Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 2 [Highlights]

February 11, 2022

Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 2 – Naseem Park – Suhar Corniche : 167,5 km

The Tour of Oman is a six-day stage race that – since its debut edition in 2010 – has typically taken place in early February, giving pro riders from all over the world a chance to kickstart their seasons with a week of dynamic, action-packed racing in the baking Omani heat. The race first entered the UCI’s Asia Tour and quickly became one of its flagship races, drawing some of the biggest names from Europe to its startline.

Mark Cavendish emerged from the scrum of sprinters to win stage 2 of the Tour of Oman on windswept Suhar Corniche north of Muscat.

The QuickStep-AlphaVinyl sprinter hit the front in the final 100 metres and had the speed to hold off Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Amaury Capiot (Arkea-Samsic).

Stage 1 winner Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) was only fourth and so lost the overall race lead to Cavendish. Cavendish pulled on the red race leader’s jersey after sprinting to victory in the green points jersey. He leads Groves and Gaviria by nine seconds but the Tour of Oman now heads into the hills, with stage 3 finishing on the three-kilometre climb to Qurayyat.

It was Cavendish’s 157th professional victory and he is only one victory behind André Greipel on the list of all time race winners, with Sean Kelly (159), Mario Cipollini (161), Rik Van Looy and Roger De Vlaeminck (162) all arguably within reach.

The 167.5km stage hugged the coast of Oman north of Muscat, with a sea breeze the biggest obstacle of the day.

Antonio Angulo (Euskaltel-Euskadi) and Stephen Clancy (Novo Nordisk) formed the early break for the sprinter teams to chase, after local rider Mohammed Al-Wahibi failed to get across to them.

The two fought for the intermediate sprints and opened a four-minute lead but Quick-Step-Alpha Vinyl and BikeExchange-Jayco kept them within reach. Team DSM also helped with the chase to try to set-up Søren Kragh Andersen and the attack was eventually caught with 30km to race.

Gabriel Muller (Burgos-BH) tried a solo attack and opened a 40-second gap but he was also brought to heel. The sprinters’ team then took control, with QuickStep-AlphaVinyl giving Cavendish the lead out he needed in the final kilometres so he could dominate the sprint and open his 2022 account.

Results :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 4:10:31
2 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco
3 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic
4 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
5 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
6 Mihkel Räim (Est) Burgos-BH
7 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco
8 Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
9 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
10 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
11 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
12 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
13 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
14 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
15 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
16 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development
17 Andrea Peron (Ita) Novo Nordisk
18 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH
19 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH
20 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM
21 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
22 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
23 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
24 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
25 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
26 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
27 Niklas Eg (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
28 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
29 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
30 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
31 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis
32 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
33 Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
34 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
35 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
36 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
37 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
38 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
39 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
40 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
41 Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development
42 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
43 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
44 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
45 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
46 Harold Martin Lopez (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development
47 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
48 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
50 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
51 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Gazprom-Rusvelo
52 Charles Planet (Fra) Novo Nordisk
53 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
54 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
55 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
56 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis
57 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
58 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH
59 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
60 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:10
61 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic
62 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco
63 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
64 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
65 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis
66 Juan Carlos Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:00:14
67 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
68 Alexandre Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development
69 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM
70 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis
71 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
72 Kelland O’Brien (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:21
73 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:23
74 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:25
75 Faisal Al-Mammari (Oma) Oman National Team 0:00:30
76 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
77 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH
78 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk
79 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Novo Nordisk
80 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
81 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:33
82 Mundher Al-Hsani (Oma) Oman National Team 0:00:34
83 Abdulrahman al Yaaqoobi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:00:38
84 Said al Rahbi (Oma) Oman National Team
85 Mohammed Al-Wahibi (Oma) Oman National Team
86 Mazin al Riyami (Oma) Oman National Team
87 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:00:44
88 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
89 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:46
90 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:00:49
91 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:53
92 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:00:59
93 Umberto Poli (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:01:00
94 Gabriel Muller (Fra) Burgos-BH
95 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:01:11
96 Gerd de Keijzer (Ned) Novo Nordisk 0:01:55
97 Husam al Rawahi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:02:10
98 Stijn Steels (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:03:08
DNF Jan Dunnewind (Ned) Novo Nordisk
DNS Alexander Konychev (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco

General Classification after Stage 2 :
1 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 7:27:16
2 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:09
3 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates
4 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:00:13
5 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
6 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:15
7 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:17
8 Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:19
9 Mihkel Räim (Est) Burgos-BH
10 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
11 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis
12 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
13 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
14 Andrea Peron (Ita) Novo Nordisk
15 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
16 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates
17 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
18 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development
19 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
20 Niklas Eg (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
21 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
22 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM
23 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM
24 Harold Martin Lopez (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development
25 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
26 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
27 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
28 Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development
29 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
30 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
31 Charles Planet (Fra) Novo Nordisk
32 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
33 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates
34 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
35 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM
36 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
37 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ
38 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
39 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
40 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis
41 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
42 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
43 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Gazprom-Rusvelo
44 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
45 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH
46 Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
47 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
48 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
49 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
50 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ
51 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH
52 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH
53 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
54 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:00:29
55 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates
56 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
57 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic
58 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco
59 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis
60 Dorian De Maeght (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:00:33
61 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM
62 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
63 Juan Carlos Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development
64 Alexandre Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development
65 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis
66 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:35
67 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:38
68 Stephen Clancy (Irl) Novo Nordisk 0:00:45
69 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:00:49
70 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic
71 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
72 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk
73 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:00:52
74 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis 0:00:56
75 Abdulrahman al Yaaqoobi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:00:57
76 Said al Rahbi (Oma) Oman National Team
77 Mazin al Riyami (Oma) Oman National Team
78 Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:01:03
79 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:08
80 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:01:16
81 Faisal Al-Mammari (Oma) Oman National Team
82 Mundher Al-Hsani (Oma) Oman National Team 0:01:17
83 Umberto Poli (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:01:19
84 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:32
85 Gabriel Muller (Fra) Burgos-BH 0:01:36
86 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:38
87 Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:01:39
88 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:41
89 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:55
90 Kelland O’Brien (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:02:00
91 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:02:15
92 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:02:49
93 Gerd de Keijzer (Ned) Novo Nordisk 0:02:51
94 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:08
95 Mohammed Al-Wahibi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:03:15
96 Husam al Rawahi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:03:51
97 Stijn Steels (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:04:04
98 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:04:12