2012 Tour of Oman explained

2012 Tour of Oman
Date:	14–19 February
Stages:	6
Distance:	875
Unit:	km
Time:	21h 32' 02"
Speed:	40.634
First:	Peter Velits
First Nat:	Slovakia
First Color:	red
Second:	Vincenzo Nibali
Second Nat:	Italy
Third:	Tony Gallopin
Third Nat:	France
Points:	Peter Sagan
Points Nat:	Slovakia
Points Color:	green
Youth:	Tony Gallopin
Youth Nat:	France
Youth Color:	white
Previous:	2011
Next:	2013

The 2012 Tour of Oman was the third edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 14 to 19 February 2012, in Oman.

The race was won by Slovakia's Peter Velits,^[1] of the team, taking the race lead on the penultimate day and holding it to the finish. Velits' winning margin over runner-up Vincenzo Nibali – winner of the race's queen stage to Jabal al Akhdar – was just one second,^[2] after Nibali tried to gain bonus seconds at one of the final day's intermediate sprints but could not gain time.^[1] The final place on the podium went to 's Tony Gallopin, sixteen seconds behind Nibali and 17 seconds down on Velits.^[3] In the race's other classifications, Peter Sagan of won the points classification on the final stage,^[3] Gallopin won the white jersey for the youth classification with his third place overall in the general classification,^[3] 's Klaas Lodewyck won the combative classification for the race's intermediate sprints,^[3] and finished at the head of the teams classification.^[3]

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the 2012 Tour of Oman. These included eleven UCI ProTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams, and two Continental teams.The teams participating in the race were:^[4]

- - - - RTS Racing Team

Stages

Stage 1

14 February 2012 – Al Alam Palace to Wadi Al Huwqayn, 159km (99miles)^[5]

Stage 1 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 1

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 6"
4			+ 8"
5			+ 9"
6			+ 10"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 10"
9			+ 10"
10			+ 10"

Stage 2

15 February 2012 – Sur to Wadi Dhaiqah, 140.5km (87.3miles)^[6]

Stage 2 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			+ 4"
10			+ 4"

General Classification after Stage 2

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 4"
3			+ 7"
4			+ 9"
5			+ 10"
6			+ 10"
7			+ 10"
8			+ 13"
9			+ 13"
10			+ 17"

Stage 3

16 February 2012 – Al Awabi to BankMuscat, 144.5km (89.8miles)^[7]

Stage 3 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 3

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 2"
3			+ 8"
4			+ 9"
5			+ 11"
6			+ 12"
7			+ 12"
8			+ 15"
9			+ 15"
10			+ 19"

Stage 4

17 February 2012 – Bidbid to Al Wadi al Kabir, 142.5km (88.5miles)^[8]

Stage 4 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

General Classification after Stage 4

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 6"
3			+ 18"
4			+ 18"
5			+ 19"
6			+ 21"
7			+ 22"
8			+ 25"
9			+ 25"
10			+ 29"

Stage 5

18 February 2012 – Royal Opera House Muscat to Jabal al Akhdar, 158km (98miles)^[9]

Stage 5 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			+ 10"
3			+ 25"
4			+ 30"
5			+ 37"
6			+ 47"
7			+ 55"
8			+ 57"
9			+ 1' 01"
10			+ 1' 02"

General Classification after Stage 5

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 17"
4			+ 21"
5			+ 30"
6			+ 30"
7			+ 47"
8			+ 49"
9			+ 50"
10			+ 52"

Stage 6

19 February 2012 – Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche, 130.5km (81.1miles)^[10]

Stage 6 Result

	Rider	Team	Time
1
2			s.t.
3			s.t.
4			s.t.
5			s.t.
6			s.t.
7			s.t.
8			s.t.
9			s.t.
10			s.t.

Final General Classification

	Cyclist	Team	Time
1
2			+ 1"
3			+ 17"
4			+ 21"
5			+ 30"
6			+ 30"
7			+ 47"
8			+ 49"
9			+ 50"
10			+ 52"

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General Classification	Points Classification	Young Rider Classification	Combative Cyclist Classification
1	André Greipel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Denis Galimzyanov	Alexandre Lemair
2	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Klaas Lodewyck
3	Marcel Kittel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Alexandre Lemair
4	André Greipel	Klaas Lodewyck
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Peter Velits	Tony Gallopin
6	Marcel Kittel	Peter Sagan
Final		Peter Velits	Peter Sagan	Tony Gallopin	Klaas Lodewyck

Notes and References

News: Velits claims Oman title. 19 February 2012. 19 February 2012. Sky Sports. BSkyB.
News: Velits wraps up victory in Tour of Oman. 19 February 2012. 19 February 2012. Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group.
News: Peter Velits wins 2012 Tour of Oman. 19 February 2012. 19 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
News: 16 teams named for Tour of Oman. 24 January 2012. 15 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
Web site: Stage 1 Preview. Sue. George. 13 February 2012. 15 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
Web site: Sur to Wadi Dayqah Dam. 15 February 2012. Tour of Oman. Amaury Sport Organisation. https://web.archive.org/web/20120217031054/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/200/etape_par_etape.html. 17 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Stage 3 Preview. Sue. George. 13 February 2012. 15 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
Web site: Bidbid (Nafa'a) to Al Wadi al Kabir. 15 February 2012. Tour of Oman. Amaury Sport Organisation. https://web.archive.org/web/20120219003243/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/400/etape_par_etape.html. 19 February 2012. dead. dmy-all.
Web site: Stage 5 Preview. Sue. George. 13 February 2012. 15 February 2012. Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited.
Web site: Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche. 15 February 2012. Tour of Oman. Amaury Sport Organisation. https://web.archive.org/web/20121202111119/http://www.letour.fr/2012/TOO/LIVE/us/600/etape_par_etape.html. 2 December 2012. dead. dmy-all.