Race Report via ASO Press Release

Stage 1 of the Tour of Oman ended in a bunched sprint. Germany’s André Greipel, a newcomer on the event flew to victory beating Galimzyanov and Farrar to the line. Another big name of cycling is therefore added to the list of prestigious stage winners in Oman. Greipel also captures the overall leader’s Red Jersey.

Beautiful weather conditions welcomed the 127 riders of the 3rd edition of the Tour of Oman. The peloton gathered by the Al Alam Palace for the start of the first of six stages: a 156km ride all the way to Wadi Al Huwqayn on a fairly flat course.

As soon as the first kilometre of riding, four men managed to break away from the pack: Ignatyev (KAT), Wyss (BMC), Jiao (CSS) and Lemair (BGT). The gap rapidly grew from 45″ at km 1.5 to a maximum 5’ after 19kms. That was when the sprinters’ teams (SKY, Garmin and Lotto-Belisol) decided to take the chase in hand and the pace went up (45.3kms covered during the first hour). Indeed the gap started dropping down. At the first bonus sprint at Barka (km 74.5), won by Lemair ahead of Wyss and Ignatyev, the gap had dropped down to 3’15.

The escapees managed to hang on together in the lead until the second intermediate sprint (km 128.5) claimed by Ignatyev ahead of Lemair and Wyss, while the pack remained 1’ adrift.. Just after that sprint, Wyss, Lemair and Jiao stopped their efforts and Ignatyev continued on his own. With 20kms to go, the Russian could still enjoy a 1’ advantage. Ignatyev was finally caught by the chasing pack with just under five kilometre to go.

Time had come for a bunched sprint. On the slightly uphill final straight, André Greipel (LT) prooved to be the fastest capturing this first stage of the Tour of Oman. The German beat Galimzyanov (KAT) and Farrar (GRM) and therefore captures the first overall leader’s red jersey of the race. The white jersey for the best young rider goes to Gamimzyanov while Lemair captures the green-red-white fighting spirit jersey.

Race Results

Tour of Oman (2012) - Stage 1

Al Alam Royal Palace to Wadi Al Hoqay (159km)
14 Feb 2012
Stage 6  |  Stage 5  |  Stage 4  |  Stage 3  |  Stage 2  |  Stage 1


Stage 1
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 GREIPEL, André GER LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 09"
2 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA + 00' 00"
3 FARRAR, Tyler USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
4 KITTEL, Marcel GER PROJECT 1T4I
5 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
6 BOUHANNI, Nacer FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
7 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
8 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI
9 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
10 GOSS, Matthew Harley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
11 BROWN, Graeme AUS RABOBANK
12 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING
13 BOONEN, Tom BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
14 GARDEYN, Gorik BEL CHAMPION SYSTEM
15 TEN DAM, Laurens NED RABOBANK 3h 26' 12" + 00' 03"
16 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM
17 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
18 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING
19 FUGLSANG, Jakob DEN RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
20 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
21 BONNIN, Thomas FRA PROJECT 1T4I
22 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
23 DE KORT, Koen NED PROJECT 1T4I
24 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
25 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL GARMIN-BARRACUDA
26 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
27 JEANNESSON, Arnold FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
28 HULSMANS, Kevin BEL FARNESE VINI
29 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
30 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
31 POSTHUMA, Joost NED RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
32 INOUE, Kazuo JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
33 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED RABOBANK
34 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte NED RABOBANK
35 BALLAN, Alessandro ITA BMC RACING
36 SCHLECK, Andy LUX RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
37 HENDERSON, Greg NZL LOTTO BELISOL
38 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
39 MCCANN, David IRL RTS RACING TEAM
40 HUNTER, Robert RSA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
41 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin ESP KATUSHA
42 RAST, Grégory SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
43 LEBAS, Thomas FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
44 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
45 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
46 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
47 SYS, Klaas BEL BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
48 RASCH, Gabriel NOR FDJ-BIG MAT
49 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I
50 KOHLER, Martin SUI BMC RACING
51 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK
52 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING
53 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
54 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
55 VELITS, Peter SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
56 WAGNER, Robert GER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
57 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING
58 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
59 CASAR, Sandy FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
60 MILLAR, David GBR GARMIN-BARRACUDA
61 DA DALTO, Mauro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
62 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
63 OJAVEE, Mart EST CHAMPION SYSTEM
64 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
65 PINOTTI, Marco ITA BMC RACING
66 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT
67 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR SKY PROCYCLING
68 WYNANTS, Maarten BEL RABOBANK
69 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING
70 CHANG, Wei Kei TPE RTS RACING TEAM
71 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA
72 CRAWFORD, Jai AUS RTS RACING TEAM
73 GANG, Xu CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM
74 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
75 CURVERS, Roy NED PROJECT 1T4I
76 RODGERS, Lee GBR RTS RACING TEAM
77 ASCANI, Luca ITA FARNESE VINI
78 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
79 BONNET, William FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
80 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL LOTTO BELISOL
81 BODNAR, Maciej POL LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
82 BENENATI, Cristiano ITA FARNESE VINI
83 BAK, Lars Ytting DEN LOTTO BELISOL
84 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
85 IGNATIEV, Mikhail RUS KATUSHA
86 RABON, Frantisek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
87 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
88 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM
89 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
90 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA
91 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA
92 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
93 TIMMER, Albert NED PROJECT 1T4I
94 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
95 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI
96 LEEZER, Thomas NED RABOBANK
97 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias SWE PROJECT 1T4I
98 GATTO, Oscar ITA FARNESE VINI
99 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
100 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA
101 HUANG, Wang Chung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
102 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING
103 RASMUSSEN, Alex DEN GARMIN-BARRACUDA
104 ROWE, Luke GBR SKY PROCYCLING
105 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
106 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE
107 O'GRADY, Stuart AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
108 AVERY, Clinton NZL CHAMPION SYSTEM
109 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
110 CACCIA, Diego ITA FARNESE VINI
111 HUNT, Jeremy GBR SKY PROCYCLING
112 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING
113 MARANGONI, Alan ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
114 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM
115 SIEBERG, Marcel GER LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 36" + 00' 27"
116 SABATINI, Fabio ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 3h 26' 38" + 00' 29"
117 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING 3h 26' 41" + 00' 32"
118 HANSEN, Adam AUS LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 49" + 00' 40"
119 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL
120 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 26' 55" + 00' 46"
121 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 3h 27' 05" + 00' 56"
122 KLEMME, Dominic GER PROJECT 1T4I 3h 27' 40" + 01' 31"
123 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL 3h 28' 25" + 02' 16"
124 CLARKE, Will AUS CHAMPION SYSTEM
125 KUDENTSOV, Sergey RUS RTS RACING TEAM 3h 35' 46" + 09' 37"
126 VERMELTFOORT, Coen NED RABOBANK 3h 36' 46" + 10' 37"
127 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE

General Classification after Stage 1
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 GREIPEL, André GER LOTTO BELISOL 3h 25' 59"
2 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA 3h 26' 03" + 00' 04"
3 FARRAR, Tyler USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA 3h 26' 05" + 00' 06"
4 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 3h 26' 07" + 00' 08"
5 IGNATIEV, Mikhail RUS KATUSHA 3h 26' 08" + 00' 09"
6 KITTEL, Marcel GER PROJECT 1T4I 3h 26' 09" + 00' 10"
7 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
8 BOUHANNI, Nacer FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
9 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
10 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI
11 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
12 GOSS, Matthew Harley AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
13 BROWN, Graeme AUS RABOBANK
14 SUTTON, Christopher AUS SKY PROCYCLING
15 BOONEN, Tom BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
16 GARDEYN, Gorik BEL CHAMPION SYSTEM
17 WYSS, Danilo SUI BMC RACING
18 TEN DAM, Laurens NED RABOBANK 3h 26' 12" + 00' 13"
19 FRIEDEMANN, Matthias GER CHAMPION SYSTEM
20 POPOVYCH, Yaroslav UKR RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
21 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING
22 FUGLSANG, Jakob DEN RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
23 GUSEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
24 BONNIN, Thomas FRA PROJECT 1T4I
25 CANCELLARA, Fabian SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
26 DE KORT, Koen NED PROJECT 1T4I
27 NIBALI, Vincenzo ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
28 VAN SUMMEREN, Johan BEL GARMIN-BARRACUDA
29 SHIMIZU, Miyataka JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
30 JEANNESSON, Arnold FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
31 HULSMANS, Kevin BEL FARNESE VINI
32 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
33 LADAGNOUS, Matthieu FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
34 POSTHUMA, Joost NED RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
35 INOUE, Kazuo JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
36 TJALLINGII, Maarten NED RABOBANK
37 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte NED RABOBANK
38 BALLAN, Alessandro ITA BMC RACING
39 SCHLECK, Andy LUX RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
40 HENDERSON, Greg NZL LOTTO BELISOL
41 CHAVANEL, Sylvain FRA OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
42 MCCANN, David IRL RTS RACING TEAM
43 HUNTER, Robert RSA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
44 RODRIGUEZ OLIVER, Joaquin ESP KATUSHA
45 RAST, Grégory SUI RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
46 LEBAS, Thomas FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
47 BOUCHER, David FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
48 FISCHER, Murilo Antonio BRA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
49 ISAICHEV, Vladimir RUS KATUSHA
50 SYS, Klaas BEL BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
51 RASCH, Gabriel NOR FDJ-BIG MAT
52 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I
53 KOHLER, Martin SUI BMC RACING
54 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK
55 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
56 STEEGMANS, Gert BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
57 VELITS, Peter SVK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
58 WAGNER, Robert GER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
59 HAYMAN, Mathew AUS SKY PROCYCLING
60 VANDEVELDE, Christian USA GARMIN-BARRACUDA
61 CASAR, Sandy FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
62 MILLAR, David GBR GARMIN-BARRACUDA
63 DA DALTO, Mauro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
64 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
65 OJAVEE, Mart EST CHAMPION SYSTEM
66 DE NEGRI, Pier Paolo ITA FARNESE VINI
67 PINOTTI, Marco ITA BMC RACING
68 ROLLIN, Dominique CAN FDJ-BIG MAT
69 CAVENDISH, Mark GBR SKY PROCYCLING
70 WYNANTS, Maarten BEL RABOBANK
71 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING
72 CHANG, Wei Kei TPE RTS RACING TEAM
73 KUSCHYNSKI, Aliaksandr BLR KATUSHA
74 CRAWFORD, Jai AUS RTS RACING TEAM
75 GANG, Xu CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM
76 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
77 CURVERS, Roy NED PROJECT 1T4I
78 RODGERS, Lee GBR RTS RACING TEAM
79 ASCANI, Luca ITA FARNESE VINI
80 BONNET, William FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
81 WILLEMS, Frederik BEL LOTTO BELISOL
82 BODNAR, Maciej POL LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
83 BENENATI, Cristiano ITA FARNESE VINI
84 BAK, Lars Ytting DEN LOTTO BELISOL
85 SCHÄR, Michael SUI BMC RACING
86 RABON, Frantisek CZE OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
87 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
88 COUTTS, Alex GBR RTS RACING TEAM
89 GRABSCH, Bert GER OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
90 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA
91 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA
92 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
93 TIMMER, Albert NED PROJECT 1T4I
94 VANOTTI, Alessandro ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
95 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI
96 LEEZER, Thomas NED RABOBANK
97 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias SWE PROJECT 1T4I
98 GATTO, Oscar ITA FARNESE VINI
99 DAVIS, Allan AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
100 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA
101 HUANG, Wang Chung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
102 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING
103 RASMUSSEN, Alex DEN GARMIN-BARRACUDA
104 ROWE, Luke GBR SKY PROCYCLING
105 COOKE, Baden AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
106 TUFT, Svein CAN ORICA-GREENEDGE
107 O'GRADY, Stuart AUS ORICA-GREENEDGE
108 AVERY, Clinton NZL CHAMPION SYSTEM
109 KRUOPIS, Aidis LTU ORICA-GREENEDGE
110 CACCIA, Diego ITA FARNESE VINI
111 HUNT, Jeremy GBR SKY PROCYCLING
112 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING
113 MARANGONI, Alan ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
114 PENGDA, Jiao CHN CHAMPION SYSTEM
115 SIEBERG, Marcel GER LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 36" + 00' 37"
116 SABATINI, Fabio ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 3h 26' 38" + 00' 39"
117 EISEL, Bernhard AUT SKY PROCYCLING 3h 26' 41" + 00' 42"
118 HANSEN, Adam AUS LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 49" + 00' 50"
119 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL
120 VANDENBERGH, Stijn BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP 3h 26' 55" + 00' 56"
121 MOURIS, Jens NED ORICA-GREENEDGE 3h 27' 05" + 01' 06"
122 KLEMME, Dominic GER PROJECT 1T4I 3h 27' 40" + 01' 41"
123 VANGENECHTEN, Jonas BEL LOTTO BELISOL 3h 28' 25" + 02' 26"
124 CLARKE, Will AUS CHAMPION SYSTEM
125 KUDENTSOV, Sergey RUS RTS RACING TEAM 3h 35' 46" + 09' 47"
126 VERMELTFOORT, Coen NED RABOBANK 3h 36' 46" + 10' 47"
127 LANGEVELD, Sebastian NED ORICA-GREENEDGE

Young Rider Standings
Position Name Nationality Team Time Gap
1 GALIMZYANOV, Denis RUS KATUSHA 3h 26' 03"
2 LEMAIR, Alexandre FRA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 3h 26' 07" + 00' 04"
3 KITTEL, Marcel GER PROJECT 1T4I 3h 26' 09" + 00' 06"
4 SAGAN, Peter SVK LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
5 BOUHANNI, Nacer FRA FDJ-BIG MAT
6 OSS, Daniel ITA LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE
7 GUARDINI, Andrea ITA FARNESE VINI
8 GALLOPIN, Tony FRA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN
9 PHINNEY, Taylor USA BMC RACING 3h 26' 12" + 00' 09"
10 BONNIN, Thomas FRA PROJECT 1T4I
11 YOSHIDA, Hayato JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
12 SLAGTER, Tom Jelte NED RABOBANK
13 SINKELDAM, Ramon NED PROJECT 1T4I
14 VAN WINDEN, Dennis NED RABOBANK
15 BUTLER, Chris USA CHAMPION SYSTEM
16 HUANG, Chin-Lung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
17 BLYTHE, Adam GBR BMC RACING
18 VAN KEIRSBULCK, Guillaume BEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
19 LODEWYCK, Klaas BEL BMC RACING
20 KRISTOFF, Alexander NOR KATUSHA
21 SELIG, Rudiger GER KATUSHA
22 NISHIZONO, Ryota JPN BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR
23 BERTOLINI, Thomas ITA FARNESE VINI
24 LUDVIGSSON, Tobias SWE PROJECT 1T4I
25 NAVARDAUSKAS, Ramunas LTU GARMIN-BARRACUDA
26 HUANG, Wang Chung TPE RTS RACING TEAM
27 APPOLLONIO, Davide ITA SKY PROCYCLING
28 ROWE, Luke GBR SKY PROCYCLING
29 AVERY, Clinton NZL CHAMPION SYSTEM
30 STANNARD, Ian GBR SKY PROCYCLING
31 DEBUSSCHERE, Jens BEL LOTTO BELISOL 3h 26' 49" + 00' 46"
32 VERMELTFOORT, Coen NED RABOBANK 3h 36' 46" + 10' 43"

Team Standings
Position Team Time Gap
1 LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 10h 18' 30"
2 RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 10h 18' 33" + 00' 03"
3 PROJECT 1T4I
4 RABOBANK
5 KATUSHA
6 FDJ-BIG MAT
7 GARMIN-BARRACUDA
8 CHAMPION SYSTEM
9 FARNESE VINI
10 OMEGA PHARMA-QUICKSTEP
11 LOTTO BELISOL
12 SKY PROCYCLING
13 ORICA-GREENEDGE
14 BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 10h 18' 36" + 00' 06"
15 BMC RACING
16 RTS RACING TEAM

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