American Matteo Jorgenson wins Tour of Oman

Mauri Vansevenant won the last and the most difficult stage of Tour of Oman while Matteo Jorgenson held on to win overall

The Soudal-Quick-Step rider was the best climbing the Jabal Al Akhdhar (also known as Green Mountain) that has 5.7 km at 10%.

Mauri followed Matteo Jorgenson attack on the last 300 meters and counter with one of his own that granted him the stage.

5 riders got into the breakaway being caught with 4 kilometres to go. At the beggining of the Green Mountain Intermarché-Circus-Wanty set the pace, reducing a lot of the peloton into the group of general classification favourites.

In the last 2 km Rein Taaramae (Intermarché-Circus-Wanty) launched a powerful attack to be followed by race leader Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar team), Mauri Vansevenant( Soudal-Quick-Step) and Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën Team).

 Taaramae was dropped and the last three fighting for the stage and GC win.

In the end Mauri Vansevenant managed to beat Matteo Jorgenson (Movistar Team) on the uphill sprint, Geoffrey Bouchard (AG2R Citroën Team) who finished 3rd.

Despite Vansevenant winning the stage, race leader Matteo Jorgenson controlled the situation well to secure his overall classification win, becoming the first ever stage race overall victory for the young North-American of Movistar Team.

Matteo Jorgenson said ,"It was super hard. I mean: the day was relatively easy, bu thte heat was the main issue for me. I might have looked confident this morning, but i was actually pretty nervous. This kind of climb really tests my limits. 6k at 12% - it’s hard for me. I rode always making sure I stayed efficient on the climb. I did everything as efficient as possible to take this one. You have no idea how special this is for me. Super, super special. Two days ago, I got my first professional win, and now, to get the GC like this, with the list of previous winners in Oman, is crazy. We did it!"

VIDEO: 2023 Tour of Oman Stage 5 Highlights

2023 Tour of Oman Stage 5 Top 10

1 BEL Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step 03:53:51
2 USA Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team + 00
3 FRA Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team + 12
4 EST Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty + 22
5 BEL Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny + 37
6 ITA Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates + 37
7 ESP Cristian Rodriguez Team Arkéa-Samsic + 58
8 ESP Jesus Herrada Cofidis + 58
9 ESP Carlos Verona Movistar Team + 01:00
10 BEL Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe + 01:12
 

2023 Tour of Oman Final General Classification

01 USA Matteo Jorgenson Movistar Team 19:56:21
02 BEL Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step + 01
03 FRA Geoffrey Bouchard AG2R Citroën Team + 28
04 EST Rein Taaramäe Intermarché-Circus-Wanty + 46
05 ITA Diego Ulissi UAE Team Emirates + 48
06 BEL Maxim Van Gils Lotto Dstny + 58
07 ESP Jesus Herrada Cofidis + 01:20
08 ESP Cristian Rodriguez Team Arkéa-Samsic + 01:22
09 BEL Cian Uijtdebroeks BORA-hansgrohe + 01:36
10 ESP Carlos Verona Movistar Team + 01:37

 
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