🇴🇲 #TourofOman 2023 🗓 February 11. - February 15. 🤩 For the first time in the history of the event, the final stage leads the riders to Jabal Al Akhdhar, on the slopes of the iconic “Green Mountain”, after an ascent of nearly 6km at more than 10%.
PREVIEW | Tour of Oman 2023 stage 2 - Climbers go heat-to-head on explosive hilltop finish
CyclingSunday, 12 February 2023 at 12:11
From the 11th to the 15th of February racing will resume in the Middle East, with the traditional Tour of Oman bringing an interesting set of stages that will suit sprinters, climbers and classics riders simultaneously.
Stage 2 will be the first key stage for the overall classification as the climbers will be put to the test in a hilltop finish.
Stage 2 will see the peloton start immediately with a rough climb, but one that shouldn't affect the outcome of the day. It is an explosive day, where the big men will save their legs for the final hilltop finish in Qurayyat that will favour the puncheurs, however is open for the true GC men aswell.
The final ascent is 2.6 kilometers long at 7% and has been used several times in the past, frequently with a big selection made.
Stage 2: Muscat - Quarayyat, 174 kilometers
Prediction Tour of Oman 2023 stage 2:
*** Diego Ulissi, Alexey Lutsenko
** Davide Formolo, Maxim van Gils
* Jan Hirt, Mauri Vansevenant, Emanuel Buchmann, Giovanni Aleotti, Axel Zingle
** Davide Formolo, Maxim van Gils
* Jan Hirt, Mauri Vansevenant, Emanuel Buchmann, Giovanni Aleotti, Axel Zingle
Pick: Diego Ulissi
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