Andrea Guardini vince la prima tappa del Tour of Oman. Alle sua spalle Boonen e Pelucchi. Sacha Modolo 9°
La prima tappa del Tour of Oman, sesta edizione della corsa a tape che chiude il trittico medio orientale, vede la prima vittoria stagionale di Andrea Guardini. Subito in fuga un quartetto: Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Patrick Konrad (Bora-Argon 18), Johann Van Zyl (MTN Qhubeka) e Simone Andreetta (Bardiani-CSF). Van Zyl ha poi lasciato la compagnia, guadagnando da solo fino a 2'15" sul gruppo tirato dagli uomini Katusha. È stato ripreso a 34 km dal termine. La volata ha visto Guardini prevalere su Boonen e Pelucchi. Quarto posto per Kristoff, seguito da Sinkeldam, Bouhanni, Sagan, Bennett, Modolo e Démare. Guardini è anche il primo leader della corsa. - © cicloweb.it
ORDINE D'ARRIVO
1 Andrea GUARDINI ASTANA PRO TEAM 3:45:38
2 Tom BOONEN ETIXX-QUICK STEP 0:00:00
3 Matteo PELUCCHI IAM CYCLING 0:00:00
4 Ramon SINKELDAM TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 0:00:00
5 Alexander KRISTOFF TEAM KATUSHA 0:00:00
6 Nacer BOUHANNI COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 0:00:00
7 Peter SAGAN TINKOFF-SAXO 0:00:00
8 Sam BENNETT BORA-ARGON 18 0:00:00
9 Sacha MODOLO LAMPRE - MERIDA 0:00:00
10 Arnaud DEMARE FDJ 0:00:00
11 Nikias ARNDT TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 0:00:00
12 Francisco VENTOSO MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:00
13 Gert STEEGMANS TREK FACTORY RACING 0:00:00
14 Christopher SUTTON TEAM SKY 0:00:00
15 Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 0:00:00
16 Mitchell DOCKER ORICA GREENEDGE 0:00:00
17 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN MTN-QHUBEKA 0:00:00
18 Jarl SALOMEIN TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 0:00:00
19 Adam BLYTHE ORICA GREENEDGE 0:00:00
20 Damiano CARUSO BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
21 Wouter POELS TEAM SKY 0:00:00
22 Jose Joaquin ROJAS MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:00
23 Danny VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 0:00:00
24 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
25 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 0:00:00
26 Vincenzo NIBALI ASTANA PRO TEAM 0:00:00
27 Peter VELITS BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
28 Christian KNEES TEAM SKY 0:00:00
29 Ben HERMANS BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
30 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:00
CLASSIFICA GENERALE
1 Andrea GUARDINI ASTANA PRO TEAM 3:45:28
2 Tom BOONEN ETIXX-QUICK STEP 0:00:04
3 Patrick KONRAD BORA-ARGON 18 0:00:05
4 Matteo PELUCCHI IAM CYCLING 0:00:06
5 Johann VAN ZYL MTN-QHUBEKA 0:00:07
6 Simone ANDREETTA BARDIANI CSF 0:00:09
7 Ramon SINKELDAM TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 0:00:10
8 Alexander KRISTOFF TEAM KATUSHA 0:00:10
9 Nacer BOUHANNI COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 0:00:10
10 Peter SAGAN TINKOFF-SAXO 0:00:10
11 Sam BENNETT BORA-ARGON 18 0:00:10
12 Sacha MODOLO LAMPRE - MERIDA 0:00:10
13 Arnaud DEMARE FDJ 0:00:10
14 Nikias ARNDT TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 0:00:10
15 Francisco VENTOSO MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:10
16 Gert STEEGMANS TREK FACTORY RACING 0:00:10
17 Christopher SUTTON TEAM SKY 0:00:10
18 Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 0:00:10
19 Mitchell DOCKER ORICA GREENEDGE 0:00:10
20 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN MTN-QHUBEKA 0:00:10
21 Jarl SALOMEIN TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 0:00:10
22 Adam BLYTHE ORICA GREENEDGE 0:00:10
23 Damiano CARUSO BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:10
24 Wouter POELS TEAM SKY 0:00:10
25 Jose Joaquin ROJAS MOVISTAR TEAM 0:00:10
26 Danny VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 0:00:10
27 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:10
28 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 0:00:10
29 Vincenzo NIBALI ASTANA PRO TEAM 0:00:10
30 Peter VELITS BMC RACING TEAM 0:00:10