Włoch Andrea Guardini (Astana) triumfował na mecie pierwszego odcinka 6. edycji wyścigu w Omanie i nałożył na podium koszulkę lidera imprezy.
Drugi przyjechał Tom Boonen (Etixx-Quick Step), a trzeci Matteo Pelucchi (IAM Cycling). W peletonie na 46. miejscu finiszował Rafał Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo).
Płaski etap początkowo zapisywała ucieczka czwórki harcowników: Jefa Van Meirhaeghe (Topsport), Patricka Konrada (Bora), Johanna Van Zyla (MTN – Qhubeka) i Simone Andreetty (Bardiani).
Peleton prowadzony przez Katushe odpuścił akcję na 5 minut. Po minięciu półmetka pozostały z tego 3 minuty, a do tego na czele znajdował się samotny Van Zyl. Dzielny kolarz z RPA został doścignięty około 30 km przed metą.
Cały peleton dotarł na lekko wznoszący się finisz. Tam mieli błyszczeć Alexandr Kristoff (Katusha) i Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), ale skutecznie powstrzymał ich zapędy Guardini.
1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:45:38 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 3 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 4 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 5 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 6 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 7 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 8 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 9 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 10 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 11 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 12 Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team 13 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 14 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 15 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 16 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 17 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka 18 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 19 Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge 20 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 21 Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky 22 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 23 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 24 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 25 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 26 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 27 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 28 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 29 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 30 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 31 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 32 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 33 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 34 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 35 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 36 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 37 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 38 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 39 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 40 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team 41 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 42 Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 43 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 44 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 45 Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 46 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 47 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 48 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 49 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida 50 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 51 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 52 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 53 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 54 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 55 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 56 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 57 Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 58 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 60 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 61 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 62 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 63 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 64 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 65 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 66 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 67 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida 68 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 69 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 70 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 71 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 72 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 73 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 74 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 75 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 76 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 77 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 78 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 79 Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 80 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 81 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida 82 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 83 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 84 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 85 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 86 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 87 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 88 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 89 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 90 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka 91 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 92 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step 93 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 94 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 95 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 96 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 97 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 98 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 99 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 100 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 101 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 102 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 103 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 104 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 105 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida 106 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 107 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 108 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 109 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 110 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 111 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 112 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 113 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 114 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka 115 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 116 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 117 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 118 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 119 Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 120 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 121 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 122 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 123 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 124 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 125 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 126 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 00:17 127 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx-Quick Step 128 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 00:20 129 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:23 130 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:26 131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ 00:40 132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 00:55 133 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:00 134 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 01:10 135 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 01:21 136 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:27 137 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 01:39 138 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:14 139 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 02:18 140 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 141 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 02:40 142 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 02:50 143 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:18 Klasyfikacja po 1. etapie 1 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 3:45:28 2 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 00:04 3 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 00:05 4 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 00:06 5 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 00:07 6 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 00:09 7 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:10 8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 9 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 11 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 12 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Lampre - Merida 13 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 14 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 15 Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team 16 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 17 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 18 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 19 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 20 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka 21 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 22 Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge 23 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 24 Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky 25 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 26 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 27 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 28 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 29 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 30 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 31 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 32 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 33 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 34 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 35 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 36 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 37 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 38 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 39 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 40 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 41 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 42 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 43 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team 44 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 45 Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 46 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 47 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 48 Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 49 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 50 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 51 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 52 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida 53 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 54 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 55 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 56 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 57 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 58 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 59 Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 60 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 61 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 62 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 63 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 64 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 65 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 66 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 67 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 68 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 69 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida 70 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 71 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 72 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 73 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 74 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 75 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 76 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 77 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 78 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 79 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 80 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 81 Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 82 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 83 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida 84 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 85 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 86 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 87 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 88 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 89 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 90 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 91 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 92 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka 93 Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge 94 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step 95 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 96 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 97 Dario Cataldo (Ita) Astana Pro Team 98 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 99 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 100 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 101 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 102 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 103 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 104 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 105 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 106 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 107 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida 108 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 109 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 110 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 111 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 112 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 113 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 114 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka 115 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 116 Edoardo Zardini (Ita) Bardiani CSF 117 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 118 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 119 Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 120 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 121 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 122 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 123 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 124 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 125 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 126 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 00:27 127 Matteo Trentin (Ita) Etixx-Quick Step 128 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 00:30 129 Tom Veelers (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 00:33 130 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida 00:36 131 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ 00:50 132 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 01:05 133 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:10 134 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 01:20 135 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 01:31 136 Steve Chainel (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:37 137 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 01:49 138 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 02:24 139 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 02:25 140 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 02:28 141 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 02:50 142 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:00 143 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 03:28