1. Etappe: Bushar – Bimmah Sink Hole – 178 Km

1 OLAV KOOIJ 41 TEAM VISMA | LEASE A BIKE 04h 27′ 19“ – B : 10“ –
2 PAVEL BITTNER 62 TEAM PICNIC POSTNL 04h 27′ 19“ – B : 6“ –
3 ERLEND BLIKRA 121 UNO-X MOBILITY 04h 27′ 19“ – B : 4“ –
4 ANDREA D’AMATO 153 JCL TEAM UKYO 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
5 RICK PLUIMERS 113 TUDOR PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
6 FERNANDO GAVIRIA 75 MOVISTAR TEAM 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
7 ANTHONY TURGIS 91 TOTALENERGIES 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
8 EMILIEN JEANNIERE 94 TOTALENERGIES 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
9 LUCA GIAIMI 2 UAE TEAM EMIRATES – XRG 04h 27′ 19“ – – –
10 GIACOMO NIZZOLO 107 Q36.5 PRO CYCLING TEAM 04h 27′ 19“

Decked in their black-and-yellow livery, the Visma | Lease a Bike armada went at full sail to put their captain, Olav Kooij, on a boarding plank to victory on the boulevard hugging the coast of the Sea of Oman. Not one to disappoint his crewmates, the 23-year-old Dutchman snatched the booty at Bimmah Sink Hole, outfencing Pavel Bittner (Picnic PostNL) and Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) in a bunch sprint to claim the opening stage of the fourteenth Tour of Oman and pull on the inaugural red jersey.

The 2024 Giro d’Italia stage winner lived up to his status as the man to beat on Saturday. This is his first triumph of the season, his maiden win in Oman —where he is racing for the first time— and his 37th career victory. Five men broke away as soon as the flag dropped and added some excitement to the 177.7-kilometre opener. The blistering sun and the mostly unfavourable winds prevented their advantage from increasing much beyond five minutes. The last two survivors of the breakaway, Rodrigo Álvarez (Burgos-Burpellet BH) and the leader of the combativity standings, Kane Richards (Roojai Insurance) were caught with 25 kilometres to go, not long after David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) took third place and a bonus second at the second intermediate sprint.

2.Etappe | 203 km Al Rustaq Fort -> Yitti Hills

1 Vervaeke Louis Soudal Quick-Step 20 04:45:06
2 Paret-Peintre Valentin Soudal Quick-Step 15 + 02
3 Flynn Sean Team Picnic PostNL 10 + 02
4 Engelhardt Felix Team Jayco-AlUla 5 + 02
5 Brenner Marco Tudor Pro Cycling Team 3 + 02
6 Mulubrhan Henok XDS Astana Team + 02
7 Cras Steff Team TotalEnergies + 02
8 Yates Adam UAE Team Emirates + 02
9 Rondel Mathys Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02
10 Gaudu David Groupama-FDJ + 02
11 Fancellu Alessandro JCL Team Ukyo + 02
12 Ulissi Diego XDS Astana Team + 02
13 Howson Damien Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02
14 Warbasse Lawrence Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02
15 Delgado David Burgos Burpellet BH

From the first few pedal strokes at Al Rustaq Fort, which provided the scenic backdrop to the start, the peloton had to play whack-a-mole with a horde of breakaway specialists undaunted by the 203 kilometres of stage 2 —the longest of the Tour of Oman.
The five men in the early breakaway pushed their advantage to five minutes at the foot of Bousher Al Amerat, where the going got tough. Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step) and Mikel Azparren (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) managed to bridge the gap near the halfway point.
The Belgian and the Spaniard soon upped the pace with Magnus Kulset (Uno-X Mobility) in tow. Although the new three-man lead group still enjoyed a five-minute buffer going into the last 30 kilometres, it melted to just over a minute with 10 kilometres to go, when Vervaeke went for broke. The 31-year-old puncheur, a reliable domestique ever since he turned neo-pro, grabbed his maiden pro win at the end of a performance full of panache and suspense, crossing the finish line with just two seconds to spare over the peloton in a crash-marred finale. Vervaeke triumphed atop the Yitti Hills, beating his teammate Valentin Paret-Peintre and Sean Flynn (Picnic PostNL) and vaulting into the overall lead.

3. Etappe: Fanja – Eastern Mountain – 181 Km

1 Gaudu David Groupama-FDJ 20 04:16:10
2 Yates Adam UAE Team Emirates-XRG 15 + 01
3 Howson Damien Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 10 + 05
4 Paret-Peintre Valentin Soudal Quick-Step 5 + 13
5 Brenner Marco Tudor Pro Cycling Team 3 + 13
6 Uijtdebroeks Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 16
7 Harper Chris Team Jayco-AlUla + 16
8 Ulissi Diego XDS Astana Team + 23
9 Guerreiro Ruben Movistar Team + 23
10 Poels Wout XDS Astana Team + 23
11 Svestad-Bårdseng Embret ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 28
12 Zeray Nahom JCL Team Ukyo + 33
13 Dalby Simon Uno-X Mobility + 35
14 Vermaerke Kevin Team Picnic PostNL + 35
15 Majka Rafal UAE Team Emirates-XRG

The fourteenth edition of the Tour of Oman tackled the first of its two summit finishes in Monday’s 180.8-kilometre stage 3. Legs tingling in anticipation of their first real test of the season, the climbers went head to head on Eastern Mountain (1,016 masl), under the gaze of Jabal Sham, the highest peak in the Sultanate (3,018 masl). David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ) proved strongest in the long-awaited duel that pitted him against the reigning champion, Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates – XRG). After firing off multiple attacks within the last few hundred metres of the final ascent (4.8 km at 8.5%), the Breton outsprinted the British rider by 1 second, with Damien Howson (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) third at five seconds. Gaudu opened his account for the season and wrested the leader’s red jersey from Louis Vervaeke (Soudal Quick-Step), who was dropped with three kilometres to go after going into the red for his teammate Valentin Paret-Peintre, fourth at 13 seconds. Gaudu has 6 seconds in hand over Yates and 12 over Howson going into the last two stages.

4. Etappe: Oman Across Ages Museum – Oman Convention and Exhibition Center – 182 Km

1 Kooij Olav Team Visma | Lease a Bike 20 04:31:35
2 Nizzolo Giacomo Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team 15 + 00
3 Aular Orluis Movistar Team 10 + 00
4 Blikra Erlend Uno-X Mobility 5 + 00
5 Kanter Max XDS Astana Team 3 + 00
6 Bittner Pavel Team Picnic PostNL + 00
7 Jeannière Emilien Team TotalEnergies + 00
8 García Cortina Iván Movistar Team + 00
9 Capiot Amaury ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 00
10 Vermeersch Florian UAE Team Emirates

In the wake of the first summit finish, the pancake-flat course of stage 4 of the Tour of Oman was a gift-wrapped opportunity for the sprinters, who did not let it go to waste. After completing a winding run through ochre-hued mountains and catching the last survivor of the three-man breakaway —Kongphob Thimachai (Roojai Insurance)— 13 kilometres from the line, the fast men revved up for a drag race to the finish line outside the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Muscat. Olav Kooij (Team Visma | Lease a Bike) was once again the speediest of the lot, charging to his second victory in the race three days after bagging stage 1 in another bunch sprint. The Dutchman outgunned Giacomo Nizzolo (Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team) and Orluis Aular (Movistar Team), at the top of the false flat in the final kilometre. David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) held on to the red jersey, still with 6 seconds to spare over Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG) on the eve of the finale, where the race will come to a head on Green Mountain.

5. Etappe: Imty – Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain) – 139 Km

1 Paret-Peintre Valentin Soudal Quick-Step 20 03:13:15
2 Yates Adam UAE Team Emirates-XRG 15 + 02
3 Gaudu David Groupama-FDJ 10 + 45
4 Svestad-Bårdseng Embret ARKEA-B&B HOTELS 5 + 51
5 Uijtdebroeks Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike 3 + 51
6 Poels Wout XDS Astana Team + 51
7 Howson Damien Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 57
8 Harper Chris Team Jayco-AlUla + 57
9 Vine Jay UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 01:15
10 Brenner Marco Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01:15
11 Dalby Simon Uno-X Mobility + 01:21
12 Zeray Nahom JCL Team Ukyo + 01:30
13 Badilatti Matteo Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01:34
14 Guerreiro Ruben Movistar Team + 01:36
15 Aparicio Mario Burgos Burpellet BH

Endstand:

1 1 Yates Adam UAE Team Emirates-XRG 21:13:18
2 2 Paret-Peintre Valentin Soudal Quick-Step + 06
3 2 Gaudu David Groupama-FDJ + 39
4 1 Howson Damien Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 01:07
5 2 Uijtdebroeks Cian Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 01:16
6 Harper Chris Team Jayco-AlUla + 01:22
7 2 Poels Wout XDS Astana Team + 01:23
8 2 Svestad-Bårdseng Embret ARKEA-B&B HOTELS + 01:27
9 4 Brenner Marco Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 01:37
10 3 Dalby Simon Uno-X Mobility + 02:05
11 3 Guerreiro Ruben Movistar Team + 02:08
12 1 Zeray Nahom JCL Team Ukyo + 02:12
13 6 Badilatti Matteo Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02:26
14 1 Aparicio Mario Burgos Burpellet BH + 02:27
15 3 de la Cruz David Q36.5 Pro Cycling Tea

The fourteenth Tour of Oman came to a head today on the torturous slopes of Jebel Akhdar (5.7 km at 10.5%), the iconic climb of the Tour of Oman, also known as Green Mountain. David Gaudu (Groupama–FDJ), who had earlier taken the stage win and the overall lead on Eastern Mountain, fought gallantly to defend his red jersey, but the Breton finally cracked when Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates XRG) upped the pace for the second time with 700 metres to go. The British rider finished stage 5 a couple of seconds behind the Frenchman Valentin Paret-Peintre, who opened his account with Soudal Quick-Step with a prestigious triumph on Green Mountain. This was enough to propel Yates to his second consecutive overall victory in the Tour of Oman. The man from Haute-Savoie took second place at 6 seconds, while Gaudu rounded out the final podium at 39.