February 16/11 9:49 am - Tour of Oman: Stage 2
Posted by Editoress on 02/16/11
Results from the second stage of the Tour of Oman in Oman.
HTC-Highroad's Matt Goss has claimed his sixth win of the season after clinching the bunch sprint from a front group of around 40 riders in stage two of the Tour of Oman.
After triumphs in the Jayco Bay Classics series, the Cancer Council Classic and the opening stage of the Tour Down Under in Australia, Goss's latest victory in the Middle East also enables the young sprinter to move into the overall lead.
"The last kilometre was quite tough there, slightly uphill and a little bit harder than I was expecting," Goss said, "but I managed to hold on fine, it suited me well, having to accelerate out of the last corner.
"I tried to stay on the first five or ten wheels on the climb close to the finish today, it split about half-way up, and it split again over the top, but then it all came back together a little bit.
"We had five guys in the front group, they looked after me til the last kilometre, then [Hayden] Roulston did a turn on the front to keep the speed high and I sat in a little way further behind and waited for my moment.
"It's great for the team, we came here wanting to get at least a stage win, now we can concentrate on seeing what we can do for the overall."
On Wednesday's flat stage, Goss says that HTC-Highroad will be looking for another bunch sprint win, "either with me or with Mark Cavendish. We'll wait and see. But it's nice to have the jersey for now."
"It's been a great start to the season for me, but I hope to keep it going right to the end of the year."
HTC-Highroad press release
| Stage 2: The Wave, Muscat to Al Wutayya, 139 km | |
| 1 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 3:18:17 |
| 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek | |
| 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 4 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 5 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | |
| 6 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 8 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| 9 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | 0:03 |
| 10 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | |
| 11 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 12 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 13 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 14 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | |
| 15 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | |
| 19 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 20 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 21 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 22 Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 23 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | |
| 24 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Katusha Team | |
| 25 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | |
| 26 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 27 David Blanco (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 28 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 29 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 30 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | |
| 31 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC | |
| 32 Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| 33 Marc De Maar (AHo) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 34 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 35 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | |
| 36 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 37 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad | |
| 38 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 39 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 41 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 42 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
| 43 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 44 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 45 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 46 Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC | |
| 47 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 48 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 49 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
| 50 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 51 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 52 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 53 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| 54 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 55 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 56 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 57 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 58 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 59 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 60 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 61 David Gutierrez (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 62 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 63 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 64 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek | |
| 65 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | |
| 66 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 67 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Leopard Trek | all s.t. |
| 68 Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad | 0:34 |
| 69 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:43 |
| 70 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | 0:03 |
| 71 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | 1:03 |
| 72 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:03 |
| 73 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 10:34 |
| 74 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 75 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 76 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 77 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 78 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 79 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 80 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 81 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 82 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad | |
| 83 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 84 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 85 John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 86 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 87 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 88 Kevin Claeys (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 89 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad | |
| 90 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 91 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 92 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| 93 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 94 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 95 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 96 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 97 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 98 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 99 Sam Bennett (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 100 Maxim De Busschere (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 101 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 102 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 103 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek | |
| 104 Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 105 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team | |
| 106 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 107 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 108 Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team | |
| 109 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 110 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 111 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | |
| 112 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad | |
| 113 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | |
| 114 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 115 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 116 Andrew Fenn (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 117 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | |
| 118 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 119 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 120 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 121 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 122 Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 123 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 124 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 125 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 126 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek | |
| 127 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | all s.t. |
| GC | |
| 1 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) HTC-Highroad | 6:56:36 |
| 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Leopard Trek | at 0:04 |
| 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Sky Procycling | 0:06 |
| 4 Pieter Serry (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | 0:07 |
| 5 Tanel Kangert (Est) Pro Team Astana | 0:09 |
| 6 Danilo Hondo (Ger) Lampre - ISD | 0:10 |
| 7 Luca Paolini (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 8 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 9 Lars Boom (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 10 Patrik Sinkewitz (Ger) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 11 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 12 Daniele Ratto (Ita) Geox-TMC | all s.t. |
| 13 Adriano Malori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | 0:11 |
| 14 Mark Cassidy (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | s.t. |
| 15 Dmytro Krivtsov (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | 0:12 |
| 16 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:13 |
| 17 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 18 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ | |
| 19 Tomas Vaitkus (Ltu) Pro Team Astana | |
| 20 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ | |
| 21 Stijn Neirynck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 22 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 23 Russell Downing (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 24 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 25 Simon Geschke (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 26 Manuele Mori (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 27 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ | |
| 28 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Katusha Team | |
| 29 Andreas Klier (Ger) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 30 Marko Kump (Slo) Geox-TMC | |
| 31 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 32 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Leopard Trek | |
| 33 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 34 Simon Clarke (Aus) Pro Team Astana | |
| 35 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 36 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 37 Tomas Alberio (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| 38 Maxime Monfort (Bel) Leopard Trek | |
| 39 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) Leopard Trek | |
| 40 Juan Antonio Flecha Giannoni (Esp) Sky Procycling | |
| 41 David Blanco (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 42 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Pro Team Astana | |
| 43 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 44 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 45 Francesco Failli (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 46 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 47 Marco Pinotti (Ita) HTC-Highroad | |
| 48 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Geox-TMC | |
| 49 Marc De Maar (AHo) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 50 Alexandre Vinokourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 51 Pieter Ghyllebert (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 52 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 53 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) HTC-Highroad | |
| 54 Xavier Florencio Cabre (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 55 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 56 Leonardo Giordani (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 57 Robert Gesink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 58 Davide Ricci Bitti (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 59 Alessandro Spezialetti (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 60 David Gutierrez (Esp) Geox-TMC | |
| 61 Karsten Kroon (Ned) BMC Racing Team | |
| 62 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - ISD | |
| 63 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 64 Ronan Van Zandbeek (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 65 Michael Albasini (Sui) HTC-Highroad | |
| 66 Kenny De Ketele (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 67 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 68 Joost Posthuma (Ned) Leopard Trek | all s.t. |
| 69 Hayden Roulston (NZl) HTC-Highroad | 0:44 |
| 70 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) Team Garmin-Cervelo | 0:53 |
| 71 Grega Bole (Slo) Lampre - ISD | 1:01 |
| 72 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) Leopard Trek | 1:13 |
| 73 Theo Bos (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 10:34 |
| 74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) HTC-Highroad | 10:38 |
| 75 Roger Kluge (Ger) Skil - Shimano | 10:40 |
| 76 Mark McNally (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | 10:41 |
| 77 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | 10:44 |
| 78 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Katusha Team | 10:44 |
| 79 Francesco Chicchi (Ita) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 80 John Murphy (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 81 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 82 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) Geox-TMC | |
| 83 Niko Eeckhout (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 84 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 85 Tom Veelers (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 86 Alex Rasmussen (Den) HTC-Highroad | |
| 87 Grégory Joseph (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 88 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 89 Kevin Claeys (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 90 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ | |
| 91 Roger Hammond (GBr) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 92 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 93 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) BMC Racing Team | |
| 94 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 95 Mirco Lorenzetto (Ita) Pro Team Astana | |
| 96 Maxim De Busschere (Bel) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 97 Frédéric Guesdon (Fra) FDJ | |
| 98 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 99 Thor Hushovd (Nor) Team Garmin-Cervelo | |
| 100 Andreas Stauff (Ger) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 101 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini - Neri Sottoli | |
| 102 Wouter Weylandt (Bel) Leopard Trek | |
| 103 Leif Hoste (Bel) Katusha Team | |
| 104 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | |
| 105 Maxim Gourov (Kaz) Pro Team Astana | |
| 106 Sam Bennett (Irl) An Post - Sean Kelly | |
| 107 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 108 Davide Vigano (Ita) Leopard Trek | |
| 109 Vitaliy Kondrut (Ukr) Lampre - ISD | |
| 110 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Katusha Team | |
| 111 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 112 Koen De Kort (Ned) Skil - Shimano | |
| 113 Geert Steurs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Mercator | |
| 114 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 115 Jeremy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 116 Bram Tankink (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 117 Martin Reimer (Ger) Skil - Shimano | |
| 118 Kevin Van Impe (Bel) Quick Step Cycling Team | |
| 119 Kurt-Asle Arvesen (Nor) Sky Procycling | |
| 120 Anthony Geslin (Fra) FDJ | |
| 121 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 122 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ | |
| 123 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) HTC-Highroad | all s.t. |
| 124 Andrew Fenn (GBr) An Post - Sean Kelly | 11:04 |
| 125 Albert Timmer (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 11:32 |
| 126 Kenny Robert van Hummel (Ned) Skil - Shimano | 11:43 |
| 127 Rick Flens (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 12:25 |
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