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The race:
The Tour of Oman is a men's stage race is held in Oman in late January or early February. It is part of the UCI Asia Tour. In 2012 it was classified as an "HC" level race. It is currently (2023) ranked as a 2.Pro level race.
The Tour of Oman is organized by A.S.O., the owner of the Tour de France, Paris-Roubaix and several other prestigious races.
The 2020 was canceled because of the death of Sultan Qaboos, which put the Sultinate into a a state of national mourning.
The race currently has six stages and has four individual classifications (there are no mountains nor climber classifications), plus a team classification:
Complete podium history with links to more complete results:
Year |
1st Place |
2nd Place |
3rd Place |
Distance |
Average Speed |
2010 | Fabian Cancellara 16hr 2min 52sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 28sec |
Cameron Meyer @ s.t. |
687.5 km | 42.841 |
2011 | Robert Gesink 20hr 24min 36sec |
Edvald Boasson Hagen @ 1min 13sec |
Giovanni Visconti @ 1min 19sec |
838.5 km | 41.083 |
2012 | Peter Velits 21hr 32min 2sec |
Vincenzo Nibali @ 1sec |
Tony Gallopin @ 17sec |
875.0 km | 40.634 |
2013 | Christopher Froome 23hr 28min 33sec |
Alberto Contador @ 27sec |
Cadel Evans @ 39sec |
938.5 km | 39.977 |
2014 | Christopher Froome 22hr 2min 26sec |
Tejay Van Garderen @ 26sec |
Rigoberto Uran @ 31sec |
915.5 km | 41.537 |
2015 | Rafael Valls 21hr 9min 31sec |
Tejay van Garderen @ 9sec |
Alejandro Valverde @ 19sec |
987 km | 46.648 km/hr |
2016 | Vincenzo Nibali 22hr 25min 25sec |
Romain Bardet @ 15sec |
Jakob Fuglsang @ 24sec |
914 km | 40.761 |
2017 | Ben Hermans 20hr 56min 20sec |
Rui Alberto Faria @ 22sec |
Fabio Aru @ 35sec |
884.5 km | 42.242 km/hr |
2018 | Alexey Lutsenko 22hr 49min 50sec |
Miguel Angel Lopez @ 11sec |
Gorka Izagirre @ 28sec |
914.5 km | 40.06 km/hr |
2019 | Alexey Lutsenko 21hr 45min 51sec |
Domenico Pozzovivo @ 44sec |
Jesus Herrada @ 47sec |
906 km | 41.564 km/hr |
2020 | Race cancelled | ||||
2021 | Race cancelled | ||||
2022 | Jan Hirt 22hr 35min 43sec |
Fausto Masnada @ 1min 0sec |
Rui Costa @ 1min 16sec |
891 km | 39.433 km/hr |
2023 | Matteo Jorgenson 19hr 56min 21sec |
Mauri Vansevenant @ 1sec |
Geoffrey Bouchard @ 28sec |
830.3 km |
41.642 km/hr |
2024 | Adam Yates 14hr 22min 30sec |
Jan Hirt @ 19sec |
Finn Fisher-Black @ 39sec |
603.9 km |
42.010 km/hr |
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