{"id":7101,"date":"2016-03-01T18:30:47","date_gmt":"2016-03-01T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/tour-of-qatar-oman-2016\/"},"modified":"2026-11-03T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2026-11-03T13:36:36","slug":"tour-of-qatar-oman-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/en\/tour-of-qatar-oman-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"An Arab Cycling Spring"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The richest Arab states continue to promote top-level cycling in their countries. Their approach deserves study and is worth emulating, because developing top-level cycling helps raise a country&#8217;s prestige and profile, with all the consequences that follow.<\/p>\n<p>Already by tradition, three Arab tours are held one after another in February: in Dubai, Qatar and Oman.<\/p>\n<p>This time I&#8217;ll focus your attention on the tours of Qatar and Oman, because the elite of the world peloton took part in these races.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5193\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5193\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5193\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-BOASSON-HAGEN-CAVENDISH006p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-BOASSON-HAGEN-CAVENDISH006p.jpg\" alt=\"11 February 2016 15th Tour of Qatar Stage 04 : Al Zubarah Fort - Madinat Al Shamal BOASSON HAGEN Edvald (NOR) Dimension Data, Leader of the General Classification CAVENDISH Mark (GBR) Dimension Data, Leader of the Point Classification Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-BOASSON-HAGEN-CAVENDISH006p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-BOASSON-HAGEN-CAVENDISH006p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 11, 2016<br \/> 15th Tour of Qatar<br \/> During stage 4 the great Norwegian Edvald Boasson Hagen leads the general classification<br \/> His pursuer: the legendary Briton Mark Cavendish<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Big teams see the Arab tours in the context of preparing for the season, but good organization, a climate acceptable for this time of year and high funding create extra motivation \u2014 and indeed, among this year&#8217;s winners we find the outstanding stars of cycling.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5198\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5198\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5198\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo012p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo012p.jpg\" alt=\"21 February 2016 7th Tour of Oman Stage 06 : The Wave Muscat \u2013 Matrah Corniche NIBALI Vincenzo (ITA) Astana, Leader of the General Classification Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo012p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo012p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5198\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 21, 2016<br \/> 7th Tour of Oman<br \/> On stage 6 Kazakh team Astana tests its team formation for the upcoming Giro \u2014 their first target this year is, after all, Vincenzo&#8217;s home Grand Tour<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The lion&#8217;s share of the eleven stages of both tours went to the great Norwegians; here is the full picture:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Vincenzo Nibali (Italy): Tour of Oman general classification and 1 stage;<\/p>\n<p>Mark Cavendish (Great Britain): Tour of Qatar general classification and 1 stage;<\/p>\n<p>Alexander Kristoff (Norway): 5 wins (3 Qatar \/ 2 Oman);<\/p>\n<p>Edvald Boasson Hagen (Norway): 3 wins (1 Qatar \/ 2 Oman);<\/p>\n<p>Bob Jungels (Luxembourg): 1 stage at the Tour of Oman;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_5195\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.yuzurusunada.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"lazyload wp-image-5195\" src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo077p.jpg\" data-orig-src=\"http:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo077p.jpg\" alt=\"19 February 2016 7th Tour of Oman Stage 04 : Knowledge Oasis Muscat - Green Mountain NIBALI Vincenzo (ITA) Astana Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20600%20400%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27600%27%20height%3D%27400%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo077p-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/velorbola.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/sample-NIBALI-Vincenzo077p.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-5195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">February 19, 2016<br \/> 7th Tour of Oman<br \/> On the fourth, queen stage Lo Squalo (Vincenzo Nibali) shone, winning his first stage of the season and, with it, the race&#8217;s general classification<br \/> Photo : Yuzuru SUNADA<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To sum up this short report, I&#8217;ll say that we witnessed interesting sprint finishes and a serious mountain battle, which we had truly missed since last season. Presumably the competition in the Arab cycling spring will keep growing!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Featured image: <em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/www.yuzurusunada.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inside post thumbnail image:\u00a0<em>Yuzuru SUNADA<\/em><em>\/www.yuzurusunada.com<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Special thanks to the Japanese photographer Yuzuru SUNADA for permission to use his works in our publications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>Translated from Georgian with the assistance of Claude (Anthropic), reviewed by the Velorbola editors.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The richest Arab states continue to promote top-level cycling in  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5191,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[347],"tags":[576,422,575,574,368],"class_list":["post-7101","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-road","tag-alexander-kristoff","tag-mark-cavendish","tag-tour-of-oman","tag-tour-of-qatar","tag-vincenzo-nibali"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>An Arab Cycling Spring &#8211; Velorbola<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The richest Arab states continue to promote top-level cycling in their countries. 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