The 14th Tour of Oman, scheduled for 7 to 12 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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00:00I think we had to take some responsibility.
00:14Looking better than just about everybody at the moment is Olaf Koi.
00:18No challenges at all.
00:20We had a good start in stage one and we knew that this one was another chance for me.
00:25A plan formed, a plan delivered.
00:29Obviously take a second win.
00:31Finally, after 10 years.
00:33Oh, look at this, a powertrain behind him.
00:37That was a piece of glass.
00:39Brilliant, genius at work.
00:41I have no expectations for GC.
00:43The more I do, what I do always is working for my leaders.
00:47It was a great battle with Adam.
00:53Here comes Adam Yates as he got a little bit of aero assist.
00:55Good response, this is brilliant.
00:58Left-hand curve, very gentle it is, but it favours him.
01:01And is he finding space?
01:02Yes, he is.
01:03Oh, David Gaudu is on song here.
01:07He's lived up to the billing and he's delivered.
01:11Brilliant.
01:15That's our samurai.
01:18Well done, guys, well done, well done.
01:20We're already focused on Wednesday because now there's a general to complete, I'd say.
01:26Why not try to win a second stage victory?
01:38The goal is to get on the podium.
01:39So I think the first two places will go to David and Adam.
01:43After that, the third place is a little more open and I hope it will be for me.
01:48It's going to be a big battle for the overall ranking.
01:51The challenge is necessarily to succeed in following Yates,
01:53who is really in good shape for everything.
02:24There'd been a 17-rider breakaway and then all of a sudden it was time to take it on.
02:31The grind down of that breakaway has almost been complete
02:34and UET Memorates are the one controlling matters at the moment.
02:37For us, it's this year, we've done an awful lot of work throughout the day for David Gaudu.
02:41He's now isolated on his own.
02:43Peripatre is also in the frame here.
02:45A few others like Utterbroek holding on.
02:48Adam Yates, though, looking cool as a cucumber, you have to say,
02:51with two kilometers to go.
02:53And Gaudu looks like he's struggling just off the back.
02:56And it's Peripatre and Adam Yates who have pressed the go button up front.
03:00And there goes Gaudu. He's just drifting off at the moment.
03:03Kelly Tempo is way back in.
03:06Well, he's done it before. He wears the red jersey for a very good reason.
03:09But Peripatre is the one that's going on the attack.
03:12Adam Yates not tempted to take the bait just for the time being either.
03:16What a finale.
03:17Well, occasionally this day has indeed defined the general classification.
03:21It's been as narrow as just one second in the past.
03:24That was only a couple of years ago.
03:26Right now, it looks like the gaps are going to be bigger,
03:28and especially back to Gaudu, who is watching his title just run away up the road.
03:33Peripatre looks loosest and possibly the most lucid of all.
03:37A fantastic effort by Gaudu to get himself back in.
03:41Well, the apt response, I guess you might say, would be to kick on straight away.
03:46You've suddenly got an exhausted rider who's made it over.
03:48You don't want to nurse him. You want to punish him.
03:50But Peripatre not tempted to do so.
03:53Neither is Adam Yates at the moment.
03:54And that's because of the inclines we're dealing with.
03:56Talking 14% at the moment.
03:58That is not pleasant on any day.
04:01Flamm Rouge.
04:03And indeed, the attacks are bound to rain down.
04:06Who's got the pace?
04:07Who's got the ace up their sleeve?
04:09Adam Yates thinks he can temper all the way home.
04:12The more explosive man, Peripatre, goes to the barriers.
04:14Can't quite make it stick, but they've dropped Gaudu.
04:17He's gone out the back door and it leaves two diamonds up front.
04:22But who's got those diamonds in their legs?
04:24Let's wait and see.
04:25The road weaves.
04:26Oh, it's a tapestry of delight for Peripatre.
04:30Superb. Look at the kick.
04:32Adam Yates tries to respond, but they're in the barriers
04:34and the gap looks like it might well stick.
04:37Peripatre is making this stick.
04:40This is amazing.
04:42What a performance.
04:44Adam Yates, defending champion, is going to be second here.
04:47But the man out front has won it in fine style.
04:51Peripatre, chapeau.
04:54It was possible to win the GC, so I tried to attack yet.
04:59But I saw that I was not strong enough to make a big gap with him.
05:05Happy to be at this level and happy to fight for a win.
05:09It's good signs for the future and I'm just happy to win.
05:14Peripatre wins the day, but Adam Yates wins the title.
05:18Superb by a margin of six seconds to Peripatre.
05:21Gaudu on the podium in third.
05:24What an amazing day.
05:26What a great race this has been.