There were numerous breakaway attempts today, with an early break featuring yesterday’s escapee Greg Van Avermaet and Irishman Nicholas Roche caught before the first intermediate sprint. Another group of three formed with Michael Hepburn, Alessandro Bazzana and Christopher Juul Jenson getting away.
The trio were never let off the peloton’s leash however. The gap hovered at around a minute until Lotto-Belisol made the catch in the final kilometre to set up Greipel for this third stage win in this year’s Tour of Oman, finishing ahead of up and coming sprinters Nacer Bouhanni and Sam Bennett.
Tour of Oman 2014 results 6th stage
1. André Greipel (Germany)
2. Nacer Bouhanni (France) s.t.
3. Sam Bennett (Ireland) s.t.
4. Alexander Kristoff (Norway) s.t.
5. Michael Mørkøv (Denmark) s.t.
6. Filippo Fortin (Italy) s.t.
7. Matteo Trentin (Italy) s.t.
8. Jens Keukeleire (Belgium) s.t.
9. Borut Bozic (Slovenia) s.t.
10. Peter Sagan (Slovakia) s.t.
Final GC
1. Chris Froome (UK)
2. Tejay van Garderen (US) + 0.26
3. Rigoberto Uran (Colombia) + 0.31
4. Joaquim Rodríguez (Spain) + 0.48
5. Robert Gesink (The Netherlands) + 0.57
6. Domenico Pozzovivo (Italy) + 1.01
7. Sergio Henao (Colombia) + 1.19
8. Roman Kreuziger (Czech Republic) + 1.25
9. Johann Tschopp (Switzerland) + 1.32
10. Dani Moreno (Spain) + 1.34
Tour of Oman 2014 stage 5: Stage slideshow
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Tour of Oman 2014 stage 6: Images
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