Au lendemain de la Muscat Classic, s'élançait ce samedi le Tour d'Oman. Et pour débuter, les coureurs faisaient face à un parcours de 181 kilomètres entre Manah et Mascate, qui constitue la seule opportunité pour les sprinteurs sur cette 13e édition. Et c'est Caleb Ewan qui s'est imposé ! Après un Tour Down Under décevant, l'Australien s'offre son premier succès cette année, qui est également son premier depuis son retour chez Jayco AlUla. Sur la ligne, Ewan a devancé de peu Bryan Coquard (Cofidis), qui vient une nouvelle fois chercher une place d'honneur. Alexander Kristoff (Uno-X Mobility) complète le podium du jour.
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00:03 Today is the only chance I think for the sprinters.
00:08 First chance, maybe only chance of the week.
00:11 You have to also be the fastest.
00:13 Whatever sprinters have come here, this is their only opportunity.
00:16 Big day, starting day of course of the Tour of Oman.
00:21 Oman across the Aegis Museum.
00:24 Jumping off point before one of the longest stages of this year's race.
00:28 182 kilometers, destination the coast.
00:31 Winds blowing, heat is up, time to go racing.
00:34 One for the fast men, the only one for the fast men of the five stages involved.
00:39 So it needed a breakaway to form, we got that.
00:42 Five brave souls went up the road, but it was a battle of attrition, constantly for them.
00:47 There was an intermediate sprint, two in fact out there.
00:51 So a golden jersey up for grabs.
00:53 But really everyone was thinking about the final sprint of the day.
00:56 There are fast men here, but thin pickings mean that this is magnified in terms of importance.
01:01 And the pace was finally up as we headed towards the coast.
01:06 The breakaway fractured, their hearts broken.
01:09 13 kilometers from home, it was handshakes for them.
01:12 And then everybody else started to line up in color order in the run for home.
01:17 Well, 13 kilometers out, Kristof had a nightmare, needed a bike change.
01:23 Very, very slow that was, but his progress back to the pack was effective.
01:28 Finding the break, wound in, Kristof in place.
01:31 Color order in the charge for the line.
01:34 Who would get there first? Big question.
01:37 One man had the answer.
01:38 Caleb Ewan piling through, brilliantly delivered.
01:42 It's been a long time since he's won one.
01:44 Well, he has now.
01:46 The man is back.
01:47 Kocka just edged Kristof third.
01:49 You know, I haven't won for maybe eight months now, so it's a long time with no victory.
01:54 And yeah, you know, I just wanted to win to get my confidence back, to get the team's confidence.
02:00 You know, I think they took a bit of a risk signing me, knowing I've come off two pretty average seasons.
02:05 So I really want to repay them with some victories and hopefully that starts today.
02:09 Ewan done. So the sprints really.
02:11 Ewan leads this race by four seconds, but the mountains are to come.
02:15 Here are the Tour of Oman.
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