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Tour of Oman Photos; Stage 4: Sultan Qaboos University → Jabal al Akhdhar, 157 km

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The peloton passing by the highest mountains in the Eastern Arabia known as Jabal al Akhdhar or "Green Mountain". Although, the only green I see are the desert shrubs. It looks a little like the Eastern Sierra in the U.S.share this photo

One of the favorites for this stage, Robert Gesink (Rabobank), attacked with 2 km to go on the 6 km climb which finished at 1235m el. The road to the top goes on another 12 km to 3000m el.share this photo

Robert Gesink wins by 47s over...share this photo

2nd Edvald Boasson Hagen (Sky)share this photo

Cycling legend and race director Eddy Merckx pushes Garmin-Cervelo team rider Johan Van Summeren of Belgium after he crosses the steep 13% finish share this photo

Robert Gesink walking tall among the local musicians and dancers prior to the podium ceremony. He'll take a 44s lead over the much better time-trialist, Edvald Boasson Hagen, going into tomorrow's 18.5 km individual time-trial on standard road bikes share this photo

Tour of Oman Photos; Stage 4: Sultan Qaboos University → Jabal al Akhdhar, 157 km

« Stage 03 photosreturn to: « Tour of Oman 2011 Live Dashboard  |  Tour of Oman photo galleryStage 05 photos »