23-letni Bob Jungels triumfował na pierwszym odcinku 7. edycji wyścigu w Omanie.
Zawodnik Etixx-Quick Step pokonał o kilka sekund Serge Pauwelsa (Dimension Data) i Romaina Bardeta (Ag2r La Mondiale).
Po starcie ucieczkę dnia sformowali Christoph Pfingsten (Bora), Berden de Vries (Roompot), Kenny Dehaes (Wanty), Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Topsport Vlaanderen) i Peter Koning (Drapac), wypracowując 6 minut przewagi. W peletonie sytuację nadzorowały ekipy Astana, BMC i Dimension Data, dościgając harcowników w okolicach podjazdu Hamriyah (123 km).
Strategicznym punktem na trasie był drugi podjazd, leżący 5,5 kilometra przed metą Al Jissah (1,4 km; 9%). Cała grupa dojechała tam razem. Na krótkiej, ale dość sztywnej ściance sporo zawodników miało problemy, w tym, co zaskakujące, Richie Porte (BMC).
Utworzyła się 18-osobowa czołówka, z której zaatakował Bob Jungels. Mistrz Luksemburga zdobył kilka sekund, wpadając na metę po zwycięstwo i koszulkę lidera.
Ostatnie 25 kilometrów było bardzo szybkie. Próbowałem atakować na drugim podjeździe razem z Domenico Pozzovivo, ale zostaliśmy doścignięci przez grupę około 15 kolarzy. Finałowe 5 kilometrów obfitowały w kolejne próby odjazdu. Nie byłem w stanie zabrać się z Jungelsem i pozostała mi walka w sprincie z grupki. Czułem się dobrze na podjazdach i postaram się na jutrzejszym etapie, kończącym się krótkim wzniesieniem, poprawić dzisiejszy wynik
– opowiadał ósmy na mecie Davide Rebellin.
1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx-QuickStep 3:37:33 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 00:06 3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 00:08 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 9 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx-QuickStep 12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale 13 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 14 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 16 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx-QuickStep 00:22 18 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:24 19 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 00:32 20 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data 21 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 22 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:40 23 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 25 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 26 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Stölting Service Group 27 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 29 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 30 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare 32 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 33 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 34 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare 35 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 00:54 36 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 37 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:04 38 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 39 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 01:07 41 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 42 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 43 Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 44 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 46 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 47 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 48 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 49 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 50 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 51 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 52 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 53 Björn Thurau (Ger) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 54 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 55 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 56 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 58 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 59 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 61 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Stölting Service Group 01:36 62 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R-La Mondiale 63 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 64 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 65 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R-La Mondiale 66 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:46 67 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 68 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 69 Bartłomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 70 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 71 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 72 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 73 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 74 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 02:01 75 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:33 76 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 02:53 77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 03:00 78 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 79 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 03:24 80 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 81 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 82 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 83 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 84 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 85 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 86 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 87 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 88 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 89 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 90 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 91 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 92 Dmitrii Kozonchok (Rus) Team Katusha 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 94 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 03:34 95 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 03:37 96 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 03:52 97 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 98 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 99 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 100 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 101 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 102 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 103 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 104 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 105 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare 106 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 107 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 108 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 05:06 109 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 05:40 110 Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 111 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 112 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre-Merida 113 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 114 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 115 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 116 Robin Stenuiit (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 117 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 06:51 118 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 07:34 119 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 09:47 120 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 121 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 10:07 122 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 123 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 124 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 125 André Looij (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 126 Boris Vallée (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 127 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 128 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 129 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 130 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 131 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 132 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 133 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 134 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare 135 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 136 Dias Omirzakov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 137 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 138 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 139 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 13:54 140 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 15:01 141 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 15:52
1 Bob Jungels (Lux) Etixx-QuickStep 3:37:23 2 Serge Pauwels (Bel) Dimension Data 00:10 3 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 00:14 4 Edvald Boasson Hagen (Nor) Dimension Data 00:18 5 Tom Dumoulin (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 6 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 7 Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 8 Davide Rebellin (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 9 Floris De Tier (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 10 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team 11 Daniel Martin (Irl) Etixx-QuickStep 12 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R-La Mondiale 13 Patrick Konrad (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 14 Jacques Janse van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 15 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 16 Jurgen Van den Broeck (Bel) Team Katusha 17 Gianluca Brambilla (Ita) Etixx-QuickStep 00:32 18 Emanuel Buchmann (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 00:34 19 Marco Marcato (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 00:42 20 Merhawi Kudus Ghebremedhin (Eri) Dimension Data 21 Brendan Canty (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 22 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 00:50 23 Marco Canola (Ita) UnitedHealthcare 24 Enrico Gasparotto (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 25 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 26 Gerald Ciolek (Ger) Stölting Service Group 27 Samuel Spokes (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 28 Andriy Grivko (Ukr) Astana Pro Team 29 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 30 George Bennett (NZl) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 31 Janez Brajkovic (Slo) UnitedHealthcare 32 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 33 Eduardo Sepúlveda (Arg) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 34 Matthew Busche (USA) UnitedHealthcare 35 Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 01:04 36 Dominik Nerz (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 37 Moreno Hofland (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 01:14 38 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Giant-Alpecin 39 Jesper Asselman (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 40 Fabian Wegmann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 01:17 41 Gregor Mühlberger (Aut) Bora-Argon 18 42 Twan Castelijns (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 43 Nathan Earle (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 44 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Team Katusha 45 Adrian Honkisz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 46 Tim Declercq (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 47 Michael Morkov (Den) Team Katusha 48 Sven Erik Bystrom (Nor) Team Katusha 49 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha 50 Adam Phelan (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 51 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Giant-Alpecin 52 Timo Roosen (Ned) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 53 Björn Thurau (Ger) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 54 Michele Scarponi (Ita) Astana Pro Team 55 Daniel Teklehaimanot (Eri) Dimension Data 56 Maarten Wynants (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 57 Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 58 Rasmus Guldhammer (Den) Stölting Service Group 59 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Lampre-Merida 60 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 61 Romain Lemarchand (Fra) Stölting Service Group 01:46 62 Johan Vansummeren (Bel) AG2R-La Mondiale 63 Linus Gerdemann (Ger) Stölting Service Group 64 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 65 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R-La Mondiale 66 Vegard Breen (Nor) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 01:56 67 Davide Cimolai (Ita) Lampre-Merida 68 Tomasz Kiendyś (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 69 Bartłomiej Matysiak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 70 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 71 Jarosław Marycz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 72 Steven Tronet (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 73 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 74 Gianni Meersman (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 02:11 75 Grzegorz Stępniak (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:43 76 Sam Bennett (Irl) Bora-Argon 18 03:03 77 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 03:10 78 Tim Kerkhof (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 79 Dmitrii Kozonchok (Rus) Team Katusha 03:33 80 Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 03:34 81 Brian van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 82 Tom Van Asbroeck (Bel) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 83 Ji Cheng (Chn) Team Giant-Alpecin 84 Michael Reihs (Den) Stölting Service Group 85 Soren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Giant-Alpecin 86 Richie Porte (Aus) BMC Racing Team 87 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 88 Marco Haller (Aut) Team Katusha 89 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 90 Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 91 Christian Mager (Ger) Stölting Service Group 92 Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 93 Manuel Quinziato (Ita) BMC Racing Team 94 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Giant-Alpecin 03:44 95 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 03:47 96 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:59 97 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 04:02 98 Rick Zabel (Ger) BMC Racing Team 99 Benoit Jarrier (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 100 Roy Jans (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 101 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R-La Mondiale 102 Rudiger Selig (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 103 Artyom Zakharov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 104 Robert Wagner (Ger) Team LottoNl-Jumbo 105 Bradley White (USA) UnitedHealthcare 106 Karl Menzies (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 107 Matteo Bono (Ita) Lampre-Merida 108 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 05:16 109 Mario Jorge Faria da Costa (Por) Lampre-Merida 05:48 110 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team 05:50 111 Andrea Guardini (Ita) Astana Pro Team 112 Marko Kump (Slo) Lampre-Merida 113 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 114 Jacopo Guarnieri (Ita) Team Katusha 115 Shane Archbold (NZl) Bora-Argon 18 116 Robin Stenuiit (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 117 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 07:01 118 Alexander Kamp (Den) Stölting Service Group 07:44 119 Mark McNally (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 09:57 120 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Lampre-Merida 121 Berden De Vries (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 10:14 122 Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 10:16 123 Pierre-Luc Périchon (Fra) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 10:17 124 Yauheni Hutarovich (Blr) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 125 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 126 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 127 André Looij (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 128 Boris Vallée (Bel) Fortuneo - Vital Concept 129 Christoph Pfingsten (Ger) Bora-Argon 18 130 Joey Rosskopf (USA) BMC Racing Team 131 Ivar Slik (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 132 Jordan Kerby (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 133 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Etixx-QuickStep 134 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Roompot-Oranje Peloton 135 Carlos Eduardo Alzate Escobar (Col) UnitedHealthcare 136 Stijn Steels (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise 137 Dias Omirzakov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 138 Bernard Sulzberger (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 139 Travis Meyer (Aus) Drapac Professional Cycling 14:04 140 Peter Koning (Ned) Drapac Professional Cycling 15:11 141 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 16:00