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LATEST NEWS: TOUR OF OMAN. THE FINALE
Road Bike Action and AFP
February 19, 2012
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Marcel Kittel at Speed in Oman. He won two stages for the new 1T4i team.
Photo: ASO/B.Bade
While Germany's Marcel Kittel won a sprint finish to take the honours in
the final stage ahead of Slovak Peter Sagan and American Tyler Farrar, it was Slovak rider Peter Velits of the Omega Pharma-Quick Step team who won the Tour of Oman cycling race after Sunday's sixth and final stage. Velits won the title ahead of Italy's Vincenzo Nibali and France's Tony Gallopin.
RESULTS: from the 130.5km sixth and final stage of the Tour of Oman here on Sunday:
Stage
1. Marcel Kittel (GER) Project 1t4i 3hr 11min 04sec, 2. Peter Sagan (SVK) same time, 3. Tyler Farrar (USA), 4. Denis Galimzyanov (RUS), 5. Nacer Bouhanni (FRA), 6. Daniel Oss (ITA), 7. Alexander Kristoff (NOR), 8. Tom Boonen (BEL), 9. Andrea Guardini (ITA), 10. Vladimir Gusev (RUS) all same time
Selected:
14. Mark Cavendish (GBR) s.t., 25. Peter Velits (SVK) s.t., 26. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) s.t.
Overall
1. Peter Velits (SVK) Omega Pharma 21hr 32min 02sec, 2. Vincenzo Nibali (ITA) at 1sec, 3. Tony Gallopin (FRA) 17, 4. Sandy Casar (FRA) 21, 5. Arnold Jeannesson (FRA) 30, 6. Tom Jelte Slagter (NED) 30, 7. Joachim Rodriguez (ESP) 47, 8. Ramunas Navardauskas (LTU) 49, 9. Thomas Lebas (FRA) 50, 10. Fabian Cancellara (SUI) 52
THE TEAM RELEASE
German sprinter Marcel Kittel won the sixth stage of the 2012 Tour of Oman on Sunday, finishing ahead of Slovakia's Peter Sagan and American Tyler Farrar. Kittel outsprinted again the world elite in Oman after notching the third stage earlier this week.
In the final Project 1t4i and Team Sky worked together to merge the field with three riders in the escape, Johan Vansummeren, Christian Vandevelde and Laurens ten Dam. The three had a 1’40”min maximum lead over the field but were caught in the last local circuit of seven in the final in Matrah Corniche. The lead-out of Project 1t4i and the earlier work done by Kittel’s team-mates was outstanding. Kittel outsprinted Farrar, Cavendish, Boonen, Greipel and Sagan who represent the highest calibre of sprinters in the world. The victory in Matrah Corniche was the third victory of Kittel this season.
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