Miguel Ángel López wins the Queen stage on the top of Green Mountain

Miguel Angel Lopez claimed the victory at the top of Green Mountain in the Tour of Oman, while Alexey Lutsenko took the leaders jersey, making it a successful day for Astana

The Columbian beat teammate Alexey Lutsenko of Kazakhstan and Cofidis’s Jesus Herrada of Spain in the 152km Queen Stage from Samail.

Lutsenko now leads the overall standings with a time of 19:38:21, followed 11 seconds later by Lopez. Spain’s Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida) is a further 28 seconds back.

Dimension Data’s Merhawi Kudus, of Eritrea, finished 12th in the stage and now lies ninth overall in 19:39:50.

The 152-kilometre Queen stage of the race took place between Sama'Il and finished atop Jabal Al Akhdhar (Green Mountain). A breakaway of six riders that created a gap of almost two minutes but was caught before the last climb.

Astana made a big move on the final climb and three riders from the team attacked and rode away from a reduced peloton.

Lopez, Lutsenko and Jan Hirt rode away until the Czech rider Hirt was dropped by the Colombian and the Kazakh.

The Asatna pair arrived together on the line and Lopez took the stage victory while Lutsenko moved to the top of the General Classification, taking the leader's jersey from Greg van Avermaet (BMC).

VIDEO: 2018 Tour of Oman Stage 5 Final Kilometres

2018 Tour of Oman Stage 5 Top 10

1. Miguel Ángel López (Astana Pro, Columbia) 3:43:58
2. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro, Kazakhstan)
3. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis-Solutions Credits, Spain) +12″
4. Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida, Spain) +15″
5. Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin, Australia) +22″
6. Peter Stetina (Trek-Segafredo, United States of America) +25″
7. Daniel Pearson (Aqua Blue Sport, Great Britain) +33″
8. Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors, Belgium) +43″
9. Nicolas Roche (BMC Racing, France) +47″
10. Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal) +49″

General classification after Stage 5

1. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro, Kazakhstan) 19:38:21
2. Miguel Ángel López (Astana Pro, Columbia) +11″
3. Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida, Spain) +28″
4. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis-Solutions Credits, Spain) +30″
5. Nathan Haas (Katu-Alpecin, Australia) +32″
6. Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors, Belgium) +1’05”
7. Daniel Navarro Garcia (Cofidis-Solutions Credits, Spain) +1’14”
8. Odd Christian Eiking (Wanty-Groupe Gobert, Norway) +1’24”
9. Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data, Eritrea) +1’29”
10. Rui Costa (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal) +1’37”