27-letni Hiszpan Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida) triumfował na trasie 9. edycji Tour of Oman. Ostatni etap padł łupem Matthiasa Brändla (IAM).
Austriak wyprzedził innych uciekinierów Iljo Keissa (Etixx-Quick Step) i Jefa Van Meirhaeghe’a (Topsport).
4. miejsce w wyścigu zajął Rafał Majka (Tinkoff-Saxo). 16. sezon rozpoczął Bartosz Huzarski (Bora-Argon 18), a 79. Paweł Poljański (Tinkoff-Saxo).
Oman pożegnał peleton silnym wiatrem, ale przynajmniej temperatura spadła w okolice 30 stopni. Ucieczkę dnia zawiązali Danny Pate (Sky), Iljo Keisse, Matthias Brändle i Jef Van Meirhaeghe.
Mocna czwórka kolarzy wypracowała 9:15 przewagi (70 km), z której po drugim z dwóch niedużych podjazdów pozostało 5:20. Do mety z tego miejsca było 27 kilometrów. Szanse uciekinierów rosły, zwłaszcza że różnica gwałtowanie nie malała.
Czołówka zachowała bezpieczną przewagę do samego końca. Po etapowe zwycięstwo zaatakował Matthias Brändle, a pogoń za austriackim czasowcem w wykonaniu Keisse okazała się daremna.
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1 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 3:02:31 2 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 00:04 3 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:13 4 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 00:16 5 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:16 6 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 7 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 8 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 9 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 10 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 11 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 12 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 13 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 14 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 15 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 16 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 17 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 18 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 19 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 20 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 21 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 22 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 23 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 24 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 25 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 26 Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky 27 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 28 Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 29 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida 30 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 31 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 32 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida 34 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 35 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 36 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 37 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 38 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 39 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 40 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 41 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 42 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 43 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 44 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 45 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team 46 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 47 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 48 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 49 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 50 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 51 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 52 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 53 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 54 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 55 Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team 56 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 57 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 58 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 59 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 60 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 61 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 62 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 63 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka 64 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 65 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 66 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 67 Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 68 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 69 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 70 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 71 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 72 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 73 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 74 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida 75 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 76 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 77 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ 78 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 79 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 80 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 81 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 82 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 83 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 84 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 01:32 85 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step 01:42 86 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 87 Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 01:47 88 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 01:51 89 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 01:52 90 Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge 01:54 91 Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 92 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 93 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 01:56 94 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 02:02 95 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka 02:29 96 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 02:52 97 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 98 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 03:13 99 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 03:16 100 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 101 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 102 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 103 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 104 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 03:39 105 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:55 106 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:57 107 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 03:58 108 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida 04:02 109 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 110 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 04:05 111 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 05:42 112 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 05:52 113 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 114 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 07:02 115 Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 116 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 117 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 118 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 119 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka 120 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 121 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 122 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 123 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 08:20 124 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 125 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 126 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 127 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 128 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 129 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 130 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 131 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 132 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 133 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 134 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida Klasyfikacja końcowa 1 Rafael Valls Ferri (Spa) Lampre - Merida 21:09:31 2 Tejay van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team 00:09 3 Alejandro Valverde Belmonte (Spa) Movistar Team 00:19 4 Rafał Majka (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 00:32 5 Jacques Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 01:04 6 Louis Meintjes (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 01:08 7 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 01:10 8 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 01:15 9 Julian Arredondo Moreno (Col) Trek Factory Racing 01:25 10 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 01:36 11 Rui Alberto Costa (Por) Lampre - Merida 01:45 12 Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo 01:56 13 Dries Devenyns (Bel) IAM Cycling 02:03 14 Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha 02:06 15 Wouter Poels (Bel) Team Sky 02:23 16 Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Bora-Argon 18 02:27 17 Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team 02:35 18 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 02:37 19 Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling 02:57 20 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 03:23 21 Damiano Caruso (Ita) BMC Racing Team 03:31 22 Georg Preidler (Aut) Team Giant-Alpecin 03:53 23 Philip Deignan (Irl) Team Sky 04:02 24 Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Sky 25 Barguil Warren (Fra) Team Giant-Alpecin 04:10 26 Pieter Serry (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 04:17 27 Steve Morabito (Swi) FDJ 04:21 28 Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 04:55 29 Pieter Weening (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 05:02 30 Damien Howson (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 05:03 31 Mitchell Docker (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 05:08 32 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) IAM Cycling 05:30 33 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Lampre - Merida 05:31 34 Serge Pauwels (Bel) MTN-Qhubeka 05:38 35 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) FDJ 05:44 36 Tom Boonen (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 06:02 37 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 06:10 38 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) MTN-Qhubeka 06:25 39 José Joaquin Rojas Gil (Spa) Movistar Team 07:00 40 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 07:01 41 Christian Knees (Ger) Team Sky 07:07 42 Ruben Plaza Molina (Spa) Lampre - Merida 07:14 43 Yoann Offredo (Fra) FDJ 07:19 44 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 07:33 45 Andrey Amador Bikkazakova (Crc) Movistar Team 08:17 46 Francesco Manuel Bongiorno (Ita) Bardiani CSF 08:18 47 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 08:28 48 Christiano Salerno (Ita) Bora-Argon 18 08:51 49 Victor Campenaerts (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 50 Dominique Rollin (Can) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 09:17 51 Peter Sagan (Svk) Tinkoff-Saxo 09:29 52 Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo 09:57 53 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10:05 54 Florian Senechal (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 10:12 55 Dylan Teuns (Bel) BMC Racing Team 10:14 56 Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team 10:51 57 Pablo Lastras Garcia (Spa) Movistar Team 11:13 58 Imanol Erviti Ollo (Spa) Movistar Team 59 Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 11:16 60 Reinardt Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 11:19 61 Boy Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 11:20 62 Nikolas Maes (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 63 Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling 11:44 64 Nathan Earle (Aus) Team Sky 11:45 65 Jonas Van Genechten (Bel) IAM Cycling 12:15 66 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Spa) Team Katusha 12:16 67 Brett Daniel Lancaster (Aus) Orica GreenEdge 12:20 68 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 12:22 69 Jacobus Venter (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 12:52 70 Ralf Matzka (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 12:59 71 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 13:15 72 Gijs Van Hoecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 13:18 73 Geoffrey Soupe (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 13:25 74 Markel Irizar Arranburu (Spa) Trek Factory Racing 13:31 75 Francisco José Ventoso Alberti (Spa) Movistar Team 13:55 76 Luca Chirico (Ita) Bardiani CSF 13:58 77 Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 14:04 78 Carter Jones (USA) Team Giant-Alpecin 79 Paweł Poljański (Pol) Tinkoff-Saxo 14:06 80 Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team 81 Danny Van Poppel (Ned) Trek Factory Racing 14:28 82 Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Bora-Argon 18 14:41 83 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 14:43 84 William Bonnet (Fra) FDJ 15:16 85 Nikias Arndt (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 15:26 86 Johann Van Zyl (RSA) MTN-Qhubeka 15:31 87 Daniel Schorn (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 16:06 88 Arnaud Demare (Fra) FDJ 16:20 89 Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 16:30 90 Jonas Ahlstrand (Swe) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 16:31 91 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Etixx-Quick Step 16:50 92 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 17:54 93 Eduard Alexander Beltran Suarez (Col) Tinkoff-Saxo 17:59 94 Adam Blythe (Gbr) Orica GreenEdge 18:30 95 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 18:48 96 Mickaël Delage (Fra) FDJ 18:52 97 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Tinkoff-Saxo 19:20 98 Enrico Bardin (Ita) Bardiani CSF 19:43 99 Luca Paolini (Ita) Team Katusha 19:58 100 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 20:04 101 Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky 20:29 102 Nelson Oliveira (Por) Lampre - Merida 103 Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha 20:33 104 Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling 20:39 105 Adrien Petit (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 20:56 106 Matthias Brändle (Aut) IAM Cycling 21:12 107 David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky 108 Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing 21:43 109 Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) FDJ 21:47 110 Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing 22:07 111 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 23:10 112 Matteo Pelucchi (Ita) IAM Cycling 23:15 113 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-Quick Step 23:33 114 Jarl Salomein (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 23:50 115 Jasha Sütterlin (Ger) Movistar Team 24:23 116 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 24:36 117 Matthew Harley Goss (Aus) MTN-Qhubeka 26:13 118 Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) FDJ 27:09 119 Gert Steegmans (Bel) Trek Factory Racing 27:21 120 Enrique Sanz Unzue (Spa) Movistar Team 27:46 121 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 28:12 122 Christopher Sutton (Aus) Team Sky 28:43 123 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 28:59 124 Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo 29:49 125 Simone Andreetta (Ita) Bardiani CSF 29:52 126 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 30:51 127 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre - Merida 31:23 128 Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha 31:42 129 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Lampre - Merida 32:35 130 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 32:56 131 Alessandro Tonelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF 33:06 132 Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge 34:00 133 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 36:01 134 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 38:49