First stage Tour of Qatar
Reported by Asbjørn Kragh Andersen
8/2 2016  Tour of Qatar 2. HC
Stage 1 Dukhan – Al Khor Corniche 176.3 kmTop Favorites:
Greipel (Lotto) Kristoff (Katusha) Cavendish (Dimension Data)
Sagan (Tinkoff) Bonifazio (Trek) Bos (Dimension Data)
Delko – Marseille:
Captain: Delio Fernández Cruz
Sprinter: Benjamin Giraud
Dukhan Mosque
As so often on the first stage of a race, there is a fierce battle to get in the breakaway. Evaldas Siskevicius attack several times without any luck.
Finally after 40 km of failed attempts it is Patrick Shaw (Avanti - IsoWhey), Tyler Magner (UnitedHealthcare) and our Delio Fernández forming the breakaway of the day, getting some TV time and some probably useless sprint points.
With 12 km to the finish, Shaw set in the final desperate acceleration but the break is over.
Over the last 10 km the pace is very hard, it is Tinkoff and Katsuha setting up their sprinters. Peter Sagan wins in front of Alexander Kristoff and André Greipel.
Sagans first win since winning the World Championships in Richmond 27/9 last season.
Our best is Benjamin Giraud 8th, a good result for us, Yannick Martinez did a good lead-out for his teammate. But the peloton split and many from our team lost time.
Stage:
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | 3h50'31 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 3 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 4 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | s.t. | | 5 | Adam Blythe | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 6 | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 7 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 8 | Benjamin Giraud | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | s.t. | | 9 | Mark Cavendish | Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka | s.t. | | 10 | Fabian Cancellara | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | . |
Spoiler | 15 | Yannick Martinez | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +00:00 | | 32 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +00:00 | | 56 | Delio Fernández Cruz | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +02:07 | | 87 | Ronald Yeung | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +03:35 | | 113 | Romain Combaud | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +03:35 | | 132 | Thierry Hupond | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +06:32 |
GC:
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | 3h50'21 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | + 4 | | 3 | Patrick Shaw | Avanti - IsoWhey Sports | s.t. | | 4 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | + 6 | | 5 | Tyler Magner | UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team | s.t. | | 6 | Marco Haller | Team Katusha | + 10 | | 7 | Adam Blythe | Tinkoff | s.t. | | 8 | Edward Theuns | Trek - Segafredo | s.t. | | 9 | Jürgen Roelandts | Lotto Soudal | s.t. | | 10 | Benjamin Giraud | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | s.t. | | . |
Spoiler | 17 | Yannick Martinez | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +00:10 | | 34 | Evaldas Siskevicius | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +00:10 | | 50 | Delio Fernández Cruz | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +02:15 | | 87 | Ronald Yeung | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +03:45 | | 113 | Romain Combaud | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +03:45 | | 132 | Thierry Hupond | Delko - Marseille Provence KTM | +06:42 |
Points:
| 1 | Peter Sagan | Tinkoff | 15 | | 2 | Alexander Kristoff | Team Katusha | 12 | | 3 | André Greipel | Lotto Soudal | 9 |
Team: Team Katusha
Young: Tyler Magner - UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team
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