Tour of Oman
Race details | |
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Date | February |
Region | Oman |
Discipline | Road |
Competition | UCI ProSeries |
Type | Stage race |
Organiser | Amaury Sport Organisation |
Race director | Eddy Merckx[1] |
Web site | www |
History | |
First edition | 2010 |
Editions | 13 (as of 2024) |
First winner | Fabian Cancellara (SUI) |
Most wins | Chris Froome (GBR) Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ) (2 wins each) |
Most recent | Adam Yates (GBR) |
The Tour of Oman is an annual professional
History
Classified as a 2.HC (as of 2012), the race is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation, and was held for the first time between 14 and 19 February 2010.[2] The race is a men's competition consisting of six stages and contains mainly flat stages, with some hillier parts.
During the race, the leader of the General Classification wears a red jersey, the leader of sprinter's points classification is denoted by a green jersey and best young rider by white. The race does not contain a mountains jersey. The most aggressive rider wears a white jersey with green and red polka-dots.
The inaugural edition of the race in
Past winners
General classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Switzerland | Fabian Cancellara | Team Saxo Bank | |
2011 | Netherlands | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | |
2012 | Slovakia | Peter Velits | Omega Pharma–Quick-Step | |
2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2014 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2015 | Spain | Rafael Valls | Lampre–Merida | |
2016 | Italy | Vincenzo Nibali | Astana | |
2017 | Belgium | Ben Hermans | BMC Racing Team | |
2018 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2019 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said[5] | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Czech Republic | Jan Hirt | Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | Great Britain | Adam Yates | UAE Team Emirates |
Wins per country
Wins | Country |
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3 | Great Britain |
2 | Kazakhstan |
1 | Belgium Czech Republic Italy Netherlands Slovakia Spain Switzerland United States |
Points classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2011 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2012 | Slovakia | Peter Sagan | Liquigas–Cannondale | |
2013 | Great Britain | Chris Froome | Team Sky | |
2014 | Germany | André Greipel | Lotto–Belisol | |
2015 | Italy | Andrea Guardini | Astana | |
2016 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Norway | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha–Alpecin | |
2018 | Australia | Nathan Haas | Team Katusha–Alpecin | |
2019 | Kazakhstan | Alexey Lutsenko | Astana | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Colombia | Fernando Gaviria | UAE Team Emirates | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | New Zealand | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates |
Young rider classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Norway | Edvald Boasson Hagen | Team Sky | |
2011 | Netherlands | Robert Gesink | Rabobank | |
2012 | France | Tony Gallopin | RadioShack–Nissan | |
2013 | France | Kenny Elissonde | FDJ | |
2014 | France | Romain Bardet | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
2015 | South Africa | Louis Meintjes | MTN–Qhubeka | |
2016 | Australia | Brendan Canty | Drapac Professional Cycling | |
2017 | Eritrea | Merhawi Kudus | Team Dimension Data | |
2018 | Colombia | Miguel Ángel López | Astana | |
2019 | France | Élie Gesbert | Arkéa–Samsic | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Denmark | Anthon Charmig | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
2023 | United States | Matteo Jorgenson | Movistar Team | |
2024 | New Zealand | Finn Fisher-Black | UAE Team Emirates |
Active rider classification
Year | Country | Rider | Team | |
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2010 | Latvia | Gatis Smukulis | Ag2r–La Mondiale | |
2011 | Slovenia | Marko Kump | Geox–TMC | |
2012 | Belgium | Klaas Lodewyck | BMC Racing Team | |
2013 | Netherlands | Bobbie Traksel | Champion System | |
2014 | Belgium | Preben Van Hecke | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2015 | Belgium | Jef Van Meirhaeghe | Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2016 | South Africa | Jacques Janse van Rensburg | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Belgium | Aimé De Gendt | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2018 | France | Loïc Chetout | Cofidis | |
2019 | Belgium | Preben Van Hecke | Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise | |
2020 | No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said | |||
2021 | No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
2022 | Spain | Peio Goikoetxea | Euskaltel–Euskadi | |
2023 | Norway | Fredrik Dversnes | Uno-X Pro Cycling Team | |
2024 | Spain | Óscar Pelegrí | Burgos BH |
Team classification
Year | Based | Team |
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2010 | Team HTC–Columbia | |
2011 | Leopard Trek | |
2012 | RadioShack–Nissan | |
2013 | BMC Racing Team | |
2014 | Team Sky | |
2015 | BMC Racing Team | |
2016 | Team Dimension Data | |
2017 | Team Dimension Data | |
2018 | Astana | |
2019 | Astana | |
2020–2021 | No race | |
2022 | Arkéa–Samsic | |
2023 | Bora–Hansgrohe | |
2024 | UAE Team Emirates |
Classifications
As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:
- Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
- Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
- Gold Jersey – Worn by the most active rider.
- White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.
References
- ^ "Riders and teams praise solidarity at Tour of Oman". 21 February 2015.
- New York Times2010-01-14
- ^ Farrand, Stephen "Inaugural Tour of Oman favours time trialists" http://cyclingnews.com 2010-01-28
- ^ Turner, Jonathan "Boasson Hagen lands finale" Sky Sports 2010-02-19
- ^ Fletcher, Patrick (22 January 2020). "ASO confirms cancellation of 2020 Tour of Oman". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Tour of Oman palmares at Cycling Archives
- Statistics at the-sports.org
- Stages at www.cyclingstage.com
- Tour of Oman at cqranking.com