 Tour of Oman - Kristoff repeats in Naseem Park [14-02-17 14:33 by staff GoNBike.com] | ||
Alexander Kristoff repeats in Naseem Park It was nice winning story for Team KATUSHA ALPECIN and Alexander Kristoff in Oman. Kristoff won stage 1 of the 8th Tour of Oman with finish at the Naseem Park not far away from country capital Muscat. Kristoff repeated his 2016 win at the same finish location and has now already five Oman stage wins on his palmares. In the final sprint KATUSHA ALPECIN’s top sprinter was faster than Italians Kristian Sbaragli (Dimension Data) and Sonny Colbrelli (Bahrein - Merida). - Of course, all in the peloton looked at us, as we were the favorites with me as one of the best sprinters, so we had to take control of the race from the beginning. Quick -Step Floors helped and later on also Sunweb. Our team did an amazing job. In the end they all contributed for the lead-out. We knew the finish from last year and knew that we had to come to the front a little bit late, especially because of the straight road and the head wind. We waited in the bunch quite a long time. Just in the end, with 300 meters to go, we hit the front. It was still tough with the head wind, but our lead-out was perfect. Marco Haller and Michael Mørkøv were the last guys to bring me to the ideal position but also Nils Politt helped a lot. I am proud of this team. Already in Bessèges we showed to have a good group. This is a great feeling. I hope we can continue this way, - said Alexander Kristoff. Stage 1 of the race started at Al Sawadi Beach and finished after 176,5 km near the central entrance to the Naseem Park. Five riders made the daily breakaway after only few kilometers from the start, but Team KATUSHA ALPECIN and Team Quick -Step Floors, for Tom Boonen, who crashed in the final kilometers, did everything to control it. The break was completely neutralized with some 10 km to go. A strong powerful sprint at the finish brought Alexander Kristoff’s second 2017 victory for Team KATUSHA ALPECIN. Tomorrow will be held stage 2 of the Tour of Oman – 145,5 km from Nakhal to Al Bustan. ::KATUSHA ALPECIN - Press Release:: | ||
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