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2018 Tour of Oman (HC)

9th edition: February 13 - February 18, 2018

2018 Tour of Oman map

Sunday, February 18: 6th & Final Stage, Al Mouj Muscat - Matrah Corniche, 135.5 km

Stage 6 profile

Alexander Kristoff

Alexander Kristoff gets the final Oman stage.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the final stage.

One, two, and now three victories in a row for Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates) on the final stage of the Tour of Oman, traditionally set on the Matrah Corniche! At the end of a sixth stage tackled at a blazing speed, the European champion dominated the final gallop ahead of Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept Cycling Club) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo) on Sunday. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team) safely finished with the bunch to claim the overall victory in this ninth edition of the Tour of Oman. His teammate Miguel Angel Lopez and Bahrain-Merida’s Gorka Izagirre join him on the overall podium.

It took 7km of battle for the breakaway to shape up with some usual suspects. Rémi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors), Maxime Farazijn (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Pim Ligthart (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) and Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) have all already been at the front this week. They enjoyed a lead of 4’40” after 19km of racing.

Team Dimension Data and Vital Concept Cycling Club got into action to control the gap. 50 kilometres into the stage, the breakaway’s lead was at 3’50”. It steadily decreased with Trek-Segafredo and Katusha-Alpecin also participating in the chase. It was down to 1’15” when the race entered the final circuit on the Matrah Corniche, with three laps of 7.5km.

Rémi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors) proved to be the strongest in the break, soloing away from his former companions 10km from the finish. He managed to open a 45” gap as he got into the final lap but was eventually reeled in with 3km to go. The perfect timing for Alexander Kristoff to power to victory. The Norwegian wins his eighth stage at Oman, a record. Alexey Lutsenko kept up with the pack to claim the overall victory.

Complete Results:

135.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 42.46 km/hr

1	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	3hr 11min 29sec
2	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
3	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
4	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
5	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
6	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
7	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
8	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
9	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
10	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
11	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
12	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
13	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
14	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
15	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
16	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
17	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
18	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
19	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
20	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
21	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
22	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
23	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
24	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
25	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
26	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
27	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
28	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
29	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
30	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
31	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
32	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
33	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
34	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
35	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
36	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
37	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
38	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
39	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
40	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
41	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
42	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
43	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
44	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
45	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
46	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
47	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
48	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
49	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
50	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
51	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
52	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
53	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
54	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
55	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
56	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
57	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
58	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
59	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
60	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
61	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
62	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
63	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
64	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
65	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
66	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
67	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
68	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
69	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
70	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
71	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
72	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	s.t.
73	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	@ 24sec
74	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 00' 35''
75	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 00' 47''
76	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+ 00' 55''
77	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
78	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 01' 05''
79	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01' 11''
80	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 01' 22''
81	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 01' 22''
82	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
83	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01' 27''
84	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
85	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
86	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
87	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 01' 31''
88	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02' 07''
89	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
90	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
91	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
92	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
93	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 02' 11''
94	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+ 02' 13''
95	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
96	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
97	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+ 02' 39''
98	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 02' 52''
99	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
100	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
101	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
102	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
103	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
104	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
105	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 03' 22''
106	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 03' 28''
107	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 03' 38''
108	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 03' 53''
109	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 04' 13''
110	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
111	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+ 04' 30''
112	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	@ 0sec
113	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 05' 40''
114	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 05' 42''
115	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 08' 04''
116	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+ 08' 27''

Final GC after stage 6:

Final GC leader: Alexey Lutsenko (Astana)
Points classification winner: Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin)
Best young rider: Moreno Angel Lopez (Astana)
Team classification winner: Astana

914.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.06 km/hr

1	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	22hr 49min 50sec
2	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	@ 11sec
3	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 00' 28''
4	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	+ 00' 30''
5	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 00' 32''
6	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 01' 05''
7	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	+ 01' 14''
8	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01' 24''
9	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+ 01' 29''
10	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 01' 37''
11	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 01' 54''
12	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 02''
13	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
14	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 02' 15''
15	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 02' 16''
16	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+ 02' 17''
17	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 02' 34''
18	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 03' 06''
19	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+ 03' 15''
20	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
21	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 03' 48''
22	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 05' 40''
23	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	+ 05' 45''
24	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 05' 47''
25	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 06' 23''
26	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 06' 30''
27	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 06' 42''
28	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	+ 07' 18''
29	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 07' 36''
30	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 08' 05''
31	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 08' 06''
32	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 09' 08''
33	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 09' 23''
34	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 09' 29''
35	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 09' 41''
36	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 10' 29''
37	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 10' 31''
38	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 11' 27''
39	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 11' 35''
40	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 12' 13''
41	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 12' 15''
42	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+ 12' 18''
43	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	+ 12' 27''
44	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 13' 10''
45	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+ 13' 21''
46	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 13' 28''
47	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 14' 36''
48	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+ 14' 37''
49	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 14' 44''
50	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 15' 07''
51	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 16' 39''
52	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 16' 50''
53	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+ 17' 06''
54	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 18' 10''
55	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 18' 58''
56	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
57	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 18' 59''
58	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 19' 22''
59	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 19' 34''
60	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 19' 39''
61	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 19' 53''
62	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	+ 19' 59''
63	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 20' 24''
64	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 20' 40''
65	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+ 20' 42''
66	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 24' 35''
67	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 24' 39''
68	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 24' 52''
69	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 24' 55''
70	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 25' 28''
71	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 25' 36''
72	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+ 25' 45''
73	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+ 26' 21''
74	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 26' 56''
75	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 27' 40''
76	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	+ 27' 42''
77	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 27' 53''
78	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 29' 20''
79	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 29' 21''
80	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+ 29' 30''
81	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 30' 50''
82	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 31' 30''
83	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 32' 42''
84	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 32' 47''
85	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+ 32' 49''
86	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 32' 58''
87	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+ 33' 08''
88	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+ 34' 04''
89	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+ 35' 13''
90	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+ 35' 53''
91	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 36' 00''
92	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 36' 44''
93	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+ 37' 19''
94	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 37' 25''
95	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 38' 21''
96	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+ 38' 27''
97	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 38' 29''
98	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+ 40' 08''
99	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+ 40' 54''
100	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 41' 07''
101	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+ 41' 24''
102	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 41' 56''
103	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+ 43' 39''
104	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+ 45' 33''
105	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	+ 46' 44''
106	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+ 48' 15''
107	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+ 48' 21''
108	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+ 49' 37''
109	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+ 50' 10''
110	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 52' 35''
111	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+ 53' 50''
112	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+ 57' 45''
113	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+ 58' 20''
114	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+ 59' 59''
115	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 02' 33''
116	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01H 05' 47''

Stage 6 profile:

Saturday, February 17: Stage 5, Sama'il - Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), 152 km

Stage 5 profile

Miguel Lopez & Alexey Lutsenko

Miguel Angel Lopez wins the stage & Alexey Lutsenko takes over the GC lead. Bettini photo

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's competition.

Astana Pro Team put on a show in the queen stage of the Tour of Oman, with Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) claiming victory atop Jabal Al Akhdhar after a strong collective outing on Saturday. His teammate Alexey Lutsenko finished second to take the leader’s jersey from the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team). The Kazakh team only has one more stage to face en route to the overall victory in the 2018 Tour of Oman.

At the start from Sama’il, a 6km battle led to a 6 man breakaway with Marco Marcato (UAE Team Emirates), Benjamin Declercq (Sport-Vlaanderen Baloise), Pim Ligthart (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Nicholas Schultz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Robin Carpenter and Adam De Vos (Rally Cycling). Their lead rose to 4’20” at km 22 and Vincenzo Nibali’s Bahrain-Merida decided to control the pace en route to Green Mountain.

The Astana show:
Astana Pro Team, Team Dimension Data and Fortuneo-Samsic worked with Bahrain-Merida. But the attackers pushed hard and enjoyed a 5’15” lead as the race entered the last 50km. The gap was down to 1’50” when they tackled Green Mountain (5.7km, 10.5%). Robin Carpenter was then able to hold off the pack until 3km to go.

Astana immediately set a hard pace in the climb, so much that only Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) was able to follow Miguel Angel Lopez, Alexey Lutsenko and Jan Hirt with 2.5km to go. ‘Superman’ Lopez then took over and led Alexey Lutsenko to the overall lead while claiming victory for himself. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis, Solutions crédits) finished third, 12” behind the Astana duo.

Results:

152 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.720 km/hr

1	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	3hr 43min 58sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
3	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	@ 12sec
4	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+00' 15''
5	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 22''
6	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 25''
7	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+00' 33''
8	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 43''
9	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+00' 47''
10	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 49''
11	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	+00' 52''
12	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+00' 59''
13	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+01' 02''
14	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 13''
15	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
16	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 32''
17	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
18	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+01' 51''
19	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	+02' 00''
20	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+02' 12''
21	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+02' 18''
22	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+02' 20''
23	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
24	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
25	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+02' 33''
26	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	+02' 53''
27	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+02' 55''
28	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+02' 59''
29	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+03' 19''
30	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 20''
31	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+03' 23''
32	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	+03' 29''
33	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+03' 32''
34	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+03' 34''
35	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
36	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 54''
37	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+04' 26''
38	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+04' 28''
39	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+04' 49''
40	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+05' 06''
41	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+05' 13''
42	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+05' 24''
43	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
44	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+05' 56''
45	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
46	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
47	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+05' 59''
48	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+06' 18''
49	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+06' 31''
51	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+06' 53''
52	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	+07' 01''
53	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+07' 09''
54	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+07' 12''
55	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+07' 45''
56	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+07' 55''
57	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+08' 03''
58	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
59	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+08' 05''
60	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+08' 15''
61	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
62	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+08' 37''
63	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
64	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+08' 45''
65	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+09' 00''
66	OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ	ASTANA	+09' 06''
67	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+09' 08''
68	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
69	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+09' 17''
70	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
71	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+09' 27''
72	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+09' 29''
73	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+09' 47''
74	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
75	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
76	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
77	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
78	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+09' 58''
79	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+10' 06''
80	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
81	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+10' 51''
82	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
83	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
84	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+11' 01''
85	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+11' 09''
86	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+11' 15''
87	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+11' 17''
88	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+11' 18''
89	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+11' 20''
90	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	+11' 29''
91	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
92	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+11' 51''
93	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+12' 04''
94	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+12' 06''
95	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+12' 12''
96	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+12' 55''
97	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+12' 58''
98	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+13' 13''
99	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+13' 15''
100	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	+13' 19''
101	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+13' 28''
102	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+13' 32''
103	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+13' 50''
104	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
105	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+14' 06''
106	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+14' 10''
107	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+14' 12''
108	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+14' 14''
109	MICHAEL CARBEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+14' 33''
110	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+14' 46''
111	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+15' 14''
112	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
113	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+15' 21''
114	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+16' 08''
115	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	s.t.
116	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+16' 10''
117	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+16' 59''
118	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+18' 12''
119	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+18' 22''
120	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	+18' 30''
121	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
122	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+18' 50''

GC after stage 5:

779 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.666 km/hr

1	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	19hr 38min 21sec
2	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	@ 11sec
3	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+00' 28''
4	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	+00' 30''
5	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 32''
6	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 05''
7	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	+01' 14''
8	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+01' 24''
9	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+01' 29''
10	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+01' 37''
11	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+01' 54''
12	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+02' 02''
13	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
14	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+02' 15''
15	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+02' 16''
16	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	+02' 17''
17	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+02' 34''
18	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+03' 06''
19	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	+03' 15''
20	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
21	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+03' 48''
22	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+04' 09''
23	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+05' 40''
24	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	+05' 45''
25	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+05' 47''
26	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+06' 23''
27	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+06' 30''
28	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+06' 42''
29	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	+07' 18''
30	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+07' 36''
31	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+08' 05''
32	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+08' 06''
33	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+08' 24''
34	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+09' 08''
35	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+09' 23''
36	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+09' 29''
37	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+09' 41''
38	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	+10' 29''
39	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+11' 27''
40	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+11' 35''
41	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+12' 15''
42	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+12' 18''
43	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	+12' 27''
44	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+13' 10''
45	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+13' 21''
46	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+13' 28''
47	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+13' 57''
48	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+14' 02''
49	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	+14' 27''
50	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+14' 37''
51	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+14' 46''
52	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+14' 47''
53	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+15' 23''
54	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+16' 39''
55	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+17' 06''
56	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+17' 27''
57	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+17' 35''
58	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
59	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+17' 37''
60	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	+17' 52''
61	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+18' 30''
62	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+18' 58''
63	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+19' 02''
64	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+19' 22''
65	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+19' 34''
66	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+19' 53''
67	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+20' 42''
68	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+22' 22''
69	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+24' 39''
70	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+24' 49''
71	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+24' 50''
72	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+24' 52''
73	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+24' 55''
74	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+24' 59''
75	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+25' 28''
76	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	+26' 15''
77	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+26' 56''
78	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+27' 37''
79	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+27' 46''
80	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+27' 53''
81	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
82	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+28' 43''
83	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	+28' 46''
84	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+29' 21''
85	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+29' 34''
86	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+29' 57''
87	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+30' 16''
88	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+30' 34''
89	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+31' 23''
90	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+32' 37''
91	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+32' 42''
92	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+32' 44''
93	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+32' 58''
94	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+33' 55''
95	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+34' 49''
96	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+35' 05''
97	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+36' 00''
98	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+36' 14''
99	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+36' 41''
100	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+36' 44''
101	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+37' 16''
102	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+37' 19''
103	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+37' 54''
104	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+38' 15''
105	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+38' 34''
106	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+39' 04''
107	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+39' 38''
108	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+42' 44''
109	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	+43' 52''
110	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+45' 23''
111	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+45' 33''
112	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+46' 08''
113	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+48' 15''
114	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+49' 07''
115	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+49' 37''
116	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+50' 10''
117	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+52' 14''
118	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+54' 42''
119	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+55' 06''
120	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+59' 59''
121	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+ 01H 00' 05''
122	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+ 01H 00' 26''

Stage 5 profile:

Friday, February 16: Stage 4, Yiti (Al Sifah) - Ministry of Tourism, 117.5 km

Stage 4 profile

Magnus Cort Nielsen

Magnus Cort Nielsen wins stage four.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

An explosive stage 4 on the Tour of Oman saw all of the sprinters get dropped on the way to the Ministry of Tourism… except for Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana). The Danish youngster proved that he is more than just a fastman as he hanged on in a 25-man front group before claiming victory ahead of Giovanni Visconti (Bahrain-Merida) and Alberto Bettiol (BMC Racing Team). Greg Van Avermaet (BMC) finished 4th to retain the leader’s red jersey on the eve of Green Mountain.

With only 117.5km ahead, the battle for the break was a hard one. Loïc Chetout (Cofidis, Solutions crédits) attacked as soon as the flag dropped. But it took him 5km to get away with Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data), Rémi Cavagna (Quick-Step Floors), Casper Pedersen (Aqua Blue Sport), Pieter Weening (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) and Jon Irisarri (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA).

BMC Racing Team controlled the gap under 3 minutes and the attackers’ lead was already down to 1 minute when they tackled the main challenges of the days, with three ascents of the climb of Al Jabal Street (Bousher Al Amerat) in the final 50km of the stage. Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo) attacked in the penultimate ascent and rode away with Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (Dimension Data) while Katusha-Alpecin were driving the peloton.

Peter Stetina eventually went solo with 18km to go. He was then enjoying a 35” lead but a fierce battle in the last climb ended his move. Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) was the first to go, before his teammate Gorka Izagirre tried to get away. But BMC Racing Team and Astana controlled a reduced pack in the last 13.5km. And Magnus Cort Nielsen proved to be the fastest in order to claim his first victory with his new team.

Complete Results:

117.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.696 km/hr

1	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	2hr 57min 36sec
2	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
3	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
4	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
5	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
6	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
7	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
8	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
9	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
10	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
11	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
13	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
14	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
15	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
16	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
17	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
18	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
19	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
20	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
21	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
22	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	@ 8sec
23	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 18''
24	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+00' 54''
25	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+01' 37''
26	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
27	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
28	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
29	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
30	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
31	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
32	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
33	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
34	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
35	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
36	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
37	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
38	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
39	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
40	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
41	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
42	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
43	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
44	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
45	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
46	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
47	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
48	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
49	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
50	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
51	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	02H 57' 36''
52	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	02H 57' 36''
53	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 26''
54	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
55	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
56	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
57	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
58	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
59	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
60	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
61	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
63	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+06' 58''
64	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
65	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
66	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+07' 43''
67	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
68	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
69	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
70	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
71	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
72	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
73	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
74	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
75	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
76	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
77	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
78	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
79	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
80	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+08' 52''
82	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+10' 50''
83	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+10' 56''
84	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
85	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
86	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
87	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
88	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
89	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
90	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
91	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
92	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
93	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
94	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
95	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
96	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
97	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
98	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
99	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
100	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
101	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
102	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
103	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
104	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
105	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
106	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
107	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
108	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
109	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
110	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
111	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
112	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+16' 35''
113	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	s.t.
114	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
115	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
116	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
117	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
118	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	s.t.
119	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
120	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
121	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
122	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
123	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
124	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
125	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.

GC after Stage 4:

627 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.420 km/hr

1	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	15hr 54min 20sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	@ 9sec
3	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 13''
4	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+00' 16''
5	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	+00' 24''
6	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 25''
7	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
8	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
10	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+00' 33''
11	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
13	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 38''
14	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 51''
15	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 05''
16	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+01' 18''
17	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
18	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
19	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 24''
20	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
21	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 43''
22	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+01' 45''
23	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+01' 54''
24	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+02' 17''
25	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+02' 31''
26	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+02' 45''
27	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	+02' 55''
28	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
29	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
30	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	+03' 01''
31	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+03' 07''
32	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+03' 10''
33	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+03' 19''
34	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 25''
35	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
36	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
37	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	+03' 31''
38	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+03' 36''
39	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 45''
40	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+03' 47''
41	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+04' 06''
42	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+04' 18''
43	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	+05' 01''
44	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+05' 20''
45	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+05' 24''
46	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+05' 39''
47	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+05' 50''
48	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+05' 55''
49	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+06' 12''
50	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+06' 15''
51	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+07' 40''
52	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+08' 03''
53	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+08' 07''
54	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+08' 15''
55	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+08' 55''
56	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	+09' 01''
57	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+09' 26''
58	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+10' 18''
59	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	+10' 19''
60	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+10' 24''
61	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+10' 29''
62	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+11' 06''
63	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+11' 11''
64	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+11' 29''
65	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+11' 44''
66	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	+12' 04''
67	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+12' 32''
68	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+13' 09''
69	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+13' 12''
70	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+13' 38''
71	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+13' 50''
72	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+13' 52''
73	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+14' 01''
74	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	+14' 21''
75	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	+14' 49''
76	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+15' 33''
77	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+16' 08''
78	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+16' 10''
79	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+16' 14''
80	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+16' 17''
81	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+16' 21''
82	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+16' 34''
83	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+16' 39''
84	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+17' 37''
85	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+17' 40''
86	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+18' 09''
87	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
88	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+18' 12''
89	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+18' 44''
90	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+19' 17''
91	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+19' 37''
92	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
93	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+19' 38''
94	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+20' 08''
95	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+21' 14''
96	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+23' 07''
97	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+23' 32''
98	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+23' 48''
99	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+25' 27''
100	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+25' 45''
101	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+26' 09''
102	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+26' 11''
103	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+26' 27''
104	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+27' 23''
105	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+27' 26''
106	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+27' 39''
107	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+28' 05''
108	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+30' 03''
109	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+30' 34''
110	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	+30' 36''
111	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+30' 50''
112	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+31' 12''
113	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+31' 20''
114	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+31' 51''
115	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+31' 56''
116	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+32' 23''
117	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+34' 28''
118	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+35' 42''
119	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+36' 15''
120	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+36' 25''
121	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+38' 03''
122	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+38' 10''
123	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+41' 39''
124	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+41' 56''
125	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+45' 50''

Stage 4 profile

Thursday, February 15: Stage 3, German University of Technology - Wadi Dayqah Dam, 179.5 km

Stage 3 profile

Greg van avermaet

Greg van Avermaet wins stage three.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

The eighth try was the good one for Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team)! After many participations on the Tour of Oman and a place of second on Wednesday, the Olympic champion finally added a victory in the Sultanate to his stellar collection of wins. The Belgian star made the most of a hilly finish on the way to the Wadi Dayqah Dam to dominate Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team). With his first win in 2018, he also takes the red leader's jersey from Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin).

Loïc Chetout (Cofidis, Solutions crédits) was determined to shine his golden jersey at the front of the race and accumulate points in the most aggressive rider classification. The Frenchman attacked from the gun and quickly got away with Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Wouter Wippert (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij) and Nicholas Schultz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA). The 4 man breakaway enjoyed a three minute lead after 11km but the Katusha-led peloton quickly reacted to control the gap.

The lead never got higher than 4'30" but Chetout managed to snatch 12 points before getting back to the peloton to remain leader of the most aggressive rider classification. Meurisse and Schultz were the last riders at the front with a lead down to 50" with 27km to go. They eventually got reeled in 21km away from the finish line.

Astana Pro Team set a hard pace in the final climb of the day. The pack was down to 50 riders at the summit (8.5km to go) as the Asian team was setting the place for Alexey Lutsenko. But the Kazakh talent finished once again third while Van Avermaet was flying to victory, opening a 3" gap on the line over Rui Costa and Lutsenko. Nathan Haas finished 5th with a delay of 7".

Complete results:

179.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 39.012 km/hr

1	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	4hr 36min 4sec
2	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	@ 3sec
3	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
4	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
5	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 07''
6	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
7	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+00' 09''
8	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
9	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
10	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
11	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
12	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 14''
13	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+00' 17''
14	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
15	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
16	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
17	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
18	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
19	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 20''
20	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+00' 24''
21	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
22	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
23	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
24	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
25	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
26	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
27	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
28	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
29	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
30	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+00' 30''
31	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
32	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
33	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
34	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
35	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
36	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
37	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+00' 36''
38	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+00' 37''
39	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 39''
40	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+00' 44''
41	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
42	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 46''
43	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 49''
44	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+00' 50''
45	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+00' 53''
46	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+00' 57''
47	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+01' 09''
48	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
49	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+01' 12''
50	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
51	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+01' 16''
52	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+01' 17''
53	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
54	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+01' 25''
55	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
56	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
57	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
58	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
59	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+01' 27''
60	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
61	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 29''
62	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
63	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
64	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
65	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
66	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
67	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+01' 35''
68	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+01' 50''
69	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+02' 05''
70	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+02' 07''
71	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+02' 18''
72	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+02' 24''
73	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+02' 30''
74	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
75	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+02' 32''
76	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+02' 34''
77	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+02' 37''
78	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+02' 49''
79	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+02' 55''
80	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+02' 57''
81	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+03' 00''
82	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+03' 11''
83	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
84	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
85	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
86	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
87	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+03' 14''
88	MICHAEL CARBEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
89	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+03' 16''
90	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+03' 29''
91	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+03' 37''
92	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+03' 48''
93	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+04' 02''
94	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+04' 04''
95	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+04' 17''
96	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+05' 44''
97	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
98	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+06' 55''
99	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+06' 57''
100	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+07' 12''
101	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
102	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+07' 14''
103	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
104	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
105	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
106	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
107	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	s.t.
109	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
110	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
111	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
112	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
113	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
114	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
115	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	s.t.
116	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
117	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
118	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
119	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+07' 21''
120	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+07' 22''
121	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+07' 31''
122	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+12' 38''
123	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
124	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+13' 09''
125	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+13' 39''

GC after stage 3:

509.5 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.357 km/hr

1	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	12hr 56min 44sec
2	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	@ 11sec
3	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+00' 13''
4	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+00' 19''
5	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+00' 25''
6	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
7	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
8	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
10	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+00' 33''
11	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
12	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
13	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 38''
14	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 40''
15	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 51''
16	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+01' 08''
17	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 11''
18	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+01' 18''
19	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
20	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
21	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
22	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
23	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
24	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
25	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	+01' 24''
26	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
27	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
28	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 25''
29	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+01' 30''
30	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+01' 33''
31	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+01' 44''
32	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+01' 48''
33	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
34	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
35	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+01' 49''
36	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	+01' 54''
37	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
38	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
39	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+01' 59''
40	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+02' 08''
41	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+02' 10''
42	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+02' 13''
43	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+02' 14''
44	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	+02' 23''
45	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	+02' 29''
46	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	+02' 36''
47	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+02' 41''
48	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+02' 49''
49	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+03' 13''
50	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	+03' 24''
51	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
52	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+03' 28''
53	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+03' 29''
54	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+03' 31''
55	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+03' 47''
56	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+04' 01''
57	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+04' 13''
58	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+04' 14''
59	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+04' 18''
60	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+04' 35''
61	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+04' 37''
62	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
63	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+04' 39''
64	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+04' 49''
65	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
66	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+05' 12''
67	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+05' 18''
68	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+05' 21''
69	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+05' 26''
70	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+05' 29''
71	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+05' 43''
72	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+05' 55''
73	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	+06' 07''
74	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+06' 30''
75	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+06' 41''
76	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+06' 54''
77	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+06' 57''
78	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+07' 13''
79	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
80	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+07' 16''
81	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+07' 48''
82	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+08' 21''
83	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+08' 27''
84	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	+08' 38''
85	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
86	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+08' 41''
87	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
88	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
89	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+08' 42''
90	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+09' 36''
91	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+09' 46''
92	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+09' 52''
93	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	+11' 23''
94	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	+12' 25''
95	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	+12' 44''
96	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+12' 52''
97	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+13' 31''
98	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+14' 31''
99	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+14' 49''
100	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+15' 13''
101	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+15' 15''
102	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+15' 16''
103	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	+15' 21''
104	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+15' 24''
105	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+15' 31''
106	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+16' 03''
107	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+16' 30''
108	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+16' 43''
109	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+17' 09''
110	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+17' 53''
111	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+19' 07''
112	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+19' 38''
113	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+19' 40''
114	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
115	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
116	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+19' 50''
117	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+19' 54''
118	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+20' 16''
119	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+20' 24''
120	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+21' 27''
121	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+21' 28''
122	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+21' 35''
123	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+25' 04''
124	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+25' 21''
125	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+29' 15''

Stage 3 profile:

Wednesday, February 14: Stage 2, Sultan Qaboos University - Al Bustan, 167.5 km

Stage 2 profile

Nathan Haas

Nathan Haas wins the stage and takes over the GC lead.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing.

Tears of joy could be seen in Nathan Haas’ eyes as the Australian puncheur claimed his first victory with his Katusha-Alpecin kit on Wednesday, at the end of an action-packed stage 2 on the Tour of Oman. After 167.5km of racing from Sultan Qaboos University to Al Bustan, Haas made the most of his explosive abilities to win ahead of the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team) and Alexey Lutsenko (Astana) and take the lead in the general classification.

The challenges lying ahead, with four categorised climbs, attracted many attackers. It took 5 km of battle for four of them to break away from the bunch: Loïc Chetout (Cofidis, Solutions crédits), Markel Irizar (Trek-Segafredo), Fabricio Ferrari (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) and Danny Pate (Rally Cycling). At km 17, their lead reached 4 minutes. It never got higher.

As the attackers tackled the first climb of the day, at Fanja (km 60), the gap had stabilised around 3 minutes. More than enough for Loic Chetout to snatch the points at the summit. The Frenchman repeated the feat atop the climbs of Al Jabal street (km 118.5km) and Al Hamriyah (km 145), en route to claiming the golden jersey as leader of the most aggressive rider classification.

The attackers gave their all in the final part of the stage, the most demanding. But Spanish race veteran Markel Irizar was finally caught in the climb of Al Jissah, with only 5 km to go. BMC Racing Team and Astana Pro Team were then the most active teams at the front of the pack. They couldn’t fend off Nathan Haas as he went for his first victory since August 2016.

Complete Results:

167.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 38.322 km/hr

1	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	4hr 22min 15sec
2	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
3	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
4	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
5	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
6	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
7	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
8	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
9	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
11	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
12	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
13	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
14	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
15	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	@ 5sec
16	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+00' 21''
17	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 38''
18	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
19	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
20	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
21	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
22	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
23	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
24	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
25	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
26	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
27	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
28	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
29	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
30	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
31	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
32	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
33	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
34	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
35	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
36	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
37	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
38	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
39	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+01' 08''
40	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
41	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
42	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
43	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
44	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
45	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
46	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
47	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
48	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
49	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
50	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
51	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
52	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
53	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
54	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
55	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
56	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
57	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
58	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
59	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
60	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
61	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
63	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
64	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
65	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 30''
66	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+02' 00''
67	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+03' 04''
68	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
69	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
70	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
71	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+03' 06''
72	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+03' 15''
73	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	+03' 46''
74	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	s.t.
75	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
76	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
77	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
78	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
79	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
80	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
81	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
82	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
83	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+04' 49''
84	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+04' 56''
85	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	+05' 14''
86	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
87	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
88	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
89	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
90	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
91	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
92	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
93	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
94	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
95	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	s.t.
96	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+06' 56''
97	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
98	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
99	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+07' 17''
100	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+07' 54''
101	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
102	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
103	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	+10' 23''
104	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
105	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+10' 59''
106	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+12' 10''
107	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	s.t.
108	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
109	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
110	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
111	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
112	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
113	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
114	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
115	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
116	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
117	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
118	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
119	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
120	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
121	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
122	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
123	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
124	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
125	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+13' 59''
126	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+15' 20''

GC after Stage 2:

330 kilometers raced so far at an average speed of 39.539 km/hr

1	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	8hr 20min 46sec
2	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	@ 4sec
3	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	+00' 06''
4	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	+00' 10''
5	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
6	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
7	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
8	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
9	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
10	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
11	JESUS HERRADA	COFIDIS	s.t.
12	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
13	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
14	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
15	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 15''
16	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	+00' 31''
17	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+00' 42''
18	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 48''
19	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
20	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
21	ALEX ARANBURU	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
22	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
23	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
24	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
25	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
26	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
27	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
28	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
29	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
30	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
31	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
32	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
33	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
34	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
35	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
36	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
37	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
38	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+01' 18''
39	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
40	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
41	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
42	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
43	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
44	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
45	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
46	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
47	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
48	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
49	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
50	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
51	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
52	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
53	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
54	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
55	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
56	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
57	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
58	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
59	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
60	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
61	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+01' 40''
62	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+02' 10''
63	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+02' 12''
64	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+02' 43''
65	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+03' 06''
66	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+03' 14''
67	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
68	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
69	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	+03' 16''
70	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+03' 35''
71	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	+03' 46''
72	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+03' 54''
73	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+03' 56''
74	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
75	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
76	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
77	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
78	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
79	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
80	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+04' 22''
81	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
82	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	+04' 24''
83	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+04' 59''
84	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+05' 06''
85	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+05' 20''
86	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+05' 22''
87	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+05' 24''
88	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
89	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
90	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
91	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
92	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
93	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
94	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+06' 17''
95	FABRICIO FERRARI	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+06' 29''
96	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+07' 06''
97	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+07' 29''
98	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+07' 57''
99	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	+07' 58''
100	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	+08' 04''
101	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+08' 11''
102	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+08' 21''
103	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	+10' 33''
104	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
105	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	+11' 09''
106	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+12' 18''
107	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+12' 20''
108	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
109	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
110	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
111	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
112	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
113	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
114	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
115	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	+12' 30''
116	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+12' 34''
117	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	+12' 37''
118	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	+12' 51''
119	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	+12' 56''
120	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+12' 57''
121	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	+13' 17''
122	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
123	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+13' 51''
124	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+14' 07''
125	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	+14' 15''
126	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	+15' 30''

Stage 2 profile:

Tuesday, February 13: Stage 1, Nizwa - Sultan Qaboos University, 162.5 km

Stage 1 profile

Bryan Coquard

Bryan Coquard (blue jersey) gets the 2018 Oman Tour's first stage.

The race: Here's the organizer's telling of the day's racing:

Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) can forget about his early season frustrations - the French sprinter came out on top at the end of stage 1 of the Tour of Oman to claim his first victory with his new team. After 162.5km of racing on the beautiful roads of the Sultanate, between Nizwa and Sultan Qaboos University, a Sunny Tuesday saw Coquard storm to victory ahead of Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo). He also leads the general and points classifications. A beautiful birthday present for his teammate Kris Boeckmans!

Maxime Farazijn (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Pierre Luc Perichon (Fortuneo-Samsic), Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) and Brian Van Goethem (Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij) jumped out of the peloton from the gun. They quickly opened a 4’30” gap, only 15km into the stage. Team Cofidis and Team Sunweb were the first to react and set the pace at the front of the pack. UAE Team Emirates and Bahrain-Merida then joined them to ensure a bunch gallop in front of Sultan Qaboos University.

With a gap down to 2 minutes for final 50km, the leaders’ chances to battle it out in the final appeared slim. They eventually got reeled in with 9km to go, after Pierre Luc Perichon sealed the lead in the most aggressive rider classification. It was then time for the sprinters and most of all Bryan Coquard to shine.

Complete Results:

162.5 kilometers raced at an average speed of 40.849 km/hr

1	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	3hr 58min 41sec
2	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
3	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
4	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	s.t.
5	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
6	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
7	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
8	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
9	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
10	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
11	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
12	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
13	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
14	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
15	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
16	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
17	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
18	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
19	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
20	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
21	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
22	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
23	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
24	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
25	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
26	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
27	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
28	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
29	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
30	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
31	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
32	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
33	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
34	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
35	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
36	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
37	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
38	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
39	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
40	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
41	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
42	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
43	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
44	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
45	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
46	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
47	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
48	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
50	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
51	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
52	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
53	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
54	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
55	JACQUES JANSE VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
56	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
57	JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
58	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
59	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
60	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
61	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
62	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
63	OMAR FRAILE MATARRANZ	ASTANA	s.t.
64	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
65	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
66	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
67	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
68	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
69	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
70	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
71	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
72	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
73	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
74	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
75	MARKEL IRIZAR ARAMBURU	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
76	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
77	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
78	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
79	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
80	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
81	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
82	DANIEL NAVARRO GARCIA	COFIDIS	s.t.
83	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
84	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
85	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
86	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
87	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
88	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
89	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
90	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
91	MICHAEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
92	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
93	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
94	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
95	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
96	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
97	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
98	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
99	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
100	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
101	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
102	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
103	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
104	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
105	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	@ 14sec
106	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+00' 17''
107	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+00' 21''
109	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
110	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 23''
111	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+00' 26''
112	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
113	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+00' 30''
114	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+00' 37''
115	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+00' 54''
116	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+00' 57''
117	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
118	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+00' 59''
119	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
120	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+01' 05''
121	FABRICIO FERRARI BARCELO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+01' 09''
122	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+01' 31''
123	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+01' 48''
124	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+01' 55''
125	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	s.t.
126	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+03' 04''

GC after Stage 1:

1	BRYAN COQUARD	VITAL CONCEPT	3hr 58min 31sec
2	MARK CAVENDISH	DIMENSION DATA	@ 4sec
3	PIERRE LUC PERICHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
4	GIACOMO NIZZOLO	TREK-SEGAFREDO	+00' 06''
5	MAXIME FARAZIJN	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	+00' 08''
6	BRIAN VAN GOETHEM	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
7	CONOR DUNNE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	+00' 08''
8	NACER BOUHANNI	COFIDIS	+00' 10''
9	MAXIMILIAN WALSCHEID	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
10	ADAM BLYTHE	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
11	ALEXANDER KRISTOFF	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
12	BRAM WELTEN	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
13	MAGNUS CORT NIELSEN	ASTANA	s.t.
14	BORIS VALLEE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
15	YANNIS YSSAAD	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
16	VIACHESLAV KUZNETSOV	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
17	BAPTISTE PLANCKAERT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
18	FLORIS GERTS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
19	JEAN-PIERRE DRUCKER	BMC	s.t.
20	WOUTER WIPPERT	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
21	KEVIN DELTOMBE	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
22	ERIC YOUNG	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
23	KENNETH VAN ROOY	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
24	NATHAN HAAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
25	BORUT BOZIC	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
26	AMAURY CAPIOT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
27	FABIO JAKOBSEN	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
28	SHANE ARCHBOLD	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
29	FRANCISCO JOSE VENTOSO	BMC	s.t.
30	SIMONE ANTONINI	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
31	VINCENZO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
32	LUKA PIBERNIK	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
33	SCOTT DAVIES	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
34	DAVIDE MARTINELLI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
35	ANDREW FENN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
36	RUI ALBERTO FARIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
37	ALEX ARANBURU DEBA	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
38	MERHAWI KUDUS	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
39	JUSTIN OIEN	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
40	NATNAEL BERHANE	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
41	NILS POLITT	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
42	RETO HOLLENSTEIN	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
43	ELMAR REINDERS	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
44	ODD CHRISTIAN EIKING	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
45	DRIES DEVENYNS	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
46	NICHOLAS DLAMINI	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
47	BRANDON MCNULTY	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
48	KIEL REIJNEN	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
49	MIGUEL ANGEL LOPEZ	ASTANA	s.t.
50	NICOLAS ROCHE	BMC	s.t.
51	JAN HIRT	ASTANA	s.t.
52	FABIO FELLINE	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
53	FABIEN DOUBEY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
54	SJOERD VAN GINNEKEN	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
55	MANUELE BOARO	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
56	MARCO MARCATO	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
57	TANEL KANGERT	ASTANA	s.t.
58	SINDRE SKJOSTAD LUNKE	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
59	JACQUES VAN RENSBURG	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
60	MARK MCNALLY	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
61	JESUS HERRADA LOPEZ	COFIDIS	s.t.
62	EDWARD THEUNS	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
63	AIME DE GENDT	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
64	PETER STETINA	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
65	ALEXEY LUTSENKO	ASTANA	s.t.
66	OMAR FRAILE	ASTANA	s.t.
67	PIM LIGTHART	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
68	TIM DECLERCQ	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
69	WESLEY KREDER	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
70	DANNY PATE	RALLY CYCLING	s.t.
71	GORKA IZAGIRRE	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
72	BENJAMIN DECLERCQ	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
73	JULIEN BERNARD	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
74	NICOLAS DOUGALL	DIMENSION DATA	s.t.
75	STEFF CRAS	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
76	JORDI WARLOP	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE	s.t.
77	GREG VAN AVERMAET	BMC	s.t.
78	MARKEL IRIZAR	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
79	BERT VAN LERBERGHE	COFIDIS	s.t.
80	XANDRO MEURISSE	WANTY-GROUPE GOBERT	s.t.
81	EROS CAPECCHI	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
82	ALBERTO BETTIOL	BMC	s.t.
83	REMI CAVAGNA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
84	DANIEL NAVARRO	COFIDIS	s.t.
85	ANTONIO NIBALI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
86	NATHAN VAN HOOYDONCK	BMC	s.t.
87	NIKI TERPSTRA	QUICK-STEP FLOORS	s.t.
88	PIETER WEENING	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ	s.t.
89	NICOLAS EDET	COFIDIS	s.t.
90	DANIEL PEARSON	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
91	NICHOLAS SCHULTZ	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
92	GIOVANNI VISCONTI	BAHRAIN-MERIDA	s.t.
93	MICHAEL CARBEL SVENDGAARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
94	PRZEMYSLAW NIEMIEC	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
95	ARNAUD GERARD	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
96	MICHAEL SCHÄR	BMC	s.t.
97	MARK CHRISTIAN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
98	DANILO CELANO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
99	MAXIME DANIEL	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	s.t.
100	NICOLA CONCI	TREK-SEGAFREDO	s.t.
101	CASPER PEDERSEN	AQUA BLUE SPORT	s.t.
102	JON IRISARRI RINCON	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	s.t.
103	IAN BOSWELL	KATUSHA-ALPECIN	s.t.
104	KRISTIJAN DURASEK	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	s.t.
105	ROBERTO FERRARI	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 24''
106	LORRENZO MANZIN	VITAL CONCEPT	+00' 27''
107	KRIS BOECKMANS	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
108	ROY CURVERS	TEAM SUNWEB	+00' 31''
109	SØREN KRAGH ANDERSEN	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
110	OLIVIERO TROIA	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES	+00' 33''
111	JOHANNES FRÖHLINGER	TEAM SUNWEB	+00' 36''
112	TOM STAMSNIJDER	TEAM SUNWEB	s.t.
113	KEVIN REZA	VITAL CONCEPT	+00' 40''
114	TYLER MAGNER	RALLY CYCLING	+00' 47''
115	FLORIAN VACHON	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC	+01' 04''
116	JOHAN LE BON	VITAL CONCEPT	+01' 07''
117	JULIEN MORICE	VITAL CONCEPT	s.t.
118	LOIC CHETOUT	COFIDIS	+01' 09''
119	CYRIL LEMOINE	COFIDIS	s.t.
120	BERT DE BACKER	VITAL CONCEPT	+01' 15''
121	FABRICIO FERRARI BARCELO	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA	+01' 19''
122	CHARLES BRADLEY HUFF	RALLY CYCLING	+01' 41''
123	ADAM DE VOS	RALLY CYCLING	+01' 58''
124	MARTIJN TUSVELD	TEAM SUNWEB	+02' 05''
125	NIKITA STALNOV	ASTANA	s.t.
126	ROBIN CARPENTER	RALLY CYCLING	+03' 14

Stage 1 profile:

Start list with backnumbers, February 12, 2018:

	BMC

1	VAN AVERMAET Greg
2	BETTIOL Alberto
3	DRUCKER Jean Pierre
4	ROCHE Nicholas
5	SCHÄR Michael
6	VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan
7	VENTOSO Francisco José
	UAE-TEAM EMIRATES

11	KRISTOFF Alexander
12	DURASEK Kristijan
13	FARIA Rui Alberto
14	FERRARI Roberto
15	MARCATO Marco
16	NIEMIEC Przemyslaw
17	TROIA Oliviero
	BAHRAIN-MERIDA

21	NIBALI Vincenzo
22	BOARO Manuele
23	BOZIC Borut
24	IZAGUIRRE Gorka
25	NIBALI Antonio
26	PIBERNIK Luka
27	VISCONTI Giovanni
	ASTANA

31	LÓPEZ Miguel Ángel
32	FRAILE Omar
33	HIRT Jan
34	KANGERT Tanel
35	LUTSENKO Alexey
36	CORT NIELSEN Magnus
37	STALNOV Nikita
	DIMENSION DATA

41	CAVENDISH Mark
42	BERHANE Natnael
43	DAVIES Scott
44	DLAMINI Nicholas
45	DOUGALL Nick
46	JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques
47	KUDUS Merhawi
	TEAM SUNWEB

51	KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren
52	CURVERS Roy
53	FROHLINGER Johannes
54	STAMSNIJDER Tom
55	THEUNS Edward
56	TUSVELD Martijn
57	WALSCHEID Max
	COFIDIS

61	HERRADA Jesús
62	BOUHANNI Nacer
63	CHETOUT Loïc
64	EDET Nicolas
65	LEMOINE Cyril
66	NAVARRO Daniel
67	VAN LERBERGHE Bert
	TREK-SEGAFREDO

71	FELLINE Fabio
72	BERNARD Julien
73	CONCI Nicola
74	IRIZAR Markel
75	NIZZOLO Giacomo
76	REIJNEN Kiel
77	STETINA Peter
	QUICK-STEP FLOORS

81	TERPSTRA Niki
82	CAPECCHI Eros
83	CAVAGNA Rémi
84	DECLERCQ Tim
85	DEVENYNS Dries
86	JAKOBSEN Fabio
87	MARTINELLI Davide
	VITAL CONCEPT

91	COQUARD Bryan
92	BOECKMANS Kris
93	DE BACKER Bert
94	LE BON Johan
95	MANZIN Lorrenzo
96	MORICE Julien
97	REZA Kévin
	KATUSHA-ALPECIN

101	BOSWELL Ian
102	CRASS Steff
103	HAAS Nathan
104	HOLLENSTEIN Reto
105	KUZNETSOV Vyacheslav
106	PLANCKAERT Baptiste
107	POLITT Nils
	SPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE

111	DE GENDT Aimé
112	CAPIOT Amaury
113	DECLERCQ Benjamin
114	DELTOMBE Kevin
115	FARAZIJN Maxime
116	VAN ROOY Kenneth
117	WARLOP Jordi
	FORTUNEO-SAMSIC

121	LUNKE Sindre Skjostad
122	DANIEL Maxime
123	GERARD Arnaud
124	PERICHON Pierre-Luc
125	SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel
126	VACHON Florian
127	WELTEN Bram
	WANTY–GROUPE GOBERT

131	EIKING Odd Christian
132	ANTONINI Simone
133	DOUBEY Fabien
134	KREDER Wesley
135	MCNALLY Mark
136	MEURISSE Xandro
137	VALLEE Boris
	AQUA BLUE SPORT

141	BLYTHE Adam
142	ARCHBOLD Shane
143	CHRISTIAN Mark
144	DUNNE Conor
145	FENN Andrew
146	PEARSON Daniel
147	PEDERSEN Casper Phillip
	ROOMPOT-NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ

151	WEENING Pieter
152	GERTS Floris
153	LIGTHART Pim
154	REINDERS Elmar
155	VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd
156	VAN GOETHEM Brian
157	WIPPERT Wouter
	CAJA RURAL-SEGUROS RGA

161	YSSAAD Yannis
162	ARANBURU Alex
163	CELANO Danilo
164	FERRARI Fabricio
165	IRISARRI Jon
166	OIEN Justin
167	SCHULTZ Nicholas
	RALLY CYCLING

171	PATE Danny
172	CARPENTER Robin
173	DE VOS Adam
174	HUFF Charles Bradley
175	MAGNER Tyler
176	MCNULTY Brandon
177	YOUNG Eric

2018 Tour of Oman (HC)

9th edition: February 13 - February 18, 2018

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