The Tour of Oman is an annual professional road bicycle racing stage race held in Oman since 2010, as part of the UCI Asia Tour through 2019 and on the UCI ProSeries since 2022. It was scheduled to become part of the new UCI ProSeries in 2020, but both the 2020 and 2021 editions were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Tour of Oman
Race details
DateFebruary
RegionOman
DisciplineRoad
CompetitionUCI ProSeries
TypeStage race
OrganiserAmaury Sport Organisation
Race directorEddy Merckx[1]
Web sitewww.tour-of-oman.com Edit this at Wikidata
History
First edition2010 (2010)
Editions13 (as of 2024)
First winner Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Most wins Chris Froome (GBR)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)

(2 wins each)
Most recent Adam Yates (GBR)
Tour of Oman banner on a lighting pole in Nakhl, Oman on February 21, 2014

History

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Classified as a 2.HC (as of 2012), the race is organized by the Amaury Sport Organisation, and was held for the first time between 14 and 19 February 2010.[2] The race is a men's competition consisting of six stages and contains mainly flat stages, with some hillier parts.

During the race, the leader of the General Classification wears a red jersey, the leader of sprinter's points classification is denoted by a green jersey and best young rider by white. The race does not contain a mountains jersey. The most aggressive rider wears a white jersey with green and red polka-dots.

The inaugural edition of the race in 2010, consisted of 6 stages, beginning with a 16-lap criterium in Muscat Corniche and ending with an 18.6 km time trial, also in Muscat.[3] Fabian Cancellara won this event after coming second in the final time trial to Edvald Boasson Hagen.[4]

Past winners

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General classification

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Year Country Rider Team
2010    Switzerland Fabian Cancellara Team Saxo Bank
2011   Netherlands Robert Gesink Rabobank
2012   Slovakia Peter Velits Omega Pharma–Quick-Step
2013   Great Britain Chris Froome Team Sky
2014   Great Britain Chris Froome Team Sky
2015   Spain Rafael Valls Lampre–Merida
2016   Italy Vincenzo Nibali Astana
2017   Belgium Ben Hermans BMC Racing Team
2018   Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko Astana
2019   Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko Astana
2020 No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said[5]
2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Czech Republic Jan Hirt Intermarché–Wanty–Gobert Matériaux
2023   United States Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team
2024   Great Britain Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates

Wins per country

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Wins Country
3   Great Britain
2   Kazakhstan
1   Belgium
  Czech Republic
  Italy
  Netherlands
  Slovakia
  Spain
  Switzerland
  United States

Points classification

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Year Country Rider Team
2010   Norway Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky
2011   Norway Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky
2012   Slovakia Peter Sagan Liquigas–Cannondale
2013   Great Britain Chris Froome Team Sky
2014   Germany André Greipel Lotto–Belisol
2015   Italy Andrea Guardini Astana
2016   Norway Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Dimension Data
2017   Norway Alexander Kristoff Team Katusha–Alpecin
2018   Australia Nathan Haas Team Katusha–Alpecin
2019   Kazakhstan Alexey Lutsenko Astana
2020 No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said
2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Colombia Fernando Gaviria UAE Team Emirates
2023   United States Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team
2024   New Zealand Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates

Young rider classification

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Year Country Rider Team
2010   Norway Edvald Boasson Hagen Team Sky
2011   Netherlands Robert Gesink Rabobank
2012   France Tony Gallopin RadioShack–Nissan
2013   France Kenny Elissonde FDJ
2014   France Romain Bardet Ag2r–La Mondiale
2015   South Africa Louis Meintjes MTN–Qhubeka
2016   Australia Brendan Canty Drapac Professional Cycling
2017   Eritrea Merhawi Kudus Team Dimension Data
2018   Colombia Miguel Ángel López Astana
2019   France Élie Gesbert Arkéa–Samsic
2020 No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said
2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Denmark Anthon Charmig Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
2023   United States Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team
2024   New Zealand Finn Fisher-Black UAE Team Emirates

Active rider classification

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Year Country Rider Team
2010   Latvia Gatis Smukulis Ag2r–La Mondiale
2011   Slovenia Marko Kump Geox–TMC
2012   Belgium Klaas Lodewyck BMC Racing Team
2013   Netherlands Bobbie Traksel Champion System
2014   Belgium Preben Van Hecke Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2015   Belgium Jef Van Meirhaeghe Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2016   South Africa Jacques Janse van Rensburg Team Dimension Data
2017   Belgium Aimé De Gendt Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2018   France Loïc Chetout Cofidis
2019   Belgium Preben Van Hecke Sport Vlaanderen–Baloise
2020 No race due to a national mourning period following the death of Sultan Qaboos bin Said
2021 No race due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022   Spain Peio Goikoetxea Euskaltel–Euskadi
2023   Norway Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Pro Cycling Team
2024   Spain Óscar Pelegrí Burgos BH

Team classification

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Year Based Team
2010   Team HTC–Columbia
2011   Leopard Trek
2012   RadioShack–Nissan
2013   BMC Racing Team
2014   Team Sky
2015   BMC Racing Team
2016   Team Dimension Data
2017   Team Dimension Data
2018   Astana
2019   Astana
2020–2021 No race
2022   Arkéa–Samsic
2023   Bora–Hansgrohe
2024   UAE Team Emirates

Classifications

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As of the 2022 edition, the jerseys worn by the leaders of the individual classifications are:

  •   Red Jersey – Worn by the leader of the general classification.
  •   Green Jersey – Worn by the leader of the points classification.
  •   Gold Jersey – Worn by the most active rider.
  •   White Jersey – Worn by the best rider under 23 years of age on the overall classification.

References

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  1. ^ "Riders and teams praise solidarity at Tour of Oman". 21 February 2015.
  2. ^ Abt, Simon "Tour of Oman Bicycle Race Will Give Riders a Gradual Start to Season" New York Times 2010-01-14
  3. ^ Farrand, Stephen "Inaugural Tour of Oman favours time trialists" http://cyclingnews.com 2010-01-28
  4. ^ Turner, Jonathan "Boasson Hagen lands finale" Sky Sports 2010-02-19
  5. ^ Fletcher, Patrick (22 January 2020). "ASO confirms cancellation of 2020 Tour of Oman". CyclingNews. Retrieved 15 February 2022.
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