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Tour of Oman Photos; Stage 3: Sur → Sur, 208 km

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The rollout from Sur on the east coast of Oman; another beautiful dayshare this photo

The inland return leg back to Sur took the riders through the hot Oman desert share this photo

The break getting urged on by an appreciative Omani crowd. Mark Kumpo (Geox-TMC) at the front followed by Marcus Burghardt (BMC) and Patrik Sinkewitz (Farnese Vini-Neri Sottoli).share this photo

The Omanis have the Qataris beat for fan supportshare this photo

... and more fansshare this photo

After a late start on by far the longest stage (208 km) of the race, the sun was starting to set on the break.share this photo

After the break was caught with 10 km to go, Theo Bos (Rabobank) won his second stage of the week. Daniele Bennati (Leopard-Trek) was once again 2nd and 3rd was the race leader Matthew Goss (HTC-Highroad).share this photo

Matt Goss gets to the wear the leader's jersey for one more day. But with a mountaintop finish at the end of Friday's stage 4, we should have a climber donning the Red Jersey tomorrow.share this photo

Tour of Oman Photos; Stage 3: Sur → Sur, 208 km

« Stage 02 photosreturn to: « Tour of Oman 2011 Live Dashboard  |  Tour of Oman photo galleryStage 04 photos »