February 15/12 8:14 am - Tour of Oman: Stage 1
Posted by Editoress on 02/15/12
Stage 1 of the Tour of Oman ended in a bunch sprint. Germany’s André Greipel, a newcomer to the event, flew to victory beating Galimzyanov and Farrar to the line. Another big name of cycling is added to the list of prestigious stage winners in Oman. Greipel also captured the Red Jersey of teh overall leader.
Beautiful weather conditions welcomed the 127 riders of the 3rd edition of the Tour of Oman. The peloton gathered by the Al Alam Palace for the start of the first of six stages: a 156km ride all the way to Wadi Al Huwqayn on a fairly flat course.
Shortly after the first kilometre of riding, four men managed to break away from the pack: Ignatyev (KAT), Wyss (BMC), Jiao (CSS) and Lemair (BGT). The gap rapidly grew from 45" at km 1.5 to a maximum 5’ after 19kms. That was when the sprinters’ teams (SKY, Garmin and Lotto-Belisol) decided to take the chase in hand and the pace went up (45.3kms covered during the first hour). Indeed the gap started dropping down. At the first bonus sprint at Barka (km 74.5), won by Lemair ahead of Wyss and Ignatyev, the gap had dropped down to 3’15.
The escapees managed to hang on together in the lead until the second intermediate sprint (km 128.5) claimed by Ignatyev ahead of Lemair and Wyss, while the pack remained 1’ adrift.. Just after that sprint, Wyss, Lemair and Jiao stopped their efforts and Ignatyev continued on his own. With 20kms to go, the Russian could still enjoy a 1’ advantage. Ignatyev was finally caught by the chasing pack with just under five kilometre to go.
Time had come for a bunched sprint. On the slightly uphill final straight, André Greipel (LT) prooved to be the fastest capturing this first stage of the Tour of Oman. The German beat Galimzyanov (KAT) and Farrar (GRM) and therefore captures the first overall leader’s red jersey of the race. The white jersey for the best young rider goes to Gamimzyanov while Lemair captures the green-red-white fighting spirit jersey.
Report, Tour of Oman
| Stage 1 (February 14th): Al Alam Royal Palace to Wadi Al Hoqay, 159km | |
| 1 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto-Belisol Team | 3:26:09 |
| 2 Denis Galimzyanov (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 3 Tyler Farrar (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 4 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Project 1T4I | |
| 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 7 Daniel Oss (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 8 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 9 Tony Gallopin (Fra) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 10 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 11 Graeme Brown (Aus) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 12 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 13 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 14 Gorik Gardeyn (Bel) Champion System | all s.t. |
| 15 Laurens Ten Dam (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 0:03 |
| 16 Matthias Friedemann (Ger) Champion System | |
| 17 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 18 Taylor Phinney (USA) BMC Racing Team | |
| 19 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 20 Vladimir Gusev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 21 Thomas Bonnin (Fra) Project 1T4I | |
| 22 Fabian Cancellara (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 23 Koen De Kort (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 24 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 25 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 26 Miyataka Shimizu (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 27 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 28 Kevin Hulsmans (Bel) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 29 Hayato Yoshida (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 30 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 31 Joost Posthuma (Ned) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 32 Kazuo Inoue (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 33 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 34 Tom Jelte Slagter (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 35 Alessandro Ballan (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 36 Andy Schleck (Lux) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 37 Gregory Henderson (NZl) Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 38 Sylvain Chavanel (Fra) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 39 David McCann (Irl) RTS Racing Team | |
| 40 Robert Hunter (RSA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 41 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Esp) Katusha Team | |
| 42 Gregory Rast (Sui) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 43 Thomas Lebas (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 44 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 45 Murilo Antoniobil Fischer (Bra) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 46 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 47 Klaas Sys (Bel) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 48 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 49 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 50 Martin Kohler (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 51 Dennis van Winden (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 52 Danilo Wyss (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 53 Christopher Butler (USA) Champion System | |
| 54 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 55 Peter Velits (Svk) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 56 Robert Wagner (Ger) RadioShack-Nissan | |
| 57 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Sky Procycling | |
| 58 Christian Vande Velde (USA) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 59 Sandy Casar (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 60 David Millar (GBr) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 61 Mauro Da Dalto (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 62 Chin-Lung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | |
| 63 Mart Ojavee (Est) Champion System | |
| 64 Pier Paolo De Negri (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 65 Marco Pinotti (Ita) BMC Racing Team | |
| 66 Dominique Rollin (Can) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 67 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 68 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 69 Adam Blythe (GBr) BMC Racing Team | |
| 70 Wei Kei Chang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | |
| 71 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Katusha Team | |
| 72 Jai Crawford (Aus) RTS Racing Team | |
| 73 Gang Xu (Chn) Champion System | |
| 74 Guillaume van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 75 Roy Curvers (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 76 Lee Rodgers (GBr) RTS Racing Team | |
| 77 Luca Ascani (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 78 Alexandre Lemair (Fra) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 79 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ-Big Mat | |
| 80 Frederik Willems (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 81 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 82 Christian Benenati (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 83 Lars Bak (Den) Lotto-Belisol Team | |
| 84 Michael Schär (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 85 Mikhail Ignatyev (Rus) Katusha Team | |
| 86 Frantisek Rabon (Cze) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 87 Klaas Lodewijck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | |
| 88 Alex Coutts (GBr) RTS Racing Team | |
| 89 Bert Grabsch (Ger) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | |
| 90 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha Team | |
| 91 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Katusha Team | |
| 92 Ryota Nishizono (Jpn) Bridgestone Anchor | |
| 93 Albert Timmer (Ned) Project 1T4I | |
| 94 Alessandro Vanotti (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | |
| 95 Thomas Bertolini (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 96 Thomas Leezer (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | |
| 97 Tobias Ludvigsson (Swe) Project 1T4I | |
| 98 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 99 Allan Davis (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 100 Ramunas Navardauskas (Ltu) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 101 Wang Chung Huang (Tpe) RTS Racing Team | |
| 102 Davide Appollonio (Ita) Sky Procycling | |
| 103 Alex Rasmussen (Den) Garmin - Barracuda | |
| 104 Luke Rowe (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 105 Baden Cooke (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 106 Svein Tuft (Can) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 107 Stuart O'Grady (Aus) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 108 Clinton Avery (NZl) Champion System | |
| 109 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) GreenEdge Cycling Team | |
| 110 Diego Caccia (Ita) Farnese Vini-Selle Italia | |
| 111 Jérémy Hunt (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 112 Ian Stannard (GBr) Sky Procycling | |
| 113 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | all s.t. |
| 114 Pengda Jiao (Chn) Champion System | 0:03 |
| 115 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto-Belisol Team | 0:27 |
| 116 Fabio Sabatini (Ita) Liquigas-Cannondale | 0:29 |
| 117 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Sky Procycling | 0:32 |
| 118 Adam Hansen (Aus) Lotto-Belisol Team | 0:40 |
| 119 Jens Debusschere (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team | s.t. |
| 120 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma-Quick Step | 0:46 |
| 121 Jens Mouris (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | 0:56 |
| 122 Dominic Klemme (Ger) Project 1T4I | 1:31 |
| 123 Jonas van Genechten (Bel) Lotto-Belisol Team | 2:16 |
| 124 William Clarke (Aus) Champion System | s.t. |
| 125 Sergey Kudentsov (Rus) RTS Racing Team | 9:37 |
| 126 Coen Vermeltfoort (Ned) Rabobank Cycling Team | 10:37 |
| 127 Sebastian Langeveld (Ned) GreenEdge Cycling Team | s.t. |
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