Jesus Herrada wins uphill sprint to take the Tour of Oman lead

Stage 2 of Tour of Oman finished on an uphill sprint finish, with Jesus Herrada (Team Cofidis) the strongest launching a powerful attack on the last 300 meters that granted him the stage win and leadership of the general classification

Six riders formed the early breakaway, all from pro continental teams, among them was the leader of mountains classification Jeroen Meijers (Terengganu Polygon Cycling Team). The remaining breakaway riders were caught in the last 7 km before the final uphillto the finsh line.

On the approach to the final climb,tams fought for position which ended in an explosive uphill sprint with Jesus Herrada of Cofidis the strongestto take Stage 2 victory.

Herrada finished ahead of Maxim Van Gils (Lotto-Dstny) and Diego Ulissi (Team UAE Emirates) and becomes the new leader of Tour of Oman.

2023 Tour of Oman Stage 2 Highlights

2023 Tour of Oman Stage 2 Top 10

1 ESP Jesus Herrada Cofidis 04:21:07
2 BEL Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny + 00
3 ITA Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates + 00
4 USA Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team + 00
5 BEL Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step + 00
6 KAZ Alexey Lutsenko Astana Qazaqstan Team + 03
7 FRA Rémy Rochas Cofidis + 05
8 ESP Cristian Rodriguez Team Arkéa-Samsic + 05
9 BEL Stan Dewulf AG2R Citroën Team + 05
10 ITA Davide Formolo UAE Team Emirates + 05

2023 Tour of Oman GC after Stage 2

1  HERRADA Jesús Cofidis 7:51:57
2  VAN GILS Maxim Lotto Dstny 0:04
3  ULISSI Diego UAE Team Emirates 0:06
4  VANSEVENANT Mauri Soudal - Quick Step 0:10
5  JORGENSON Matteo Movistar Team ,,
6  LUTSENKO Alexey Astana Qazaqstan Team 0:13
7  FORMOLO Davide UAE Team Emirates 0:15
8  TEUGELS Lennert Bingoal WB ,,
9  EG Niklas Uno-X Pro Cycling Team ,,
10  TEJADA Harold Astana Qazaqstan Team ,,