2017 Tour of Oman

Eighteen teams were invited to take part in the race. These included nine UCI WorldTeams and nine UCI Professional Continental teams.[5]

The route for the race was announced on 27 January 2017.[6]

Stage schedule

Stage	Date	Route	Distance	Type		Winner
1	14 February	Al Sawadi Beach to Naseem Park	173 km (107 mi)		Flat stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
2	15 February	Nakhal to Al Bustan	142 km (88 mi)		Hilly stage	Ben Hermans (BEL)
3	16 February	Sultan Qaboos University to Quriyat	162 km (101 mi)		Hilly stage	Søren Kragh Andersen (DNK)
4	17 February	Yiti to Ministry of Tourism	118 km (73 mi)		Hilly stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)
5	18 February	Samail to Jabal Al Akhdhar	152.5 km (95 mi)		Medium-mountain stage	Ben Hermans (BEL)
6	19 February	The Wave Muscat to Matrah Corniche	130.5 km (81 mi)		Flat stage	Alexander Kristoff (NOR)

There were five principal classifications in the 2017 Tour of Oman.

The first and most important was the general classification; the winner of this was considered the overall winner of the race. It was calculated by adding together each rider's times on each stage, then applying bonuses. Bonuses were awarded for coming in the top three on a stage (10 seconds for the winner, 6 seconds for the second placed rider and 4 seconds for the rider in third) or at intermediate sprints (3 seconds, 2 seconds and 1 second for the top three riders). The rider in the lead of the general classification wore a red jersey.[23]

The second competition was the points classification, calculated by awarding points for the top 10 riders at the finish of each stage (15 points to the winner down to 1 point for the rider in tenth place) and to the top three at intermediate sprints (3 points, 2 points and 1 point). The rider with the highest points total was the leader of the classification and wore a green jersey.[23] The young rider classification was open to those born on or after 1 January 1992. The young rider ranked highest in the general classification was the leader of the young rider classification and wore a white jersey.[23]

The combativity classification was based on points won at intermediate sprints and classified climbs along the route. Points were awarded to the top three riders across each sprint or climb (3 points, 2 points and 1 point). The rider with the most accumulated points was the leader of the classification and wore a white jersey with red and green polka dots.[23] The final competition was the team classification. On each stage, each team was awarded a time based on the cumulative time of its top three riders; the times for each stage were then added together and the team with the lowest total time was the leader of the team classification.[23]

Classification leadership by stage

Stage	Winner	General classification	Points classification	Young rider classification	Combativity classification	Team classification
1[24]	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff	Alexander Kristoff	Aimé De Gendt	Aimé De Gendt	UAE Abu Dhabi
2[25]	Ben Hermans	Ben Hermans		Merhawi Kudus	Mark Christian	Team Dimension Data
3[26]	Søren Kragh Andersen		Ben Hermans
4[27]	Alexander Kristoff		Alexander Kristoff		Stefan Denifl
5[28]	Ben Hermans		Ben Hermans		Mark Christian
6[4]	Alexander Kristoff		Alexander Kristoff		Aimé De Gendt
Final[4]		Ben Hermans	Alexander Kristoff	Merhawi Kudus	Aimé De Gendt	Team Dimension Data

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