2012 Tour of Oman

2012 Tour of Oman 14–19 February 6 875 km 21h 32' 02" Peter Velits Slovakia OPQ 2012 red Vincenzo Nibali Italy LIQ 2012 Tony Gallopin France RNT 2012 Peter Sagan Slovakia LIQ 2012 green Tony Gallopin France RNT 2012 white RNT 2012 2011 2013 The 2012 Tour of Oman was the third edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 14 to 19 February 2012, in Oman. The race was won by Slovakia's Peter Velits,http://www1.skysports.com/cycling/news/15264/7531572/Velits-claims-Oman-title 19 February 2012 19 February 2012 Sky Sports BSkyB Velits claims Oman title of the OPQ 2012 team, taking the race lead on the penultimate day and holding it to the finish. Velits' winning margin over runner-up Vincenzo Nibali (LIQ 2012) – winner of the race's queen stage to Jabal al Akhdar – was just one second,http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/19022012/58/velits-wraps-victory-tour-oman.html 19 February 2012 19 February 2012 Yahoo! Eurosport TF1 Group Velits wraps up victory in Tour of Oman after Nibali tried to gain bonus seconds at one of the final day's intermediate sprints but could not gain time. The final place on the podium went to RNT 2012's Tony Gallopin, sixteen seconds behind Nibali and 17 seconds down on Velits.http://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2012/stage-6/results Peter Velits wins 2012 Tour of Oman 19 February 2012 19 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited In the race's other classifications, Peter Sagan of LIQ 2012 won the points classification on the final stage, Gallopin won the white jersey for the youth classification with his third place overall in the general classification, BMC 2012's Klaas Lodewyck won the combative classification for the race's intermediate sprints, and RNT 2012 yes finished at the head of the teams classification. Teams Sixteen teams competed in the 2012 Tour of Oman. These included eleven UCI ProTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams, and two Continental teams. The teams participating in the race were:http://www.cyclingnews.com/news/16-teams-named-for-tour-of-oman 16 teams named for Tour of Oman 24 January 2012 15 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited 22em BMC 2012 BGT 2012 CHA 2012 FAR 2012 FDJ 2012 GRM 2012a RTS Racing Team GEC 2012a KAT 2012 LIQ 2012 LOT 2012 OPQ 2012 RAB 2012 RNT 2012 SUN 2012a SKY 2012 Stages Stage 1 14 February 2012 – Al Alam Palace to Wadi Al Huwqayn, 159 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2012/stage-1 Sue George Stage 1 Preview 13 February 2012 15 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Stage 1 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER LOT 2012 3h 26' 09" 2 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2012 s.t. 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a s.t. 4 Marcel Kittel GER SUN 2012a s.t. 5 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 s.t. 6 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 7 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 8 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 9 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 s.t. 10 Matthew Goss AUS GEC 2012a s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 CyclistTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Red jersey20px|Green jersey LOT 2012 3h 25' 59" 2 Denis Galimzyanov RUS 20px|White jersey KAT 2012 + 4" 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a + 6" 4 Alexandre Lemair FRA 20px|Polka dot jersey BGT 2012 + 8" 5 Mikhail Ignatiev RUS KAT 2012 + 9" 6 Marcel Kittel GER SUN 2012a + 10" 7 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 + 10" 8 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 + 10" 9 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2012 + 10" 10 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 + 10" Stage 2 15 February 2012 – Sur to Wadi Dhaiqah, 140.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/200/etape_par_etape.html Sur to Wadi Dayqah Dam 15 February 2012 Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20120217031054/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/200/etape_par_etape.html 17 February 2012 dead dmy-all Stage 2 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 3h 10' 44" 2 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a s.t. 3 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 s.t. 4 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 s.t. 5 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a s.t. 6 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 7 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2012 s.t. 8 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 s.t. 9 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 4" 10 André Greipel GER 20px|Red jersey LTB 2012 + 4"General Classification after Stage 2 CyclistTeamTime 1 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|Red jersey20px|Green jersey20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 6h 36' 43" 2 André Greipel GER LTB 2012 + 4" 3 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a + 7" 4 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 9" 5 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 + 10" 6 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 10" 7 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2012 + 10" 8 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 13" 9 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 13" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 17" Stage 3 16 February 2012 – Al Awabi to BankMuscat, 144.5 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2012/stage-3 Sue George Stage 3 Preview 13 February 2012 15 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Stage 3 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER SUN 2012a 3h 23' 00" 2 André Greipel GER LTB 2012 s.t. 3 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 4 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a s.t. 5 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|Red jersey LIQ 2012 s.t. 6 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 s.t. 7 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 8 Mark Cavendish GBR SKY 2012 s.t. 9 Graeme Brown AUS RAB 2012 s.t. 10 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 CyclistTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Red jersey20px|Green jersey LTB 2012 9h 59' 41" 2 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 + 2" 3 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 + 8" 4 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a + 9" 5 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 11" 6 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 12" 7 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2012 + 12" 8 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 15" 9 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 15" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 19" Stage 4 17 February 2012 – Bidbid to Al Wadi al Kabir, 142.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/400/etape_par_etape.html Bidbid (Nafa'a) to Al Wadi al Kabir 15 February 2012 Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003243/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/400/etape_par_etape.html 19 February 2012 dead dmy-all Stage 4 Result RiderTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Red jersey LTB 2012 3h 37' 02" 2 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 s.t. 3 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 s.t. 4 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 5 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2012 s.t. 6 Martin Kohler SUI BMC 2012 s.t. 7 Pierpaolo De Negri ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 8 Sylvain Chavanel FRA OPQ 2012 s.t. 9 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a s.t. 10 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 CyclistTeamTime 1 André Greipel GER 20px|Red jersey20px|Green jersey LTB 2012 13h 36' 33" 2 Peter Sagan SVK 20px|White jersey LIQ 2012 + 6" 3 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 + 18" 4 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 18" 5 Baden Cooke AUS GEC 2012a + 19" 6 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 21" 7 Christopher Sutton AUS SKY 2012 + 22" 8 Jakob Fuglsang DEN RNT 2012 + 25" 9 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 25" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 29" Stage 5 18 February 2012 – Royal Opera House Muscat to Jabal al Akhdar, 158 km 1 onhttp://www.cyclingnews.com/races/tour-of-oman-2012/stage-5 Sue George Stage 5 Preview 13 February 2012 15 February 2012 Cycling News Future Publishing Limited Stage 5 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 4h 43' 47" 2 Peter Velits SVK OPQ 2012 + 10" 3 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2012 + 25" 4 Arnold Jeannesson FRA FDJ 2012 + 30" 5 Tony Gallopin FRA RNT 2012 + 37" 6 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 47" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 55" 8 Thomas Lebas FRA BGT 2012 + 57" 9 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 1' 01" 10 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 1' 02"General Classification after Stage 5 CyclistTeamTime 1 Peter Velits SVK 20px|Red jersey OPQ 2012 18h 20' 58" 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 1" 3 Tony Gallopin FRA 20px|White jersey RNT 2012 + 17" 4 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2012 + 21" 5 Arnold Jeannesson FRA FDJ 2012 + 30" 6 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 30" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 47" 8 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 49" 9 Thomas Lebas FRA BGT 2012 + 50" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 52" Stage 6 19 February 2012 – Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche, 130.5 km 1 onhttp://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/600/etape_par_etape.html Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche 15 February 2012 Tour of Oman Amaury Sport Organisation https://web.archive.org/web/20121202111119/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/600/etape_par_etape.html 2 December 2012 dead dmy-all Stage 6 Result RiderTeamTime 1 Marcel Kittel GER SUN 2012a 3h 11' 04" 2 Peter Sagan SVK LIQ 2012 s.t. 3 Tyler Farrar USA GRM 2012a s.t. 4 Denis Galimzyanov RUS KAT 2012 s.t. 5 Nacer Bouhanni FRA FDJ 2012 s.t. 6 Daniel Oss ITA LIQ 2012 s.t. 7 Alexander Kristoff NOR KAT 2012 s.t. 8 Tom Boonen BEL OPQ 2012 s.t. 9 Andrea Guardini ITA FAR 2012 s.t. 10 Vladimir Gusev RUS KAT 2012 s.t.Final General Classification CyclistTeamTime 1 Peter Velits SVK 20px|Red jersey OPQ 2012 21h 32' 02" 2 Vincenzo Nibali ITA LIQ 2012 + 1" 3 Tony Gallopin FRA 20px|White jersey RNT 2012 + 17" 4 Sandy Casar FRA FDJ 2012 + 21" 5 Arnold Jeannesson FRA FDJ 2012 + 30" 6 Tom-Jelte Slagter NED RAB 2012 + 30" 7 Joaquim Rodríguez ESP KAT 2012 + 47" 8 Ramūnas Navardauskas LTU GRM 2012a + 49" 9 Thomas Lebas FRA BGT 2012 + 50" 10 Fabian Cancellara SUI RNT 2012 + 52" Classification leadership Stage WinnerGeneral Classification25px|link=|alt=Points Classification25px|link=|alt=Young Rider Classification25px|link=|alt=Combative Cyclist Classification25px|link=|alt=Teams Classification 1 André Greipel André Greipel André Greipel Denis Galimzyanov Alexandre Lemair LIQ 2012 2 Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Peter Sagan Klaas Lodewyck RNT 2012 3 Marcel Kittel André Greipel André Greipel Alexandre Lemair 4 André Greipel Klaas Lodewyck 5 Vincenzo Nibali Peter Velits Tony Gallopin 6 Marcel Kittel Peter Sagan Final Peter Velits Peter Sagan Tony Gallopin Klaas Lodewyck RNT 2012 References External links http://www.tourofoman.om/ 2012 Category:2012 in road cycling Category:2012 in Omani sport