Qurayyat, Monday, February 18th 2019 – Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro Team) doubles up with a second stage victory in a row, after a spectacular day of racing on the way to Qurayyat. The Kazakh champ, who won the race overall last year, was extremely aggressive in the final 50 km, making the most of the wind to wear the peloton before claiming the stage win and the red jersey in the final climb. The Spanish puncheur Jesus Herrada (Cofidis, Solutions Crédits) came second, ahead of the Olympic champion Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Pro Team).
1 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 4:35:48
2 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:01
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team
4 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates
5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:04
6 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:00:06
7 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:11
8 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
9 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic
10 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data

GC:
1 Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro Team 11:37:37
2 Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credits 0:00:18
3 Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) CCC Team 0:00:20
4 Rui Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates 0:00:24
5 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida 0:00:27
6 Eliot Lietaer (Bel) Wallonie Bruxelles 0:00:29
7 Ryan Gibbons (RSA) Dimension Data 0:00:30
8 Elie Gesbert (Fra) Arkéa Samsic 0:00:34
9 Quentin Pacher (Fra) Vital Concept-B&B Hotel
10 Oliver Naesen (Bel) AG2R La Mondiale

Team Classification:
1 Team Dimension Data 34:56:21
2 Team Katusha Alpecin 0:00:08
3 AG2R La Mondiale 0:00:51
4 CCC Team 0:01:05
5 UAE Team Emirates 0:02:10