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Christian Scaroni: “The Head as Much as the Legs”

“It’s an incredible feeling. Everything went well thanks to the team. With 1.5 km to go, Adam dropped me by a few meters, so it was very hard, but we managed to turn the situation around and take the jersey. It’s thanks to Cristian Rodriguez. I followed his wheel and then I went for the sprint to win the stage as well. We knew UAE had the strongest rider here,...

Scaroni… and a Blue Wave on Green Mountain

45 km of Battle to Form the Breakaway

The stage began at the foot of the imposing Nizwa Fort, built in the 17th century. The fifth stage rolled out without Rui Oliveira (UAE Emirates XRG), leaving 110 riders at the start. An ultra-fast pace in the opening kilometers shut down the first attacks,...

Erlend Blikra: “A relief”

“It’s a relief to start the season this way. I’ll be able to keep doing my best with even more confidence. It was a real team effort today, and not just from the riders. I crashed yesterday and had to receive quite a lot of treatment from our physio to be fit today. In the final kilometre, the wind was coming from the right, so I wanted to be on the left-hand...

Blikra’s big leap

Two riders in the breakaway
The meeting point was set by the sea at Al Sawadi Beach for the start of Stage 4, where Bart Lemmen (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Sergio Samitier (Cofidis) were absent. Among the 112 riders still in the race, Patryk Goszczurny (Visma–Lease a Bike) and Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto–Intermarché), the two leaders of the combativity...

Mauro Schmid: “What a start to the season!”

“Because I was on the right side of the roundabout, I wasn’t involved in the crash, so I was able to approach the climb calmly. Then my teammates managed to close the gap to the breakaway, and in the end I was able to wait until the final 200 metres to launch my attack. That last kilometre felt very long, but in any case I’m really happy with the form I’m...

Schmid goes to new heights

The red jersey in the breakaway
Following the withdrawals of Marcos Freire (UAE Emirates XRG), Sepp Kuss (Visma–Lease a Bike), Joshua Kench (Groupama-FDJ United) and Alberto Bettiol (XDS Astana), the peloton set off on stage 3 of the Tour of Oman with 115 riders. From the very first kilometre, Baptiste Veistroffer proved as aggressive as he has been since arriving...

Baptiste Veistroffer: “In a breakaway, you have to believe”

“Making those kinds of efforts is in my nature. I just enjoyed myself and thought things through, because in modern cycling it’s no longer enough to just push on the pedals — you also have to think. I had a plan, I put it into action, and I was rewarded for that work.

But it’s...

Veistroffer, audacious

The white jersey in the breakaway

After the withdrawals of Brieuc Rolland (Groupama-FDJ United) and Einer Rubio (Movistar), 121 riders remain at the start, at the foot of the Al Rustaq Fort, built in the 13th century. From kilometer zero, the holder of the white and gold jerseys, Patryk Goszczurny (Visma–Lease...

Juan Sebastian Molano: “I really wanted this win”

“I’m really happy. Over the final 15 kilometres, we took up the right positions in the peloton with my teammates. In the end, I really wanted to go for this victory because they did an amazing job just to help me win. Last year, I spent a lot of time recovering from my knee injury and, in total, I was out of competition for five months....

Molano Wins an All-Colombian Duel

Three Riders Up Front

The peloton, made up of 123 riders, lined up for the first stage in front of the Sultanate of Oman’s Ministry of Tourism in Muscat. The pace was high from the opening kilometre, but it was on the slopes of the Bousher Al Amerat climb that two Omani riders, Mohammed Al Wahibi...