Tour of Oman 2019

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Tour of Oman 2019

Stage 5 was where everything was decided on the general classification as the Astana duo of Miguel Ángel López and eventual race winner Alexey Lutsenko rode away from everybody. López took the stage and Lutsenko the race lead, which didn't change hands on the final stage the next day when the sprint was won by Alexander Kristoff (UAE Team Emirates).

Chris Froome holds the record for the most general classification victories with two – a record that Alexey Lutsenko will be looking to equal at the 2019 race.

Vincenzo Nibali (Bahrain-Merida) didn't choose to really contest the general classification last year as he had only just started building towards the Tour de France, which he would end up retiring from following a crash. This season he is targeting the Giro, and so his physical and mental condition may mean he is far more up for winning the race this year.

Greg Van Avermaet (CCC Team) failed to hold onto the race lead when it came to the mountain stage last year. This year the same climb of Green Mountain will feature again, but if there are some splits that Van Avermaet is on the right side of in the opening four stages, you can't write off his chances of clinging on to the jersey.

But Lutsenko proved on that pivotal climb on the penultimate day last year that he and his teammate Miguel Ángel López were far and away the strongest. The Kazakh road race champion doesn't have López there with him this year, but it is still tough to see past the defending champion.

 

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