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 through 2019 and on the UCI ProSeries since 2022. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | Oman |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI ProSeries |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
Race director | Eddy Merckx[1] |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2010 |
Editions | 13 (as of 2024) |
First winner | ![]() |
Most wins | ![]() ![]() (2 wins each) |
Most recent | ![]() |
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History
editClassified 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 and 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
editGeneral classification
editYear | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Switzerland | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | |
2011 | Netherlands | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | |
2012 | Slovakia | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2014 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2015 | Spain | Rafael Valls | Lampre–Merida | |
2016 | Italy | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana | |
2017 | Belgium | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | |
2018 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2019 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said[5] | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Czech Republic | Jan Hirt | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | Great Britain | Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates |
Wins per country
editWins | Country |
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3 | Great Britain |
2 | Kazakhstan |
1 | Belgium Czech Republic Italy Netherlands Slovakia Spain Switzerland United States |
Points classification
editYear | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2011 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2012 | Slovakia | Peter Sagan | Liquigas–Cannondale | |
2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2014 | Germany | André Greipel | Lotto–Belisol | |
2015 | Italy | Andrea Guardini | Astana | |
2016 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Norway | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha–Alpecin | |
2018 | Australia | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha–Alpecin | |
2019 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Colombia | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | New Zealand | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates |
Young rider classification
editYear | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2011 | Netherlands | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | |
2012 | France | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack–Nissan | |
2013 | France | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | |
2014 | France | Romain Bardet | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
2015 | South Africa | Louis Meintjes | MTN–Qhubeka | |
2016 | Australia | Brendan Canty | Drapac Professional Cycling | |
2017 | Eritrea | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | |
2018 | Colombia | Miguel Ángel López | Astana | |
2019 | France | Élie Gesbert | Arkéa–Samsic | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Denmark | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | New Zealand | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates |
Active rider classification
editYear | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Latvia | Gatis Smukulis | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
2011 | Slovenia | Marko Kump | Geox–TMC | |
2012 | Belgium | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | |
2013 | Netherlands | Bobbie Traksel | Champion System | |
2014 | Belgium | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2015 | Belgium | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2016 | South Africa | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Belgium | Aimé De Gendt | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2018 | France | Loïc Chetout | Cofidis | |
2019 | Belgium | Preben Van Hecke | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Spain | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel–Euskadi | |
2023 | Norway | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
2024 | Spain | Óscar Pelegrí | Burgos BH |
Team classification
editYear | Based | Team |
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2010 | Team HTC–Columbia | |
2011 | Leopard Trek | |
2012 | RadioShack–Nissan | |
2013 | BMC Racing Team | |
2014 | Team Sky | |
2015 | BMC Racing Team | |
2016 | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Team Dimension Data | |
2018 | Astana | |
2019 | Astana | |
2020–2021 | No race | |
2022 | Arkéa–Samsic | |
2023 | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
2024 | UAE Team Emirates |
Classifications
editAs of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
References
edit- ^ "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
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (22 January 2020). "ASO confirms cancellation of 2020 Tour of Oman". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
External links
edit- 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