Tour of Oman
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| Race details | |
|---|---|
| Date | February |
| Region | Oman |
| Discipline | Road |
| Competition | UCI Asia Tour 2.HC |
| Type | Stage race |
| Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
| Race director | Eddy Merckx[1] |
| Web site | www |
| History | |
| First edition | 2010 |
| Editions | 10 (as of 2019) |
| First winner |  Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
| Most wins |  Chris Froome (GBR) Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (2 wins) |
| Most recent | Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) |
The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010 as part of the UCI Asia Tour. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled.
History[]
The race is classified as a 2.HC (as of 2012). The race is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation, and was held for the first time between 14 and 19 February 2010.[2] The race is a men's competition consisting of six stages. The race contains mainly flat stages, with some hillier parts.
During the race, the leader of the General Classification wears a red jersey, the leader of sprinter's points classification is denoted by a green jersey and best young rider by white. The race does not contain a mountains jersey. The most aggressive rider wears a white jersey with green and red polka-dots.
The inaugural edition of the race in 2010, consisted of 6 stages, beginning with a 16-lap criterium in Muscat Corniche and ending with an 18.6 km time trial, also in Muscat.[3] Fabian Cancellara won this event after coming second in the final time trial to Edvald Boasson Hagen.[4]
Past winners[]
General classification[]
Points classification[]
Young rider classification[]
Aggressive rider classification[]
Team classification[]
References[]
- ^ "Riders and teams praise solidarity at Tour of Oman". 21 February 2015.
- ^ Abt, Simon "Tour of Oman Bicycle Race Will Give Riders a Gradual Start to Season" New York Times 2010-01-14
- ^ Farrand, Stephen "Inaugural Tour of Oman favours time trialists" http://cyclingnews.com 2010-01-28
- ^ Turner, Jonathan "Boasson Hagen lands finale" Sky Sports 2010-02-19
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tour of Oman. |
- Official website
- Tour of Oman palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Stages at www.cyclingstage.com
- Tour of Oman at cqranking.com
- Tour of Oman
- Cycle races in Oman
- UCI Asia Tour races
- Recurring sporting events established in 2010
- 2010 establishments in Oman
- Eddy Merckx