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Posted on 08-03-2014 00:15
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The first race of the season for Synergy Baku ended without a win. But the team shouldn't worry as there were a number good performances to talk about.
Firstly Phil Lavery. Lavery was the unsung hero on many of the sprint stages protecting Maksym Averin. Lavery was also responsible for placing Averin in the right place and placing him on the right wheel. Unfortunately Averin was unable to finish the great team work with a win.
Averin was first pipped to the line first by Canada's Ryan Anderson on stage 4 and then by Italy's Mattia Gavazzi. The Ukrainian will now have to keep his form going as he heads to the Middle East to ride the Tour of Oman.
Averin said "It is disappointing to miss out on two stage wins by a few centimetres but I was beaten by two brilliant sprinters. It was my first race of the season so I am very optimistic ahead of my first season at this new team."
The DS said "Averin is very unlucky not to get the team's first ever stage wins here in New Zealand. But these performances only adds to the hunger and determination to grab that first win, something I feel the team or Averin will not have to wait too long for."
Up next for Synergy Baku is the Herald Sun Tour
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Posted on 08-03-2014 12:27
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Stage 1- Melbourne Prologue
Cameron Meyer is a big favourite to win today's stage,he finishes 5th +3 behind.
 Bob Jungels finishes 6th on the same time as Meyer.
Durbridge another of the strong Orica squad here finishes 2nd at +2 behind.
But it was his team mate Brett Lancaster who wins the opening prologue with a time of 3'44.
Result
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Posted on 08-03-2014 12:41
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Synergy needs to breakaway...  ... good luck.
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Posted on 08-03-2014 12:54
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Herald Sun Tour
Stage 2- Geelong to Bellarat
Only one of two sprinters stages in this years Tour, limited opportunities.
Race Report
The first breakaway of the race consists of  Van Asbroeck Clarke  Ahlstrand.
As well as taking both sprint points, Ahlstrand also takes the only KOM points on offer today. Therefore taking the jersey.
Brett Lancaster takes his second stage win in a row ahead of  Anthony Roux and  Wilco Kelderman.
Stage Result
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 2h52'23 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 |  Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5 |  Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 6 | Oscar Gatto | Cannondale | s.t. | | 7 |  Philip Lavery | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 8 |  Julian Kern | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 9 | Fabio Felline | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 10 | Lloyd Mondory | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 2h55'47 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 13 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 14 | | 4 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | + 16 | | 5 |  Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 22 | | 6 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 23 | | 7 | Bob Jungels | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. | | 8 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 10 |  Markel Irizar | Trek Factory Racing | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 50 | | 2 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 30 | | 3 | Luke Durbridge | Orica GreenEdge | 20 | | 4 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | 20 | | 5 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | 16 | | 6 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | 14 |
KOM
| 1 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | 6 | | 2 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 4 | | 3 | Hilton Clarke | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | 2 |
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Lavery doing quite well. What is Kelderman on? 
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Herald Sun Tour
Stage 3- Ballaret- Bendigo
The first hilly stage of this years race will see the first fight for the overall GC.
Race Report
Large group went away early on today, consisting of De Vreese Pagani Gautier Lane  Saramontins  Rodriguez.
After an attack by Lane it was Saramontins who counter attacked to take the first of the days KOM points.
Rodriguez left everyone in his wake as he easily took the second of the KOM points on offer.
The Peleton never looked liked catching the break today and Saramontins attacked to win the stage.
Kolobnev lead the peleton over the line in excess of 3 minutes behind.
Stage Result
| 1 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 3h53'16 | | 2 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 3 | Angelo Pagani | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 4 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | s.t. | | 5 | Cyril Gautier | Team Europcar | s.t. | | 6 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 7 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | + 3'34 | | 8 | Sonny Colbrelli | Bardiani CSF | s.t. | | 9 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 10 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 |  Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 6h52'35 | | 2 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | + 2 | | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 15 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 16 | | 5 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 6 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 24 | | 7 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 25 | | 9 | Cameron Meyer | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 10 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 56 | | 2 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 33 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 30 | | 4 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 24 | | 5 | Alexandr Kolobnev | Team Katusha | 23 | | 6 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 22 |
KOM
| 1 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 11 | | 2 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | 11 | | 3 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 10 | | 4 | Jonas Ahlstrand | Team Giant - Shimano | 6 | | 5 | Tom Van Asbroeck | Topsport Vlaanderen - Baloise | 4 | | 6 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 4 |
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Posted on 08-03-2014 13:39
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Team is doing great, keep it up.
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Posted on 08-03-2014 14:02
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Herald Sun Tour
Stage 4- Michelton Winery to Healesville
Last chance for the sprinters to grab a win before tomorrow's final hilly stage of this years tour.
Race Report
Early Race overview
A group of 7 riders went away early on these were:
Walleys
 Kiendys
McConvey
 Meintjes
Madrazo
Day
Phelan
There were two KOM spots on the route, both close together. Meintjes raced over to take the first points before McConvey attacked and won the second with ease.
After the break was caught wuth 7km to go, it was left for the sprinters to fight it out on the line.
 Andrew Fenn took the win ahead of Anthony Roux and Brett Lancaster.
Stage Result
| 1 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 3h30'54 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 3 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 4 | Matthew Hayman | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 5 | Danilo Napolitano | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 6 | Marcel Sieberg | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 7 | Philip Lavery | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 8 | Michal Golas | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 9 | Kris Boeckmans | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Jonas Vangenechten | Lotto Belisol | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 10h23'23 | | 2 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | + 6 | | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | + 9 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 22 | | 5 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 6 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 30 | | 7 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 8 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 31 | | 9 |  Lars Ytting Bak | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Patrick Gretsch | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 16 | 72 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | 20 | 40 | | 3 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 3 | 36 | | 4 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 0 | 30 | | 5 | Andrew Fenn | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 25 | 25 | | 6 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0 | 24 |
KOM
| 1 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 0 | 11 | | 2 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | 0 | 11 | | 3 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 0 | 10 | | 4 | Connor McConvey | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 10 | 10 | | 5 | Adam Phelan | Drapac Pro Cycling | 10 | 10 | | 6 | Louis Meintjes | MTN - Qhubeka | 8 | 8 |
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Posted on 08-03-2014 14:18
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Another 7th for Phil. If you like you can press " to take away circles from riders
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Posted on 08-03-2014 15:05
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Thanks everyone for the comments
Cycleman thanks I will go that now for better pictures
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Posted on 08-03-2014 15:38
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Herald Sun Tour
Stage 5- Arthur's Seat
The final stage of this years Tour should be the decider on top of Arthur's Seat.
Race Report
8 rider's in the final break of the Tour, they are:
 Busche
 Fumeaux
Vorganov
Barbin
Aramendia
Kern
Hansen
 Mahoric
After the break was caught some 35km from the finish Kolobnev decided to give it a go.
He was soon joined by
De Marchi
 Arredondo
Brambilla
Arredondo was the only one to hang on to take the win Cataldo came second 16 seconds back with Roux third.
Stage Result
| 1 |  Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | 2h50'42 | | 2 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 16 | | 3 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | s.t. | | 4 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 5 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. | | 6 | Davide Rebellin | CCC Polsat Polkowice | + 28 | | 7 | Damiano Caruso | Cannondale | s.t. | | 8 | Giampaolo Caruso | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 9 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Warren Barguil | Team Giant - Shimano | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | 13h14'22 | | 2 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | + 1 | | 3 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | + 17 | | 4 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | + 18 | | 5 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | + 32 | | 6 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | + 33 | | 7 | Rinaldo Nocentini | AG2R La Mondiale | s.t. | | 8 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | s.t. | | 9 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | + 41 | | 10 | Patrick Lane | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Brett Lancaster | Orica GreenEdge | 72 | | 2 | Anthony Roux | FDJ.fr | 56 | | 3 | Wilco Kelderman | Belkin Pro Cycling Team | 37 | | 4 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 36 | | 5 | Dario Cataldo | Team Sky | 28 | | 6 | Matthias Brändle | IAM Cycling | 26 |
KOM
| 1 | Jackson Rodríguez | Androni Giocattoli | 17 | | 2 | Dries Devenyns | Team Giant - Shimano | 12 | | 3 | Julian Arredondo | Trek Factory Racing | 12 | | 4 | Laurens De Vreese | Wanty - Groupe Gobert | 11 | | 5 | Aleksejs Saramotins | IAM Cycling | 10 | | 6 | Eduard Vorganov | Team Katusha | 10 |
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Posted on 08-03-2014 15:47
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Herald Sun Tour
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Synergy enjoyed a 3 top to finishes in Australia during the past week. Lavery sprinting to 7th on both of the sprint stages and Lane in his home race finishing 6th on stage 3 into Bendigo.
Lane also finished 10th overall 41 seconds behind eventual winner Anthony Roux of FDJ. The field was strong here with World Tour teams such as Team Sky, Trek and Cannondale.
Lane said "To be part of a successful breakaway on stage 3 but not winning does hurt but I have to take courage in hanging on to a top 10 placing."
Lavery said "To be given an early chance to be lead sprinter with Averin missing was brilliant for me. There were many sprinters with moe experience and were stronger than me. So to get 2 7th place finishes shows where I am at the moment."
Next race for Synergy Baku is: Tour of Oman
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Posted on 08-03-2014 16:21
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Synergy Baku Team
Stage 1- Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University
Race Report
Race Overview
A early break of 4 riders went clear, which featured:
Downey
Brammeier
Tewedle
 Orken
Unfortunate with the sprinting talent on show here in Oman the break was under control by the main group before eventually been caught inside the last 20km.
It was a close sprint for the line but the Manx missile pipped it. Mark Cavendish beat Matt Goss just on the line with Andrea Guardini third.
Stage Result
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 3h33'54 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 3 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 4 |  Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 6 | Matteo Pelucchi | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 7 |  Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 8 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 9 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 10 | Matthew Hayman | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 25 | | 2 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | 20 | | 3 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | 16 | | 4 | Valentin Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | 14 | | 5 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | 12 | | 6 | Ahmet Örken | Torku Seker Spor | 10 |
KOM
| 1 | Ahmet Örken | Torku Seker Spor | 5 | | 2 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | 3 | | 3 | Sean Downey | An Post - Chain Reaction | 1 |
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Tour of Oman
Stage 2- Fanja in bidbid to Al Bustan
Race Overview
A break of 3 went away inside the first 20km, they were:
Doull
Gretchyn
Tewelde
It was a hard working group with all three sharing the workload. They had got a max gap of 5"34 before the peleton wheeled them in and eventually caught them with 15km to go.
The hill at the end of stage played havoc with the sprint. But not for Synergy Baku who can celebrate tonight after winning their first ever win. M aksym Averin came past Valverde and Frank to complete win.
Stage Result
| 1 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 3h26'05 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 7 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 8 | Maxim Iglinskiy | Astana Pro Team | s.t. | | 9 | Michał Kwiatkowski | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Lieuwe Westra | Astana Pro Team | s.t. |
Stage 3- Nakhal Fort to Wadi Dayqah Dam
Race Overview
The traditional early break went clear which featured:
Quinziato
Vinter
De Vreese
The hard working group managed to get a huge gap of 8"10 but they knew it would be another day for the sprinters and they were quickly reeled back in ready for another showdown.
A slight uphill finish caught the best of the sprinters out and it was left for to a shootout between Valverde, Averin and Haussler. But Valverde showd his experience to sprint to victory ahead of Haussler and Averin.
Stage Result
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 4h12'51 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 3 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | s.t. | | 4 | Greg Van Avermaet | BMC Racing Team | s.t. | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 7 | Ben Swift | Team Sky | s.t. | | 8 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 10 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. |
Overall GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 11h12'18 | | 2 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 4 | | 3 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 8 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | + 20 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. | | 6 | Andrea Guardini | Astana Pro Team | + 24 | | 7 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 8 | Enrico Gasparotto | Astana Pro Team | + 30 | | 9 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 32 | | 10 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | s.t. |
Points
| 1 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 16 | 50 | | 2 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | 20 | 46 | | 3 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 25 | 45 | | 4 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | 10 | 39 | | 5 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 7 | 36 | | 6 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 12 | 24 |
KOM
| 1 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | 6 | | 2 | Manuel Quinziato | BMC Racing Team | 6 | | 3 | Sergiy Gretchyn | Torku Seker Spor | 6 | | 4 | Jani Tewelde | MTN - Qhubeka | 5 | | 5 | Ahmet Örken | Torku Seker Spor | 5 | | 6 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | 4 |
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Nice results , maybe you should try to get more riders in the BOTD, expecially when your best sprinters will have to sprint against Cavendish |
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Great overall result for Lane and now with Maksym riding great in Oman, this might be the start of a great season..
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baia wrote:
Great overall result for Lane and now with Maksym riding great in Oman, this might be the start of a great season..
I hope so, the dream of Pro Continent is well and truly alive
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It was Great to see Maksym Averin grab the teams first win of the season  , hopefully that will be the first of many |
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Tour of Oman
Stage 4- Samail to Jabal Al Akhdhar
The queen stage of this years race finishing on top of the toughest mountain in Oman and probably the only mountain in Oman.
Race Report
Today's break consisted of:
 Suitsou
Phelan
Bodnar
Leukemans
Castroviejo
Phelan took the first sprint point ahead od Leukemans but after that the peleton lead by Movistar soon brought them back.
With the break caught Eibegger went clear just at the foot of the mountain.
Attack by BMC's Tejay Van Garderen.
Who was followed by race leader Movistar's Alejandro Valverde.
They both joined Eibegger at the front of the race, before unable to hold the pace Eibegger soon dropped off.
Alejandro Valverde left Van Garderen behind to take the win and quite possibly the Tour.
Stage Result
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 3h20'56 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 35 | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 4 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'04 | | 5 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 1'19 | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'55 | | 8 | Markus Eibegger | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 2'31 | | 9 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 3'32 | | 10 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 3'50 |
Overall GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 14h32'54 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 1'15 | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 1'19 | | 4 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 1'56 | | 5 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 6 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 2'11 | | 7 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'47 | | 8 | John Darwin Atapuma | BMC Racing Team | + 4'24 | | 9 | Mikel Landa | Astana Pro Team | + 4'42 | | 10 | Markus Eibegger | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 5'39 |
Points
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 70 | | 2 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 50 | | 3 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | 46 | | 4 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | 39 | | 5 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 38 | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 36 |
KOM
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 16 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 12 | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 10 | | 4 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | 10 | | 5 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | 6 | | 6 | John Gadret | Movistar Team | 6 |
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Tour of Oman
Stage 5- Al Alam Palace to Ministry of Housing
Race Report
Large breakaway today, with no threat of GC for any of then 7 out front:
Cummings
Klimov
Asadov
Meyer
Wyss
 Tuft
3 tough climbs on route today, Valverde will be comfortable holding is lead. A group of 4 went clear of the peleton consisting of:
Valverde
Frank
Uran
Wiggins
But they couldn't catch Cummings in time who takes the win. Second for Valverde and third for Uran.
Stage Result
| 1 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | 3h37'26 | | 2 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | s.t. | | 3 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | s.t. | | 4 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 35 | | 5 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | s.t. | | 6 | Serguei Klimov | RusVelo | s.t. | | 7 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | s.t. | | 8 |  Matej Mohorič | Cannondale | + 1'23 | | 9 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | s.t. | | 10 | Simon Gerrans | Orica GreenEdge | + 3'08 |
Overall GC
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 18h10'08 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 2'00 | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | + 2'54 | | 4 | Bradley Wiggins | Team Sky | + 2'58 | | 5 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | + 4'35 | | 6 | Thomas De Gendt | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | + 6'07 | | 7 | Matthias Frank | IAM Cycling | + 6'38 | | 8 | Markus Eibegger | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | + 8'59 | | 9 | Moreno Moser | Cannondale | + 10'37 | | 10 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | + 11'11 |
Points
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 90 | | 2 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 54 | | 3 | Maksym Averin | Synergy Baku Cycling Project | 50 | | 4 | Heinrich Haussler | IAM Cycling | 46 | | 5 | Matthew Goss | Orica GreenEdge | 39 | | 6 | Mark Cavendish | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 36 |
KOM
| 1 | Alejandro Valverde | Movistar Team | 0 | 16 | | 2 | Tejay Van Garderen | BMC Racing Team | 0 | 12 | | 3 | Jurgen Van den Broeck | Lotto Belisol | 0 | 10 | | 4 | Rigoberto Urán | Omega Pharma - Quick·Step Cycling Team | 0 | 10 | | 5 | Stephen Cummings | BMC Racing Team | 10 | 10 | | 6 | Marcel Wyss | IAM Cycling | 8 | 8 |
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