C’est le coureur Allemand Andre Greipel ( Lotto Belisol ) qui a remporté la première étape du Tour d’Oman (2 HC UCI). Au terme des 150 km entre Suwayq Castle et Naseem Garden, il gagne le sprint massif du peloton en devançant Leigh Howard ( Orica GreenEdge ) et Nicola Ruffoni ( Bardiani -CSF ) . C’est la 4 ème victoire de la saison pour le coureur Allemand. Le Français Nacer Bouhanni termine 4 ème .
Greipel devient par la même occasion le 1 er leader de ce Tour d’Oman.
Classement de la 1 ère étape :
| 1 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 4:03:31 | |
| 2 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 4 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 5 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 6 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 7 | Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 8 | Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 9 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | ||
| 10 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 11 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 12 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 13 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 14 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 15 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 16 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 17 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 18 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | ||
| 19 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 20 | Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 21 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 22 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 23 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 24 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 25 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 26 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 27 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 28 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 29 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 30 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 31 | Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 32 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 33 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 34 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 35 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 36 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 37 | John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 38 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 39 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 40 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 41 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 42 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 44 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 45 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 46 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | ||
| 47 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 48 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 49 | William Bonnet (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 50 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 51 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 52 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 53 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 54 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 55 | Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 56 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 57 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 58 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 59 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 60 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 61 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 62 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 63 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 64 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 65 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 66 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling | ||
| 67 | Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 68 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 69 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 70 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 71 | Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 72 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 73 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 74 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 75 | Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 76 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 77 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 78 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 79 | Lucas Euser (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 80 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 81 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 82 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 83 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 84 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | ||
| 85 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 86 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 87 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 88 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 89 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 90 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 91 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 92 | Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 93 | Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 94 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 96 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 97 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 98 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 99 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 100 | Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 101 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | ||
| 102 | Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 103 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 104 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 105 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 106 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 107 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 108 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | ||
| 109 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | ||
| 110 | Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 111 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 112 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 113 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 114 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 115 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 116 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 117 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 118 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | ||
| 119 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 120 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 121 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 122 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 123 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 124 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 125 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 126 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:15 | |
| 127 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 128 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 129 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha | ||
| 130 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 131 | Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 132 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 133 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:00:19 | |
| 134 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:29 | |
| 135 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:31 | |
| 136 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:35 | |
| 137 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 0:00:50 | |
| 138 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 139 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 140 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 141 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:18 | |
| 142 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:16 | |
| DNS | Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Fdj.fr |
Classement général provisoire
| 1 | André Greipel (Ger) Lotto Belisol | 4:03:21 | |
| 2 | Leigh Howard (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Nicola Ruffoni (Ita) Bardiani CSF | 0:00:06 | |
| 4 | Preben Van Hecke (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 5 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:07 | |
| 6 | Nicola Boem (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 7 | Stijn Devolder (Bel) Trek Factory Racing | 0:00:09 | |
| 8 | Alessandro Bazzana (Ita) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 9 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Fdj.fr | 0:00:10 | |
| 10 | Tom Boonen (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 11 | Michael Van Staeyen (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 12 | Barry Markus (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 13 | Steve Chainel (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 14 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) Team Katusha | ||
| 15 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 16 | Filippo Fortin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 17 | Daniele Bennati (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 18 | Ben Swift (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 19 | Pieter Vanspeybrouck (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 20 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 21 | Pieter Jacobs (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 22 | Dario Cataldo (Ita) Team Sky | ||
| 23 | Peter Sagan (Svk) Cannondale | ||
| 24 | Sébastien Turgot (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 25 | Robert Förster (Ger) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 26 | Zakkari Dempster (Aus) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 27 | Dominik Nerz (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 28 | Sam Bennett (Irl) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 29 | Christopher Froome (GBr) Team Sky | ||
| 30 | Romain Bardet (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 31 | Peter Velits (Svk) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 32 | Arthur Vanoverberghe (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 33 | Jurgen Roelandts (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 34 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 35 | Roman Kreuziger (Cze) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 36 | Frantisek Padour (Cze) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 37 | Heinrich Haussler (Aus) IAM Cycling | ||
| 38 | Sébastien Chavanel (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 39 | Tejay Van Garderen (USA) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 40 | Marcus Burghardt (Ger) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 41 | Gregory Rast (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 42 | John Murphy (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 43 | Daryl Impey (RSA) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 44 | Rigoberto Uran Uran (Col) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 45 | Yaroslav Popovych (Ukr) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 46 | Tony Gallopin (Fra) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 47 | Robert Gesink (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 48 | Alan Marangoni (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 49 | Alessandro De Marchi (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 50 | Francesco Gavazzi (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 51 | Kristijan Koren (Slo) Cannondale | ||
| 52 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 53 | Jens Keukeleire (Bel) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 54 | William Bonnet (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 55 | Philippe Gilbert (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 56 | Murilo Antonio Fischer (Bra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 57 | Mikel Nieve Iturralde (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 58 | Frank Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 59 | David Lopez Garcia (Spa) Team Sky | ||
| 60 | Sergio Henao Montoya (Col) Team Sky | ||
| 61 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 62 | Jurgen Van Den Broeck (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 63 | Hayden Roulston (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 64 | Lars Ytting Bak (Den) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 65 | Sébastien Hinault (Fra) IAM Cycling | ||
| 66 | Jesse Sergent (NZl) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 67 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 68 | Martin Elmiger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 69 | Valerio Agnoli (Ita) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 70 | Thomas Lövkvist (Swe) IAM Cycling | ||
| 71 | Zico Waeytens (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 72 | Martin Kohler (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 73 | Blel Kadri (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 74 | Arnold Jeannesson (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 75 | Evan Huffman (USA) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 76 | Kevin Ista (Bel) IAM Cycling | ||
| 77 | Stijn Vandenbergh (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 78 | Lieuwe Westra (Ned) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 79 | Marc Demaar (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 80 | Leopold Konig (Cze) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 81 | Lucas Euser (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 82 | Marcel Sieberg (Ger) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 83 | Maxim Iglinskiy (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | ||
| 84 | David De La Cruz Melgarejo (Spa) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 85 | Andy Schleck (Lux) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 86 | Gatis Smukulis (Lat) Team Katusha | ||
| 87 | Andreas Schillinger (Ger) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 88 | Karsten Kroon (Ned) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 89 | Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 90 | Ivan Santaromita (Ita) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 91 | Bartosz Huzarski (Pol) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 92 | Zdenek Stybar (Cze) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 93 | Michael Morkov (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 94 | Joaquim Rodriguez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 95 | Daniel Moreno Fernandez (Spa) Team Katusha | ||
| 96 | Marco Canola (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 97 | Enrico Battaglin (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 98 | Thomas Sprengers (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 99 | Marcel Aregger (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 100 | Moreno Moser (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 101 | Stefano Locatelli (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 102 | Kanstantsin Siutsou (Blr) Team Sky | ||
| 103 | Stef Clement (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 104 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 105 | Cameron Meyer (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 106 | Kenny Elissonde (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 107 | Sébastien Minard (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | ||
| 108 | Rüdiger Selig (Ger) Team Katusha | ||
| 109 | Michel Koch (Ger) Cannondale | ||
| 110 | Paolo Colonna (Ita) Bardiani CSF | ||
| 111 | Mathias Frank (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 112 | Matti Breschel (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 113 | Johann Tschopp (Swi) IAM Cycling | ||
| 114 | Fabian Cancellara (Swi) Trek Factory Racing | ||
| 115 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 116 | Michael Albasini (Swi) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 117 | Vladimir Isaichev (Rus) Team Katusha | ||
| 118 | Danny Pate (USA) Team Sky | ||
| 119 | Cesare Benedetti (Ita) Team Netapp – Endura | ||
| 120 | Gert Steegmans (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 121 | Lars Boom (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 122 | Christopher Juul Jensen (Den) Tinkoff-Saxo | ||
| 123 | Gert Dockx (Bel) Lotto Belisol | ||
| 124 | Paolo Longo Borghini (Ita) Cannondale | ||
| 125 | Jelle Wallays (Bel) Topsport Vlaanderen – Baloise | ||
| 126 | Aldo Ino Ilesic (Slo) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:25 | |
| 127 | Jens Mouris (Ned) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 128 | Michael Hepburn (Aus) Orica GreenEdge | ||
| 129 | Aliaksandr Kuchynski (Blr) Team Katusha | ||
| 130 | Robert Wagner (Ger) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 131 | Christopher Jones (USA) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | ||
| 132 | Matteo Trentin (Ita) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | ||
| 133 | Oscar Gatto (Ita) Cannondale | 0:00:29 | |
| 134 | Martijn Maaskant (Ned) Unitedhealthcare Professional Cycling Team | 0:00:39 | |
| 135 | Dmitriy Muravyev (Kaz) Astana Pro Team | 0:00:41 | |
| 136 | Guillaume Van Keirsbulck (Bel) Omega Pharma – Quick-Step Cycling Team | 0:00:45 | |
| 137 | Jos Van Emden (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | 0:01:00 | |
| 138 | Jetse Bol (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 139 | Maarten Tjallingii (Ned) Belkin-Pro Cycling Team | ||
| 140 | Laurent Mangel (Fra) Fdj.fr | ||
| 141 | Christophe Riblon (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:01:28 | |
| 142 | Damien Gaudin (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale | 0:02:26 |