Szósty i zarazem ostatni etap wyścigu należał do uciekinierów, z których najlepszy był Matthias Brändle (IAM). Koszulki lidera nie dał sobie odebrać Rafael Valls (Lampre-Merida).
Kolarze wystartowali w Oman Air, a po przejechaniu 133,5 km finiszowali w Muttrah Promenade. Profil etapu był płaski, ale po drodze znajdowały się dwa nieoznaczone podjazdy – na 89. i 106. kilometrze.
W ucieczce dnia jechali: Iljo Keisse (Etixx-Quick Step), Jef Van Meirhaeghe (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise), Danny Pate (Sky) oraz Matthias Brändle (IAM Cycling).
Na papierze skład ucieczki wyglądał mocno i tak też było w rzeczywistości. W ostatnie 50 kilometrów kwartet wjechał z przewagą około 10 minut. Gdy zaś pozostało 30 kilometrów przewaga nadal była bardzo duża, a w peletonie trwała mocna pogoń, która doprowadziła do jego rozerwania.
Oto jak wyglądała przewaga ucieczki w ostatniej fazie etapu: 25 km – 5’20”, 20 km – 4’40”, 14 km – 3’20”, 7 km – 2’15”.
Harcownicy dowieźli przewagę do mety i rozstrzygnęli między sobą etap. Po zwycięstwo zaatakował były rekordzista świata w jeździe godzinnej- Matthias Brändle. Za nim finiszowali Iljo Keisse i Jef Van Meirhaeghe.
Sprint w peletonie wygrał Peter Sagan (Tinkoff-Saxo).
Wyniki etapu:
1 Matthias BRANDLE IAM CYCLING 03:02:31
2 Iljo KEISSE ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:00:04
3 * Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:00:13
4 Danny PATE TEAM SKY 00:00:16
5 * Peter SAGAN TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:16
6 Ramon SINKELDAM TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:01:16
7 * Nacer BOUHANNI COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:01:16
8 Alexander KRISTOFF TEAM KATUSHA 00:01:16
9 * Alexey LUTSENKO ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
10 * Sam BENNETT BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:16
11 * Arnaud DEMARE FDJ 00:01:16
12 Boy VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 00:01:16
13 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
14 Jose Joaquin ROJAS MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
15 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:16
16 Matteo PELUCCHI IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
17 Alejandro VALVERDE MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
18 * Sonny COLBRELLI BARDIANI CSF 00:01:16
19 Christian KNEES TEAM SKY 00:01:16
20 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
21 Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:01:16
22 * Georg PREIDLER TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:01:16
23 * Gijs VAN HOECKE TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:01:16
24 Jakob FUGLSANG ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
25 Borut BOZIC ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
26 Wouter POELS TEAM SKY 00:01:16
27 Matti BRESCHEL TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:16
28 Julian ARREDONDO TREK FACTORY RACING 00:01:16
29 Rafael VALLS LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:01:16
30 Damiano CARUSO BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
31 Dominique ROLLIN COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:01:16
32 Andriy GRIVKO ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
33 Filippo POZZATO LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:01:16
34 Yoann OFFREDO FDJ 00:01:16
35 Pablo LASTRAS MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
36 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
37 Ben HERMANS BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
38 Lieuwe WESTRA ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
39 * Danny VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 00:01:16
40 * Louis MEINTJES MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:16
41 Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:16
42 Zakkari DEMPSTER BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:16
43 Philip DEIGNAN TEAM SKY 00:01:16
44 Enrique SANZ UNZUE MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
45 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
46 Roman KREUZIGER TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:16
47 Peter VELITS BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
48 * Patrick KONRAD BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:16
49 Rui COSTA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:01:16
50 * Pawel POLJANSKI TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:16
51 Rafal MAJKA TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:16
52 Andrey AMADOR MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
53 * Jasha SUTTERLIN MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
54 Francisco VENTOSO MOVISTAR TEAM 00:01:16
55 Geoffrey SOUPE COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:01:16
56 Reto HOLLENSTEIN IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
57 Mickaël DELAGE FDJ 00:01:16
58 Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ TEAM KATUSHA 00:01:16
59 Bartosz HUZARSKI BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:16
60 Martin ELMIGER IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
61 Tom BOONEN ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:01:16
62 Serge PAUWELS MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:16
63 Vincenzo NIBALI ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:16
64 Dries DEVENYNS IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
65 Jaco VENTER MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:16
66 * Dylan TEUNS BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:16
67 Leopold KONIG TEAM SKY 00:01:16
68 * Nikias ARNDT TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:01:16
69 Steve MORABITO FDJ 00:01:16
70 * Thibaut PINOT FDJ 00:01:16
71 Nikolas MAES ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:01:16
72 Ruben PLAZA MOLINA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:01:16
73 * Jonas AHLSTRAND COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:01:16
74 Pieter SERRY ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:01:16
75 Sébastien CHAVANEL FDJ 00:01:16
76 * Victor CAMPENAERTS TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:01:16
77 Pieter WEENING ORICA GREENEDGE 00:01:16
78 Cameron MEYER ORICA GREENEDGE 00:01:16
79 Arnold JEANNESSON FDJ 00:01:16
80 Mathias FRANK IAM CYCLING 00:01:16
81 William BONNET FDJ 00:01:16
82 * Florian SENECHAL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:01:32
83 Niki TERPSTRA ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:01:42
84 * Damien HOWSON ORICA GREENEDGE 00:01:42
85 * Warren BARGUIL TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:01:47
86 David LOPEZ GARCIA TEAM SKY 00:01:51
87 * Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:01:52
88 Adam BLYTHE ORICA GREENEDGE 00:01:54
89 Cristiano SALERNO BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:54
90 Jacopo GUARNIERI TEAM KATUSHA 00:01:54
91 Luca PAOLINI TEAM KATUSHA 00:01:56
92 Nathan EARLE TEAM SKY 00:02:02
93 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN MTN-QHUBEKA 00:02:29
94 Ralf MATZKA BORA-ARGON 18 00:02:52
95 Dominik NERZ BORA-ARGON 18 00:02:52
96 * Francesco Manuel BONGIORNO BARDIANI CSF 00:03:13
97 Yaroslav POPOVYCH TREK FACTORY RACING 00:03:16
98 Brett LANCASTER ORICA GREENEDGE 00:03:16
99 * Marcel AREGGER IAM CYCLING 00:03:16
100 Daniel SCHORN BORA-ARGON 18 00:03:16
101 * Luca CHIRICO BARDIANI CSF 00:03:16
102 Carter JONES TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:03:39
103 * Edward BELTRAN SUAREZ TINKOFF-SAXO 00:03:55
104 Daniele BENNATI TINKOFF-SAXO 00:03:57
105 Ivan ROVNY TINKOFF-SAXO 00:03:58
106 Nelson OLIVEIRA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:04:02
107 * Simone ANDREETTA BARDIANI CSF 00:04:02
108 Stijn VANDENBERGH ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:04:05
109 Matteo BONO LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:05:42
Steve CHAINEL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS Abandon
Cyril LEMOINE COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS Abandon
Klasyfikacja generalna:
1 Rafael VALLS LAMPRE – MERIDA 21:09:31
2 Tejay VAN GARDEREN BMC RACING TEAM 00:00:09
3 Alejandro VALVERDE MOVISTAR TEAM 00:00:19
4 Rafal MAJKA TINKOFF-SAXO 00:00:32
5 Jacques JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:04
6 * Louis MEINTJES MTN-QHUBEKA 00:01:08
7 Jakob FUGLSANG ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:01:10
8 Ben HERMANS BMC RACING TEAM 00:01:15
9 Julian ARREDONDO TREK FACTORY RACING 00:01:25
10 * Patrick KONRAD BORA-ARGON 18 00:01:36
11 Rui COSTA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:01:45
12 Roman KREUZIGER TINKOFF-SAXO 00:01:56
13 Dries DEVENYNS IAM CYCLING 00:02:03
14 Daniel MORENO FERNANDEZ TEAM KATUSHA 00:02:06
15 Wouter POELS TEAM SKY 00:02:23
16 Bartosz HUZARSKI BORA-ARGON 18 00:02:27
17 Lieuwe WESTRA ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:02:35
18 Andriy GRIVKO ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:02:37
19 Mathias FRANK IAM CYCLING 00:02:57
20 Vincenzo NIBALI ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:03:23
21 Damiano CARUSO BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:31
22 * Georg PREIDLER TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:03:53
23 Philip DEIGNAN TEAM SKY 00:04:02
24 Leopold KONIG TEAM SKY 00:04:02
25 * Warren BARGUIL TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:04:10
26 Pieter SERRY ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:04:17
27 Steve MORABITO FDJ 00:04:21
28 Cameron MEYER ORICA GREENEDGE 00:04:55
29 Pieter WEENING ORICA GREENEDGE 00:05:02
30 * Damien HOWSON ORICA GREENEDGE 00:05:03
31 Mitchell DOCKER ORICA GREENEDGE 00:05:08
32 Reto HOLLENSTEIN IAM CYCLING 00:05:30
33 Filippo POZZATO LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:05:31
34 Serge PAUWELS MTN-QHUBEKA 00:05:38
35 * Thibaut PINOT FDJ 00:05:44
36 Tom BOONEN ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:06:02
37 Greg VAN AVERMAET BMC RACING TEAM 00:06:10
38 Edvald BOASSON HAGEN MTN-QHUBEKA 00:06:25
39 Jose Joaquin ROJAS MOVISTAR TEAM 00:07:00
40 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 00:07:01
41 Christian KNEES TEAM SKY 00:07:07
42 Ruben PLAZA MOLINA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:07:14
43 Yoann OFFREDO FDJ 00:07:19
44 Pieter VAN SPEYBROUCK TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:07:33
45 Andrey AMADOR MOVISTAR TEAM 00:08:17
46 * Francesco Manuel BONGIORNO BARDIANI CSF 00:08:18
47 * Sonny COLBRELLI BARDIANI CSF 00:08:28
48 Cristiano SALERNO BORA-ARGON 18 00:08:51
49 * Victor CAMPENAERTS TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:08:51
50 Dominique ROLLIN COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:09:17
51 * Peter SAGAN TINKOFF-SAXO 00:09:29
52 Matti BRESCHEL TINKOFF-SAXO 00:09:57
53 * Nacer BOUHANNI COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:10:05
54 * Florian SENECHAL COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:10:12
55 * Dylan TEUNS BMC RACING TEAM 00:10:14
56 Peter VELITS BMC RACING TEAM 00:10:51
57 Pablo LASTRAS MOVISTAR TEAM 00:11:13
58 Imanol ERVITI MOVISTAR TEAM 00:11:13
59 Fabian CANCELLARA TREK FACTORY RACING 00:11:16
60 Reinardt JANSE VAN RENSBURG MTN-QHUBEKA 00:11:19
61 Boy VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 00:11:20
62 Nikolas MAES ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:11:20
63 Martin ELMIGER IAM CYCLING 00:11:44
64 Nathan EARLE TEAM SKY 00:11:45
65 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN IAM CYCLING 00:12:15
66 Joaquim RODRIGUEZ TEAM KATUSHA 00:12:16
67 Brett LANCASTER ORICA GREENEDGE 00:12:20
68 Ramon SINKELDAM TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:12:22
69 Jaco VENTER MTN-QHUBEKA 00:12:52
70 Ralf MATZKA BORA-ARGON 18 00:12:59
71 Alexander KRISTOFF TEAM KATUSHA 00:13:15
72 * Gijs VAN HOECKE TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:13:18
73 Geoffrey SOUPE COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:13:25
74 Markel IRIZAR TREK FACTORY RACING 00:13:31
75 Francisco VENTOSO MOVISTAR TEAM 00:13:55
76 * Luca CHIRICO BARDIANI CSF 00:13:58
77 Jelle WALLAYS TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:14:04
78 Carter JONES TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:14:04
79 * Pawel POLJANSKI TINKOFF-SAXO 00:14:06
80 Borut BOZIC ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:14:06
81 * Danny VAN POPPEL TREK FACTORY RACING 00:14:28
82 Zakkari DEMPSTER BORA-ARGON 18 00:14:41
83 Dominik NERZ BORA-ARGON 18 00:14:43
84 William BONNET FDJ 00:15:16
85 * Nikias ARNDT TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:15:26
86 * Johann VAN ZYL MTN-QHUBEKA 00:15:31
87 Daniel SCHORN BORA-ARGON 18 00:16:06
88 * Arnaud DEMARE FDJ 00:16:20
89 Enrico BATTAGLIN BARDIANI CSF 00:16:30
90 * Jonas AHLSTRAND COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:16:31
91 Niki TERPSTRA ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:16:50
92 Tom STAMSNIJDER TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:17:54
93 * Edward BELTRAN SUAREZ TINKOFF-SAXO 00:17:59
94 Adam BLYTHE ORICA GREENEDGE 00:18:30
95 * Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:18:48
96 Mickaël DELAGE FDJ 00:18:52
97 Ivan ROVNY TINKOFF-SAXO 00:19:20
98 * Enrico BARBIN BARDIANI CSF 00:19:43
99 Luca PAOLINI TEAM KATUSHA 00:19:58
100 * Alexey LUTSENKO ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:20:04
101 Danny PATE TEAM SKY 00:20:29
102 Nelson OLIVEIRA LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:20:29
103 Gatis SMUKULIS TEAM KATUSHA 00:20:33
104 * Marcel AREGGER IAM CYCLING 00:20:39
105 * Adrien PETIT COFIDIS, SOLUTIONS CREDITS 00:20:56
106 Matthias BRANDLE IAM CYCLING 00:21:12
107 David LOPEZ GARCIA TEAM SKY 00:21:12
108 Yaroslav POPOVYCH TREK FACTORY RACING 00:21:43
109 Arnold JEANNESSON FDJ 00:21:47
110 Gregory RAST TREK FACTORY RACING 00:22:07
111 Iljo KEISSE ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:23:10
112 Matteo PELUCCHI IAM CYCLING 00:23:15
113 Stijn VANDENBERGH ETIXX-QUICK STEP 00:23:33
114 Jarl SALOMEIN TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:23:50
115 * Jasha SUTTERLIN MOVISTAR TEAM 00:24:23
116 Andrea GUARDINI ASTANA PRO TEAM 00:24:36
117 Matthew Harley GOSS MTN-QHUBEKA 00:26:13
118 Sébastien CHAVANEL FDJ 00:27:09
119 Gert STEEGMANS TREK FACTORY RACING 00:27:21
120 Enrique SANZ UNZUE MOVISTAR TEAM 00:27:46
121 * Marco HALLER TEAM KATUSHA 00:28:12
122 Christopher SUTTON TEAM SKY 00:28:43
123 Jacopo GUARNIERI TEAM KATUSHA 00:28:59
124 Daniele BENNATI TINKOFF-SAXO 00:29:49
125 * Simone ANDREETTA BARDIANI CSF 00:29:52
126 Bert DE BACKER TEAM GIANT-ALPECIN 00:30:51
127 Matteo BONO LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:31:23
128 Vladimir ISAYCHEV TEAM KATUSHA 00:31:42
129 Roberto FERRARI LAMPRE – MERIDA 00:32:35
130 * Jef VAN MEIRHAEGHE TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:32:56
131 * Alessandro TONELLI BARDIANI CSF 00:33:06
132 Jens MOURIS ORICA GREENEDGE 00:34:00
133 Preben VAN HECKE TOPSPORT VLAANDEREN-BALOISE 00:36:01
134 * Sam BENNETT BORA-ARGON 18 00:38:49
Foto: Alex Whitehead
