Tour of Oman Stage 5: Royal Opera House, Muscat > Jabal Al Akhdar, 158kms

Mark Cavendish is again in demand at the start, at the Royal Opera House...

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Just so you know, this is the main hall of the Royal Opera House - well worth a visit..!

The peloton sets off from the Royal Opera House...

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Greg Henderson leads a six-man escape away right from the start...

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Wow! Andy Schleck is water-boy de-luxe for Radio Shack as the temperatures rise...

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Wow! Mark Cavendish is playing water games with Luke Rowe, of Team Sky...

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Chris Sutton has fetched a bag of ice-cubes for himself - it's hot out there..!

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Albert Timmer is one of the reasons this escape will be away all day long...

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Team Katusha is already chasing at the front of the peloton...

Not often you'll see this - World Champion Mark Cavendish becomes a water-carrier for his Team Sky teamates...

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What! Is Andy Schleck stealing one of Cav's precious bottles..? No, he's passing it over a few shoulders to another Team Sky rider...

Chris Sutton takes what he wants fron Cav's water supply...

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The escape has only the mountains, the head-wind, and the monotony for company...

The long shadows tell their own story of a race that is pedalling into a mighty headwind at about 30-kilometres-per-hour...

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Gabriele Rasch leads the chase on behalf of FDJ...

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Team Radio Shack seem well placed to infict some damage, but will they..?

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Katusha is maintaining its control of the chase, and the escapers are about ot be caught...

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Oscar Gatto is now leading what is a four-man escape towards the final climb....

Liquigas is the team leading out the race onto the last mountain...

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Dennis Van Winden makes an attack...

Vincenzo Nibali and Peter Velits make a move themselves...

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Nibali has gone away alone, leaving his rivals to consider their next move...

Nibali is in great form - he's threatening to take over the race-lead as well as winning the stage...

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Navadauskas and Van Summeren represent Garmin's hopes on the hilly finale..

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Cancellar is hurting, but he's doing a great job for his teamates..!

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Tony Gallopin is about to pull away from Joachin Rodriguez...

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Velits is chasing hard, he might yet win this Tour of Oman..!

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Vincenzo Nibali wins stage five to Green Mountain - and maybe the race-lead as well...

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Peter Velits has managed to take the race-lead after stage five...

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