February 14/18 10:43 am - Tour of Oman: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 02/14/18
Tears of joy could be seen in Nathan Haas’ eyes as the Australian claimed his first victory wearing his Katusha-Alpecin kit on, at the end of an action-packed stage 2 . 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.
At the start the challenges that lay ahead, with four categorised climbs, saw many early attacks. 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. Spanish race veteran Markel Irizar was the last rider 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, but hey couldn’t fend off Nathan Haas as he went for his first victory since August 2016.
Results
| Stage 2: Sultan Qaboos University to Al Bustan, 167.5 km | |
| 1 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 4:22:15 |
| 2 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 4 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 5 Merhawi Kudus Gebremedhin (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 6 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 7 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 8 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 9 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 10 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 11 Daniel Navarro Garcis (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 12 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 14 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | all s.t. |
| 15 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:05 |
| 16 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:21 |
| 17 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 0:38 |
| 18 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 19 Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 20 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 21 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 22 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 23 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 24 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 25 Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 26 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 27 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 28 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 29 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 30 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | |
| 31 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 32 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 33 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 34 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team | |
| 35 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 36 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 37 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 38 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | all s.t. |
| 39 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 1:08 |
| 40 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 41 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 42 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 43 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 44 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 45 Kenneth van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 46 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | |
| 47 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 48 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 49 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 50 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 51 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
| 52 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 53 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 54 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 55 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 56 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 57 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 58 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 59 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 60 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 61 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 62 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 63 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 64 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | all s.t. |
| 65 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 1:30 |
| 66 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | 2:00 |
| 67 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 3:04 |
| 68 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | |
| 69 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 70 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | all s.t. |
| 71 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 3:06 |
| 72 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 3:15 |
| 73 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 3:46 |
| 74 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 75 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 76 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 77 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | |
| 78 Johannes Frohlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 79 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 80 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 81 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 82 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | all s.t. |
| 83 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 4:49 |
| 84 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:56 |
| 85 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 5:14 |
| 86 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 87 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 88 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 89 Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 90 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 91 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 92 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 93 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 94 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 95 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | all s.t. |
| 96 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 6:56 |
| 97 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 98 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | both s.t. |
| 99 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 7:17 |
| 100 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 7:54 |
| 101 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 102 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | both s.t. |
| 103 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 10:23 |
| 104 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 105 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 10:59 |
| 106 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 12:10 |
| 107 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | |
| 108 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 109 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 110 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 111 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 112 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 113 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | |
| 114 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 115 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 116 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 117 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | |
| 118 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 119 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 120 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 121 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | all s.t. |
| 122 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | 12:20 |
| 123 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | |
| 124 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | both s.t. |
| 125 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 13:59 |
| 126 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 15:20 |
| GC | |
| 1 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 8:20:46 |
| 2 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | at 0:04 |
| 3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:06 |
| 4 Merhawi Kudus Gebremedhin (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 0:10 |
| 5 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 7 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 8 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | |
| 9 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 10 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 11 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 12 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 13 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 14 Daniel Navarro Garcis (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | all s.t. |
| 15 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:15 |
| 16 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 0:31 |
| 17 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:42 |
| 18 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 0:48 |
| 19 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 20 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | |
| 21 Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 22 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | |
| 23 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 24 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | |
| 25 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team | |
| 26 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | |
| 27 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | |
| 28 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 29 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 30 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 31 Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 32 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 33 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 34 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | |
| 35 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 36 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 37 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha-Alpecin | all s.t. |
| 38 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 1:18 |
| 39 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 40 Kenneth van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 41 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | |
| 42 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 43 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 44 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 45 Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 46 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 47 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | |
| 48 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 49 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 50 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 51 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 52 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 53 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | |
| 54 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 55 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 56 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | |
| 57 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 58 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 59 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | |
| 60 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | all s.t. |
| 61 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 1:40 |
| 62 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | 2:10 |
| 63 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 2:12 |
| 64 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 2:43 |
| 65 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 3:06 |
| 66 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 3:14 |
| 67 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 68 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | both s.t. |
| 69 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 3:16 |
| 70 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 3:35 |
| 71 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 3:46 |
| 72 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 3:54 |
| 73 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 3:56 |
| 74 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 75 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 76 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data | |
| 77 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 78 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 79 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | all s.t. |
| 80 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 4:22 |
| 81 Johannes Frohlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | s.t. |
| 82 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 4:24 |
| 83 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 4:59 |
| 84 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 5:06 |
| 85 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 5:20 |
| 86 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | 5:22 |
| 87 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 5:24 |
| 88 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team | |
| 89 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 90 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 91 Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 92 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 93 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | all s.t. |
| 94 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 6:17 |
| 95 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:29 |
| 96 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 7:06 |
| 97 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 7:29 |
| 98 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 7:57 |
| 99 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | 7:58 |
| 100 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 8:04 |
| 101 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 8:11 |
| 102 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 8:21 |
| 103 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | 10:33 |
| 104 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 105 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 11:09 |
| 106 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 12:18 |
| 107 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 12:20 |
| 108 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 109 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | |
| 110 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 111 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| 112 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | |
| 113 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | |
| 114 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | all s.t. |
| 115 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | 12:30 |
| 116 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 12:34 |
| 117 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 12:37 |
| 118 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | 12:51 |
| 119 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | 12:56 |
| 120 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 12:57 |
| 121 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 13:17 |
| 122 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 123 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 13:51 |
| 124 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 14:07 |
| 125 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 14:15 |
| 126 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 15:30 |
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