Tour of Oman 2011
| Tour of Oman 2011 | |
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| Host country |
 Oman
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| Competition period | 15-20 February |
| Stages | 6 stages |
| overall length | 848 km |
| Starting field | 127 drivers in 16 teams (124 of them arrived at the finish) |
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| Overall rating | 1. Robert Gesink 20:24:36 h 2. Edvald Boasson Hagen + 01:13 min 3. Giovanni Visconti + 01:19 min  
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| Team evaluation |
 Leopard Trek 61:21:34 h
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| Scoring jerseys | |
 Overall rating
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Robert Gesink
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 Scoring
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Edvald Boasson Hagen
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 Young talent evaluation
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Robert Gesink
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Most combative driver
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 Marko Kump
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| ← 2010 | 2012 → |
The second Tour of Oman (dt. Oman Tour ) was a cycling stage race in Oman , which took place from 15 to 20 February 2011.. It was held in six stages over a total distance of 848 kilometers. The race was part of the UCI Asia Tour 2011 and classified there in category 2.1.
The Dutchman Robert Gesink from Rabobank secured the overall victory with a one-minute lead over the Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen ( Sky ProCycling ) and Giovanni Visconti , Italian from Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli .
Attendees
A total of ten ProTeams were invited by the Amaury Sport Organization . Six Professional Continental Teams also took part. All participating teams had already taken part in the Qatar tour a few days earlier . Nine Germans, three Swiss and no Austrian were nominated.
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Stages and course of the race
The first three sections of the day passed without major topographical difficulties near the Gulf of Oman . Rabobank Cycling Team pro Theo Bos won the mass sprint of the first stage, while Matthew Goss ( HTC-Highroad ) won the second stage and wore the red jersey of the overall leader, before Bos hit back with another victory on the third day.
A preliminary decision about the overall victory was made on the fourth stage, which led inland up to the "Green Mountain", which was 5.8 kilometers long and an average of 10.3% steep. With a superior solo victory - the lead over the pursuer Edvald Boasson Hagen was 47 seconds - Robert Gesink secured the overall lead, which he was able to extend somewhat surprisingly with another day's victory in the individual time trial of Al Jissah , which also included two climbs. Mark Cavendish ( HTC Highroad ) secured the flat last section in the sprint .
| stage | Day | Start finish | Type | km | Stage winner | Overall rating |
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| 1. | February 15th | as Sawadi > Al Seeb |  |
158 |
Theo Bos
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Theo Bos
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| 2. | February 16 | The Wave, Muscat > Al Wutayya | |
139 |
 Matthew Goss
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Matthew Goss
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| 3. | February 17th | Sur > Sur | |
208 |
Theo Bos
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| 4th | February 18 | Sultan Qaboos University > Jabal al Akhdhar |  |
157 |
Robert Gesink
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Robert Gesink
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| 5. | 19th of February | Individual time trial Al Jissah |  |
18.5 |
Robert Gesink
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| 6th | 20. February | Qurayyat > Mattrah Seafront | |
157 |
 Mark Cavendish
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