107 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 59'' |
108 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 02' 00'' |
109 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 02' 01'' |
110 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 02' 02'' |
111 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
112 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 02' 03'' |
113 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 02' 05'' |
114 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
115 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | + 02' 07'' |
116 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
117 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
118 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 02' 08'' |
119 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 02' 08'' |
120 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 02' 12'' |
121 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 02' 15'' |
122 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 02' 16'' |
123 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 02' 20'' |
124 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 02' 24'' |
125 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 02' 26'' |
126 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 02' 30'' |
127 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 02' 32'' |
128 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
129 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 02' 33'' |
130 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 02' 35'' |
131 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 02' 42'' |
132 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 03' 01'' |
GC after stage 3:
322 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.714 km/hr
1 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | 6hr 53min 35sec |
2 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | @ 26sec |
3 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | + 00' 32'' |
4 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | + 00' 34'' |
5 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | + 00' 45'' |
6 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 00' 48'' |
7 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | @ 1min 2sec |
8 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 07'' |
9 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | + 01' 10'' |
10 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | + 01' 15'' |
11 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 01' 18'' |
12 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 21'' |
13 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 01' 24'' |
14 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 01' 32'' |
15 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 01' 37'' |
16 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | + 01' 47'' |
17 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 11'' |
18 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | + 02' 26'' |
19 | OSS Daniel | BMC | + 02' 33'' |
20 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | + 02' 37'' |
21 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 50'' |
22 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 02' 57'' |
23 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 02' 59'' |
24 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 03' 05'' |
25 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 06'' |
26 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 03' 10'' |
27 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 03' 12'' |
28 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | + 03' 15'' |
29 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
30 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | + 03' 17'' |
31 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 03' 19'' |
32 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 03' 21'' |
33 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 03' 23'' |
34 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
35 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 03' 26'' |
36 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 03' 27'' |
37 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 03' 28'' |
38 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 29'' |
39 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 03' 32'' |
40 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 35'' |
41 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 03' 40'' |
42 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 03' 43'' |
43 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | + 03' 44'' |
44 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 03' 47'' |
45 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | + 03' 53'' |
46 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 03' 54'' |
47 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 03' 58'' |
48 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 04' 01'' |
49 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 04' 02'' |
50 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 04' 49'' |
51 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 06' 10'' |
52 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 06' 11'' |
53 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 08' 01'' |
54 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | + 08' 46'' |
55 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 08' 55'' |
56 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA | + 09' 02'' |
57 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 09' 15'' |
58 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 09' 20'' |
59 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 09' 27'' |
60 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 09' 34'' |
61 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 09' 38'' |
62 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | + 09' 45'' |
63 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 09' 47'' |
64 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 09' 49'' |
65 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 09' 58'' |
66 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 10' 48'' |
67 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 10' 56'' |
68 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 11' 02'' |
69 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 12' 21'' |
70 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 12' 53'' |
71 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | + 12' 56'' |
72 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 13' 00'' |
73 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | + 13' 01'' |
74 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
75 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 02'' |
76 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 13' 08'' |
77 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 13' 13'' |
78 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 17'' |
79 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 18'' |
80 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | + 13' 24'' |
81 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 13' 24'' |
82 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 28'' |
83 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 13' 29'' |
84 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 13' 30'' |
85 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 13' 31'' |
86 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
87 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | + 13' 33'' |
88 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | + 13' 35'' |
89 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 13' 35'' |
90 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 42'' |
91 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 13' 44'' |
92 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 13' 45'' |
93 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
94 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 13' 47'' |
95 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 13' 48'' |
96 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
97 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 13' 49'' |
98 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
99 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 13' 51'' |
100 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 53'' |
101 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | + 13' 55'' |
102 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 13' 56'' |
103 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 13' 58'' |
104 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 14' 01'' |
105 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE - MERIDA | s.t. |
106 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 14' 03'' |
107 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
108 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 14' 11'' |
109 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 14' 26'' |
110 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 14' 31'' |
111 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 14' 38'' |
112 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 14' 55'' |
113 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 14' 58'' |
114 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 15' 10'' |
115 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 15' 32'' |
116 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 15' 58'' |
117 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 16' 04'' |
118 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 16' 18'' |
119 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 19' 16'' |
120 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 20' 16'' |
121 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 20' 49'' |
122 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE - MERIDA | + 20' 58'' |
123 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 21' 11'' |
124 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 21' 18'' |
125 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 21' 20'' |
126 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 21' 28'' |
127 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 21' 36'' |
128 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 21' 51'' |
129 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 21' 54'' |
130 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 22' 31'' |
131 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
132 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R-LA MONDIALE | + 28' 13'' |
Tuesday, February 9: Stage 2, Qatar University - Qatar University, 135 km
Alexander Kristoff (red kit) wins Qatar stage 2 in a photo finish sprint with Mark Cavandish
The race: Here's the organizer's explanation of the day's stage.
After conquering stage 1 and the golden jersey yesterday, there wasn't much Mark Cavendish could do against Alexander Kristoff on day 2 of the Tour of Qatar. In a final bunched sprint by the Qatar University, the Norwegian powered to the line, beating his main rival by just a few inches and capturing his fourth stage success in Qatar. The day had been intense for Cavendish not present in the group of favourites that had taken off in the early stages of the race. And after things had settled, once on the circuit of the next World Championships, and the pack bunched up, the Brit had to be content with second spot on the day. Before the all-important time-trial, he keeps his GC leader's Golden jersey.
On the occasion of the Qatar National Sport Day, stage 2 of the Tour of Qatar would indeed be an intense one. The reason: a very strong wind blowing from the north-east of the peninsula. On this second day of the event, the riders would also have the opportunity to discover the final circuit of the next road World Championships in october. And on such an occasion, it was only natural to see UCI president Brian Cookson launch the 136 riders for their 145.5-km effort.
Facing the wind, the first part of the stage was rather slow, unlike yesterday's extremely fast day that saw Mark Cavendish conquer his 9th win in Qatar. After only two kilometres, four men managed to break away from the pack: Lieuwe Westra (AST), Preben Van Hecke (TSV), Gediminas Bagdonas (ALM) and Brian van Goethem (ROP). The gap rapidly grew and reached 1'30 at km 25.
But after a change in direction, heading back south, the pace dramatically changed and the pack broke up into several groups. While the front four were caught at km 35, just over 20 men powered away at the front. Among the group were the likes of Kristoff (KAT), Boasson Hagen (DDD), Bennett (BOA), Guardini (AST) and Hofland (TLJ). At the first intermediate sprint (km 39) claimed by Kristoff ahead of Boasson Hagen and Kuznetsov (KAT), the chasing bunch including Cavendish and Modolo (LAM) were 14'' adrift. That gap grew to 50'' as the leaders entered the Pearl World Championship circuit (km 79).
Eventually the golden jersey group managed to catch up with the front group and the pack bunched up at km 84. That was the moment chosen by two men to take off : Preben Van Hecke, again, and Gatis Smukulis (AST). The second bonus sprint set on the finish line of the next ‘Worlds' was won by Van Hecke ahead of Smukulis while the peloton led by Boasson Hagen, third, remained 43'' adrift. The front duo's advantage reached a maximum 1' lead at km 110 before teams Dimension Data, BMC and Katusha started chasing them down. They were eventually caught at km 125.
After exiting the Pearl circuit, the pack remained bunched all the way to the final straight by the Qatar University. On the slightly uphill sprint, several riders, including Guardini (AST), Brown (DPC) and best young rider Andersen (TGA) suffered a crash. That didn't prevent the big guns to battle it out for victory. Well led out by his Katusha boys, Alexander Kristoff only just managed to capture the win, beating Cavendish to the line by just a few inches, while Roy Jans (WGG) finished third. The Norwegian captured his 4th stage success in Qatar after triumphing three times last year.
In the new general classification, Mark Cavendish keeps his golden jersey but now only has a 5'' lead over Kristoff and 14'' over Modolo. The Brit also keeps command of the points classification (silver jersey) while Sven Erik Bystrøm (KAT) becomes the best young rider of the event (white pearl jersey)
Complete Results:
135 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.312 km/hr
1 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | 3hr 11min 26sec |
2 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
3 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
4 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | s.t. |
5 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
6 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
7 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
8 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
9 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
10 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | s.t. |
11 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
12 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
13 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
14 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | s.t. |
15 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
16 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
17 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
18 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
19 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
20 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
21 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
22 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
23 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
24 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
25 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
26 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
27 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
28 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
29 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
30 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
31 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
32 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
33 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
34 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
35 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
36 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
37 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
38 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
39 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
40 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
41 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
42 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
43 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
44 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
45 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
46 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | s.t. |
47 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
48 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
49 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
50 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
51 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
52 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
53 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
54 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
55 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
56 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
57 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
58 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
59 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
60 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
61 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
62 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
63 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
64 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
65 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
66 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
67 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
68 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
69 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
70 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
71 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
72 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
73 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | s.t. |
74 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
75 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
76 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
77 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
78 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
79 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
80 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
81 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
82 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
83 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
84 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
85 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
86 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
87 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
88 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
89 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
90 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
91 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
92 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
93 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
94 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
95 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
96 | JI Cheng | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
97 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA PRO TEAM | @ 1min 7sec |
98 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 01' 12'' |
99 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 01' 14'' |
100 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
101 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
102 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 01' 19'' |
103 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 01' 26'' |
104 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
105 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
106 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 01' 28'' |
107 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 01' 34'' |
108 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 01' 36'' |
109 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
110 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
111 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
112 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 01' 59'' |
113 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
114 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
115 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 02' 20'' |
116 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
117 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
118 | WAEYTENS ZICO | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
119 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
120 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 02' 37'' |
121 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
122 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
123 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
124 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 04' 48'' |
125 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
126 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 07' 34'' |
127 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
128 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
129 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
130 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
131 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
132 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
133 | MARKUS Barry | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
GC after Stage 2:
311 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 46.668 km/hr
1 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | 6hr 39min 51sec |
2 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | @ 5sec |
3 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 00' 14'' |
4 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 00' 17'' |
5 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | + 00' 18'' |
6 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | s.t. |
7 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | + 00' 20'' |
8 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 00' 21'' |
9 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | s.t. |
10 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
11 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
12 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
13 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
14 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
15 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 26'' |
16 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 00' 39'' |
17 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | @ 2min 1sec |
18 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 02' 04'' |
19 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
20 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
21 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
22 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
23 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
24 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
25 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
26 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
27 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
28 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
29 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
30 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
31 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
32 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
33 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
34 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
35 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
36 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
37 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
38 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
39 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
40 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
41 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
42 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
43 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
44 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | s.t. |
45 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
46 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
47 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
49 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | + 03' 16'' |
50 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 03' 40'' |
51 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | + 04' 03'' |
52 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 04' 41'' |
53 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 07' 15'' |
54 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 08' 09'' |
55 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 08' 11'' |
56 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 08' 13'' |
57 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
58 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
59 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
60 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
61 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
62 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
63 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
64 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
65 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
66 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA PRO TEAM | + 09' 20'' |
67 | WAEYTENS ZICO | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | + 09' 39'' |
68 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 09' 49'' |
69 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 10' 49'' |
70 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 12' 14'' |
71 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
72 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
73 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
74 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA PRO TEAM | s.t. |
75 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
76 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
77 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
78 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
79 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
80 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
81 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
82 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
83 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
84 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
85 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
86 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
87 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
88 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
89 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
90 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
91 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
92 | JI Cheng | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
93 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
94 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
95 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
96 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
97 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
98 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
99 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
100 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL-JUMBO | s.t. |
101 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
102 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
103 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
104 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
105 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
106 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
107 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
108 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
109 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
110 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
111 | MARKUS Barry | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
112 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
113 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | + 13' 28'' |
114 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 13' 33'' |
115 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 13' 40'' |
116 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 13' 42'' |
117 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 13' 50'' |
118 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 14' 34'' |
119 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
120 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 17' 02'' |
121 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 19' 36'' |
122 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | + 19' 36'' |
123 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
124 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
125 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | + 19' 48'' |
126 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
127 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
128 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
129 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
130 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 20' 29'' |
131 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 21' 10'' |
132 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | + 21' 12'' |
133 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | + 27' 10'' |
Monday, February 8: Stage 1, Dukhan - Al Khor Corniche, 176 km
Mark Cavendish wins Qatar stage 1
The race: Here is the organizer's telling of the stage events.
The 15th edition of the Tour of Qatar started in style and full speed ahead. At an average speed of close to 52km/h, Mark Cavendish flew to an impressive stage success for his return on the race after his last triumph in 2013. The Brit captured his first win under his new Dimension Data colours, earning his 9th victory in Qatar. After being among a 21-man group taking off early, 'Cav' was the fastest of the sprint on the Al Khor Corniche, beating Modolo
For the first stage of the 2016 Tour of Qatar, the riders are gathered on the eastern coast of Qatar, in the city of Dukhan for the start of the race. Under a bright sunshine and in rather windy conditions, 140 competitors took off for a 180.5-km ride all the way to Al Khor on the north-western coast.
After an extremely fast start due to the favourable wind, the first real action started at km 38 when the pack broke up into two main groups. Twelve kilometres later, again the front group of around 100 men parted leaving only 21 riders at the front. Among the leading group were the likes of Kristoff (KAT), Cavendish, Boasson Hagen (DDD), Andersen (TGA), Van Avermaet (BMC), Bennett (BOA), Gerard (FVC), Guardini (AST) and Modolo (LAM). Their lead grew from 35'' at km 57 to 50'' at km 81.
The first intermediate sprint (km 106.5) was claimed by Kristoff ahead of Cavendish and Modolo while the first chasing group remained 1'05'' adrift. And the gap remained the same all the way to the second bonus sprint, claimed by Cavendish in front of Kuznetsov (KAT) and Van Avermaet, and beyond. Indeed with 20kms to go, the front men could still enjoy a 1'10'' lead. Eventually a group of 16 men reached the final 3 kms with a 1'30 advantage and could start considering stage victory.
Taking off from far out and making the best of the tailwind on the Al Khor Corniche, Mark Cavendish stayed clear of his rivals, victoriously crossing the finish line ahead of Sacha Modolo and Andrea Guardini. The Brit conquers his 9th stage in Qatar and triumphs for the third time in Al Khor after 2012 and 2013.
Thanks to his success, the 2011 road World Champion captures the overall leader's golden jersey that he last wore when he won the event back in 2013. Cavendish also leads the points classification while Soren Andersen (TGA) captures the white pearl jersey for the best young rider.
Complete Results:
176 kilometers raced at an average speed of 50.583 km/hr
1 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | 3hr 28min 46sec |
2 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
3 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | s.t. |
4 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
5 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | s.t. |
6 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
7 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | s.t. |
8 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
9 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
10 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
11 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | s.t. |
12 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
13 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
14 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | @ 5sec |
15 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | s.t. |
16 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 00' 18'' |
17 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | @ 1min 43sec |
18 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
19 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
20 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
21 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
22 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
23 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | s.t. |
24 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
25 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
26 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
27 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | s.t. |
28 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
29 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
30 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
31 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
32 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
33 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
34 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | s.t. |
35 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
36 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
37 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
38 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
39 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
40 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
41 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
42 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
43 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
44 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
45 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
46 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
47 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | s.t. |
49 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
50 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
51 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
52 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
53 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 02' 06'' |
54 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 07' 52'' |
55 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
56 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
57 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
58 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | s.t. |
59 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
60 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
61 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
62 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
63 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
64 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA | s.t. |
65 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
66 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
67 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | s.t. |
68 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 09' 18'' |
69 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 10' 28'' |
70 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 11' 53'' |
71 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
72 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
73 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
74 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
75 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | s.t. |
76 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
77 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
78 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
79 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
80 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
81 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
82 | MARKUS Barry | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
83 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
84 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
85 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
86 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
87 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
88 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
89 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
90 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
91 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
92 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
93 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
94 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
95 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
96 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
97 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
98 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
99 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
100 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
101 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
102 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
103 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
104 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
105 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
106 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
107 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
108 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
109 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
110 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
111 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
112 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
113 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
114 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
115 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
116 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
117 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
118 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
119 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
120 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
121 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
122 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
123 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
124 | KAMP Alexander | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
125 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
126 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
127 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 12' 34'' |
128 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 19' 15'' |
129 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
130 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
131 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
132 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
133 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
134 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
135 | ALHAMMADI Sultan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
136 | IBRAHIM Khalid | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 19' 18' |
GC after Stage 1:
1 | CAVENDISH Mark | DIMENSION DATA | 3hr 28min 31sec |
2 | MODOLO Sacha | LAMPRE-MERIDA | @ 8sec |
3 | GUARDINI Andrea | ASTANA | + 00' 11'' |
4 | KRISTOFF Alexander | KATUSHA | + 00' 12'' |
5 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav | KATUSHA | + 00' 13'' |
6 | VAN AVERMAET Greg | BMC | + 00' 14'' |
7 | BENNETT Sam | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 15'' |
8 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
9 | QUINZIATO Manuel | BMC | s.t. |
10 | GERARD Arnaud | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
11 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
12 | SCHÄR Michael | BMC | s.t. |
13 | DEMPSTER Zakkari | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
14 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik | KATUSHA | s.t. |
15 | SELIG Rüdiger | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 00' 20'' |
16 | MORKOV Michael | KATUSHA | + 00' 33'' |
17 | KUMP Marko | LAMPRE-MERIDA | @ 1min 58sec |
18 | HOFLAND Moreno | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
19 | HADDI Soufiane | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
20 | DEBESAY Mekseb | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
21 | STEELS Stijn | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
22 | ALZATE Carlos | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
23 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan | ASTANA | s.t. |
24 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
25 | KUREK Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
26 | PALINI Andrea | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
27 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy | ASTANA | s.t. |
28 | VAN EMDEN Jos | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
29 | REIHS Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
30 | TURGOT Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
31 | THWAITES Scott | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
32 | MCNALLY Mark | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
33 | MARCATO Marco | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
34 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre | BMC | s.t. |
35 | VAN HECKE Preben | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
36 | THOMSON Jay Robert | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
37 | JONES Christopher | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
38 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
39 | OSS Daniel | BMC | s.t. |
40 | GUARNIERI Jacopo | KATUSHA | s.t. |
41 | ANTONINI Simone | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
42 | RENSHAW Mark | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
43 | WYNANTS Maarten | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
44 | EATON Daniel | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
45 | STAMSNIJDER Tom | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
46 | FARRAR Tyler | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
47 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
48 | POLITT Nils | KATUSHA | s.t. |
49 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry | KATUSHA | s.t. |
50 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
51 | BRAMMEIER Matthew | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
52 | TRONET Steven | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
53 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas | BORA-ARGON 18 | + 02' 21'' |
54 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | + 08' 07'' |
55 | KIENDYS Tomasz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
56 | GRETSCH Patrick | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
57 | DECLERCQ Tim | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
58 | WESTRA Lieuwe | ASTANA | s.t. |
59 | HONKISZ Adrian | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
60 | JANS Roy | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
61 | TEUNISSEN Mike | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
62 | WEGMANN Fabian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
63 | ROOSEN Timo | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
64 | SMUKULIS Gatis | ASTANA | s.t. |
65 | VALLEE Boris | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
66 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
67 | BOOM Lars | ASTANA | s.t. |
68 | WAEYTENS ZICO | GIANT-ALPECIN | + 09' 33'' |
69 | VAN ROOY Kenneth | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | + 10' 43'' |
70 | KERKHOF Tim | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | + 12' 08'' |
71 | JELLOUL Adil | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
72 | JI Cheng | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
73 | ZABEL Rick | BMC | s.t. |
74 | DE VRIES Berden | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
75 | ZAKHAROV Artyom | ASTANA | s.t. |
76 | VAN GOETHEM Brian | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
77 | DE TIER Floris | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
78 | NAPOLITANO Danilo | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
79 | BREEN Vegard | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
80 | SVENDGAARD Michael | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
81 | JONES Brenton | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
82 | MARKUS Barry | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
83 | BROWN Graeme | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
84 | KREDER Wesley | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
85 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes | GIANT-ALPECIN | s.t. |
86 | ROSSKOPF Joseph | BMC | s.t. |
87 | VAN ASBROECK Tom | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
88 | CAPIOT Amaury | TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN | s.t. |
89 | SLIK Ivar | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
90 | SULZBERGER Bernard | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
91 | BUSCHE Matthew | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
92 | STENUIT Robin | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
93 | SCHILLINGER Andreas | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
94 | WAGNER Robert | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
95 | ASSELMAN Jesper | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
96 | HASNAOUI Maher | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
97 | PFINGSTEN Christoph | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
98 | ARCHBOLD Shane | BORA-ARGON 18 | s.t. |
99 | LOOIJ André | ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON | s.t. |
100 | SANTAROMITA Ivan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
101 | KOEP Thomas | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
102 | COSTA Mario | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
103 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
104 | CASTELIJNS Twan | LOTTO NL - JUMBO | s.t. |
105 | ARASHIRO Yukiya | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
106 | HOULE Hugo | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
107 | PIBERNIK Luka | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
108 | CIMOLAI Davide | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
109 | JARRIER Benoit | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
110 | THURAU Bjorn | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
111 | REBELLIN Davide | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
112 | PONZI Simone | CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE | s.t. |
113 | CANOLA Marco | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
114 | LOWNDES Jason | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
115 | REGUIGUI Youcef | DIMENSION DATA | s.t. |
116 | WHITE Bradley | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
117 | KEOUGH Luke | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
118 | MENZIES Karl | UNITEDHEALTHCARE | s.t. |
119 | KIRSCH Alex | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
120 | MINARD Sébastien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
121 | GAUDIN Damien | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
122 | HALLER Marco | KATUSHA | s.t. |
123 | PEDERSEN Mads | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
124 | KAMP Alexander | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | s.t. |
125 | KONING Peter | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
126 | DE HAES Kenny | WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT | s.t. |
127 | MAGER Christian | STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP | + 12' 49'' |
128 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | + 19' 30'' |
129 | BAGDONAS Gediminas | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
130 | MC LAY DANIEL | FORTUNEO-VITAL CONCEPT | s.t. |
131 | SERGENT Jesse | AG2R LA MONDIALE | s.t. |
132 | ZURLO Federico | LAMPRE-MERIDA | s.t. |
133 | KERBY Jordan | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
134 | SPOKES Samuel | DRAPAC CYCLING | s.t. |
135 | ALHAMMADI Sultan | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | s.t. |
136 | IBRAHIM Khalid | SKYDIVE DUBAÏ | + 19' 33'' |
TEAM KATUSHA / RUS | |
Sporting Manager: SCHMIDT Torsten | |
1 | KRISTOFF Alexander |
2 | BYSTRÖM Sven Erik |
3 | GUARNIERI Jacopo |
4 | HALLER Marco |
5 | KOZONTCHUK Dmitry |
6 | KUZNETSOV Viacheslav |
7 | MORKOV Michael |
8 | POLITT Nils |
DIMENSION DATA / RSA | |
Sporting Managers: HAMMOND Roger / HEYNDERRICKX Jean-Pierre | |
11 | CAVENDISH Mark |
12 | BOASSON HAGEN Edvald |
13 | BRAMMEIER Matthew |
14 | DEBESAY Mekseb |
15 | FARRAR Tyler |
16 | REGUIGUI Youcef |
17 | RENSHAW Mark |
18 | THOMSON Jay Robert |
TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN / GER | |
Sporting Managers: REEF Marc / ROBERTS Luke | |
21 | ANDERSEN Søren Kragh |
22 | FRÖHLINGER Johannes |
23 | JI Cheng |
24 | STAMSNIJDER Tom |
25 | WAEYTENS ZICO |
BMC RACING TEAM / USA | |
Sporting Managers: BALDATO Fabio / PINOTTI Marco | |
31 | VAN AVERMAET Greg |
32 | BOHLI Tom |
33 | DRUCKER Jean-Pierre |
34 | OSS Daniel |
35 | QUINZIATO Manuel |
36 | ROSSKOPF Joseph |
37 | SCHÄR Michael |
38 | ZABEL Rick |
BORA-ARGON 18 / GER | |
Sporting Managers: POITSCHKE Enrico / PASTERKI Slawomir | |
41 | BENNETT Sam |
42 | ARCHBOLD Shane |
43 | DEMPSTER Zakkari |
44 | PFINGSTEN Christoph |
45 | PÖSTLBERGER Lukas |
46 | SCHILLINGER Andreas |
47 | SELIG Rüdiger |
48 | THWAITES Scott |
FORTUNEO - VITAL CONCEPT / FRA | |
Sporting Manager: HINAULT Sébastien | |
51 | TRONET Steven |
52 | BREEN Vegard |
53 | GERARD Arnaud |
54 | HUTAROVICH Yauheni |
55 | JARRIER Benoit |
56 | MC LAY DANIEL |
57 | PERICHON Pierre-Luc |
58 | VALLEE Boris |
ASTANA PRO TEAM / KAZ | |
Sporting Managers: ZANINI Stefano / FOFONOV Dmitriy | |
61 | GUARDINI Andrea |
62 | BOOM Lars |
63 | GRUZDEV Dmitriy |
64 | OMIRZAKOV Dias |
65 | SMUKULIS Gatis |
66 | TLEUBAYEV Ruslan |
67 | WESTRA Lieuwe |
68 | ZAKHAROV Artyom |
TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE / BEL | |
Sporting Managers: DE CLERCQ Hans / MISSOTTEN Andy | |
71 | VAN HECKE Preben |
72 | CAPIOT Amaury |
73 | DE TIER Floris |
74 | DECLERCQ Tim |
75 | STEELS Stijn |
76 | VAN MEIRHAEGHE Jef |
77 | VAN ROOY Kenneth |
78 | VANSPEYBROUCK Pieter |
TEAM LOTTO NL - JUMBO / NED | |
Sporting Manager: BOVEN Jan | |
81 | HOFLAND Moreno |
82 | CASTELIJNS Twan |
83 | ROOSEN Timo |
84 | TEUNISSEN Mike |
85 | VAN ASBROECK Tom |
86 | VAN EMDEN Jos |
87 | WAGNER Robert |
88 | WYNANTS Maarten |
WANTY - GROUPE GOBERT / BEL | |
Sporting Manager: DE NEEF Steven | |
91 | MARCATO Marco |
92 | ANTONINI Simone |
93 | DE HAES Kenny |
94 | JANS Roy |
95 | MCNALLY Mark |
96 | NAPOLITANO Danilo |
97 | STENUIT Robin |
98 | THURAU Bjorn |
DRAPAC CYCLING / AUS | |
Sporting Managers: FLORY Keith / BREEKVELDT Jonathan | |
101 | BROWN Graeme |
102 | JONES Brenton |
103 | KERBY Jordan |
104 | KONING Peter |
105 | LOWNDES Jason |
106 | MOURIS Jens |
107 | SPOKES Samuel |
108 | SULZBERGER Bernard |
AG2R-LA MONDIALE / FRA | |
Sporting Manager: KASPUTIS Arturas | |
111 | VAN SUMMEREN Johan |
112 | BAGDONAS Gediminas |
113 | GAUDIN Damien |
114 | GRETSCH Patrick |
115 | HOULE Hugo |
116 | MINARD Sébastien |
117 | SERGENT Jesse |
118 | TURGOT Sébastien |
ROOMPOT ORANJE PELOTON / NED | |
Sporting Managers: CORNELISSE Michel / VAN POPPEL Jean-Paul | |
121 | ASSELMAN Jesper |
122 | DE VRIES Berden |
123 | KERKHOF Tim |
124 | KREDER Wesley |
125 | LOOIJ André |
126 | MARKUS Barry |
127 | SLIK Ivar |
128 | VAN GOETHEM Brian |
LAMPRE - MERIDA / ITA | |
Sporting Manager: MAUDUIT Philippe | |
131 | MODOLO Sacha |
132 | ARASHIRO Yukiya |
133 | CIMOLAI Davide |
134 | COSTA Mario |
135 | KUMP Marko |
136 | MOHORIC Matej |
137 | PIBERNIK Luka |
138 | ZURLO Federico |
CCC SPRANDI POLKOWICE / POL | |
Sporting Manager: WADECKI Piotr | |
141 | REBELLIN Davide |
142 | HONKISZ Adrian |
143 | KIENDYS Tomasz |
144 | KUREK Adrian |
145 | MARYCZ Jaroslaw |
146 | PONZI Simone |
147 | STEPNIAK Grzegorz |
UNITEDHEALTHCARE / USA | |
Sporting Managers: TAMAYO Michael / HEAL Rachel | |
151 | CANOLA Marco |
152 | ALZATE Carlos |
153 | BUSCHE Matthew |
154 | EATON Daniel |
155 | JONES Christopher |
156 | KEOUGH Luke |
157 | MENZIES Karl |
158 | WHITE Bradley |
STÖLTING SERVICE GROUP / GER | |
Sporting Managers: WILLWOHL Gregor / STEENSEN Andre | |
161 | WEGMANN Fabian |
162 | KAMP Alexander |
163 | KIRSCH Alex |
164 | KOEP Thomas |
165 | MAGER Christian |
166 | PEDERSEN Mads |
167 | REIHS Michael |
168 | SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel |
SKYDIVE DUBAÏ / UAE | |
Sporting Manager: VOLPI Alberto / MEHRAB Humaid | |
171 | SANTAROMITA Ivan |
172 | ALHAMMADI Sultan |
173 | HADDI Soufiane |
174 | HASNAOUI Maher |
175 | IBRAHIM Khalid |
176 | JELLOUL Adil |
177 | KAMBERAJ Xhuliano |