Belg Ben Hermans wygrał po wspinaczce na Jabal al Akhdhar piąty odcinek Tour of Oman i umocnił się na prowadzeniu w wyścigu.
Zawodnik BMC Racing wyprzedził na mecie Fabio Aru (Astana) i Rui Costę (UAE Abu Dhabi). 29. wjechał na górę Jakub Kaczmarek (CCC Sprandi Polkowice).
Na trasie uciekało pięciu kolarzy Mark Christian (Aqua Blue Sport), Jonathan Clarke (UnitedHealthcare), Daniel Diaz (Delko Marseille), Olivier Pardini (WB Veranclassic) i Preben Van Hecke (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise). Przewaga piątki przekroczyła 8 minut, w czym udział miała masowa kraksa peletonu, który wyłożył się na przecinającym drogę strumyku.
Pościg prowadziły ekipy Quick-Step Floors, Astana i BMC, redukując stratę do 2:30, u podnóża finału na “zielonej górze” (5,7 km; 10,5%).
Uciekinierom spory zapas nie wystarczył, na prowadzenie wyszedł Lachlan Morton (Dimension Data), zdobywając 20 sekund zapasu. Australijczyka doszła jednak ósemka rywali.
Skontrował na ostatnim kilometrze Hermans, za którym ruszyli Costa i Aru, ale lider wyścigu nie dał się dogonić, pieczętując swoje zwycięstwo w Omanie.
.@hermansben powers to the line beating Aru & Rui Costa #TOO2017 pic.twitter.com/Xl3Ts2Y3D3
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1 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:08:46 2 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:03 3 Rui Costa (Por) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:11 4 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:27 5 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 6 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 00:34 7 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 00:38 8 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 00:41 9 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 00:44 10 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 11 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 01:03 12 David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 01:08 13 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 01:10 14 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille 01:19 15 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 01:28 16 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 17 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina 01:29 18 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 01:38 19 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 01:42 20 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:51 21 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 01:58 22 Annas Ait el Abdia (Mor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 02:03 23 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 02:04 24 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 25 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:08 26 Julian Arredondo (Col) Nippo - Vini Fantini 02:17 27 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin 28 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 02:23 29 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 02:33 30 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 02:36 31 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 02:55 32 John Anderson Rodriguez (Col) Delko Marseille 03:01 33 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 34 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 03:07 35 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 03:12 36 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 03:37 37 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 03:50 38 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 39 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 03:53 40 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 04:24 41 Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 04:28 42 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 04:58 43 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 05:42 44 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team 06:00 45 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 46 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 47 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 48 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 49 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 50 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 51 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 52 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 53 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 54 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 55 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 06:09 56 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille 06:16 57 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 06:31 58 Gavin Manion (USA) UnitedHealthcare 06:34 59 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 06:41 60 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 06:50 61 Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare 07:04 62 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 07:08 63 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 07:11 64 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 07:14 65 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 07:22 66 Asbj?rn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille 67 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 07:25 68 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 07:40 69 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 07:42 70 Michał Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 07:49 71 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 08:03 72 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 73 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 09:31 74 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 75 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina 76 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 77 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille 78 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 79 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 80 Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 81 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 82 Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 83 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 84 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 85 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:37 86 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 09:51 87 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 10:01 88 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 89 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina 10:08 90 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 10:19 91 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 10:38 92 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 10:48 93 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 94 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 95 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 96 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 97 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini 11:04 98 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 11:09 99 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 11:21 100 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 11:33 101 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 102 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 11:44 103 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 12:05 104 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare 12:23 105 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina 12:35 106 Martin Laas (Est) Delko Marseille 12:44 107 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Sunweb 12:49 108 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 109 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 110 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina 13:00 111 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 112 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 113 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 13:03 114 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini 115 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Delko Marseille 13:09 116 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 117 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 13:13 118 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina 13:23 119 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 13:39 120 Thomas Deruette (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 13:55 121 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 14:02 122 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 123 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 14:40 124 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 125 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 15:02 126 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 15:11 127 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 128 Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini 15:15 129 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 130 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 131 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 132 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 15:20 133 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 134 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 135 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 15:32 136 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 15:35 137 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 15:38 138 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 17:21 139 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 17:53 DNF Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin
1 Ben Hermans (Bel) BMC Racing Team 17:59:17 2 Rui Costa (Por) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 00:22 3 Fabio Aru (Ita) Astana Pro Team 00:35 4 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 00:58 5 Tsgabu Grmay (Eth) Bahrain-Merida 01:12 6 Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 01:17 7 Mathias Frank (Swi) AG2R La Mondiale 01:19 8 Lachlan Morton (Aus) Dimension Data 01:21 9 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 01:33 10 Nathan Haas (Aus) Dimension Data 01:38 11 David De La Cruz (Spa) Quick-Step Floors 01:40 12 Janier Acevedo (Col) UnitedHealthcare 01:48 13 Laurens De Plus (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 02:02 14 S?ren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb 15 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 02:18 16 Delio Fernandez (Spa) Delko Marseille 02:21 17 Jakob Fuglsang (Den) Astana Pro Team 02:27 18 Lachlan Norris (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 02:34 19 Guillaume Martin (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 02:58 20 Ilia Koshevoy (Blr) Wilier Triestina 02:59 21 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 03:10 22 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 23 Dimitri Peyskens (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 03:19 24 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Katusha-Alpecin 03:57 25 Mekseb Debesay (Eri) Dimension Data 04:15 26 Andrey Zeits (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 04:29 27 Lawrence Warbasse (USA) Aqua Blue Sport 04:30 28 Annas Ait el Abdia (Mor) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 04:50 29 Axel Domont (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 05:33 30 Simone Ponzi (Ita) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 05:49 31 Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 06:06 32 John Anderson Rodriguez (Col) Delko Marseille 07:00 33 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 07:12 34 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 07:36 35 Jakub Kaczmarek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 09:16 36 Daniel Oss (Ita) BMC Racing Team 09:35 37 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 09:47 38 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 09:48 39 Nikolay Mihaylov (Bul) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 09:54 40 Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10:13 41 Sonny Colbrelli (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 10:47 42 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 11:15 43 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 11:47 44 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 11:49 45 Guillaume Levarlet (Fra) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 12:37 46 Stefan Küng (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12:47 47 Branislau Samoilau (Blr) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 13:19 48 Stefan Denifl (Aut) Aqua Blue Sport 14:39 49 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 14:53 50 Mike Teunissen (Ned) Team Sunweb 15:22 51 Filippo Pozzato (Ita) Wilier Triestina 15:31 52 Patryk Stosz (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 15:46 53 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Katusha-Alpecin 15:53 54 Olivier Pardini (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Prote 16:20 55 Christopher Jones (USA) UnitedHealthcare 16:48 56 Kilian Frankiny (Swi) BMC Racing Team 18:06 57 Youcef Reguigui (Alg) Dimension Data 18:51 58 Tom Boonen (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 18:55 59 Gavin Manion (USA) UnitedHealthcare 19:18 60 Marko Kump (Slo) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 19:19 61 Dries Van Gestel (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 19:23 62 Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 19:29 63 Bob Jungels (Lux) Quick-Step Floors 19:32 64 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 19:33 65 Alexander Cataford (Can) UnitedHealthcare 19:50 66 Julian Arredondo (Col) Nippo - Vini Fantini 19:53 67 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Team Sunweb 20:07 68 Jacopo Mosca (Ita) Wilier Triestina 20:13 69 Piet Allegaert (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 20:59 70 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 22:15 71 Stijn Steels (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 22:17 72 Adrian Kurek (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 22:18 73 Lukas Spengler (Swi) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 22:27 74 Michał Paluta (Pol) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 22:42 75 Martin Elmiger (Swi) BMC Racing Team 22:44 76 Marco Marcato (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 22:49 77 Thierry Hupond (Fra) Delko Marseille 23:00 78 Nicola Bagioli (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 23:02 79 Jonathan Clarke (Aus) UnitedHealthcare 23:51 80 Hugo Houle (Can) AG2R La Mondiale 23:55 81 Kristian Sbaragli (Ita) Dimension Data 24:20 82 Lasse Norman Hansen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 25:28 83 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 25:58 84 Asbj?rn Kragh Andersen (Den) Delko Marseille 26:31 85 Daniel Diaz (Arg) Delko Marseille 26:47 86 Manuel Belletti (Ita) Wilier Triestina 26:55 87 Marco Canola (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 27:02 88 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 27:25 89 Yves Lampaert (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 27:45 90 Alberto Cecchin (Ita) Wilier Triestina 28:41 91 Christophe Noppe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 28:51 92 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 28:57 93 Rafael Andriato (Bra) Wilier Triestina 30:38 94 Julien Stassen (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 30:39 95 Jay Robert Thomson (RSA) Dimension Data 30:53 96 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 31:05 97 Marco Haller (Aut) Katusha-Alpecin 31:11 98 Zico Waeytens (Bel) Team Sunweb 31:17 99 Meiyin Wang (Chn) Bahrain-Merida 31:18 100 Alexis Gougeard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 31:19 101 Jenthe Biermans (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 31:42 102 Gregory Habeaux (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 32:14 103 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 32:32 104 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 32:39 105 Roy Jans (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 32:44 106 Bert De Backer (Bel) Team Sunweb 33:32 107 Grega Bole (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 33:40 108 Eduard Grosu (Rom) Nippo - Vini Fantini 33:59 109 Yousif Mirza Alhammadi (UAE) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 34:07 110 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 34:26 111 Tyler Farrar (USA) Dimension Data 34:43 112 Daniel Eaton (USA) UnitedHealthcare 34:53 113 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 34:57 114 Kazushige Kuboki (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini 35:08 115 Thomas Deruette (Bel) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 35:13 116 Alan Marangoni (Ita) Nippo - Vini Fantini 35:16 117 Lucas Sebastian Haedo (Arg) UnitedHealthcare 35:49 118 Kohei Uchima (Jpn) Nippo - Vini Fantini 36:30 119 Gediminas Bagdonas (Ltu) AG2R La Mondiale 36:40 120 Daniil Fominykh (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 36:42 121 Frantisek Sisr (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice 36:43 122 Benjamin Giraud (Fra) Delko Marseille 37:11 123 Robin Stenuit (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 38:26 124 Federico Zurlo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 38:33 125 Giuseppe Fonzi (Ita) Wilier Triestina 39:34 126 Michael Morkov (Den) Katusha-Alpecin 39:42 127 Bakhtiyar Kozhatayev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 40:10 128 Martin Laas (Est) Delko Marseille 40:39 129 Sacha Modolo (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 40:50 130 Danilo Napolitano (Ita) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 40:55 131 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen - Baloise 41:23 132 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 133 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) Team UAE Abu Dhabi 42:39 134 Chun Kai Feng (Tpe) Bahrain-Merida 45:26 135 Christophe Masson (Fra) WB Veranclassic Aqua Protect 46:06 136 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 48:36 137 Matthew Brammeier (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 49:19 138 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 51:20 139 Kenny Dehaes (Bel) Wanty - Groupe Gobert 56:08