Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 5 [Highlights]

February 14, 2022

Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 5 – Samail – Jabal Al Akhdhar : 150,5 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.

Jan Hirt won stage 5 of the Tour of Oman atop Green Mountain, distancing Fausto Masnada (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) on the 5.7 km 10.5 per cent climb to also take the race leader’s red jersey.

The Czech Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux rider won alone after attacking in the final kilometre, to finish 39 seconds ahead of Kevin Vauquelin (Akrea-Samsic).

Élie Gesbert (Arkea-Samsic) was third at 48 seconds, with Italy’s Kevin Colleoni (BikeExchange-Jayco) coming past Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) in the final metres to finish fourth at 57 seconds.

Masnada cracked on the steep final kilometre and even went wide on the road to ease the pain. He finished 11thm at 1:48, in the same time as teammate Mauro Schmid.

Masnada slipped to second overall, exactly a minute down on Hirt. Costa moved up to third at 1:16.

The 150.5km stage covered largely flat roads and a loop south before a fast ride to the foot of Green Mountain.

An early break of six riders forced the peloton to chase, with Luca Rastelli (Bardiani CSF Faizanè), Laurenz Rex (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Antonio Angulo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Angel Fuentes (Bugos-BH), Filippo Ridolfo (Team Novo Nordisk), Nicolas Vinokourov (Astana Qazaqstan Development) in the move.

They opened a gap of 2:30 and so the Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert took up the chase. A change in direction and some wind sparked some attacks and echelons with Team DSM splitting the peloton into two groups. Mark Cavendish was one of several riders to crash and Anton Charmig (Uno-X) was caught in the second group as the tension rose in the cross winds.

The fast moving peloton caught the breakaway with 50km to race and the race eventually came back together thanks to work by Arkea-SamSic and Bike Exchange-Jayco as Green Mountain loomed large on the horizon. At that point QuickStep-AlphaVinyl to protect Masnada, leading the peloton to the foot of the climb.

The Belgian team seemed in control but as the gradient began to hurt and shake out the group, Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert took control and set the pace, leaving just 15 riders up front.

Rein Taaramae reduced the group to just 10 riders with three kilometres to go, allowing Hirt to make his solo surge with two kilometres to go on the steep sweeping hairpins.

Gesbert and Vauquelin managed to drop Masnada and Charmig also passed the Italian as everyone dug deep and rode at their limit to the finish line.

Hirt came around the final corner giving his all, to ensure he gained as much time as possible in the overall classification. However with Masnada suffering, he would pull on the red race leader’s jersey and set-up overall success.

The Tour of Oman finishes on Tuesday with a largely flat 132.5km stage from Al Mouj Muscat to the Matrah Corniche, where the sprinters traditionally dominate.

Hirt won the 2016 Tour of Austria and is a consistent climber but this was by far the biggest moment of his career.

“We took responsibility in the race and we were focused on winning the stage. All the team did a great job from the beginning to the end,” Hirt said.

“Now if don’t make mistakes tomorrow we should also win the GC but the first objective was to win the stage, so anything more is a bonus.”

Results :
1 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 3:35:39
2 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:39
3 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:00:48
4 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:00:57
5 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
6 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:11
7 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
8 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM 0:01:19
9 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:01:43
10 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team
11 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:48
12 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:59
13 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:02:12
14 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:02:17
15 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis 0:02:24
16 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:02:31
17 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM
18 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
19 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis 0:02:34
20 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:02:38
21 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:02:51
22 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:02:57
23 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:07
24 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:03:22
25 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:03:36
26 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:03:55
27 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:04:08
28 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM 0:04:13
29 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:04:20
30 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:04:35
31 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:04:40
32 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH
33 Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:04:44
34 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:05:16
35 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ
36 Charles Planet (Fra) Novo Nordisk 0:06:05
37 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
38 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:06:38
39 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:07:23
40 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates
41 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 0:07:45
42 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo
43 Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
44 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:08:04
45 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:08:13
46 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:08:20
47 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:08:33
48 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:08:50
49 Stijn Steels (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:08:52
50 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH
51 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:09:13
52 Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:09:27
53 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:09:37
54 Kelland O’Brien (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:09:38
55 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis 0:09:51
56 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:10:10
57 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:18
58 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB
59 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ
60 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
61 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:10:41
62 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:10:54
63 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux
64 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates
65 Mihkel Räim (Est) Burgos-BH 0:10:58
66 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis
67 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:11:04
68 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:11:14
69 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:12:02
70 Juan Carlos Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:13:12
71 Harold Martin Lopez (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development
72 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:13:52
73 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:14:53
74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:14:54
75 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:15:09
76 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
77 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis 0:15:34
78 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:15:59
79 Alexandre Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:16:05
80 Gerd de Keijzer (Ned) Novo Nordisk 0:16:08
81 Umberto Poli (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:16:49
82 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:17:02
83 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:18:21
84 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’
85 Abdulrahman al Yaaqoobi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:19:12
86 Mundher Al-Hsani (Oma) Oman National Team 0:20:49
87 Said al Rahbi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:23:58
88 Mohammed Al-Wahibi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:24:21
89 Faisal Al-Mammari (Oma) Oman National Team 0:26:06
90 Mazin al Riyami (Oma) Oman National Team 0:26:27
DNF Julen Irizar Laskurain (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi
DNS Marco Canola (Ita) Gazprom-Rusvelo
DNF Andrea Peron (Ita) Novo Nordisk

General Classification after Stage 5 :
1 Jan Hirt (Cze) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 18:25:27
2 Fausto Masnada (Ita) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:01:00
3 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:01:16
4 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:18
5 Anthon Charmig (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
6 Kévin Vauquelin (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:01:38
7 Kevin Colleoni (Ita) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:01:50
8 Rein Taaramäe (Est) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:01:51
9 Henri Vandenabeele (Bel) Team DSM 0:01:54
10 Mauro Schmid (Swi) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:02:01
11 Kevin Vermaerke (USA) Team DSM 0:02:17
12 Sander Armée (Bel) Cofidis 0:03:09
13 Filippo Zana (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:14
14 Denis Nekrasov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:03:34
15 Luca Covili (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:03:41
16 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) UAE Team Emirates 0:03:50
17 Hugo Toumire (Fra) Cofidis 0:03:58
18 Winner Anacona (Col) Arkea-Samsic 0:04:24
19 Carlos Canal Blanco (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:04:29
20 Hugo Page (Fra) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:04:38
21 Mario Aparicio Muñoz (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:05:04
22 Dmitrii Strakhov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:05:40
23 Jonas Iversby Hvideberg (Nor) Team DSM 0:07:14
24 Antoine Duchesne (Can) Groupama-FDJ 0:07:24
25 Marco Brenner (Ger) Team DSM 0:08:51
26 Michael Kukrle (Cze) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:08:59
27 Johnatan Cañaveral Vargas (Col) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:09:29
28 Milan Menten (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:09:43
29 Paul Penhoet (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:09:47
30 Laurent Pichon (Fra) Arkea-Samsic 0:09:50
31 Jetse Bol (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:10:10
32 Callum Scotson (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:10:24
33 Cameron Meyer (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:11:12
34 Charles Planet (Fra) Novo Nordisk 0:12:18
35 Yousif Mirza Al-Hammadi (UAE) UAE Team Emirates 0:13:16
36 Harold Martin Lopez (Ecu) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:13:55
37 Stan Van Tricht (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:14:10
38 Miles Scotson (Aus) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:21
39 Juan Carlos Lopez Moreno (Col) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:14:32
40 Ramon Sinkeldam (Ned) Groupama-FDJ 0:14:45
41 Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team DSM 0:14:49
42 Louis Blouwe (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:15:18
43 Pavel Kochetkov (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:15:21
44 Ivan Rovny (Rus) Gazprom-Rusvelo 0:16:09
45 Joan Bou Company (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:16:12
46 Davide Villella (Ita) Cofidis 0:16:44
47 Johan Meens (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:17:39
48 Amaury Capiot (Bel) Arkea-Samsic 0:19:25
49 Clément Davy (Fra) Groupama-FDJ 0:19:43
50 Gianmarco Garofoli (Ita) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:20:44
51 Nicolas Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:21:30
52 Fernando Gaviria Rendon (Col) UAE Team Emirates 0:21:48
53 Kelland O’Brien (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:22:03
54 Tord Gudmestad (Nor) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:22:14
55 Felix Groß (Ger) UAE Team Emirates 0:22:48
56 Luca Rastelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:22:54
57 Stijn Steels (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:23:21
58 Antonio Angulo Sampedro (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:23:23
59 Szymon Sajnok (Pol) Cofidis 0:23:57
60 Laurenz Rex (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:24:22
61 Maximilian Walscheid (Ger) Cofidis 0:24:23
62 Angel Fuentes Paniego (Spa) Burgos-BH 0:24:43
63 Marcus Sander Hansen (Den) Uno-X Pro Cycling Team 0:25:16
64 Ignatas Konovalovas (Ltu) Groupama-FDJ 0:25:41
65 Samuele Zoccarato (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:26:01
66 Tom Devriendt (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:27:30
67 Kaden Groves (Aus) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:27:50
68 Alexandre Vinokurov (Kaz) Astana Qazaqstan Development 0:28:04
69 Campbell Stewart (NZl) BikeExchange-Jayco 0:28:09
70 Maximiliano Richeze (Arg) UAE Team Emirates 0:28:23
71 Alexander Molenaar (Ned) Burgos-BH 0:29:15
72 Peio Goikoetxea Goiogana (Spa) Euskaltel-Euskadi 0:31:20
73 Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates 0:31:30
74 Mark Cavendish (GBr) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:31:49
75 Umberto Poli (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:33:41
76 Iljo Keisse (Bel) Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team 0:33:57
77 Nathan Vandepitte (Bel) Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB 0:35:41
78 Filippo Ridolfo (Ita) Novo Nordisk 0:36:18
79 Victor Langellotti (Mon) Burgos-BH 0:36:40
80 Mihkel Räim (Est) Burgos-BH 0:37:09
81 Julius Johansen (Den) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:38:52
82 Luca Colnaghi (Ita) Bardiani CSF Faizane’ 0:43:11
83 Gerd de Keijzer (Ned) Novo Nordisk 0:45:47
84 Kevin Van Melsen (Bel) Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux 0:47:06
85 Mundher Al-Hsani (Oma) Oman National Team 0:47:26
86 Said al Rahbi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:48:34
87 Abdulrahman al Yaaqoobi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:50:21
88 Mohammed Al-Wahibi (Oma) Oman National Team 0:52:30
89 Faisal Al-Mammari (Oma) Oman National Team 0:54:05
90 Mazin al Riyami (Oma) Oman National Team 0:58:37