February 13/18 8:54 am - Tour of Oman: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 02/13/18
Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) can now forget about his early season frustrations - the French sprinter came out on top at the end of the first stage of the Tour of Oman to claim his first victory with his new team. After 162.5km of racing, between Nizwa and Sultan Qaboos University, he final sprint saw Coquard storm to victory ahead of Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) and Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo). He also leads the general and points classifications.
Maxime Farazijn (Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Pierre Luc Perichon (Fortuneo-Samsic), Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) and Brian Van Goethem (Roomport-Nederlandse Loterij) jumped 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 the gap down to 2 minutes for the 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.
The only Canadian entry, Adam de Vos (Rally Cycling) finished 123rd, 1:48 back of the leaders.
Results
| Stage 1: Nizra to Sultan Qaboos University, 162.5 km | |
| 1 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 3:58:41 |
| 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 3 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 4 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 5 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 6 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 7 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 8 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 9 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | |
| 10 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 11 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 12 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 13 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 14 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 15 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
| 16 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 17 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 18 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 19 Kenneth van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 20 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 21 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 22 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 23 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 24 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 25 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team | |
| 26 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 27 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 28 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 29 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 30 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 31 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 33 Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 34 Merhawi Kudus Gebremedhin (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 35 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 36 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 37 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 38 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 39 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 40 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 41 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 42 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 43 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 44 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 45 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 46 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | |
| 47 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team | |
| 48 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 49 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 50 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 51 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 52 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 53 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | |
| 54 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 55 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 56 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 57 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 58 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | |
| 59 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 60 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 61 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 62 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 63 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 64 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 65 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 66 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 67 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 68 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 69 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 70 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 71 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 72 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 73 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 74 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 75 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 76 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 77 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 78 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 79 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 80 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 81 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 82 Daniel Navarro Garcis (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 83 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 84 Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 85 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 86 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 87 Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 88 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 89 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 90 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 91 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 92 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 93 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 94 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 95 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 96 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 97 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 98 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 99 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 100 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 101 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 102 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 103 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 104 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | all s.t. |
| 105 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:14 |
| 106 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 0:17 |
| 107 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 108 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:21 |
| 109 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 110 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:23 |
| 111 Johannes Frohlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:26 |
| 112 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 113 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 0:30 |
| 114 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:37 |
| 115 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:54 |
| 116 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 0:57 |
| 117 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 118 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:59 |
| 119 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | s.t. |
| 120 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 1:05 |
| 121 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 1:09 |
| 122 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 1:31 |
| 123 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:48 |
| 124 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 1:55 |
| 125 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
| 126 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 3:04 |
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