Marcel Kittel outsprints André Greipel in Tour of Oman stage three
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Thursday, February 16, 2012

Marcel Kittel outsprints André Greipel in Tour of Oman stage three

by Ben Atkins at 8:11 AM EST   comments
Categories: Pro Cycling, Race Reports and Results, Tour of Oman
 
23-year-old wins the battle of the German sprinters team, but the Gorilla takes back the overall lead

marcel kittelMarcel Kittel (Project 1t4i) took his second victory of the season in the third stage of the Tour of Oman between Al Awabi (Al Alya) and Muscat Heights (Bank Muscat HQ). The 23-year-old German outpaced compatriot, and stage one winner, André Greipel (Lotto-Belisol) in the mass sprint at the end of the 144.5km, predominantly downhill stage; emerging French sprinter Nacer Bouhanni (FDJ-BigMat) was third.

The stage was characterised by a four-rider break, after Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha), Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini-Selle Italia), William Clarke (Champion System) and Alexandre Lemair (Bridgestone-Anchor) escaped the peloton in the opening kilometres. The quartet’s lead only reached a maximum of 3’45”, which they achieved after just 25km, but it took until the final 5km for them to be pulled back.

The lion’s share of the work to bring back the break was done by the Sky team of World champion Mark Cavendish, with the tantalising prospect of a duel with former teammate Greipel on the cards, but the Manxman found himself boxed in at the finish and could only manage eighth; his best finish of a disappointing race so far.

Time bonuses for second place mean that Greipel retakes the leader’s red jersey back from stage two winner Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale), who came in fifth.

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The peloton had raced just three kilometres when the four-man group escaped, and they were allowed to build a respectable lead over the peloton, as the course descended gently to the Omani coast. As it passed through A’Sahil after 25km, the quartet led by 3’45”; this was reduced to 3’15” as isaychev led over the first intermediate sprint at the Nakhal Fort after 42.5km, and had dropped to 2’45” as it passed through the 50km point at Tewayh.

It rose back up to 3’10” though, as the breakaway reached the stage’s second sprint, at the coast town of Barka after 83.5km.

As Team Sky moved forward, along with Omega Pharma-Quick Step, Garmin-Barracuda and many of the other sprinters’ teams, the deficit began to come down again. Through Salalah, after 90km, it was down to 2’55” and, 15km later – as the race entered the final 40km – it was down to 1’25” as Team Sky began to increase the pace.

With 20km to go though, the quartet still led by 1’10 as the peloton was careful not to catch them too soon.

Team Sky’s chase was disrupted a little by a puncture for Jeremy Hunt, but – with the help of some of the other teams – it was controlling the speed of the peloton, gradually reeling in the four-man break as they approached the outskirts of the Suntanate’s capital. With 5km to go though, they were still holding out against the might of the British team, but shortly afterwards it was all over and the race was heading for the almost inevitable sprint.

Narrowing roads, and three roundabouts in the final 5km disrupted the Team Sky rhythm as they approached the finish line, which allowed the other teams to bring their sprinters forward.

At the finish Cavendish found himself swamped as the others came forward, and it became a battle between the two Germans for the line. Stage one winner Greipel had looked almost unbeatable in the season so far, having taken five victories so far; Kittel had also been victorious already in 2012 though, starting where he left off in 2011 in the second stage of the Etoile de Besseges, and it was he that hit the line first.

Greipel had the consolation of the race leader however, as the race headed into the hills in the next two stages.
 

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Tour of Oman (2.1) Stage 3 Results: Al Awabi to Bank Muscat (144km)

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Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Marcel Kittel (1t4i) 03:23:00
ger GER 2 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
fra FRA 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
usa USA 4 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
svk SVK 5 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 6 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ita ITA 7 Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
gbr GBR 8 Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) s.t.
aus AUS 9 Graeme Brown (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ltu LTU 10 Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
rus RUS 11 Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha Team) s.t.
bel BEL 12 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
gbr GBR 13 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing) s.t.
ned NED 14 Koen De Kort (1t4i) s.t.
ned NED 15 Roy Curvers (1t4i) s.t.
bel BEL 16 Gorik Gardeyn (Champion System) s.t.
aus AUS 17 Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
usa USA 18 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) s.t.
aus AUS 19 Allan Davis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ned NED 21 Ramon Sinkeldam (1t4i) s.t.
bel BEL 22 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Arnold Jeannesson (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
fra FRA 24 David Boucher (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
fra FRA 25 Matthieu Ladagnous (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
rus RUS 26 Vladimir Gusev (Katusha Team) s.t.
jpn JPN 27 Hayato Yoshida (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
den DEN 28 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
ned NED 29 Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ukr UKR 30 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
sui SUI 31 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) s.t.
jpn JPN 32 Miyataka Shimizu (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
ita ITA 33 Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 34 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
fra FRA 35 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
svk SVK 36 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ita ITA 37 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 38 Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing) s.t.
aus AUS 39 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ned NED 40 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ita ITA 41 Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) s.t.
ned NED 42 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
sui SUI 43 Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
fra FRA 44 Tony Gallopin (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
ned NED 45 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 46 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
aus AUS 47 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) s.t.
sui SUI 48 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
den DEN 49 Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
sui SUI 50 Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing) s.t.
fra FRA 51 Thomas Lebas (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
ita ITA 52 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
nzl NZL 53 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
aus AUS 54 Baden Cooke (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
bel BEL 55 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
fra FRA 56 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
ita ITA 57 Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
esp ESP 58 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha Team) s.t.
lux LUX 59 Andy Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 60 Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
nor NOR 61 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha Team) s.t.
ger GER 62 Robert Wagner (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
bel BEL 63 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
ger GER 64 Rüdiger Selig (Katusha Team) s.t.
ita ITA 65 Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing) 00:00:08
rsa RSA 66 Robert Hunter (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
aus AUS 67 Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
cze CZE 68 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
blr BLR 69 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha Team) s.t.
sui SUI 70 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) s.t.
pol POL 71 Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ned NED 72 Joost Posthuma (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
irl IRL 73 David Mc Cann (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
fra FRA 74 Thomas Bonnin (1t4i) s.t.
ger GER 75 Matthias Friedemann (Champion System) s.t.
ita ITA 76 Christiano Benenati (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
ger GER 77 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
CHI 78 Pengda Jiao (Champion System) 00:00:26
nzl NZL 79 Clinton Avery (Champion System) s.t.
aus AUS 80 Adam Hansen (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
usa USA 81 Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ita ITA 82 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
aus AUS 83 Jai Crawford (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
jpn JPN 84 Kazuo Inoue (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
can CAN 85 Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
ita ITA 86 Pier Paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:00:30
gbr GBR 87 Alex Coutts (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
jpn JPN 88 Ryota Nishizono (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
ltu LTU 89 Aidis Kruopis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:00:32
ned NED 90 Tom Leezer (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
BRA 91 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:34
usa USA 92 Chris Butler (Champion System) 00:00:38
gbr GBR 93 David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
CHI 94 Xu Gang (Champion System) s.t.
ger GER 95 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ned NED 96 Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
rus RUS 97 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha Team) s.t.
bel BEL 98 Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
swe SWE 99 Tobias Ludvigsson (1t4i) s.t.
gbr GBR 100 Lee Rodgers (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
ita ITA 101 Diego Caccia (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
ita ITA 102 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
gbr GBR 103 Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) s.t.
gbr GBR 104 Jeremy Hunt (Sky Procycling) s.t.
TPE 105 Wei Kei Chang (RTS Racing Team) 00:00:50
rus RUS 106 Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha Team) 00:01:03
ned NED 107 Albert Timmer (1t4i) s.t.
den DEN 108 Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
ned NED 109 Jens Mouris (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:01:05
est EST 110 Mart Ojavee (Champion System) s.t.
ita ITA 111 Thomas Bertolini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
gbr GBR 112 Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) s.t.
ita ITA 113 Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:01:13
can CAN 114 Dominique Rollin (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:01:18
aut AUT 115 Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) s.t.
nor NOR 116 Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
ita ITA 117 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) s.t.
TPE 118 Chin Lung Huang (RTS Racing Team) 00:01:47
bel BEL 119 Klaas Sys (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:02:16
ned NED 120 Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:02:24
TPE 121 Chin Lung Huang (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
rus RUS 122 Sergey Kudentsov (RTS Racing Team) s.t.

General classification after stage 3:

Country Result Name Team Time
ger GER 1 Andre Greipel (Lotto - Belisol Team) 09:59:41
svk SVK 2 Peter Sagan (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:02
fra FRA 3 Nacer Bouhanni (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:00:08
aus AUS 4 Baden Cooke (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:00:09
ned NED 5 Tom Jelte Slagter (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:00:11
fra FRA 6 Tony Gallopin (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:12
aus AUS 7 Christopher Sutton (Sky Procycling) s.t.
den DEN 8 Jakob Fuglsang (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:15
ltu LTU 9 Ramunas Navardauskas (Garmin-Cervelo) s.t.
sui SUI 10 Fabian Cancellara (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:19
fra FRA 11 Thomas Lebas (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:00:21
esp ESP 12 Joaquin Rodriguez Oliver (Katusha Team) s.t.
ita ITA 13 Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:24
svk SVK 14 Peter Velits (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
rus RUS 15 Vladimir Gusev (Katusha Team) 00:00:28
fra FRA 16 Arnold Jeannesson (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
jpn JPN 17 Miyataka Shimizu (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
ned NED 18 Laurens Ten Dam (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ned NED 19 Dennis Van Winden (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
fra FRA 20 Sandy Casar (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
sui SUI 21 Michael Schar (BMC Racing) s.t.
den DEN 22 Lars Ytting Bak (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
fra FRA 23 Sylvain Chavanel (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:00:32
bel BEL 24 Maarten Wynants (Rabobank Cycling Team) s.t.
ita ITA 25 Daniel Oss (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:00:34
blr BLR 26 Aleksandr Kuschynski (Katusha Team) 00:00:36
usa USA 27 Tyler Farrar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:00:39
sui SUI 28 Danilo Wyss (BMC Racing) 00:00:43
ita ITA 29 Alessandro Ballan (BMC Racing) 00:00:46
ita ITA 30 Luca Ascani (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) s.t.
aus AUS 31 Stuart O' Grady (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
usa USA 32 Taylor Phinney (BMC Racing) 00:00:50
ita ITA 33 Marco Pinotti (BMC Racing) s.t.
bel BEL 34 Tom Boonen (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:00:51
ned NED 35 Joost Posthuma (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:00:54
lux LUX 36 Andy Schleck (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
ger GER 37 Matthias Friedemann (Champion System) 00:00:58
nor NOR 38 Alexander Kristoff (Katusha Team) s.t.
ned NED 39 Koen De Kort (1t4i) 00:01:01
ukr UKR 40 Yaroslav Popovych (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
jpn JPN 41 Hayato Yoshida (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) s.t.
fra FRA 42 Thomas Bonnin (1t4i) 00:01:02
aus AUS 43 Jai Crawford (RTS Racing Team) 00:01:08
ita ITA 44 Pier Paolo De Negri (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:01:12
gbr GBR 45 Alex Coutts (RTS Racing Team) s.t.
bel BEL 46 Klaas Lodewyck (BMC Racing) s.t.
aus AUS 47 Graeme Brown (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:01:15
bel BEL 48 Johan Vansummeren (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:17
ned NED 49 Maarten Tjallingii (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:01:18
ned NED 50 Roy Curvers (1t4i) s.t.
bel BEL 51 Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
aus AUS 52 Mathew Hayman (Sky Procycling) s.t.
aus AUS 53 Allan Davis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
usa USA 54 Christian Vande Velde (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:20
CHI 55 Pengda Jiao (Champion System) s.t.
sui SUI 56 Martin Kohler (BMC Racing) 00:01:24
gbr GBR 57 Ian Stannard (Sky Procycling) s.t.
rsa RSA 58 Robert Hunter (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:25
bel BEL 59 Stijn Vandenbergh (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
irl IRL 60 David Mc Cann (RTS Racing Team) 00:01:26
pol POL 61 Maciej Bodnar (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
CHI 62 Xu Gang (Champion System) 00:01:28
bel BEL 63 Gert Steegmans (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:01:29
nzl NZL 64 Gregory Henderson (Lotto - Belisol Team) s.t.
cze CZE 65 Frantisek Rabon (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) 00:01:31
fra FRA 66 Matthieu Ladagnous (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:01:32
fra FRA 67 William Bonnet (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
jpn JPN 68 Ryota Nishizono (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:01:37
bel BEL 69 Frederik Willems (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:39
gbr GBR 70 David Millar (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:40
rus RUS 71 Mikhail Ignatyev (Katusha Team) 00:01:41
aus AUS 72 Adam Hansen (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:01:49
fra FRA 73 Thomas Lebas (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:01:50
gbr GBR 74 Luke Rowe (Sky Procycling) 00:01:51
BRA 75 Murilo Antonio Fischer (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:01:52
ger GER 76 Marcel Kittel (1t4i) 00:01:54
ita ITA 77 Oscar Gatto (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:01:55
usa USA 78 Chris Butler (Champion System) 00:01:56
ger GER 79 Bert Grabsch (Omega Pharma - Quickstep) s.t.
ned NED 80 Albert Timmer (1t4i) 00:02:04
ned NED 81 Ramon Sinkeldam (1t4i) 00:02:07
fra FRA 82 David Boucher (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) s.t.
gbr GBR 83 Adam Blythe (BMC Racing) s.t.
ita ITA 84 Mauro Da Dalto (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ita ITA 85 Fabio Sabatini (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
ger GER 86 Marcel Sieberg (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:02:13
ita ITA 87 Davide Appollonio (Sky Procycling) 00:02:27
jpn JPN 88 Kazuo Inoue (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:02:33
ita ITA 89 Thomas Bertolini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:02:36
aut AUT 90 Bernhard Eisel (Sky Procycling) 00:03:05
nor NOR 91 Gabriel Rasch (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:03:07
bel BEL 92 Klaas Sys (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:03:23
aus AUS 93 Matthew Goss (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:03:42
gbr GBR 94 Mark Cavendish (Sky Procycling) 00:03:45
sui SUI 95 Gregory Rast (RadioShack - Nissan) s.t.
gbr GBR 96 Lee Rodgers (RTS Racing Team) 00:04:23
gbr GBR 97 Jeremy Hunt (Sky Procycling) s.t.
TPE 98 Wei Kei Chang (RTS Racing Team) 00:04:34
rus RUS 99 Denis Galimzyanov (Katusha Team) 00:04:47
ita ITA 100 Diego Caccia (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:04:52
ita ITA 101 Andrea Guardini (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:04:53
bel BEL 102 Gorik Gardeyn (Champion System) s.t.
ger GER 103 Robert Wagner (RadioShack - Nissan) 00:04:56
ger GER 104 Rüdiger Selig (Katusha Team) s.t.
ita ITA 105 Christiano Benenati (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:05:04
nzl NZL 106 Clinton Avery (Champion System) 00:05:22
ltu LTU 107 Aidis Kruopis (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:05:28
can CAN 108 Svein Tuft (GreenEdge Cycling Team) s.t.
ita ITA 109 Alan Marangoni (Liquigas-Cannondale) s.t.
bel BEL 110 Jens Debusschere (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:05:33
swe SWE 111 Tobias Ludvigsson (1t4i) 00:05:34
ita ITA 112 Alessandro Vanotti (Liquigas-Cannondale) 00:05:40
rus RUS 113 Vladimir Isaychev (Katusha Team) 00:05:53
den DEN 114 Alex Rasmussen (Garmin-Cervelo) 00:05:59
est EST 115 Mart Ojavee (Champion System) 00:06:01
can CAN 116 Dominique Rollin (Equipe Cycliste FDJ - BigMat) 00:06:14
TPE 117 Chin Lung Huang (RTS Racing Team) 00:06:43
ned NED 118 Jens Mouris (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:06:54
bel BEL 119 Kevin Hulsmans (Farnese Vini - Selle Italia) 00:07:02
fra FRA 120 Alexandre Lemair (Team Bridgestone - Anchor) 00:07:50
ger GER 121 Dominik Klemme (1t4i) 00:08:48
TPE 122 Chin Lung Huang (RTS Racing Team) 00:08:58
aus AUS 123 William Clarke (Champion System) 00:09:52
bel BEL 124 Jonas Van Genechten (Lotto - Belisol Team) 00:10:33
ned NED 125 Coen Vermeltfoort (Rabobank Cycling Team) 00:16:16
ned NED 126 Sebastian Langeveld (GreenEdge Cycling Team) 00:16:43
rus RUS 127 Sergey Kudentsov (RTS Racing Team) 00:28:30

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