Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data) wygrał otwarcie 15. Wyścigu Dookoła Kataru.
Brytyjczyk po finiszu z czołowej grupy pokonał Sache Modolo (Lampre-Merida) i Andree Guardiniego (Astana).
Ściganie od samego startu poszło na całego, przez pierwszą godzinę kolarze pokonali 52,5 kilometra. Peleton w takich warunkach podzielić się musiał. Powstał grupa licząca początkowo 21 zawodników. Jechali tam Alexander Kristoff (Katusha), Greg Van Avermaet (BMC), Mark Cavendish, Sacha Modolo, natomiast z zawodników CCC Sprandi Polkowice zagapili się wszyscy (w następnej jechał Adrian Kurek).
Tempo nie spadało, a przewaga ucieczki powoli rosła, za półmetkiem przekroczyła jedną minutę. 30 kilometrów przed kreską zmierzono 50 sekund. Ton uciekinierom nadawały ekipy BMC, Katusha i Bora. Nie brakowało upadków, pechowy Matej Mohoric (Lempre-Merida) złamał ramię.
Sytuacja na trasie nie uległa już zmianie, więcej, pierwsza grupa powiększyła przewagę. Na ostatniej prostej pociąg ustawili kolarze Katushy. Za Kristoffem pojawił się Cavendish, który następnie łatwo wyprzedził dalekiego od wysokiej formy norweskiego sprintera.
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 3:28:46 2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 3 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 4 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 7 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 8 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 9 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 10 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 11 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 12 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 14 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:05 15 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 16 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 00:18 17 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:43 18 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 19 Soufiane Haddi (UAE) Skydive Dubai 20 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 21 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare 23 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 24 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 26 Andrea Francesco Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai 27 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 28 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 29 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 30 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 32 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 33 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 34 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 35 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 36 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 37 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 38 Xhuliano Kamberaj (UAE) Skydive Dubai 39 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 40 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 41 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 43 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 44 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 45 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 46 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 47 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 49 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 50 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 51 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 52 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 53 Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 02:06 54 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 07:52 55 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 56 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 58 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 59 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 60 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 61 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 63 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 64 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 65 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 66 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 67 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 68 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 09:18 69 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10:28 70 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 11:53 71 Adil Jelloul (UAE) Skydive Dubai 72 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 73 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 74 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 75 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 76 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 77 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 78 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 79 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 80 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group 81 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 82 Barry Markus (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 83 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 84 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 85 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 86 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 87 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 88 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 89 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 90 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 91 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare 92 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 94 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 95 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 96 Maher Hasnaoui (UAE) Skydive Dubai 97 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 98 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 99 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 100 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai 101 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stölting Service Group 102 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 103 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 104 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 105 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida 106 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 108 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 109 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 110 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 111 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 112 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 113 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 114 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 115 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 116 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare 117 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare 118 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 119 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 123 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 124 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 125 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 126 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 127 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 12:34 128 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 19:15 129 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 130 Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 131 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 132 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 133 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 134 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 135 Sultan Alhammadi (UAE) Skydive Dubai 136 Khalid Ibrahim (UAE) Skydive Dubai 19:18 DNF Matej Mohoric (Slo) Lampre - Merida DNF Jens Mouris (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling DNF Dias Omirzakov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team DNF Tom Bohli (Swi) BMC Racing Team
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 3:28:31 2 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:08 3 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:11 4 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:12 5 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 00:13 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:14 7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 00:15 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 9 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 10 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 11 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 12 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 13 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 14 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 15 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:20 16 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 00:33 17 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 01:58 18 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 19 Soufiane Haddi (UAE) Skydive Dubai 20 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 21 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare 23 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 24 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 26 Andrea Francesco Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai 27 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 28 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 29 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 30 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 32 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 33 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 34 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 35 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 36 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 37 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 38 Xhuliano Kamberaj (UAE) Skydive Dubai 39 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 40 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 41 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 43 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 44 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 45 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 46 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 47 Johan Van Summeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 48 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 49 Dmitry Kozontchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 50 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 51 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 52 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 53 Lukas Postlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 02:21 54 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 08:07 55 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 56 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 57 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 58 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 59 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 60 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 61 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 62 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 63 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 64 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Astana Pro Team 65 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 66 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 67 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 68 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 09:33 69 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10:43 70 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 12:08 71 Adil Jelloul (UAE) Skydive Dubai 72 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 73 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 74 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 75 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 76 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 77 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 78 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 79 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 80 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group 81 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 82 Barry Markus (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 83 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 84 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 85 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 86 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 87 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 88 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 89 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 90 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 91 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare 92 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 94 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 95 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 96 Maher Hasnaoui (UAE) Skydive Dubai 97 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 98 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 99 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 100 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai 101 Thomas Koep (Ger) Stölting Service Group 102 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 103 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 104 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 105 Yukiya Arashiro (Jpn) Lampre - Merida 106 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 107 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 108 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 109 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 110 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 111 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 112 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 113 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 114 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 115 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 116 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare 117 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare 118 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 119 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 120 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 121 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 122 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 123 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 124 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 125 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 126 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 127 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 12:49 128 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 19:30 129 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 130 Daniel McLay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 131 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 132 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 133 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 134 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 135 Sultan Alhammadi (UAE) Skydive Dubai 136 Khalid Ibrahim (UAE) Skydive Dubai 19:33