Tour of Qatar 2016 Live Dashboard
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
Race Info, Preview, Live Video, Results, Photos and Highlights
 The barren, flat landscape of Qatar features some surprisingly interesting racing due to the wind Big Photos from 2015 — aso  Big Photos from 2011 — reuters Big Photos from 2009 Stage 1 | Stage 2 | Stage 3 | Stage 4 | Stage 5 | Stage 6 — sirotti |
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| 1 | Monday, February 8 | 176 km | ||||||||||
| Dukhan → Al Khor Corniche | ||||||||||||
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| 2 | Tuesday, February 9 | 135 km | ||||||||||
| Qatar University → Qatar University | ||||||||||||
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| 3 | Wednesday, February 10 | 11 km | ||||||||||
 Lusail Circuit | ||||||||||||
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| 4 | Thursday, February 11 | 189 km | ||||||||||
| Al Zubarah Fort | ||||||||||||
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| 5 | Friday, February 12 | 114 km | ||||||||||
| Sealine Beach Resort → Doha Corniche | ||||||||||||
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| Total Distance | 625 km | |||||||||||
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News and Updates for Tour of Qatar 2016
February 13 update:Qatar still king for classics prep — velonews
Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage 
3 Big Photos from Stage 5 — aso
Stage 5 Results 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 2:56:16 2 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 3 JANS, Roy (WGG) 4 HUTAROVICH, Yauheni (FVC) 5 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) 6 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) 7 HOFLAND, Moreno (TLJ) 8 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 9 LOOIJ André (ROO) 10 CANOLA, Marco (UHC) 11 PALINI, Andrea (SKD) 12 GUARNIERI, Jacopo (KAT) 13 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) 14 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) 15 THWAITES, Scott (BOA) 16 STEPNIAK, Grzegorz (CCC) 17 TURGOT, Sébastien (ALM) 18 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) 19 SVENDGAARD, Michael Carbel (SSG) 20 BAGDONAS, Gediminas (ALM) Final General Classification 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 13:47:23 2 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 5 3 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 8 4 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) + 12 5 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) + 25 6 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) + 36 7 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) + 47 8 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 55 9 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 56 10 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) + 1:04 11 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) + 1:12 12 DEMPSTER, Zakkari (BOA) + 1:19 13 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) + 1:22 14 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 1:36 15 SELIG, Rudiger (BOA) + 1:50 16 VAN EMDEN, Jos (TLJ) + 2:09 17 GUARDINI, Andrea (AST) + 2:12 18 WYNANTS, Maarten (TLJ) + 2:48 19 HOFLAND, Moreno (TLJ) 20 GUARNIERI, Jacopo (KAT) + 2:51Full Official Stage 5 Results and Final General Classification — letour.fr
Cavendish seals overall victory, beaten by Kristoff on final stage — cyclingnews
Cavendish: the gold jersey should be on the shoulders of Boasson Hagen — cyclingnews
Greg Van Avermaet Post Stage 5 (00:56 Dutch) — sporza
Kristoff repeats hat-trick of stage wins at Tour of Qatar — cyclingnews
Five talking points from the 2016 Tour of Qatar — cyclingweekly
Last 10 Km of Stage 5 (13:32 French) — beinsports
Winner's Interview from Stage 5 (00:37 English) — sporza
3 Big Photos from Stage 5 — aso
Stage 5 preview: Sealine Beach Resort → Doha Corniche, 114 km (flat)
February 11 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5
Stage 5 start time: Friday 13:30 AST (10:30:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Sealine Beach Resort, Qatar
Earliest live video: 14:00 AST (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:11 AST (1:11:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Doha Corniche, Qatar
Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage
29 Big Photos from Stage 4 — aso
Stage 4 Results 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 3:57:12 2 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) 3 GUARNIERI, Jacopo (KAT) 4 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) 5 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 6 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) 7 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 6 8 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) + 8 9 HOFLAND, Moreno (TLJ) + 9 10 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 11 JANS, Roy (WGG) 12 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) 13 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 13 14 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) + 14 15 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) + 18 16 DEMPSTER, Zakkari (BOA) 17 SELIG, Rudiger (BOA) 18 WYNANTS, Maarten (TLJ) 19 VAN EMDEN, Jos (TLJ) 20 VAN ASBROECK, Tom (TLJ) + 20 General Classification after Stage 4 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 10:51:13 2 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 2 3 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) + 6 4 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 9 5 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) + 19 6 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) + 30 7 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) + 41 8 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 49 9 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 50 10 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) + 58Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Kristoff takes second Tour of Qatar win on stage 4 — cyclingnews
Double puncture leaves Boasson Hagen deflated in Qatar — velonews
Last 20 Km of Stage 4 (27:42 French) — beinsports
29 Big Photos from Stage 4 — aso
Stage 4 preview: Al Zubarah Fort, 189 km (flat)
February 10 update:See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4
Stage 4 start time: Thursday 12:10 AST (9:10:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Al Zubarah Fort, Qatar
Earliest live video: 13:15 AST (10:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:33 AST (1:33:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Al Zubarah Fort, Qatar
Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage
2 Big Photos from Stage 3 — aso
Stage 3 Results 1 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 13:26 2 VAN EMDEN, Jos (TLJ) + 25 3 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) + 29 4 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 32 5 GRUZDEV, Dmitriy (AST) + 40 6 WESTRA, Lieuwe (AST) + 43 7 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) + 44 8 KERBY, Jordan (DPC) 9 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) + 45 10 OSS, Daniel (BMC) + 47 11 POLITT, Nils (KAT) + 51 12 BOOM, Lars (AST) 13 HOULE, Hugo (ALM) + 57 14 SERGENT, Jesse (ALM) + 58 15 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 16 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 59 17 ZABEL, Rick (BMC) + 1:00 18 TEUNISSEN, Mike (TLJ) 19 DRUCKER, Jean-Pierre (BMC) + 1:03 20 GAUDIN, Damien (ALM) + 1:04 21 WYNANTS, Maarten (TLJ) 22 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) 23 PÖSTLBERGER, Lukas (BOA) 24 ROSSKOPF, Joseph (BMC) + 1:05 25 PEDERSEN, Mads (SSG) 26 DE VRIES, Berden (ROP) + 1:06 27 SMUKULIS, Gatis (AST) + 1:09 28 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 1:10 29 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 1:11 30 THWAITES, Scott (BOA) 31 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) + 1:12 32 BREEN, Vegard (FVC) 33 HOFLAND, Moreno (TLJ) + 1:13 34 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) + 1:17 35 DEMPSTER, Zakkari (BOA) + 1:18 36 KONING, Peter (DPC) + 1:19 37 EATON, Daniel (UHC) 38 THOMSON, Jay Robert (DDD) + 1:20 39 GRETSCH, Patrick (ALM) 40 BAGDONAS, Gediminas (ALM) + 1:21 General Classification after Stage 3 1 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 6:53:35 2 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) + 26 3 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) + 32 4 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 34 5 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 45 6 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) + 48 7 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 1:02 8 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) + 1:07 9 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 1:10 10 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) + 1:15Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Boasson Hagen wins Tour of Qatar time trial — cyclingnews
Back to the future for Boasson Hagen at Tour of Qatar — cyclingnews
Final ITT Riders from Stage 3 - Part 1 (20:15 French) — beinsports
Final ITT Riders from Stage 3 - Part 2 (04:55 French) — beinsports
Highlights from the winning Stage 3 ride and podium ceremony (00:56 Ambient Noise) — eitb
2 Big Photos from Stage 3 — aso
Stage 3 preview: Lusail Circuit, 11 km (TT)
February 9 update: Stage 3 ITT Start Order and Times (AST) — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3
Stage 3 start time: Wednesday 13:41 AST (10:41:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Lusail Circuit, Qatar
Earliest live video: 14:00 AST (11:00:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:18 AST (1:18:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Lusail Circuit, Qatar
Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage
14 Big Photos from Stage 2 — aso
Stage 2 Results 1 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 3:11:26 2 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 3 JANS, Roy (WGG) 4 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) 5 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 6 PALINI, Andrea (SKD) 7 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) 8 MARKUS, Barry (ROP) 9 KIENDYS, Tomasz (CCC) 10 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 11 MARYCZ, Jaroslaw (CCC) 12 TLEUBAYEV, Ruslan (AST) 13 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) 14 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) 15 KIRSCH, Alex (SSG) 16 KUREK, Adrian (CCC) 17 TRONET, Steven (FVC) 18 VAN ROOY, Kenneth (TSV) 19 ANTONINI, Simone (WGG) 20 PIBERNIK, Luka (LAM) General Classification after Stage 2 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 6:39:51 2 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 5 3 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) + 14 4 GUARDINI, Andrea (AST) + 17 5 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) + 18 6 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) 7 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 20 8 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) + 21 9 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) 10 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC)Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Kristoff wins Tour of Qatar stage 2 — cyclingnews
Kermesse-style Doha worlds course favors tough sprinters — velonews
No hiding place on Doha 2016 Worlds course, says Cavendish — cyclingnews
Mark Cavendish and Alexander Kristoff voice opinions on the Qatar World Championships circuit
Stage 2 Finish Crash (00:11 French) — beinsports
Last Km of Stage 2 and Podium Ceremony (00:50 Ambient Noise) — eitb
Last 8 Km of Stage 2 (11:46 French) — beinsports
14 Big Photos from Stage 2 — aso
Behind the scenes with the winning Stage 2 team (03:03 Music) — TeamKATUSHA
Stage 2 preview: Qatar University → Qatar University, 135 km (flat)
February 8 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2
Stage 2 start time: Tuesday 11:50 AST (8:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Qatar University, Qatar
Earliest live video: 13:15 AST (10:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:18 AST (1:18:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Qatar University, Qatar
Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage
25 Big Photos from Stage 1 — aso
Stage 1 Results 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 3:28:46 2 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) 3 GUARDINI, Andrea (AST) 4 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) 5 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) 6 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 7 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) 8 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) 9 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC) 10 ANDERSEN, Søren Kragh (TGA) 11 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) 12 SCHÄR, Michael (BMC) 13 DEMPSTER, Zakkari (BOA) 14 SELIG, Rudiger (BOA) + 5 15 BYSTRØM, Sven Erik (KAT) + 0 16 MORKOV, Michael (KAT) + 18 17 KUMP, Marko (LAM) + 1:43 18 HOFLAND, Moreno (TLJ) 19 HADDI, Soufiane (SKD) 20 DEBESAY, Mekseb (DDD) General Classification after Stage 1 1 CAVENDISH, Mark (DDD) 3:28:31 2 MODOLO, Sacha (LAM) + 8 3 GUARDINI, Andrea (AST) + 11 4 KRISTOFF, Alexander (KAT) + 12 5 KUZNETSOV, Viacheslav (KAT) + 13 6 VAN AVERMAET, Greg (BMC) + 14 7 BENNETT, Sam (BOA) + 15 8 BOASSON HAGEN, Edvald (DDD) 9 QUINZIATO, Manuel (BMC) 10 GERARD, Arnaud (FVC)Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classification — letour.fr
Cavendish wins opening stage of Tour of Qatar — cyclingnews
Alexander Kristoff: In the end, I was not strong enough — cyclingnews
Mark Cavendish secures first victory for Team Dimension Data for Qhubeka — africasteam
Last 15 Km of Stage 1 (18:17 French) — beinsports
25 Big Photos from Stage 1 — aso
Stage 1 preview: Dukhan → Al Khor Corniche, 176 km (flat)
February 6 update: See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1
Stage 1 start time: Monday 11:50 AST (8:50:00 AM GMT+0000); Weather for Dukhan, Qatar
Earliest live video: 13:15 AST (10:15:00 AM GMT+0000); Live/delayed coverage options
Approximate finish: 16:18 AST (1:18:00 PM GMT+0000); Weather for Al Khor Corniche, Qatar
2016 Tour of Qatar Preview
February 7 update:The GC contenders did a pre-race press conference. Here is the full start list > https://t.co/Hnzk5VdRYa #TOQ2016 pic.twitter.com/AFgphTs0Rs
— Tour of Qatar (@tourofqatar_) February 7, 2016
Preview: Tour of Qatar wide open in the absence of Etixx-QuickStep — cyclingnews
Kristoff hopeful Katusha will not be prevented from starting Tour of Qatar — cyclingnews
Qatar organizers block Etixx—Quick-Step from participating — velonews
Etixx-Quick Step absent due to disciplinary issues — cyclingtips
Sheikh Khalid explains why Etixx is not in the race and WorldTour push (02:04 English) — CyclingJournosontheRoad
Mark Cavendish Pre-Race Interview (04:29 English) — sporza
Tour of Qatar seeking WorldTour status in 2017 — cyclingnews
 
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Race History with Past Winners — wikipedia
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2016 Tour of Qatar Route Map
Stage maps are posted in the race summary table.