Tour of Oman

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
History
First edition2010 (2010)
Editions12 (as of 2023)
First winner Fabian Cancellara (SUI)
Most wins Chris Froome (GBR)
 Alexey Lutsenko (KAZ)
(2 wins each)
Most recent Matteo Jorgenson (USA)
Tour of Oman banner on a lighting pole in Nakhl, Oman on February 21, 2014

History

The race is 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. The race 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
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

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

Points classification
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

Young rider classification
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

Aggressive rider classification
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

Team classification
YearBasedTeam
2010United StatesTeam HTC–Columbia
2011LuxembourgLeopard Trek
2012LuxembourgRadioShack–Nissan
2013United StatesBMC Racing Team
2014United KingdomTeam Sky
2015United StatesBMC Racing Team
2016South AfricaTeam Dimension Data
2017South AfricaTeam Dimension Data
2018KazakhstanAstana
2019KazakhstanAstana
2020–2021No race
2022FranceArkéa–Samsic
2023GermanyBora–Hansgrohe

Classifications

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
  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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