2010 Tour of Oman

14–19 February 6 687.1 km 16h 02' 52" Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2010 red Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2010 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 green Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 white THR 2010 2011 The 2010 Tour of Oman was the first edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour, and held from 14 February to 19 February 2010, in Oman. The race was won by Fabian Cancellara of SAX 2010. Teams Sixteen teams competed. These included ten UCI ProTour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams, and one Continental team. Each team entered a squad of eight riders, giving the Tour a peloton of 128 riders. The teams that participated in the race were:Stephen Farrand https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/classics-stars-pack-qatar-and-oman-start-lists Classics stars pack Qatar and Oman start lists 2010-01-28 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 2010-02-12 22em ALM 2010 BMC 2010 CTT 2010 GRM 2010 LIQ 2010 OLO 2010 QST 2010 SAU 2010 THR 2010 KAT 2010 MRM 2010 SAX 2010 SKY 2010 Trek-Livestrong U23 TSV 2010 VAC 2010 Stages Stage 1 14 February 2010 – Muscat Corniche, 61 km 1 on The Frenchman Jimmy Casper outsprinted the peloton. The first stage was a night time stage along a 16 lap course in Muscat Corniche. This night racing made the first couple of laps cautious because the riders had to race without headlights and did not want to risk an accident.http://walshworld.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/casper-unends-sky-to-win-stage-one-in-tour-of-oman-abdul-was-right/ Twisted Spoke 2010-02-14 Walshworld 2010-02-14 https://web.archive.org/web/20100222021650/http://walshworld.wordpress.com/2010/02/14/casper-unends-sky-to-win-stage-one-in-tour-of-oman-abdul-was-right/ 22 February 2010 live Stage 1 resultshttp://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html Tour of Oman https://web.archive.org/web/20100211223806/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/100/classement/index.html 11 February 2010 Tour of Oman - 2010 dead 12 May 2013 dmy-all CyclistTeamTime 1 Jimmy Casper FRA Saur-Sojasun 1h 22' 12" 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 st. 3 Kenny Dehaes BEL OLO 2010 st. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 st. 5 Francesco Chicchi ITA LIQ 2010 st. 6 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2010 st. 7 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 st. 8 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 st. 9 Andreas Stauff GER QST 2010 st. 10 Lucas Sebastian Haedo ARG SAX 2010 st. General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 Jimmy Casper FRA20px|Red jersey 20px|Green jersey Saur-Sojasun 1h 22' 12" 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR20px|White jersey SKY 2010 + 4" 3 Kenny Dehaes BEL OLO 2010 + 6" 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 +10" 5 Francesco Chicchi ITA LIQ 2010 +10" 6 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2010 +10" 7 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 +10" 8 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 +10" 9 Andreas Stauff GER QST 2010 +10" 10 Lucas Sebastian Haedo ARG SAX 2010 +10" Stage 2 15 February 2010 – Nizwa to Samail, 148.5 km 1 on Daniele Bennati won the stage in a sprint finish. It was his first victory since February 28, 2009. He outsprinted American sprinter Tyler Farrar and Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen to get the victory. He dedicated the race to Franco Ballerini, an Italian cyclist who died February 7, 2010.Al Fresco http://www.bikeworldnews.com/index.php/2010/02/15/2010-tour-oman-stage-2-results/ 2010 Tour of Oman: Stage 2 Results 2010-02-15 Bike World News 2010-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100226014310/http://www.bikeworldnews.com/index.php/2010/02/15/2010-tour-oman-stage-2-results/ 26 February 2010 live In the Tour of Qatar Daniele Bennati helped out his teammate Francesco Chicchi but this race was the reverse. With no one making a move with 300m to go, Bennati jumped and had enough speed to hold off the other sprinters. He credited his teammates Francesco Chicchi and Daniel Oss for giving him a great lead out.July 2025 This victory put Bennati in a comfortable 3rd position overall with the same time as the leader. The three riders tied for first were (in order) Hagen, Casper, and Bennati.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-2/results Bennati beats Farrar and Boasson Hagen in Samail 2010-02-15 Cycling News 2010-02-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20100217042501/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-2/results 17 February 2010 live Stage 2 resultshttp://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/200/classement/index.html Tour of Oman https://web.archive.org/web/20100211020032/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/200/classement/index.html 11 February 2010 Tour of Oman - 2010 dead 12 May 2013 dmy-all CyclistTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 3h 33' 03" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 st. 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 st. 4 Matti Breschel DEN SAX 2010 st. 5 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 st. 6 Andreas Klier GER CTT 2010 st. 7 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2010 st. 8 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 st. 9 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2010 st. 10 Jimmy Casper FRA Saur-Sojasun st. General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR20px|Red jersey 20px|Green jersey 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 4h 55' 15" 2 Jimmy Casper FRA Saur-Sojasun st. 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 st. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 + 4" 5 Kenny Dehaes BEL OLO 2010 + 6" 6 Kristof Vandewalle BEL20px|Vandewalle was awarded the polkadot jersey as the most aggressive cyclist for this stage TSV 2010 + 6" 7 Ben Gastauer NED ALM 2010 + 7" 8 Alex Dowsett GBR Trek Livestrong U23 + 8" 9 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 + 10" 10 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 + 10" Stage 3 16 February 2010 – Saifat Ash Shiekh to Qurayyat, 124 km 1 on SKY 2010's Hagen confirmed that he was the big favourite to win the first edition of the Tour of Oman by winning Tuesday's third stage to Qurayyat and extending his overall lead. The 22-year-old Norwegian got a perfect leadout from his teammates, responded to a late surge by the GRM 2010 team and then accelerated to the line to win with his arms waving in celebration. KAT 2010's Danilo Napolitano was 2nd and Tyler Farrar was 3rd. The 10 second time bonus won in the stage put him 10 seconds ahead of Tyler Farrar. who was in 2nd place.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-3/results Boasson Hagen cruises to Oman win 2010-02-16 Cycling News 2010-02-16 https://web.archive.org/web/20100218090852/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-3/results 18 February 2010 live Stage 3 resultshttp://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html Tour of Oman https://web.archive.org/web/20100211033149/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/300/classement/index.html 11 February 2010 Tour of Oman - 2010 dead 12 May 2013 dmy-all CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 3h 05' 49" 2 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 st. 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 st. 4 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 st. 5 Stuart O'Grady AUS SAX 2010 st. 6 Lloyd Mondory FRA ALM 2010 st. 7 Peter Wrolich AUT MRM 2010 st. 8 Romain Feillu FRA VAC 2010 st. 9 Klaas Lodewijck BEL TSV 2010 st. 10 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 st. General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR20px|Red jersey 20px|Green jersey 20px|White jersey SKY 2010 8h 00' 54" 2 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 + 10" 3 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 + 10" 4 Danilo Napolitano ITA KAT 2010 + 14" 5 Gatis Smukulis LAT OLO 2010 + 15" 6 Lieuwe Westra NED20px|Westra was awarded the polkadot jersey as the most aggressive cyclist for this stage VAC 2010 + 16" 7 Kristof Vandewalle BEL TSV 2010 + 16" 8 Ben Gastauer LUX ALM 2010 + 17" 9 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 + 20" 10 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2010 + 20" Stage 4 17 February 2010 – Ibri to Nakhal, 187 km 1 on The Tour of Oman exploded during the toughest stage of the race on Wednesday as SKY 2010 and the rest of the peloton swapped below the belt punches during the race and then accusations on unfair play after the finish. Australia's Leigh Howard won the stage with a fine sprint on the slightly uphill finish. SKY 2010 riders let a six-rider break gain almost seven minutes in the first hour and then were angry when no other teams were willing to help them chase the break. Several riders claimed that the SKY 2010 riders vented their anger on the peloton by blasting through the feed zone and then put the peloton in the gutter by riding a half-road echelon when the wind changed direction. That especially angered CTT 2010, who retaliated by splitting the race when Hagen stopped to urinate 55 km from the finish. Because he was race leader, Hagen had perhaps thought the peloton would wait for him, but in the heat of battle, nobody did and 41 riders group quickly formed an echelon and accelerated up the road. Hagen never caught up to the peloton and as a result finished 1'05" behind Leigh Howard in 34th position.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-4/results Neo-pro Howard takes first pro victory 2010-02-17 Cycling News 2010-02-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20100219233138/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-4/results 19 February 2010 live Stage 4 resultshttp://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/400/classement/index.html Tour of Oman https://web.archive.org/web/20100211033224/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/400/classement/index.html 11 February 2010 Tour of Oman - 2010 dead 12 May 2013 dmy-all CyclistTeamTime 1 Leigh Howard AUS THR 2010 4h 11' 31" 2 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 st. 3 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 st. 4 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2010 st. 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 st. 6 Stijn Vandenbergh BEL KAT 2010 st. 7 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2010 st. 8 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2010 st. 9 Michael Schär SWI BMC 2010 st. 10 Robert Hunter RSA GRM 2010 st. General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA20px|Red jersey SKY 2010 12h 12' 29" 2 Tyler Farrar USA20px|Green jersey GRM 2010 + 6" 3 Gatis Smukulis LAT20px|white jersey 20px|Westra was awarded the polkadot jersey as the most aggressive cyclist for this stage ALM 2010 + 6" 4 Leigh Howard AUS THR 2010 + 6" 5 Nikolay Trusov RUS KAT 2010 + 11" 6 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 + 12" 7 Cyril Lemoine FRA Saur-Sojasun + 14" 8 Bernhard Eisel AUT THR 2010 + 16" 9 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2010 + 16" 10 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2010 + 16" Stage 5 18 February 2010 – Wattayat to Sultan Qaboos Stadium, 146 km 1 on QST 2010's Tom Boonen took his third win in 11 days of racing in the Gulf, winning a hectic sprint at the end of stage five of the Tour of Oman. Boonen won two stages in the Tour of Qatar and seemed back to his very best. Boonen got an excellent leadout from his teammates and then dug deep to find an extra bit of speed to beat SAX 2010's Juan Jose Haedo. The win put Boonen 2 seconds behind the overall leader Bennati. After five days of racing, 26 riders were within 16 seconds in the overall standings and so Friday's 18.5 km time trial decided the winner.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-5/results Boonen finally wins in Oman 2010-02-18 Cycling News 2010-02-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20100324120606/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-5/results 24 March 2010 live Stage 5 resultshttp://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/500/classement/index.html Tour of Oman https://web.archive.org/web/20100217174326/http://www.letour.fr/2010/TOO/LIVE/us/500/classement/index.html 17 February 2010 Tour of Oman - 2010 dead 12 May 2013 dmy-all CyclistTeamTime 1 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 3h 23' 52" 2 Juan Jose Haedo ARG SAX 2010 st. 3 Michael Van Staeyen BEL TSV 2010 st. 4 Baden Cooke AUS SAX 2010 st. 5 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2010 st. 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 st. 7 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 st. 8 Roger Kluge GER MRM 2010 st. 9 Dominique Rollin CAN CTT 2010 st. 10 Klaas Lodewyck BEL TSV 2010 st. General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Daniele Bennati ITA20px|Red jersey LIQ 2010 15h 36' 21" 2 Tom Boonen BEL QST 2010 + 2" 3 Tyler Farrar USA20px|Green jersey GRM 2010 + 6" 4 Gatis Smukulis LAT20px|white jersey 20px|Westra was awarded the polkadot jersey as the most aggressive cyclist for this stage ALM 2010 + 6" 5 Leigh Howard AUS THR 2010 + 6" 6 Juan Jose Haedo ARG SAX 2010 + 10"7 Nikolay Trusov RUS KAT 2010 + 11" 8 Cyril Lemoine FRA Saur-Sojasun + 14" 9 Roger Hammond GBR CTT 2010 + 16" 10 Sébastien Hinault FRA ALM 2010 + 16" Stage 6 19 February 2010 – Al Jissah to Muscat Corniche, 18.6 km 1 on (ITT) Hagen of SKY 2010 won the 6th and final stage in the Tour of Oman, but time trialist Fabian Cancellara placed 2nd on the stage (17 seconds behind Edvald Boasson Hagen) which gave him the overall victory. The win made Hagen the youth classifications winner, as well as the green jersey for the overall points winner. Hagen hit speeds of almost 100 km/h 100 km/h on on the fast downhill section following the second climb and swept up the riders in front of him throughout his ride. Cancellara revealed he would not race again until the Eroica in Tuscany in early March. His winter training was disrupted by illness in January but he afterward he was satisfied that he was back on schedule. He was still some way from the Cancellara who could dominate Milan–San Remo, Paris–Roubaix, but he used his time trialing skills to come out on top. Cancellera was satisfied with his victory but admitted he was hurting very much and that there was a lot of room for improvement for the big races later in the season.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-6/results Boasson Hagen blasts to time trial win 2010-02-19 Cycling News https://web.archive.org/web/20100323222132/http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/1st-tour-of-oman-2-1/stage-6/results 23 March 2010 live 12 May 2013 Stage 6 results CyclistTeamTime 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR SKY 2010 25' 28" 2 Fabian Cancellara SUI SAX 2010 + 17" 3 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2010 + 45" 4 Marco Pinotti ITA THR 2010 + 48" 5 Artem Ovechkin RUS KAT 2010 + 1' 01" 6 Niki Terpstra NED MRM 2010 + 1' 11" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL SIL 2010 + 1' 19" 8 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2010 st. 9 Geraint Thomas GBR SKY 2010 + 1' 20" 10 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 st. Final General Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Fabian Cancellara SUI20px|Red jersey SAX 2010 16h 02' 52" 2 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR20px|Green jersey 20px|white jersey SKY 2010 + 28" 3 Cameron Meyer AUS GRM 2010 st. 4 Marco Pinotti ITA THR 2010 + 31" 5 Daniele Bennati ITA LIQ 2010 + 47" 6 Niki Terpstra NED MRM 2010 + 54"7 Marcus Burghardt GER BMC 2010 + 1' 02" 8 Martin Velits SVK THR 2010 + 1' 07" 9 Jurgen Van De Walle BEL QST 2010 + 1' 12" 10 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2010 + 1' 13" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Rider Classification25px|link=|alt=Aggressive Cyclist Classification25px|link=|alt=Teams Classification 1 Jimmy Casper Jimmy Casper Jimmy Casper Edvald Boasson Hagen Marco Pinotti Saur-Sojasun 2 Daniele Bennati Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Kristof Vandewalle SAX 2010 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Gatis Smukulis GRM 2010 4 Leigh Howard Daniele Bennati Tyler Farrar Gatis Smukulis 5 Tom Boonen SAX 2010 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen Fabian Cancellara Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen THR 2010 Final Fabian Cancellara Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Gatis Smukulis THR 2010 For Stage 2, Kenny De Haes wore the green jersey. For Stages 3 and 4, Tyler Farrar wore the green jersey, and Kristof Vandewalle wore the white jersey. For Stage 5, Leigh Howard wore the white jersey. References 30em External links https://www.tourofoman.om/ 2010 Category:2010 in road cycling Category:2010 in Omani sport