Greg Van Avermaet (BMC Racing) po ataku na końcowych metrach wygrał trzeci odcinek wyścigu Tour of Oman. Belg wyszedł na prowadzenie w klasyfikacji generalnej.
Drugi u celu zameldował się Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates), a za nim Alexey Lutsenko (Astana). 82. był Przemysław Niemiec (UAE Team Emirates).
Pagórkowaty etap urozmaiciły trzy górskie premie, w tym zlokalizowana 8 kilometrów przed metą Wadi Dayquah (1 km; 9,6%).
W ucieczce zawiązanej po starcie zameldowali się Loic Chetout (Cofidis), Xandro Meurisse (Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Nick Schultz (Caja Rural-Seguros RGA) i Wouter Wippert (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij).
Czwórka wypracowała 4 minuty przewagi. Peleton kontrolowany przez Katusha-Alpecin wchłonął śmiałków dość wcześnie, bo 20 kilometrów przed kreską.
Na ostatnim podjeździe wysokie tempo narzucili kolarze Astany, co pomogło wyselekcjonować kandydatów do etapowego zwycięstwa. Ostatnie słowo należało do Van Avermaeta, który na trudnej końcówce nie znalazł groźnego rywala.
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 4:36:04 2 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:03 3 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 5 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 00:07 6 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 7 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 00:09 8 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 9 Moreno Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro team 10 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 11 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis 12 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 00:14 13 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 00:17 14 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 15 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 16 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 17 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 18 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 19 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 00:20 20 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:24 21 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 22 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 23 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 24 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 25 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 26 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 27 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 28 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 29 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic 30 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 00:30 31 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 32 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 33 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 34 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 35 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 36 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 37 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 00:36 38 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis 00:37 39 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 00:39 40 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 00:44 41 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 42 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:46 43 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 00:49 44 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 00:50 45 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 00:53 46 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 00:57 47 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:09 48 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 49 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:12 50 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 51 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 01:16 52 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 01:17 53 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 54 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club 01:25 55 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 56 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 57 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 58 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 59 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 01:27 60 Alberdi Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 61 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 01:29 62 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 63 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 64 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 65 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 66 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 67 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 01:35 68 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club 01:50 69 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 02:05 70 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 02:07 71 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 02:18 72 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis 02:24 73 Matarranz Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 02:30 74 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 75 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 02:32 76 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 02:34 77 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 02:37 78 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 02:49 79 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis 02:55 80 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 02:57 81 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 03:00 82 Przemysław Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 03:11 83 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 84 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 85 Mcnally Mark (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 86 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 87 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 03:14 88 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic 89 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 03:16 90 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:29 91 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 03:37 92 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 03:48 93 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 04:02 94 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 04:04 95 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 04:17 96 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club 05:44 97 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 98 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 06:55 99 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 06:57 100 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 07:12 101 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club 102 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 07:14 103 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 104 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 105 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 106 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 107 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club 108 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 109 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 110 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 111 Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling 112 Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic 113 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 114 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 115 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis 116 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 117 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 118 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 119 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling 07:21 120 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 07:22 121 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling 07:31 122 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 12:38 123 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club 124 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 13:09 125 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 13:39
1 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team 12:56:44 2 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 00:11 3 Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin 00:13 4 Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida 00:19 5 Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 00:25 6 Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 7 Moreno Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team 8 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis 9 Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis 10 Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data 00:33 11 Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 12 Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 13 Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:38 14 Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 00:40 15 Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 00:51 16 Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates 01:08 17 Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 01:11 18 Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 01:18 19 Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data 20 Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data 21 Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 22 Nicolas Edet (Fra) Cofidis 23 Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 24 Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 25 Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data 01:24 26 Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 27 Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 28 Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 01:25 29 Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 01:30 30 Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin 01:33 31 Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors 01:44 32 Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 01:48 33 Sindre Skjostad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic 34 Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 35 Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team 01:49 36 Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb 01:54 37 Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo 38 Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 39 Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 01:59 40 Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 02:08 41 Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors 02:10 42 Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo 02:13 43 Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 02:14 44 Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team 02:23 45 Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro Team 02:29 46 Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team 02:36 47 Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin 02:41 48 Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo 02:49 49 Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport 03:13 50 Matarranz Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro Team 03:24 51 Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro Team 52 Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 03:28 53 Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro Team 03:29 54 Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 03:31 55 Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 03:47 56 Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin 04:01 57 Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 04:13 58 Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb 04:14 59 Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 04:18 60 Przemysław Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates 04:35 61 Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 04:37 62 Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling 63 Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis 04:39 64 Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 04:49 65 Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 66 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 05:12 67 Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic 05:18 68 Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling 05:21 69 Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 05:26 70 Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo 05:29 71 Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo 05:43 72 Johannes Fröhlinger (Ger) Team Sunweb 05:55 73 Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data 06:07 74 Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 06:30 75 Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb 06:41 76 Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis 06:54 77 Alberdi Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team 06:57 78 Mcnally Mark (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 07:13 79 Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 80 Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic 07:16 81 Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 07:48 82 Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 08:21 83 Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport 08:27 84 Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin 08:38 85 Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling 86 Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors 08:41 87 Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 88 Kristijan Durasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates 89 Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport 08:42 90 Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club 09:36 91 Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 09:46 92 Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club 09:52 93 Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data 11:23 94 Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team 12:25 95 Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team 12:44 96 Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 12:52 97 Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis 13:31 98 Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida 14:31 99 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 14:49 100 Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club 15:13 101 Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club 15:15 102 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data 15:16 103 Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis 15:21 104 Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling 15:24 105 Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club 15:31 106 Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport 16:03 107 Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16:30 108 Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 16:43 109 Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 17:09 110 Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors 17:53 111 Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club 19:07 112 Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise 19:38 113 Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic 19:40 114 Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin 115 Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling 116 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb 19:50 117 Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 19:54 118 Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb 20:16 119 Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling 20:24 120 Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 21:27 121 Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling 21:28 122 Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 21:35 123 Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert 25:04 124 Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club 25:21 125 Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot - Nederlandse Loterij 29:15