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2012 Tour of Oman
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| Dates | 14–19 February | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Stages | 6 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Distance | 875 km (543.7 mi) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Winning time | 21h 32' 02" | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2012 Tour of Oman was the third edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 14 to 19 February 2012, in Oman.
The race was won by Slovakia's Peter Velits,[1] of the Omega Pharma–Quick-Step team, taking the race lead on the penultimate day and holding it to the finish. Velits' winning margin over runner-up Vincenzo Nibali (Liquigas–Cannondale) – winner of the race's queen stage to Jabal al Akhdar – was just one second,[2] after Nibali tried to gain bonus seconds at one of the final day's intermediate sprints but could not gain time.[1] The final place on the podium went to RadioShack–Nissan's Tony Gallopin, sixteen seconds behind Nibali and 17 seconds down on Velits.[3] In the race's other classifications, Peter Sagan of Liquigas–Cannondale won the points classification on the final stage,[3] Gallopin won the white jersey for the youth classification with his third place overall in the general classification,[3] BMC Racing Team's Klaas Lodewyck won the combative classification for the race's intermediate sprints,[3] and RadioShack–Nissan finished at the head of the teams classification.[3]
- ^ a b "Velits claims Oman title". Sky Sports. BSkyB. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ "Velits wraps up victory in Tour of Oman". Yahoo! Eurosport. TF1 Group. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
- ^ a b c d e "Peter Velits wins 2012 Tour of Oman". Cycling News. Future Publishing Limited. 19 February 2012. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
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