Stage 1: Bayt Al Naman Castle → Al Wutayyah, 161 km Full Results and Report
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Warren BARGUIL and fellow GIANT - ALPECIN prior to Stage 1 (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA), winner of three stages last week at Tour of Qatar, was also taking shade prior to the start of Stage 1 of Tour of Oman. He was 5th today. (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Four man break passing through the feed zone (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Vincenzo NIBALI mixed with Team Sky riders (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Cofidis with Nacer BOUHANNI who was 6th today (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
ANDREETTA (BAR) and VAN MEIRHAEGHE (TSV) leading the break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
peloton (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Team Katusha keeping the gap with the break manageable (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Mass sprint in full flight in Al Wutayyah (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) wins ahead of Tom BOONEN (ETIXX - QUICK STEP) and Matteo PELUCCHI (IAM CYCLING) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Eddy MERCKX was part of the local live coverage aired on the Oman Sports Channel (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your stage 1 winner and race leader, Andrea GUARDINI (ASTANA) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) |
Stage 2: Al Hazm Castle → Al Bustan, 195 km Full Results and Report
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No comment necessary (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Rolling into Al Hazm Castle for the start of Stage 2 (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
French National Champion Arnaud Demare with a tourist shot (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Cofidis (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA, Filippo POZZATO, Vincenzo NIBALI chatting prior to Stage 2 (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Stage 2 rollout (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Christian Prudhomme dropping the flag on the real start to Stage 2 (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Five minute gap for the escape (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Peter SAGAN and Fabian CANCELLARA (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Astana and race leader Andrea GUARDINI (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Andrea GUARDINI (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Alejandro VALVERDE (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Tinkoff-Saxo at the front of the chase (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Three man break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
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The break had a 2 minutes gap with 25 km to go. Not enough. (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Tinkoff Saxo taking charge on the lumpy finish (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Late four man break led by Trek's Julian ARREDONDO (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA wins the Stage 2 uphill bunch sprint after his teammate set it upSUI 1 CANCELLARA, Fabian (TREK FACTORY RACING) 4:36:46
ESP 2 VALVERDE BELMONTE, Alejandro (MOVISTAR)
BEL 3 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC RACING)
ITA 4 POZZATO, Filippo (LAMPRE - MERIDA)
SVK 5 SAGAN, Peter (TINKOFF - SAXO)
COL 6 ARREDONDO MORENO, Julian David (TREK FACTORY RACING)
POL 7 MAJKA, Rafal (TINKOFF - SAXO)
ESP 8 MORENO FERNANDEZ, Daniel (KATUSHA)
UKR 9 GRIVKO, Andriy (ASTANA)
AUS 10 MEYER, Cameron (ORICA GreenEDGE) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your stage 2 winner, Fabian CANCELLARA (Trek) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
And new race leader (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) |
Stage 3: Al Mussanah Sports City → Al Mussanah Sports City, 159 km Full Results and Report
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Creme solaire obligatoire for Arnold JEANNESSON (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA and Borut BOZIC warming up in tight quarters (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Vincenzo NIBALI signing in (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Eddy MERCKX and Christian PRUDHOMME at the Stage 3 start (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
A moment of silence for 1984 World Champion Claudy CRIQUELION who passed away at age 58. (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Arnaud DEMARE correcting early race troubles (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
KOM leader TONELLI (BAR) at the front of the break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
The break had an advantage of 9’15 with 23 km to go (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Andrea GUARDINI in front of Vincenzo NIBALI (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Astana at the front of the chase (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) wins Stage 3 ahead of 2nd Andrea GUARDINI, (ASTANA) and 3rd Matteo PELUCCHI (IAM CYCLING) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Tom BOONEN post race (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your Stage 3 winner, Alexander KRISTOFF (KATUSHA) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA (TREK FACTORY RACING) keeps the leaders jersey (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Leader jerseys at the the podium ceremony in Al Mussanah Sports City (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Fabian CANCELLARA on local tv (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) |
Stage 4: Sultan Qaboos Grande Mosque → Jabal Al Akhdhar, 189 km Full Results and Report
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Wiliam BONNET and Arnaud DEMARE in front of a mosque with MTN - Qhubeka's Johann VAN ZYL sliding through in the background (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Stage 4 rollout. Race leader Fabian CANCELLARA and Eddy MERCKX joking about CANCELLARA's chances of retaining the leader's jersey with a summit finish looming. (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Today's break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Peloton 2:40 down (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Dusty (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Thristy Yohann OFFREDO (FDJ) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
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Peloton is 8:20 down to the break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
The race is back together on Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain), the summit finish (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Vincenzo NIBALI (AST) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC) attacked followed by three riders (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Final Kms with Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC) followed by Rafael VALLS FERRI (LAMPRE - MERIDA) and Rafal MAJKA (TINKOFF - SAXO) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Rafael VALLS FERRI (LAMPRE - MERIDA) by 5s ahead of Tejay VAN GARDEREN (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
2nd Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC) + 5s (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
3rd Alejandro VALVERDE (MOVISTAR) + 19s and 4th Rafal MAJKA (TINKOFF - SAXO) + 22s (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
5th Thibaut PINOT (FDJ) + 35s (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Eddy MERCKX clearing the finish line of exhausted riders (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Vincenzo NIBALI (21st + 2:27) and mates recuperating (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
51st + 5:30 for the morning's race leader Fabian CANCELLARA (TREK) but it wasn't from lack of effort (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your Stage 4 summit finish winner, Rafael VALLS FERRI (LAMPRE - MERIDA). Biggest career win for the 27 year old, 7 year pro from Spain (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Rafael VALLS FERRI (LAMPRE - MERIDA) is now the new race leader by 9s (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Jersey leaders after Stage 4 (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) |
Stage 5: Al Sawadi Beach → Ministry of Housing, 152 km Full Results and Report
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Stage 5 was cancelled mid-race due to the heat and high winds |
Stage 6: Oman Air → Muttrah Promenade, 134 km Full Results and Report
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FDJ getting ready for the sixth and final stage (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Pre-race ceremony (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Jersey leaders. Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), far right, made the break in all five stages of this year's race (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Stage 6 rollout (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Early break along Matrah corniche (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Race leader, Rafael VALLS FERRI and Alejandro VALVERDE (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Movistar forcing an acceleration up Mt d'AL HAMRIYAH during two passes near the end of the stage (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
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The peloton back at Matrah corniche (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
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(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Matthias BRANDLE (IAM CYCLING) wins Stage 6 from a small break (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your Stage 6 winner (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
(photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
BRANDLE, Matthias (IAM CYCLING) completed his unexpected overall win (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Your 2015 Tour of Oman Podium: 3rd Alejandro VALVERDE BELMONTE (MOVISTAR) + 19s, 1st Rafael VALLS FERRI (LAMPRE - MERIDA) 21:09:31, 2nd Tejay VAN GARDEREN (BMC RACING) + 9s (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) | 
Stage winner, overall GC top 3, teams winner (BMC) (photo credit: Muscat Municipality/B.Bade) |
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