La primera etapa del Tour de Omán, que se disputa desde el martes 13 hasta el domingo 18 de febrero, ha cumplido con el guión previsto. Fuga inicial, control del pelotón y llegada al sprint. El vencedor y, por tanto, el primer líder de la prueba es el francés Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept).
La jornada se ha disputado entre Sultan y Qaboos University. El terreno, predominantemente llano, no ofrecía grandes dificultades a lo largo de los 162,5 kilómetros. La fuga del día, habitual en estos casos, ha estado compuesta por cuatro corredores: Pierre Luc Perichon (Fortuneo – Samsic), Brian Van Goethem (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij), Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) y Maxime Farazijn (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise).
El pelotón jugó siempre al gato y al ratón con los escapados. La renta estuvo en todo momento bajo control y en los kilómetros finales procedieron al arreón necesario para que todo se resolviera en un sprint masivo, puesto que no hay que olvidar que el Tour de Omán ha conseguido reunir a muchos de los mejores velocistas del mundo: Alexander Kristoff (Emiratos Arabes), Nacer Bouhanni (Cofidis), Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), Adam Blythe (Aqua Blue) o Jean Pierre Drucker (BMC).
Pero finalmente fue el francés Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) el más rápido al superar en la llegada a Mark Cavendish y a Giacomo Nizzolo. El francés Bouhanni ha sido cuarto. Coquard sumaba hasta ahora tres segundos puestos y un tercero en Sharjah Tour y Etoile de Besseges, sus dos primeros competiciones en el año 2018.
1ª etapa:
1 COQUARD Bryan FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB 3:58:41
2 CAVENDISH Mark GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
3 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
4 BOUHANNI Nacer FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +00
5 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER TEAM SUNWEB +00
6 BLYTHE Adam GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
7 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES +00
8 WELTEN Bram NED TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
9 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
10 VALLEE Boris BEL WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
11 YSSAAD Yannis FRA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +00
12 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav RUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
13 PLANCKAERT Baptiste BEL TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
14 GERTS Floris NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
15 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre LUX BMC RACING TEAM +00
16 WIPPERT Wouter NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
17 DELTOMBE Kevin BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
18 YOUNG Eric USA RALLY CYCLING +00
19 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
20 HAAS Nathan AUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
21 BOZIC Borut SLO BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
22 CAPIOT Amaury BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
23 JAKOBSEN Fabio NED QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
24 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
25 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose ESP BMC RACING TEAM +00
26 ANTONINI Simone ITA WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
27 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
28 PIBERNIK Luka SLO BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
29 DAVIES Scott GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
30 MARTINELLI Davide ITA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
31 FENN Andrew GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
32 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES +00
33 ARANBURU DEBA Alex ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +00
34 KUDUS Merhawi ERI TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
35 OIEN Justin USA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +00
36 BERHANE Natnael ERI TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
37 POLITT Nils GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
38 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
39 REINDERS Elmar NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
40 EIKING Odd Christian NOR WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
41 DEVENYNS Dries BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
42 DLAMINI Nicholas RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
43 MCNULTY Brandon USA RALLY CYCLING +00
44 REIJNEN Kiel USA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
45 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
46 ROCHE Nicolas IRL BMC RACING TEAM +00
47 HIRT Jan CZE ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
48 FELLINE Fabio ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
49 DOUBEY Fabien FRA WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
50 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
51 BOARO Manuele ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
52 MARCATO Marco ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +00
53 KANGERT Tanel EST ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
54 LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad NOR TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
55 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques Willem RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
56 MCNALLY Mark GBR WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
57 HERRADA Jesus ESP COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +00
58 THEUNS Edward BEL TEAM SUNWEB +00
59 DE GENDT Aime BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
60 FARAZIJN Maxime BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
61 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
62 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
63 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP ASTANA PRO TEAM +00
64 LIGTHART Pim NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
65 DECLERCQ Tim BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
66 KREDER Wesley NED WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
67 PATE Danny USA RALLY CYCLING +00
68 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
69 DECLERCQ Benjamin BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
70 BERNARD Julien FRA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
71 DOUGALL Nicolas RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +00
72 CRAS Steff BEL TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
73 WARLOP Jordi BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +00
74 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL BMC RACING TEAM +00
75 IRIZAR ARAMBURU Markel ESP TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
76 VAN LERBERGHE Bert BEL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +00
77 MEURISSE Xandro BEL WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +00
78 CAPECCHI Eros ITA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
79 BETTIOL Alberto ITA BMC RACING TEAM +00
80 CAVAGNA Rémi FRA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
81 PERICHON Pierre Luc FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
82 GARCIA NAVARRO Daniel ESP +00
83 NIBALI Antonio ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
84 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BEL BMC RACING TEAM +00
85 TERPSTRA Niki NED QUICK – STEP FLOORS +00
86 WEENING Pieter NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
87 EDET Nicolas FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +00
88 PEARSON Daniel GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
89 SCHULTZ Nicholas Jack William AUS +00
90 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +00
91 SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel DEN TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
92 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES +00
93 GERARD Arnaud FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
94 SCHÄR Michael SUI BMC RACING TEAM +00
95 CHRISTIAN Mark GBR +00
96 CELANO Danilo ITA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +00
97 DANIEL Maxime FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +00
98 CONCI Nicola ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +00
99 PEDERSEN Casper DEN AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
100 VAN GOETHEM Brian NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +00
101 IRISARRI RINCON Jon ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +00
102 BOSWELL Ian USA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +00
103 ĐURASEK Kristijan CRO UAE TEAM EMIRATES +00
104 DUNNE Conor IRL AQUA BLUE SPORT +00
105 FERRARI Roberto ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +14
106 MANZIN Lorrenzo FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +17
107 BOECKMANS Kris BEL VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +17
108 CURVERS Roy NED TEAM SUNWEB +21
109 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN TEAM SUNWEB +21
110 TROIA Oliviero ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +23
111 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER TEAM SUNWEB +26
112 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED TEAM SUNWEB +26
113 REZA Kevin FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +30
114 MAGNER Tyler USA RALLY CYCLING +37
115 VACHON Florian FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +54
116 LE BON Johan FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +57
117 MORICE Julien FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +57
118 CHETOUT Loic FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +59
119 LEMOINE Cyril FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +59
120 DE BACKER Bert BEL VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +01:05
121 FERRARI BARCELO Fabricio URU CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +01:09
122 HUFF Charles Bradley USA RALLY CYCLING +01:31
123 DE VOS Adam CAN RALLY CYCLING +01:48
124 TUSVELD Martijn NED TEAM SUNWEB +01:55
125 STALNOV Nikita KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM +01:55
126 CARPENTER Robin USA RALLY CYCLING +03:04
General:
1 COQUARD Bryan FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB 3:58:31
2 CAVENDISH Mark GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA +04
3 PERICHON Pierre Luc FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +04
4 NIZZOLO Giacomo ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +06
5 FARAZIJN Maxime BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +08
6 VAN GOETHEM Brian NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +08
7 DUNNE Conor IRL AQUA BLUE SPORT +08
8 BOUHANNI Nacer FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +10
9 WALSCHEID Maximilian Richard GER TEAM SUNWEB +10
10 BLYTHE Adam GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +10
11 KRISTOFF Alexander NOR UAE TEAM EMIRATES +10
12 WELTEN Bram NED TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +10
13 NIELSEN Magnus Cort DEN ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
14 VALLEE Boris BEL WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
15 YSSAAD Yannis FRA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +10
16 KUZNETSOV Viacheslav RUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
17 PLANCKAERT Baptiste BEL TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
18 GERTS Floris NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
19 DRUCKER Jean-Pierre LUX BMC RACING TEAM +10
20 WIPPERT Wouter NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
21 DELTOMBE Kevin BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
22 YOUNG Eric USA RALLY CYCLING +10
23 VAN ROOY Kenneth BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
24 HAAS Nathan AUS TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
25 BOZIC Borut SLO BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
26 CAPIOT Amaury BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
27 JAKOBSEN Fabio NED QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
28 ARCHBOLD Shane NZL AQUA BLUE SPORT +10
29 VENTOSO ALBERDI Francisco Jose ESP BMC RACING TEAM +10
30 ANTONINI Simone ITA WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
31 NIBALI Vincenzo ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
32 PIBERNIK Luka SLO BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
33 DAVIES Scott GBR TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
34 MARTINELLI Davide ITA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
35 FENN Andrew GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +10
36 FARIA DA COSTA Rui Alberto POR UAE TEAM EMIRATES +10
37 ARANBURU DEBA Alex ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +10
38 KUDUS Merhawi ERI TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
39 OIEN Justin USA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +10
40 BERHANE Natnael ERI TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
41 POLITT Nils GER TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
42 HOLLENSTEIN Reto SUI TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
43 REINDERS Elmar NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
44 EIKING Odd Christian NOR WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
45 DEVENYNS Dries BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
46 DLAMINI Nicholas RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
47 MCNULTY Brandon USA RALLY CYCLING +10
48 REIJNEN Kiel USA TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
49 LOPEZ MORENO Miguel Angel COL ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
50 ROCHE Nicolas IRL BMC RACING TEAM +10
51 HIRT Jan CZE ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
52 FELLINE Fabio ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
53 DOUBEY Fabien FRA WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
54 VAN GINNEKEN Sjoerd NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
55 BOARO Manuele ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
56 MARCATO Marco ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +10
57 KANGERT Tanel EST ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
58 LUNKE Sindre Skjøstad NOR TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +10
59 JANSE VAN RENSBURG Jacques Willem RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
60 MCNALLY Mark GBR WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
61 HERRADA Jesus ESP COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +10
62 THEUNS Edward BEL TEAM SUNWEB +10
63 DE GENDT Aime BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
64 STETINA Peter USA TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
65 LUTSENKO Alexey KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
66 FRAILE MATARRANZ Omar ESP ASTANA PRO TEAM +10
67 LIGTHART Pim NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
68 DECLERCQ Tim BEL QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
69 KREDER Wesley NED WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
70 PATE Danny USA RALLY CYCLING +10
71 IZAGIRRE INSAUSTI Gorka ESP BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
72 DECLERCQ Benjamin BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
73 BERNARD Julien FRA TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
74 DOUGALL Nicolas RSA TEAM DIMENSION DATA +10
75 CRAS Steff BEL TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
76 WARLOP Jordi BEL SPORT VLAANDEREN – BALOISE +10
77 VAN AVERMAET Greg BEL BMC RACING TEAM +10
78 IRIZAR ARAMBURU Markel ESP TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
79 VAN LERBERGHE Bert BEL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +10
80 MEURISSE Xandro BEL WANTY – GROUPE GOBERT +10
81 CAPECCHI Eros ITA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
82 BETTIOL Alberto ITA BMC RACING TEAM +10
83 CAVAGNA Rémi FRA QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
84 GARCIA NAVARRO Daniel ESP +10
85 NIBALI Antonio ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
86 VAN HOOYDONCK Nathan BEL BMC RACING TEAM +10
87 TERPSTRA Niki NED QUICK – STEP FLOORS +10
88 WEENING Pieter NED ROOMPOT – NEDERLANDSE LOTERIJ +10
89 EDET Nicolas FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +10
90 PEARSON Daniel GBR AQUA BLUE SPORT +10
91 SCHULTZ Nicholas Jack William AUS +10
92 VISCONTI Giovanni ITA BAHRAIN – MERIDA +10
93 SVENDGAARD Michael Carbel DEN TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +10
94 NIEMIEC Przemyslaw POL UAE TEAM EMIRATES +10
95 GERARD Arnaud FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +10
96 SCHÄR Michael SUI BMC RACING TEAM +10
97 CHRISTIAN Mark GBR +10
98 CELANO Danilo ITA CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +10
99 DANIEL Maxime FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +10
100 CONCI Nicola ITA TREK – SEGAFREDO +10
101 PEDERSEN Casper DEN AQUA BLUE SPORT +10
102 IRISARRI RINCON Jon ESP CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +10
103 BOSWELL Ian USA TEAM KATUSHA ALPECIN +10
104 ĐURASEK Kristijan CRO UAE TEAM EMIRATES +10
105 FERRARI Roberto ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +24
106 MANZIN Lorrenzo FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +27
107 BOECKMANS Kris BEL VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +27
108 CURVERS Roy NED TEAM SUNWEB +31
109 KRAGH ANDERSEN Søren DEN TEAM SUNWEB +31
110 TROIA Oliviero ITA UAE TEAM EMIRATES +33
111 FRÖHLINGER Johannes GER TEAM SUNWEB +36
112 STAMSNIJDER Tom NED TEAM SUNWEB +36
113 REZA Kevin FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +40
114 MAGNER Tyler USA RALLY CYCLING +47
115 VACHON Florian FRA TEAM FORTUNEO – SAMSIC +01:04
116 LE BON Johan FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +01:07
117 MORICE Julien FRA VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +01:07
118 CHETOUT Loic FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +01:09
119 LEMOINE Cyril FRA COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS +01:09
120 DE BACKER Bert BEL VITAL CONCEPT CYCLING CLUB +01:15
121 FERRARI BARCELO Fabricio URU CAJA RURAL – SEGUROS RGA +01:19
122 HUFF Charles Bradley USA RALLY CYCLING +01:41
123 DE VOS Adam CAN RALLY CYCLING +01:58
124 TUSVELD Martijn NED TEAM SUNWEB +02:05
125 STALNOV Nikita KAZ ASTANA PRO TEAM +02:05
126 CARPENTER Robin USA RALLY CYCLING +03:14