2014 Tour of Oman

2014 Tour of Oman 18–23 February 6 915.5 km 22h 02' 26" red Chris Froome Great Britain SKY 2014 Tejay van Garderen United States BMC 2014 Rigoberto Urán Colombia OPQ 2014 green André Greipel Germany LTB 2014 white Romain Bardet France ALM 2014 SKY 2014 2013 2015 The 2014 Tour of Oman was the fifth edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 18 to 23 February 2014, in Oman. For the second year in a row,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/26314779 Chris Froome wins second successive Tour of Oman title BBC Sport BBC 23 February 2014 23 February 2014 the race was won by SKY 2014 rider Chris Froome – becoming its first repeat winner – after he won the queen stage of the race, to Jebel Akhdar,https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cycling/26305403 Chris Froome wins stage five to take control in Tour of Oman BBC Sport BBC 22 February 2014 23 February 2014 on the penultimate day and held the race leader's red jersey to the finish, the next day, at the Matrah Corniche. Froome's winning margin over runner-up Tejay van Garderen of the BMC 2014 was 26 seconds,http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2014&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=02&tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=23&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2488&cHash=c9a8164f340e57c58a8882d5fd4e82f7 Van Garderen Runner-Up At Tour Of Oman BMC 2014 BMC Trading 23 February 2014 23 February 2014 26 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140226142102/http://www.bmcracingteam.com/index.php?id=115&tx_ttnews%5Byear%5D=2014&tx_ttnews%5Bmonth%5D=02&tx_ttnews%5Bday%5D=23&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2488&cHash=c9a8164f340e57c58a8882d5fd4e82f7 usurped and OPQ 2014's Rigoberto Urán completed the podium, 5 seconds down on van Garderen and 31 seconds in arrears of Froome.http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-of-oman-trentin-7th-in-final-stage-uran-3rd-in-overall/1598 Trentin 7th in final stage, Uran 3rd in overall OPQ 2014 Decolef 23 February 2014 23 February 2014 https://archive.today/20140223150411/http://www.omegapharma-quickstep.com/en/news/show/tour-of-oman-trentin-7th-in-final-stage-uran-3rd-in-overall/1598 23 February 2014 dead dmy-all In the race's other classifications, André Greipel won the points classification for LTB 2014, after winning three stages during the race,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/9181040/chris-froome-wins-tour-of-oman-for-second-successive-year-as-andre-greipel-claims-last-stage Chris Froome retains Tour of Oman title as Andre Greipel triumphs on final stage Matt Westby Sky Sports BSkyB 23 February 2014 23 February 2014 while the young rider classification was won by Romain Bardet (ALM 2014), as he was the best placed rider under the age of 25, in thirteenth overall. The combative classification – to which points from mountains and sprints were awarded towards – was won by Preben Van Hecke of the TSV 2014 team, while SKY 2014 yes won the teams classification,http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,30203_9181101,00.html Froome defends Tour of Oman title SKY 2014 BSkyB 23 February 2014 23 February 2014 27 February 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140227070215/http://www.teamsky.com/article/0,27290,30203_9181101,00.html dead after also placing Sergio Henao inside the top ten overall, as well as Froome. Teams Eighteen teams competed in the 2014 Tour of Oman. These included thirteen UCI World Tour teams and five UCI Professional Continental teams. The teams that participated in the race were: 22em ALM 2014 AST 2014 COG 2014 BEL 2014 BMC 2014 CAN 2014 FDJ 2014 IAM 2014 KAT 2014 LTB 2014 APP 2014 OPQ 2014 OGE 2014 SKY 2014 SAX 2014 TSV 2014 TFR 2014 UHC 2014 Stages Stage 1 18 February 2014 — As Suwayq Castle to Naseem Garden, 164.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-1.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 21 February 2014 Stage 1 https://web.archive.org/web/20140301000848/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-1.html 1 March 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 4h 03' 31" 2 Leigh Howard AUS OGE 2014 s.t. 3 Nicola Ruffoni ITA COG 2014 s.t. 4 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 5 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 s.t. 6 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2014 s.t. 7 Barry Markus NED BEL 2014 s.t. 8 Steve Chainel FRA ALM 2014 s.t. 9 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 s.t. 10 Borut Božič SLO AST 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px20px LTB 2014 4h 03' 21" 2 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2014 + 4" 3 Nicola Ruffoni ITA COG 2014 + 6" 4 Preben Van Hecke BEL TSV 2014 + 6" 5 Niki Terpstra NED OPQ 2014 + 7" 6 Nicola Boem ITA COG 2014 + 7" 7 Stijn Devolder BEL TFR 2014 + 9" 8 Alessandro Bazzana ITA UHC 2014 + 9" 9 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 + 10" 10 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 10" Stage 2 19 February 2014 — Al Bustan to Quriyat, 139 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-2.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 22 February 2014 Stage 2 https://web.archive.org/web/20140228234317/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-2.html 28 February 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 3h 12' 01" 2 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2014 s.t. 3 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 s.t. 4 Robert Förster GER UHC 2014 s.t. 5 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 6 Nicola Ruffoni ITA COG 2014 s.t. 7 Pieter Vanspeybrouck BEL TSV 2014 s.t. 8 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2014 s.t. 9 Matteo Trentin ITA OPQ 2014 s.t. 10 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 Leigh Howard AUS 20px20px20px OGE 2014 7h 15' 20" 2 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 + 2" 3 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 + 2" 4 Preben Van Hecke BEL TSV 2014 + 2" 5 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 8" 6 Nicola Ruffoni ITA COG 2014 + 8" 7 Paolo Colonna ITA COG 2014 + 8" 8 Nicola Boem ITA COG 2014 + 9" 9 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 11" 10 Stijn Devolder BEL TFR 2014 + 11" Stage 3 20 February 2014 — BankMuscat to Al Bustan, 145 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-3.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 22 February 2014 Stage 3 https://web.archive.org/web/20140301124455/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-3.html 1 March 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER LTB 2014 3h 29' 08" 2 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 s.t. 3 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 4 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 s.t. 5 Marco Canola ITA COG 2014 s.t. 6 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 s.t. 7 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2014 s.t. 8 Zak Dempster AUS TNE 2014 s.t. 9 Matteo Trentin ITA OPQ 2014 s.t. 10 Enrico Battaglin ITA COG 2014 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px20px LTB 2014 10h 44' 20" 2 Leigh Howard AUS 20px OGE 2014 + 8" 3 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 + 10" 4 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 + 14" 5 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 + 16" 6 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2014 + 16" 7 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 19" 8 Alessandro Bazzana ITA UHC 2014 + 19" 9 Ben Swift GBR SKY 2014 + 20" 10 Daniele Bennati ITA SAX 2014 + 20" Stage 4 21 February 2014 — Wadi Al Abiyad to Ministry of Housing, 173 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-4.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 22 February 2014 Stage 4 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302024449/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-4.html 2 March 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 4h 02' 20" 2 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 s.t. 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA AST 2014 + 2" 4 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 + 2" 5 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 2" 6 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 2" 7 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2014 + 2" 8 Zdeněk Štybar CZE OPQ 2014 + 2" 9 Thomas Löfkvist SWE IAM 2014 + 2" 10 Moreno Moser ITA CAN 2014 + 2"General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px20px CAN 2014 14h 46' 44" 2 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 10" 3 Vincenzo Nibali ITA AST 2014 + 14" 4 Tony Gallopin FRA LTB 2014 + 17" 5 Daryl Impey RSA OGE 2014 + 18" 6 Francesco Gavazzi ITA AST 2014 + 18" 7 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 18" 8 Chris Froome GBR SKY 2014 + 18" 9 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 18" 10 Robert Gesink NED BEL 2014 + 18" Stage 5 22 February 2014 — Bidbid to Jabal al Akhdar, 147.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-5.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 22 February 2014 Stage 5 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302192639/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-5.html 2 March 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Froome GBR SKY 2014 3h 49' 53" 2 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 22" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 33" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2014 + 38" 5 Robert Gesink NED BEL 2014 + 47" 6 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 51" 7 Arnold Jeannesson FRA FDJ 2014 + 56" 8 Romain Bardet FRA ALM 2014 + 59" 9 Sergio Henao COL SKY 2014 + 1' 09" 10 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 1' 15"General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Froome GBR 20px SKY 2014 18h 36' 45" 2 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 26" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 31" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2014 + 48" 5 Robert Gesink NED BEL 2014 + 57" 6 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 1' 01" 7 Sergio Henao COL SKY 2014 + 1' 19" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 1' 25" 9 Johann Tschopp SUI IAM 2014 + 1' 32" 10 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 1' 34" Stage 6 23 February 2014 — As Sifah to Matrah Corniche, 146.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-6.html Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation 22 February 2014 Stage 6 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302024454/http://www.letour.fr/tour-of-oman/2014/us/stage-6.html 2 March 2014 dead dmy-all Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px LTB 2014 3h 25' 41" 2 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2014 s.t. 3 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2014 s.t. 4 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2014 s.t. 5 Michael Mørkøv DEN SAX 2014 s.t. 6 Filippo Fortin ITA COG 2014 s.t. 7 Matteo Trentin ITA OPQ 2014 s.t. 8 Jens Keukeleire BEL OGE 2014 s.t. 9 Borut Božič SLO AST 2014 s.t. 10 Peter Sagan SVK CAN 2014 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 Chris Froome GBR 20px SKY 2014 22h 02' 26" 2 Tejay van Garderen USA BMC 2014 + 26" 3 Rigoberto Urán COL OPQ 2014 + 31" 4 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2014 + 48" 5 Robert Gesink NED BEL 2014 + 57" 6 Domenico Pozzovivo ITA ALM 2014 + 1' 01" 7 Sergio Henao COL SKY 2014 + 1' 19" 8 Roman Kreuziger CZE SAX 2014 + 1' 25" 9 Johann Tschopp SUI IAM 2014 + 1' 32" 10 Daniel Moreno ESP KAT 2014 + 1' 34" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Combative classificationTeams classification 1 André Greipel André Greipel André Greipel Leigh Howard Preben Van Hecke TSV 2014 2 Alexander Kristoff Leigh Howard Leigh Howard 3 André Greipel André Greipel André Greipel OPQ 2014 4 Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Jelle Wallays OGE 2014 5 Chris Froome Chris Froome Romain Bardet Preben Van Hecke SKY 2014 6 André Greipel Final Chris Froome André Greipel Romain Bardet Preben Van Hecke SKY 2014 References 2 External links http://www.tourofoman.om 2014 Category:2014 in men's road cycling Category:2014 in Omani sport Category:February 2014 sports events in Asia Category:February 2014 in Oman