Adam Yates takes the overall victory as Valentin Paret-Peintre win the queen stage of the Tour of Oman 2025!
CyclingWednesday, 12 February 2025 at 10:52
The Tour of Oman 2025 came to a close on the classic Green Mountain, with the stage victory going to Valentin-Paret Peintre and the overall win for Adam Yates. David Gaudu will be bitterly disappointed that he could not hang on for the GC.
It was a brilliant race, with a spectacular Valentin Paret-Peintre demonstrating his enormous class and justifying his signing with Soudal - Quick-Step with his win today.
With 2 kilometers to go, Paret-Peintre, Adam Yates and leader David Gaudu were in the lead and it was Gaudu who was struggling. However, after an attack by Peintre, Yates caught him and the 3 came together again in the last kilometre.
It was clear that Gaudu didn't have the legs and when Yates set his pace in the last 500 meters the GC leader looked like he could not hang on for much longer.
Yates had the overall victory in the bag at that stage, and it only remained to be seen who would win the stage. The Frenchman from Soudal Quick-Step, who had saved his strength in the final meters, showed his class and took the stage win.
Unlike Joao Almeida in the Volta a la Comunitat Valenciana, Adam Yates didn't fail in Oman, he won the overall again and sends a message to Juan Ayuso for the Giro that he is fit and ready to lead the team.
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- Should be a good one! It's been since 2022 since we have seen peak Pogi vs peak Vingo. 2023 Pogi had injuries and a suboptimal preparation. 2024 Vingo had even worse injuries and a poor runup to the Tour. UAE team has gotten stronger since 2022, while Visma maybe less strong.mobk06-05-2025
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- He descended very well at the TdF last year after the first couple stages with technical descents.Veganpotter05-05-2025
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ScottG05-05-2025 - Jonas is afraid of crashing. That's not easy to shake. I think that fear has only gotten worse over the years.ScottG05-05-2025