Irlandczyk Sam Bennett (Bora-Argon 18) wygrał po finiszu z peletonu ostatni odcinek wyścigu w Katarze. W klasyfikacji końcowej 14. Tour of Qatar triumfował Niki Terpstra (Etixx-Quick Step).
Obrońca tytułu wyprzedził Macieja Bodnara (Tinkoff-Saxo) i Alexandra Kristoffa (Katusha).
Ściganie początkowo toczyło się pod znakiem ucieczki czwórki harcowników: Prebena Van Hecke (Topsport), Marcusa Burghardta (BMC Racing), Nicola Boema (Bardiani) i Stefana Pirazziego (Bardiani). Peleton, w którym brakowało chorującego Alejandro Valverde (Movistar), prowadzili kolarze Katushy.
Uciekinierzy zyskali 1:25 (26 km), a na rundy w Doha (10 x 5,6 km) wjechali z zapasem 45 sekund. Po dwóch pierwszych było już po akcji. Na lotną premię (73,5 km) grupa wpadła razem. Wygrał tam Tom Boonen (Etixx) przed Kristoffem, co oznaczało, że w przypadku zwycięstwa Norwega na etapie, ten przeskoczy Terpstrę i Bodnara, a tym samym sięgnie po cały wyścig.
W drugiej akcji zaczepnej pokazali się Iljo Keisse (Etixx) i Gijs van Hoecke (Topsport), ale zespół Katushy trzymał wszystko pod kontrolą, doprowadzając do masowego sprintu. Tam jednak coś poszło nie tak, ponieważ wszystkich dość niespodziewanie ograł 24-letni Bennett.
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1 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 2:24:03 2 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 4 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 5 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 6 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 7 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 8 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 9 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 10 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 11 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 12 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 13 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 14 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 15 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 16 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 17 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 18 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 19 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 20 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 21 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 23 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 24 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 25 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 26 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 27 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 28 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 29 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 30 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 31 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 32 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 33 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 34 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 35 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 36 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 37 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 38 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 39 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 40 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 41 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 42 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 43 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 44 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 45 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 46 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 47 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 48 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 49 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 50 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 51 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 52 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 53 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 54 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 55 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 56 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 57 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 58 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 59 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 00:08 60 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 61 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 62 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 63 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 64 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 65 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 66 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Movistar Team 67 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 68 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 69 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 70 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 71 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 72 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 73 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 74 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 00:12 75 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 76 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 77 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 78 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 79 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 80 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 81 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 82 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 83 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 84 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 85 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 86 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 87 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 88 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:20 89 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 90 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 00:24 91 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 92 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:31 93 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:32 94 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 00:35 95 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 00:38 96 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 00:50 97 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 00:53 98 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 99 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 100 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 101 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 102 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 103 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 104 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 00:56 105 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 106 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 107 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:03 108 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 109 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:18 110 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 111 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 01:21 112 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:33 113 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:52 114 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 115 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 116 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 02:06 117 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 118 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 02:08 119 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 02:18 120 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 121 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 122 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:24 123 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:45 124 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 125 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 126 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 02:54 127 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 03:23 128 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 03:50 129 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 04:11 130 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 131 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 04:15 132 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge DNS Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team DNS Lars Boom (Ned) Astana Pro Team Klasyfikacja końcowa 1 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx - Quick-Step 17:36:48 2 Maciej Bodnar (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:06 3 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 00:09 4 Ian Stannard (GBr) Team Sky 00:12 5 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 00:19 6 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:31 7 Luke Rowe (GBr) Team Sky 00:33 8 Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling 00:39 9 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 10 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 00:41 11 Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team 00:54 12 Jasper Stuyven (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 00:55 13 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 00:59 14 Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:04 15 Roger Kluge (Ger) IAM Cycling 01:11 16 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:19 17 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 01:21 18 Ruslan Tleubayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:24 19 Mathew Hayman (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 01:27 20 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 01:39 21 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 01:40 22 Adam Blythe (GBr) Orica GreenEdge 01:44 23 Mickael Delage (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:49 24 Sven Erik Bystr?m (Nor) Team Katusha 25 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ.fr 01:54 26 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 02:30 27 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 02:37 28 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:17 29 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 03:18 30 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx - Quick-Step 03:21 31 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha 03:52 32 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 04:03 33 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 04:05 34 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 04:21 35 Jose Joaquin Rojas (Spa) Movistar Team 04:41 36 Matthieu Ladagnous (Fra) FDJ.fr 05:04 37 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 05:14 38 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 05:16 39 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 05:19 40 Vicente Reynes (Spa) IAM Cycling 05:36 41 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloi 05:58 42 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 06:02 43 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 06:21 44 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 06:28 45 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 06:54 46 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 06:57 47 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 07:03 48 Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 07:14 49 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 07:54 50 Dmitrii Kozonchuk (Rus) Team Katusha 08:09 51 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ.fr 08:12 52 Nikolay Trusov (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 08:31 53 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) FDJ.fr 08:33 54 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 08:41 55 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 08:51 56 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 09:22 57 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Team Sky 09:58 58 Enrique Sanz (Spa) Movistar Team 09:59 59 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 10:05 60 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN - Qhubeka 10:06 61 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ.fr 10:26 62 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 10:49 63 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 11:10 64 Andrey Amador (CRc) Movistar Team 11:11 65 Imanol Erviti (Spa) Movistar Team 11:20 66 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 11:43 67 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 11:58 68 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre-Merida 12:02 69 Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 70 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 12:03 71 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre-Merida 12:24 72 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) MTN - Qhubeka 12:34 73 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 12:42 74 Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 12:54 75 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 76 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 13:19 77 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre-Merida 78 Bradley Wiggins (GBr) Team Sky 13:20 79 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 13:23 80 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 13:27 81 Scott Thwaites (GBr) Bora-Argon 18 13:31 82 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 13:51 83 Francisco Ventoso (Spa) Movistar Team 13:56 84 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre-Merida 13:57 85 Pablo Lastras (Spa) Movistar Team 14:00 86 Laurens De Vreese (Bel) Astana Pro Team 14:06 87 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 14:13 88 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 14:46 89 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 15:01 90 Jonas Vangenechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 15:05 91 Pavel Brutt (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 15:34 92 Matthias Brandle (Aut) IAM Cycling 15:35 93 Dmitriy Gruzdev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 15:39 94 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 15:47 95 Mario Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 15:58 96 Brett Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 16:13 97 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 16:36 98 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 16:44 99 Martin Velits (Svk) Etixx - Quick-Step 16:56 100 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 17:04 101 Grégory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 17:10 102 Paul Voss (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 17:28 103 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 17:40 104 Marcel Kittel (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 18:24 105 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 19:07 106 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) MTN - Qhubeka 19:16 107 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 19:25 108 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx - Quick-Step 19:47 109 Albert Timmer (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 20:52 110 Svein Tuft (Can) Orica GreenEdge 21:47 111 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 22:13 112 Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF 22:17 113 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) Lampre-Merida 23:24 114 Jaco Venter (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 23:31 115 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 24:26 116 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN - Qhubeka 25:24 117 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 25:33 118 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 27:21 119 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) MTN - Qhubeka 27:45 120 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 28:27 121 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise 28:42 122 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 29:41 123 Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) BMC Racing Team 30:20 124 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 31:35 125 Jesper Hansen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 31:38 126 Andrea Piechele (Ita) Bardiani CSF 33:12 127 David Boucher (Fra) FDJ.fr 33:34 128 Johan Le Bon (Fra) FDJ.fr 34:08 129 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 35:38 130 Michael Schwarzmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 37:24 131 Stefano Pirazzi (Ita) Bardiani CSF 38:00 132 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 42:20