2016 Tour of Qatar

the 2016 Ladies edition 2016 Ladies Tour of Qatar 2016 Tour of Qatar UCI Asia Tour 2016 02 8–2016 02 12 5 625 km 13h 47' 23" Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 gold Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 silver Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 white BMC 2016 2015 2017 The 2016 Tour of Qatar was a road cycling stage race that took place in Qatar between 8 and 12 February 2016. It was organised by the Amaury Sport Organisation (ASO), the organisers of the Tour de France and was rated as a 2.HC event as part of the 2016 UCI Asia Tour. It was the 15th edition of the Tour of QatarTour of Qatar - General Classification (preview) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164108&c=2 ProCyclingStats 7 February 2016 The race consisted of five stages. It began in Dukhan and ended in Doha. The Tour of Qatar puts unusual demands on riders: it has no significant climbs, but almost every stage is affected by strong crosswinds. These conditions make the race ideal preparation for the spring classics season, so many prominent classics riders were present. The champion of the 2015 Tour of Qatar was Niki Terpstra (EQS 2016), but his team was not invited to the event for disciplinary reasons. The race was won by Mark Cavendish (DDD 2016). This was his second victory, following the 2013 edition. He won Stage 1 and finished second on the second and fifth stages. Alexander Kristoff (KAT 2016) won three other stages, with Edvald Boasson Hagen (DDD 2016) winning the time trial but losing time to a puncture on the fourth stage. Teams Eighteen teams were invited to take part in the race. Eight of these were UCI WorldTeams; eight were UCI Professional Continental teams; two were UCI Continental teams.Tour of Qatar - General Classification http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164108&c=3 ProCyclingStats 7 February 2016 The WorldTeam EQS 2016, which had won eight of the previous ten editions, including the 2015 edition with Niki Terpstra, was not invited. Although Wilfried Peeters, a directeur sportif with the team, had suggested that the team had chosen not to take part for sporting reasons, it was suggested in the days before the race that the president of the Qatar Cycling Federation, Sheikh Khalid Bin Ali Al-Thani, had declined to invite the team because riders had failed to attend podium ceremonies promptly after winning stages in previous editions.Ryan Barry Etixx-QuickStep omitted from 2016 Tour of Qatar for disciplinary reasons https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/etixx-quickstep-omitted-from-2016-tour-of-qatar-for-disciplinary-reasons/ 7 February 2016 Cyclingnews.com Immediate Media Company 7 February 2016 2016 UCI WorldTeams KAT DDD TGA BMC AST TLJ ALM LAM 2016 UCI Professional Continental teams BOH FVC TSV WGG DPC ROO CCC UHC 2016 UCI Continental teams SKD SSG Route +Stage scheduleTour of Qatar — General Classification (stages) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164108&c=4 ProCyclingStats 7 February 2015 Stage Date Route Distance Type Winner 1 8 February Dukhan to Al Khor Corniche 176 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Mark Cavendish GBR 2 9 February Doha to Doha 135 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Alexander Kristoff NOR 3 10 February Lusail 11 km 0 on 22px|alt=|link= Individual time trial Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR 4 11 February Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal 189 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Alexander Kristoff NOR 5 12 February Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche 114 km 0 on 20px|alt=|link= Flat stage Alexander Kristoff NOR Stages Stage 1 8 February – Dukhan to Al Khor Corniche, 176 km 0 on Result of Stage 1Tour of Qatar - Stage 1 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164103 ProCyclingStats 8 February 2016 1 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 3h 28' 46" 2 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2016 + 0" 3 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2016 + 0" 4 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 0" 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 0" 6 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 0" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 0" 8 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 0" 9 Arnaud Gérard FRA FVC 2016 + 0" 10 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 0"General classification after Stage 1Tour of Qatar - Stage 1 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=166597&subs=&seo=_Stage_1_GC ProCyclingStats 8 February 2016 1 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 3h 28' 31" gold General classificationsilver Points classification 2 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2016 + 8" 3 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2016 + 11" 4 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 12" 5 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 13" 6 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 14" 7 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 15" 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 15" 9 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 15" 10 Arnaud Gérard FRA FVC 2016 + 15" Stage 2 9 February – Doha to Doha, 135 km 0 on Result of Stage 2Tour of Qatar - Stage 2 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=164104&subs=&seo=_Stage_2 ProCyclingStats 9 February 2016 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 3h 11' 26" 2 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 + 0" 3 Roy Jans BEL WGG 2016 + 0" 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 0" 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 0" 6 Andrea Palini ITA SKD 2016 + 0" 7 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2016 + 0" 8 André Looij NED ROO 2016 + 0" 9 Tomasz Kiendyś POL CCC 2016 + 0" 10 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 0"General classification after Stage 2Tour of Qatar - Stage 2 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=166602&subs=&seo=_Stage_2_GC ProCyclingStats 9 February 2016 1 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 6h 39' 51" gold General classificationsilver Points classification 2 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 5" 3 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2016 + 14" 4 Andrea Guardini ITA AST 2016 + 17" 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 18" 6 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 18" 7 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 20" 8 Arnaud Gérard FRA FVC 2016 + 21" 9 Sven Erik Bystrøm NOR KAT 2016 + 21" white Youth classification 10 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 21" Stage 3 10 February – Lusail, 11 km 0 on (ITT) Result of Stage 3 (ITT)Tour of Qatar - Stage 3 (ITT) (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=164105&subs=&seo=_Stage_3_ITT ProCyclingStats 10 February 2016 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 13' 26" 2 Jos van Emden NED BEL 2016 + 25" 3 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 29" 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 32" 5 Dmitriy Gruzdev KAZ AST 2016 + 40" 6 Lieuwe Westra NED AST 2016 + 43" 7 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 + 44" gold General classificationsilver Points classification 8 Jordan Kerby AUS Drapac + 44" 9 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 45" 10 Daniel Oss ITA BMC 2016 + 47"General classification after Stage 3 (ITT)Tour of Qatar - Stage 3 (ITT) (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=166611&subs=&seo=Tour_of_Qatar_2016_Stage_3_ITT_GC ProCyclingStats 10 February 2016 1 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 6h 53' 35" gold General classification 2 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 + 26" silver Points classification 3 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 32" 4 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 34" 5 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 45" 6 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 48" 7 Sven Erik Bystrøm NOR KAT 2016 + 1' 02" white Youth classification 8 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 1' 07" 9 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 1' 10" 10 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2016 + 1' 15" Stage 4 11 February – Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal, 189 km 0 on Result of Stage 4Tour of Qatar - Stage 4 (result) http://procyclingstats.com/race/Tour_of_Qatar_2016_Stage_4 ProCyclingStats 11 February 2016 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 3h 57' 12" 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 0" 3 Jacopo Guarnieri ITA KAT 2016 + 0" 4 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 0" 5 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 + 0" silver Points classification 6 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 0" 7 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 6" 8 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 8" 9 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2016 + 9" 10 Michael Mørkøv DEN KAT 2016 + 9"General classification after Stage 4Tour of Qatar - Stage 4 (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?t=r&id=166616&subs=&seo=Tour_of_Qatar_2016_Stage_4_GC ProCyclingStats 11 February 2016 1 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 10h 51' 13" gold General classification 2 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 2" 3 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 6" 4 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 9" silver Points classification 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 19" 6 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 30" 7 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 41" 8 Sven Erik Bystrøm NOR KAT 2016 + 49" white Youth classification 9 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 50" 10 Michael Schär SUI BMC 2016 + 58" Stage 5 Result of Stage 5Tour of Qatar - Stage 5 (result) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164107 ProCyclingStats 12 February 2016 1 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 2h 56' 16" silver Points classification 2 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 + 0" gold General classification 3 Roy Jans BEL WGG 2016 + 0" 4 Yauheni Hutarovich BLR FVC 2016 + 0" 5 Sacha Modolo ITA LAM 2016 + 0" 6 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 0" 7 Moreno Hofland NED BEL 2016 + 0" 8 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 0" 9 André Looij NED ROO 2016 + 0" 10 Marco Canola ITA UHC 2016 + 0"General classification after Stage 5Tour of Qatar - General Classification (GC) http://www.procyclingstats.com/race.php?id=164108 ProCyclingStats 12 February 2016 1 Mark Cavendish GBR DDD 2016 13h 47' 23" gold General classification 2 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2016 + 5" silver Points classification 3 Greg Van Avermaet BEL BMC 2016 + 8" 4 Manuel Quinziato ITA BMC 2016 + 12" 5 Edvald Boasson Hagen NOR DDD 2016 + 25" 6 Søren Kragh Andersen DEN TGA 2016 + 36" white Youth classification 7 Sam Bennett IRL TNE 2016 + 47" 8 Sven Erik Bystrøm NOR KAT 2016 + 55" 9 Vyacheslav Kuznetsov RUS KAT 2016 + 56" 10 Michael Schar SUI BMC 2016 + 1' 04" Classification leadership table Stage WinnerGeneral classification25px|link=|alt=Points classification25px|link=|alt=Young rider classification25px|link=|alt=Teams classification 1 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Søren Kragh Andersen BMC 2016 2 Alexander Kristoff Sven Erik Bystrøm KAT 2016 3 Edvald Boasson Hagen Edvald Boasson Hagen Søren Kragh Andersen BMC 2016 4 Alexander Kristoff Mark Cavendish Alexander Kristoff 5 Alexander Kristoff Final Mark Cavendish Alexander KristoffSøren Kragh Andersen BMC 2016 References External links Tour of Qatar 2016 Tour of Qatar