The 13th Tour of Oman, scheduled for 10 to 14 February, will serve up a five-course menu catering to all tastes, from sprinters and punchers to climbers. Its two iconic climbs —Eastern Mountain (stage 3) and Green Mountain (stage 5) will be tough nuts to crack at this point in the season.
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Official Hashtag : #TourofOman
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00:00 We are trying to be offensive to break the race.
00:06 UAE has super strong riders so we have to try different things.
00:12 I think not more than 35-40 guys will come to the final sprint.
00:18 Sometimes you've just got to go for it no matter what's in front of you.
00:21 Today, a shortened stage meaning there are many riders who could absolutely take advantage.
00:26 They're hungry and why not?
00:28 Time to go racing on a course that was effectively chopped in half but the yitty hills still
00:33 await.
00:36 Blake Quick living up to his name.
00:38 He was out front along with Bort Vallin and Maluch Ellie.
00:42 The landscape scarred by heavy rain but the drama today was absolutely impeccable.
00:48 Chase was on.
00:49 Would they be caught?
00:50 The hills having an impact.
00:51 So were the sprints.
00:55 Bonus seconds magnified in terms of their importance.
00:58 There would be a change of leader at the end of the day but who would take the stage win?
01:04 Big question.
01:06 The climbs coming thick and fast backstack towards the end.
01:10 Real punishment and some big names are starting to struggle at the back.
01:16 Going for that intermediate sprint was ever so important.
01:21 Tim Fischer black in the white jersey meaning that he moved into red.
01:25 Benny Buchmann had not had enough.
01:27 He went off on the attack.
01:29 He wasn't to be the last.
01:31 Peloton thinning down, brakes all over the place.
01:34 It was a shattering day for Benny living up to the billing.
01:41 Time for the run for home.
01:42 The Flamm Rouge announcing a slightly flatter course.
01:47 Still a tough one with 150 meters to go.
01:50 The last JCL rider was wound in.
01:53 Earl Dunford but who would remain?
01:57 Thinned out by the full 180.
02:01 The line beckoning and this was going to be one hell of a battle.
02:05 Bonus seconds factoring in for an awful lot of enhanced importance.
02:10 And so the drive for the day, maybe the drive for the title was happening right before our
02:15 very eyes.
02:16 A lot of destiny were on full alert as you can see.
02:22 But so were Asena, Arkea, Kofidis, Sporra, JCL, everyone involved.
02:27 It was now.
02:28 Asena thought they got it with Ida Schelling but Amiri Kapia on the throw.
02:35 He was the daddy.
02:36 Brilliant work by him and his team to team up.
02:44 The last 5K was just slightly uphill.
02:46 It kills me almost that I was really happy when I saw the Flamm Rouge.
02:51 In the end I made it and I'm really happy and proud of the team and myself.
02:55 And he has every right to be so.
02:57 Kepio taking it ahead of Schelling, Lepretto, Herrada, Rotor, Adria, Pezzenti, Rodriguez,
03:03 Coborn, Zweihauf.
03:04 Some unusual names here but it was an unusual day.
03:07 It's been an unusual race.
03:09 Finn Fischer-Black because of that intermediate sprint takes over the lead by those vital
03:13 three seconds.
03:14 What a race.
03:15 One more day to go.
03:18 It's been a good race.
03:19 I'm really happy.
03:20 I'm really proud of the team.
03:21 I'm really happy.