Hirt hoping to profit from Tour of Oman GC win

The final podium of the 2022 Tour of Oman (l-r) Fausto Masnanda, Jan Hirt and Rui Costa
The final podium of the 2022 Tour of Oman (l-r) Fausto Masnanda, Jan Hirt and Rui Costa (Image credit: Getty Images)

A day after Jan Hirt took his first win in six years – "five and a half" he corrects – on the steep slopes of the Green Mountain the Czech rider duly sealed overall victory at the Tour of Oman after a final sprint stage in Matrah Corniche.

Since last winning a race back at the Tour of Austria in mid-2016 – where he also won a stage – the 31-year-old has had a quiet time of things, results-wise, with perhaps fifth place at the 2019 Tour de Suisse his standout moment since then.

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Dani Ostanek is Senior News Writer at Cyclingnews, having joined in 2017 as a freelance contributor and later being hired full-time. Prior to joining the team, they had written for numerous major publications in the cycling world, including CyclingWeekly, Rouleur, and CyclingTips.

 

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