Tour of Oman explained

Tour of Oman
Date:February
Region:Oman
Discipline:Road
Competition:UCI ProSeries
Type:Stage race
Organiser:Amaury Sport Organisation
Director:Eddy Merckx[1]
First:
Number:13 (as of 2024)
Mostwins:
(2 wins each)

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.

History

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

General classification

Wins per country

WinsCountry
3
2
1






Team classification

Year Based Team
2020–2021 No race

Classifications

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 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