Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 6 [FULL STAGE] (arabic)

February 15, 2022

Tour of Oman 2022 – Stage 6 – Al Mouj Muscat – Matrah Corniche : 132,5 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 finished safely in the peloton on the final stage of the Tour of Oman to secure overall victory and so take the red leader’s jersey.

The Intermarché-Wanty-Gobert Matériaux rider won by 1:00 after his strong display on the stage to Green Mountain on Monday. Fausto Masnada (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) was second overall, with Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates) third overall at 1:16

The sprinters dominated the final stage along the Matrah Corniche, with Fernando Gaviria (UAE Team Emirates) emerging to win on the slightly downhill and high-speed finish. The Colombian beat Kiwi Kaden Groves (BikeExchange-Jayco) and Amaury Capiot (Arkea-Samsic).

Mark Cavendish (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) finished a frustrated sixth after Gaviria’s leadout man Max Richeze used his sprinting experience to close the door along the barriers, forcing Cavendish to ease up. Gaviria’s victory secured him the green points jersey but Richeze was later disqualified from the race.

“I’m really happy to take the last stage here in Oman. It’s been a good week for me and the team,” Gaviria said, having already taken two victories in his first stage race of 2022.

“I’m happy because my team worked well and stayed focused on winning the stage and we were able to deliver. From the beginning we tried to take control of the race and luckily I had good legs in the finish and could take the sprint.

“It was a nice week: one of the beauties of this sport is to travel and discover new countries and cultures. So to ride in amazing places like Oman is great and we’ll hope to be back next year.”

Hirt was carefully shepherded through the 132.5km stage from Al Mouj Muscat to the Matrah Corniche on the rolling roads inland from central Muscat.

Johan Meens (Bingoal Pauwels Sauces WB), Antonio Angulo (Euskaltel-Euskadi), Víctor Langellotti (Burgos-BH), Mohammed Al-Wahabi (Oman), Gerd de Keijzer (Team Novo Nordisk), Harold Martín López and Alexandre Vinokourov jr (Astana Qazaqstan Development) formed the early breakaway but they were never given more than 1:30 by the peloton.

Several teams tried to hurt the sprinters on the short but steep Al Hamriyah and Al Jissah climbs in the final 40km but the peloton reformed for the three seven-kilometre laps along the spectacular Corniche.

Kevin Vauquelin and Elie Gesbert of Arkea-Samsic tried to attack on the short climb on each circuit but the sprinters and their teams quickly pulled them back, with QuickStep-AlphaVinyl active in controlling the race. Masnada chased down one attack and so Hirt carefully followed him on the final climb. Søren Kragh Andersen (Team DSM) also joined in and went clear alone but QuickStep-AlphaVinyl chased him down with a kilometre to go. That left the Belgian team stretched for the lead out and the sprinter’s swept around the final curve en masse.

Richeze lead out Gaviria and when the Colombian accelerated down the centre of the road, the veteran lead out rider closed the door on Cavendish who had opted for a line along the barriers. Richeze slowed and frustrated Cavendish, giving Gaviria a clear run to victory and Groves and Capiot places in the top three.

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

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