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Astana's Andrea Guardini won the opening stage of the 2015 Tour of Oman in Al Wutayyah on Tuesday (February 17).
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The 2015 Tour of Oman got underway with the mercury hitting 30 degrees.
Inside the first 10 kilometres the group consisting of Johan van Zyl, Patrick Konrad, Simone Andreetta and Jef van Meirhaeghe had a three minutes breakaway on the bunch.
That would extend to five minutes before the day was out.
A puncture for Konrad spelled the end of his and the lead group's time at the front, and they were soon back into the Katusha-led peloton with 32 kilometres remaining.
The bunch stayed compact until the final kilometres and after a thrilling sprint finish, Astana's Andrea Guardini took the opening stage win
Alexander Kristoff was fifth, Nacer Bouhanni sixth, with Peter Sagan seventh and Sam Bennett eighth.
Guardini leads the general classification with a four-second lead over Tom Boonen.
Patrick Konrad sits in third, just a second behind Boonen, due to the bonus seconds earned in the intermediate sprints while out in the break.
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Guardini wins the Tour of Oman opening stage
Wednesday, February 18 2015Category:Racing