February 17/18 9:54 am - Tour of Oman: Stage 5
Posted by Editoress on 02/17/18
Astana Pro Team put on a show in the queen stage of the Tour of Oman, with Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana) claiming victory atop Jabal Al Akhdhar after a strong collective outing on Saturday. His teammate Alexey Lutsenko finished second to take the leader’s jersey from the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team). The Kazakh team only has one more stage to face en route to the overall victory in the 2018 Tour of Oman.
At the start from Sama’il, a 6km battle led to a 6 man breakaway with Marco Marcato (UAE Team Emirates), Benjamin Declercq (Sport-Vlaanderen Baloise), Pim Ligthart (Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij), Nicholas Schultz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA), Robin Carpenter and Adam De Vos (Rally Cycling). Their lead rose to 4:20 at km 22 and Vincenzo Nibali’s Bahrain-Merida decided to control the pace en route to Green Mountain.
The Astana show
Astana Pro Team, Team Dimension Data and Fortuneo-Samsic worked with Bahrain-Merida. But the attackers pushed hard and enjoyed a 5:15 lead as the race entered the final 50km. The gap was down to 1:50 when they began to tackle Green Mountain (5.7km, 10.5%). Robin Carpenter, the final hold out, was able to hold off the pack until 3km to go.
Astana immediately set a hard pace in the climb, so much that only Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) was able to follow Miguel Angel Lopez, Alexey Lutsenko and Jan Hirt with 2.5km to go. ‘Superman’ Lopez then took over and led Alexey Lutsenko to the overall lead while claiming victory for himself. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis, Solutions crédits) finished third, 12s behind the Astana duo.
Results
| Stage 5: Sama’il to Jabal Al Akhdhar, 152 km | |
| 1 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | 3:43:58 |
| 2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | at s.t. |
| 3 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:12 |
| 4 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 0:15 |
| 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 0:22 |
| 6 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 0:25 |
| 7 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 0:33 |
| 8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 0:43 |
| 9 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | 0:47 |
| 10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 0:49 |
| 11 Daniel Navarro Garcis (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:52 |
| 12 Merhawi Kudus Gebremedhin (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 0:59 |
| 13 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 1:02 |
| 14 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 1:13 |
| 15 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | s.t. |
| 16 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 1:32 |
| 17 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 18 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 1:51 |
| 19 Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 2:00 |
| 20 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 2:12 |
| 21 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 2:18 |
| 22 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2:20 |
| 23 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| 24 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team | both s.t. |
| 25 Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:33 |
| 26 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 2:53 |
| 27 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 2:55 |
| 28 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 2:59 |
| 29 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 3:19 |
| 30 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 3:20 |
| 31 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 3:23 |
| 32 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 3:29 |
| 33 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | 3:32 |
| 34 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 3:34 |
| 35 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team | |
| 36 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | both s.t. |
| 37 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 4:26 |
| 38 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 4:28 |
| 39 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 4:49 |
| 40 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 5:06 |
| 41 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 5:13 |
| 42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 5:24 |
| 43 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 44 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 5:56 |
| 45 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 46 Kenneth van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | both s.t. |
| 47 Johannes Frohlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | 5:59 |
| 48 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 6:18 |
| 49 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Katusha-Alpecin | s.t. |
| 50 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 6:31 |
| 51 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 6:53 |
| 52 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | 7:01 |
| 53 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 7:09 |
| 54 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 7:12 |
| 55 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 7:45 |
| 56 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | 7:55 |
| 57 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 8:03 |
| 58 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | s.t. |
| 59 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 8:05 |
| 60 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 8:15 |
| 61 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | s.t. |
| 62 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 8:37 |
| 63 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 64 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 8:45 |
| 65 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 9:00 |
| 66 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 9:06 |
| 67 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 9:08 |
| 68 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 69 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 9:17 |
| 70 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | s.t. |
| 71 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 9:27 |
| 72 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 9:29 |
| 73 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 9:47 |
| 74 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 75 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | |
| 76 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | |
| 77 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | all s.t. |
| 78 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 9:58 |
| 79 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 10:06 |
| 80 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | s.t. |
| 81 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 10:51 |
| 82 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | |
| 83 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | both s.t. |
| 84 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 11:01 |
| 85 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 11:09 |
| 86 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 11:15 |
| 87 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 11:17 |
| 88 Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 11:18 |
| 89 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 11:20 |
| 90 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | 11:29 |
| 91 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | s.t. |
| 92 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 11:51 |
| 93 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 12:04 |
| 94 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 12:06 |
| 95 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 12:12 |
| 96 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 12:55 |
| 97 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 12:58 |
| 98 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 13:13 |
| 99 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | 13:15 |
| 100 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | 13:19 |
| 101 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 13:28 |
| 102 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 13:32 |
| 103 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 13:50 |
| 104 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | s.t. |
| 105 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 14:06 |
| 106 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 14:10 |
| 107 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 14:12 |
| 108 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 14:14 |
| 109 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 14:33 |
| 110 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 14:46 |
| 111 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | 15:14 |
| 112 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 15:14 |
| 113 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | 15:21 |
| 114 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 16:08 |
| 115 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | s.t. |
| 116 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 16:10 |
| 117 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 16:59 |
| 118 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 18:12 |
| 119 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | 18:22 |
| 120 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 18:30 |
| 121 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | |
| 122 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | both s.t. |
| DNF Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| DNF Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | |
| DNF Brandon McNulty (USA) Rally Cycling | |
| GC | |
| 1 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 19:38:21 |
| 2 Miguel Angel Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Pro Team | at 0:11 |
| 3 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Esp) Bahrain-Merida | 0:28 |
| 4 Jesus Herrada Lopez (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:30 |
| 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 0:32 |
| 6 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 1:05 |
| 7 Daniel Navarro Garcis (Esp) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 1:14 |
| 8 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 1:24 |
| 9 Merhawi Kudus Gebremedhin (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 1:29 |
| 10 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | 1:37 |
| 11 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 1:54 |
| 12 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 2:02 |
| 13 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | s.t. |
| 14 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 2:15 |
| 15 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 2:16 |
| 16 Greg van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 2:17 |
| 17 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 2:34 |
| 18 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 3:06 |
| 19 Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 3:15 |
| 20 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | s.t. |
| 21 Alex Aranburu Deba (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 3:48 |
| 22 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 4:09 |
| 23 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 5:40 |
| 24 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Team Dimension Data | 5:45 |
| 25 Steff Cras (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 5:47 |
| 26 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 6:23 |
| 27 Ian Boswell (USA) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 6:30 |
| 28 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 6:42 |
| 29 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team | 7:18 |
| 30 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 7:36 |
| 31 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 8:05 |
| 32 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 8:06 |
| 33 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | 8:24 |
| 34 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | 9:08 |
| 35 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 9:23 |
| 36 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 9:29 |
| 37 Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | 9:41 |
| 38 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | 10:29 |
| 39 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | 11:27 |
| 40 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 11:35 |
| 41 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 12:15 |
| 42 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team | 12:18 |
| 43 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 12:27 |
| 44 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 13:10 |
| 45 Omar Fraile Matarranz (Esp) Astana Pro Team | 13:21 |
| 46 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 13:28 |
| 47 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | 13:57 |
| 48 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Esp) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 14:02 |
| 49 Scott Davies (GBr) Team Dimension Data | 14:27 |
| 50 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | 14:37 |
| 51 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | 14:46 |
| 52 Remi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | 14:47 |
| 53 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | 15:23 |
| 54 Reto Hollenstein (Sui) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 16:39 |
| 55 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team | 17:06 |
| 56 Florian Vachon (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 17:27 |
| 57 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 17:35 |
| 58 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 17:35 |
| 59 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 17:37 |
| 60 Michael Schar (Sui) BMC Racing Team | 17:52 |
| 61 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | 18:30 |
| 62 Markel Irizar Aramburu (Esp) Trek-Segafredo | 18:58 |
| 63 Kenneth van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 19:02 |
| 64 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 19:22 |
| 65 Johannes Frohlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | 19:34 |
| 66 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 19:53 |
| 67 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 20:42 |
| 68 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 22:22 |
| 69 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 24:39 |
| 70 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | 24:49 |
| 71 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 24:50 |
| 72 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 24:52 |
| 73 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 24:55 |
| 74 Adam de Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 24:59 |
| 75 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 25:28 |
| 76 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 26:15 |
| 77 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 26:56 |
| 78 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 27:37 |
| 79 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 27:46 |
| 80 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 27:53 |
| 81 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 27:53 |
| 82 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 28:43 |
| 83 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | 28:46 |
| 84 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | 29:21 |
| 85 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 29:34 |
| 86 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Team Dimension Data | 29:57 |
| 87 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | 30:16 |
| 88 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 30:34 |
| 89 Nathan van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | 31:23 |
| 90 Francisco Jose Ventoso Alberdi (Esp) BMC Racing Team | 32:37 |
| 91 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 32:42 |
| 92 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 32:44 |
| 93 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | 32:58 |
| 94 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | 33:55 |
| 95 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | 34:49 |
| 96 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Team Katusha-Alpecin | 35:05 |
| 97 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 36:00 |
| 98 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 36:14 |
| 99 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | 36:41 |
| 100 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 36:44 |
| 101 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 37:16 |
| 102 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 37:19 |
| 103 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 37:54 |
| 104 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 38:15 |
| 105 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 38:34 |
| 106 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | 39:04 |
| 107 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 39:38 |
| 108 Bert van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 42:44 |
| 109 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | 43:52 |
| 110 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 45:23 |
| 111 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 45:33 |
| 112 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 46:08 |
| 113 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | 48:15 |
| 114 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 49:07 |
| 115 Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | 49:37 |
| 116 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Team Dimension Data | 50:10 |
| 117 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 52:14 |
| 118 Bram Welten (Ned) Team Fortuneo-Samsic | 54:42 |
| 119 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 55:06 |
| 120 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | 59:59 |
| 121 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Cycling Club | 1:00:05 |
| 122 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | 1:00:26 |
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