Alexander Kristoff (Katusha) zwycięstwem na finiszu w stolicy Kataru zamknął 15. edycję bliskowschodniego wyścigu.
Norweski sprinter na finiszu z peletonu pokonał Marka Cavendisha (Dimension Data) i Roya Jansa (Wanty – Groupe Gobert). Cavendish zapewnił sobie triumf w klasyfikacji generalnej Tour of Qatar.
Czterech pierwszych zawodników na starcie do ostatniego etapu mieściło się w 9 sekundach, co zwiastowało intrygującą końcówkę. Nim do niej doszło ucieczkę podjęli Steven Tronet (Fortuneo – Vital Concept), Jesse Sergent (Ag2r) i Tim Declercq (Topsport Vlaanderen). Trójka zdobyła 4 minuty przewagi, z której pozostała minuta 30 kilometrów przed metą.
Zespoły BMC i Katusha zadbały o doprowadzenie całego peletonu na ostatnią prostą. Finisz sprowadził się do pojedynku Cavendish – Kristoff, w którym minimalnie lepszy okazał się Norweg, ale druga pozycja “Manxmana” wystarczyła mu do obrony żółtej koszulki lidera.
1 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 2:56:16 2 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 3 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 4 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 5 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 6 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 7 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 9 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 10 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Team 11 Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai 12 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 13 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 14 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 15 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 16 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 17 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 19 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group 20 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 21 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 22 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 23 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 24 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 25 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 26 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 27 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac 28 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare Team 29 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 30 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 31 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 32 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 33 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 34 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 35 Xhuliano Kamberaj (Alb) Skydive Dubai 36 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 37 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 38 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 39 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 40 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 41 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 42 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 43 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 44 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac 45 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 46 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 47 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 48 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:08 49 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai 50 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 51 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 52 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 53 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 54 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 55 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 56 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai 57 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 58 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 59 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 60 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 61 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 62 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 63 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 64 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 65 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 66 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 67 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 68 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 69 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 70 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 71 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 72 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 73 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 74 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 00:15 75 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 76 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Team 00:16 77 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 00:19 78 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 79 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 80 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:22 81 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 82 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 83 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 84 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 85 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 86 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 87 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac 88 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 89 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 90 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 91 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 00:29 92 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:31 93 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 94 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 95 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 96 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 97 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 98 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai 99 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai 100 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac 00:34 101 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac 102 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 00:37 103 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 104 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:39 105 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 106 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 00:46 107 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 108 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 00:48 109 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 110 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 111 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 112 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 113 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 114 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 00:59 115 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac 116 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 117 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac 118 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:04 119 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 120 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:19 121 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 01:26 122 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:27 123 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 02:09 124 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 02:32 125 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 126 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 127 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 128 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 13:47:23 2 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:05 3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:08 4 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:12 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 00:25 6 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:36 7 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 00:47 8 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 00:55 9 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 00:56 10 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 01:04 11 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 01:12 12 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 01:19 13 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:22 14 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 01:36 15 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:50 16 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 02:09 17 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 02:12 18 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 02:48 19 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 20 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 02:51 21 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 03:10 22 Nils Politt (Ger) Team Katusha 03:20 23 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 03:22 24 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 03:38 25 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 03:45 26 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:48 27 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai 03:54 28 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 03:59 29 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 04:02 30 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:09 31 Xhuliano Kamberaj (Alb) Skydive Dubai 04:12 32 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 04:13 33 Andrea Palini (Ita) Skydive Dubai 04:15 34 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 04:17 35 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 04:22 36 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 04:23 37 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre - Merida 38 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 04:35 39 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 04:37 40 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 04:47 41 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 05:13 42 Mark Renshaw (Aus) Dimension Data 05:32 43 Mark Mcnally (GBr) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 06:03 44 Matt Brammeier (Irl) Dimension Data 06:05 45 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 06:31 46 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 07:00 47 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 08:09 48 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 08:21 49 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 09:02 50 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 09:09 51 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 09:19 52 Pierre-Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 09:47 53 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:49 54 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 10:00 55 Carlos Alzate (Col) UnitedHealthcare Team 10:55 56 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 11:00 57 Boris Vallee (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 11:38 58 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 12:23 59 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 12:35 60 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 13:09 61 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 13:16 62 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 13:39 63 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 13:41 64 Joseph Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 13:48 65 Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team 13:53 66 Brenton Jones (Aus) Drapac 13:54 67 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare Team 13:56 68 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 13:57 69 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre - Merida 70 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 13:58 71 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 14:05 72 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 14:12 73 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 74 André Looij (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 75 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Stölting Service Group 76 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 14:16 77 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 14:26 78 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 14:39 79 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 14:42 80 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 14:47 81 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai 14:51 82 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 15:05 83 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 84 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 15:17 85 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 15:18 86 Lukas Pöstlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 87 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 15:22 88 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 15:24 89 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 15:33 90 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 15:49 91 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 15:57 92 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 16:02 93 Mads Pedersen (Den) Stölting Service Group 16:04 94 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 16:09 95 Bjorn Thurau (Ger) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 16:16 96 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre - Merida 17:00 97 Graeme Brown (Aus) Drapac 17:06 98 Alex Kirsch (Luxi) Stölting Service Group 17:12 99 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac 17:22 100 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 17:25 101 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 102 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 17:38 103 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot - Oranje Peloton 17:46 104 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 18:07 105 Jason Lowndes (Aus) Drapac 18:13 106 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 18:27 107 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 18:48 108 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai 18:49 109 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Skydive Dubai 18:51 110 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 18:59 111 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 19:07 112 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 19:19 113 Kenny De Haes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 19:41 114 Cheng Ji (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 20:00 115 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 20:11 116 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 20:43 117 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 22:16 118 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 22:22 119 Daniel Mclay (GBr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 22:35 120 Luke Keough (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 22:49 121 Jesse Sergent (NZl) AG2R La Mondiale 24:11 122 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac 24:21 123 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare Team 26:25 124 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare Team 26:29 125 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac 26:33 126 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac 27:20 127 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 27:24 128 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 28:38