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02.15 - Tour of Oman: Stage 1

Tour of Oman Stage 1: Al Sawadi > Al Seeb, 158km Next >
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  • There's a new boy signing on to race with the 'pros in Oman - welcome Taylor Phinney...

    There's a new boy signing on to race with the 'pros in Oman - welcome Taylor Phinney...

    BMCOMAN

  • Have these two lads from An Post-Sean Kelly had a falling out..? No, they're just waiting for their bikes to arrive...

    Have these two lads from An Post-Sean Kelly had a falling out..? No, they're just waiting for their bikes to arrive...

    AN POSTOMAN

  • Manuel Qunziato gives a taxi-ride to the sign-on for Luca Paolini - his Focus bike hasn't turned up either..!

    Manuel Qunziato gives a taxi-ride to the sign-on for Luca Paolini - his Focus bike hasn't turned up either..!

    FRIENDSOMAN

  • Team Leopard-Trek look mean, but with no bikes to ride all they can do is pose - looking mean...

    Team Leopard-Trek look mean, but with no bikes to ride all they can do is pose - looking mean...

    POSTHUMAOMAN

  • Fabian Cancellara is striking a different sort of pose altogethe - is he ill..?

    Fabian Cancellara is striking a different sort of pose altogethe - is he ill..?

    LEOPARDOMANINJURY

  • Cancellara is not ill - but he needs his chiropractor to sort out a few stiff bones...

    Cancellara is not ill - but he needs his chiropractor to sort out a few stiff bones...

    LEOPARDOMANINJURY

  • The Farnese team are late to the start as well - Francesco Failli seems a bit squashed in the back of their crammed car...

    The Farnese team are late to the start as well - Francesco Failli seems a bit squashed in the back of their crammed car...

    FARNESEOMAN

  • At last - three trucks arrive with the missing bikes, so the stage will only be 45-minutes late starting...

    At last - three trucks arrive with the missing bikes, so the stage will only be 45-minutes late starting...

    GIANTOMAN

  • Pieter Serry is leading a trio of escapers away after the opening kilometres...

    Pieter Serry is leading a trio of escapers away after the opening kilometres...

    TOPSPORTOMAN

  • Welcome to Christian Vande Velde, looking skinnier and fitter than ever before..!

    Welcome to Christian Vande Velde, looking skinnier and fitter than ever before..!

    GARMINOMAN

  • And welcome too, to Edvald Boasson-Hagen, riding his first race of the new season...

    And welcome too, to Edvald Boasson-Hagen, riding his first race of the new season...

    SKYOMAN

  • Omani fans greet the peloton on its trek to the north of Muscat...

    Omani fans greet the peloton on its trek to the north of Muscat...

    PELOTONOMANfans

  • Phinney seems to be enjoying his new role too much - he should have raced in Qatar!

    Phinney seems to be enjoying his new role too much - he should have raced in Qatar!

    BMCOMAN

  • Mark McNally is in the escape as well - they have been sitting on a six-minute lead for quite a while now...

    Mark McNally is in the escape as well - they have been sitting on a six-minute lead for quite a while now...

    AN POSTOMAN

  • The peloton heads toward some fierce-looking mountains in Oman - quite a contrast after Qatar...

    The peloton heads toward some fierce-looking mountains in Oman - quite a contrast after Qatar...

    PELOTONOMAN

  • Team Sky start the chasing, with Kurt Asle Arvesen at the head of a long line of shadows...

    Team Sky start the chasing, with Kurt Asle Arvesen at the head of a long line of shadows...

    SKYOMAN

  • McNally and his trio are taking a while to get caught - they'll eventually be captured with just 15-kilometres to go...

    McNally and his trio are taking a while to get caught - they'll eventually be captured with just 15-kilometres to go...

    AN POSTOMAN

  • Andrew Fenn has taken a nasty tumble along the way - but the British rider recovers and will finish in the main peloton today...

    Andrew Fenn has taken a nasty tumble along the way - but the British rider recovers and will finish in the main peloton today...

    AN POSTOMAN

  • Whoops - Lars Boom and Theo Bos have got themselves into a pickle withough actually falling off together...

    Whoops - Lars Boom and Theo Bos have got themselves into a pickle withough actually falling off together...

  • Cancellara is in good form here, just don't tell a commissaire what he's doing though...

    Cancellara is in good form here, just don't tell a commissaire what he's doing though...

    LEOPARDOMANGAMES

  • Thor Hushovd looks happy as well - after all, this is his first race of the season..!

    Thor Hushovd looks happy as well - after all, this is his first race of the season..!

    GARMINOMAN

  • Joost Posthuma is working hard for Leopard-Trek in the finale - the escape has been caught, the sprint awaits...

    Joost Posthuma is working hard for Leopard-Trek in the finale - the escape has been caught, the sprint awaits...

    LEOPARDOMAN

  • A man dressed in orange, white and blue is leading the sprint out in Al Seeb...

    A man dressed in orange, white and blue is leading the sprint out in Al Seeb...

  • It's that close - but Theo Bos has won stage one ahead of Mark Cavendish..!

    It's that close - but Theo Bos has won stage one ahead of Mark Cavendish..!

    RABOBANKOMAN

  • THEO BOS WINS STAGE ONE OF THE 2011 TOUR OF OMAN

    THEO BOS WINS STAGE ONE OF THE 2011 TOUR OF OMAN

    RABOBANKOMAN

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