Arnaud Demare (FDJ.fr) wygrał ostatni etap wyścigu. 22-letni Francuz na finiszu z peletonu pokonał Daniele Bennatiego (Tinkoff-Saxo) i Bernharda Eisela (Sky).
Triumfatorem 13. edycji Tour of Qatar został Holender Niki Terpstra (Omega Pharma-Quick Step).
Końcówka etapu prowadziła na pokonywanej 10-krotnie pętli (6 km), z metą przy promenadzie w Doha, gdzie za dwa lata znajdzie się meta mistrzostw świata.
W ucieczce, która wjechała na rundę z przewagą niespełna 3 minut, pokazali się Alessandro Bazzana (UnitedHealthcare), Lieuwe Westra (Astana), Marcus Burghardt (BMC Racing), Rafaa Chtioui (Skydive) i Jesse Sergent (Trek).
W peletonie pracowała ekipa Omega Pharma-Quick Step, następnie pogoń podjęły Cannondale, Tinkoff, Orica, Lotto, a nawet Sky. 20 km przed finiszem do odrobienia pozostało 1:50.
Rozpoczynając finałową pętlę harcownicy nadal posiadali w zapasie 30 sekund. Mocne depnięcia Belkin, Katushy i Lotto okazały się jednak zabójcze. Na ostatnim zakręcie został doścignięty ostatni z uciekinierów Alessandro Bazzana, a po chwili znakomitym finiszem popisał się Arnaud Demare.
Wyniki 6. etapu Tour of Qatar (2.HC); Sealine Beach Resort – Doha Corniche (113,5 km):
1 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 2:45:06 2 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 3 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 4 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 5 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 6 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 7 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 8 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp - Endura 9 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 10 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 11 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 12 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 13 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 14 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 15 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 16 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 17 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 18 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 19 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 20 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 21 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 22 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 23 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 24 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 25 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 26 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 27 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 28 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 29 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 30 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 31 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 32 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 33 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 34 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 35 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 36 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 37 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 38 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 39 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 40 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 41 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 42 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 43 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 44 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 45 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 46 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 47 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 48 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 49 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 50 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 51 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 52 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 53 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 54 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 55 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 56 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 57 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 58 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 59 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 60 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp - Endura 61 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 62 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 63 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 64 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 65 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 66 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 67 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 68 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 69 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 70 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 71 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 72 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 73 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 74 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 75 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 76 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 77 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 78 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 79 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 80 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 81 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 82 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 83 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 84 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp - Endura 85 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 86 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 87 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 88 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 89 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 90 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 91 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 92 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 93 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 94 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 95 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 96 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 97 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 98 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 99 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 100 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 101 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 102 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 103 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 104 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 105 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 106 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 107 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 108 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 109 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 00:16 111 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:17 112 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 113 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 114 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycli 00:20 115 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 00:24 116 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:26 117 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 00:36 118 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:38 119 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 00:43 120 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 121 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 122 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 00:51 123 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 00:52 124 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 00:55 125 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 126 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team Netapp - Endura 127 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 01:10 128 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:13 129 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 130 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 01:14 131 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 132 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 01:19 133 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 134 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 135 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 01:26 136 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 01:37 137 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 138 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 139 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 01:55 140 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 141 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 02:17 142 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 02:33 143 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 02:35 144 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp - Endura 02:53 145 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 146 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 05:35 147 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo Klasyfikacja końcowa 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 15:53:37 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 00:17 3 Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol 00:20 4 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:37 5 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:48 6 Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol 00:56 7 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cyc 00:57 8 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Te 01:05 9 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:18 10 André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol 01:23 11 Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:31 12 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:32 13 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:33 14 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 01:35 15 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:43 16 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 01:46 17 Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol 01:54 18 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:59 19 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale 20 Aidis Kruopis (Ltu) Orica GreenEdge 02:01 21 Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team 02:05 22 Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 23 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:07 24 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 25 Pieter Van Speybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 02:30 26 Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:00 27 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 03:11 28 Silvan Dillier (Swi) BMC Racing Team 03:21 29 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Omega Pharma - Quick-Step Cycling Team 03:32 30 Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha 03:35 31 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 03:42 32 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 03:49 33 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp - Endura 04:05 34 Kristof Goddaert (Bel) IAM Cycling 04:11 35 Gabriel Rasch (Nor) Team Sky 04:13 36 Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 04:18 37 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 04:20 38 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 04:33 39 Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 04:36 40 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 04:37 41 Blaz Jarc (Slo) Team Netapp - Endura 04:56 42 Marko Kump (Slo) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:00 43 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 05:15 44 Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 05:51 45 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 06:00 46 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol 07:07 47 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 07:25 48 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 08:20 49 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 08:25 50 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 08:38 51 Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 08:45 52 Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp - Endura 09:06 53 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 54 Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:07 55 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 09:14 56 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:19 57 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 09:31 58 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 09:41 59 Danilo Wyss (Swi) BMC Racing Team 09:47 60 Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycli 09:48 61 Lloyd Mondory (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10:11 62 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 10:22 63 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 10:25 64 Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol 10:51 65 Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale 11:41 66 Marco Coledan (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12:04 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 12:16 68 Bernhard Eisel (Aut) Team Sky 12:34 69 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 12:35 70 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 12:41 71 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 13:03 72 Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling 13:09 73 Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:50 74 Alexei Tsatevich (Rus) Team Katusha 14:26 75 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Lotto Belisol 15:06 76 Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale 15:35 77 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Team Netapp - Endura 16:11 78 John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team 16:18 79 Rafaa Chtioui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 16:24 80 Vladimir Isaychev (Rus) Team Katusha 16:31 81 Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cyclin 16:34 82 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 17:22 83 Paul Voss (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 17:42 84 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 17:46 85 Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 18:05 86 Graeme Brown (Aus) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 18:16 87 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 18:21 88 Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 18:49 89 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 18:52 90 Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale 18:54 91 Matteo Pelucchi (Swi) IAM Cycling 18:56 92 Salvatore Puccio (Ita) Team Sky 19:33 93 Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling T 19:37 94 Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 19:44 95 Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale 19:46 96 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 19:52 97 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) Lotto Belisol 20:04 98 Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 20:17 99 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 20:22 100 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 20:45 101 Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha 21:07 102 Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp - Endura 21:22 103 Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 21:41 104 Sebastian Lander (Den) BMC Racing Team 22:02 105 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22:03 106 Laurent Mangel (Fra) FDJ.fr 22:18 107 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 22:48 108 Theo Bos (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team 22:58 109 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 23:13 110 Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling 24:08 111 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 24:13 112 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Team Netapp - Endura 24:48 113 Alexandr Pliuschin (Mda) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 25:29 114 Elia Viviani (Ita) Cannondale 25:50 115 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 26:04 116 Soufiane Haddi (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 26:25 117 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 26:33 118 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26:40 119 Adil Jelloul (Mar) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 26:41 120 Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 26:44 121 Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing 26:54 122 Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF 26:55 123 Kenneth Hanson (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling T 27:03 124 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 27:18 125 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27:24 126 Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF 27:28 127 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 27:59 128 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 28:09 129 Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling 28:13 130 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 28:28 131 Davide Villella (Ita) Cannondale 28:34 132 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 29:36 133 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 30:11 134 Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 30:30 135 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale 30:52 136 Francisco Mancebo (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 32:59 137 Valentin Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 33:06 138 Ben Gastauer (Lux) AG2R La Mondiale 33:16 139 Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team 33:17 140 Patrick Gretsch (Ger) AG2R La Mondiale 33:19 141 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 33:51 142 Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling 34:19 143 Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 35:35 144 Oscar Pujol (Spa) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 35:38 145 Dominic Klemme (Ger) IAM Cycling 35:41 146 Maher Hasnaoui (Tun) Skydive Dubai Pro Cycling Team 36:26 147 Michael Kolar (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 38:39