Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) triumfował na pierwszym etapie Tour of Oman i został liderem wyścigu. Dla francuskiego sprintera to pierwsza wygrana w sezonie.
Otwarcie kolejnego wyścigu na Półwyspie Arabskim miało miejsce w Nizwie. Początek trasy wiódł delikatnie w górę, to tuż przed połową etapu droga prowadziła w dół i pod Uniwersytetem Sułtana Kabusa mogliśmy spodziewać się finiszu z dużej grupy.
Od razu po starcie uformowała się ucieczka dnia. Maxime Farazijn (Sport Vlaanderen – Baloise), Pierre Luc Perichon (Fortuneo-Samsic), Conor Dunne (Aqua Blue Sport) oraz Brian Van Goethem (Roompot – Nederlandse Loterij) już po 7 kilometrach mieli niemal 3 minuty przewagi. Na wzniesieniu Wadi Muqazah harcownicy dołożyli jeszcze 45 sekund nad peletonem i rozpoczęli zjazdy w kierunku mety.
Po ponad 100 kilometrach jazdy peleton przyspieszył i przewaga harcowników zaczęła sukcesywnie spadać. Przed ostatnim lotnym finiszem z przewagi zostało już tylko półtorej minuty i stało się jasne, że uciekinierzy nie powalczą o etapowy triumf.
Co prawda jeszcze 10 kilometrów przed metą ucieczka wciąż miała 20 sekund przewagi, ale wobec ogromnej siły peletonu atakujący zawodnicy musieli finalnie się poddać. W końcówce najmocniej pracowała ekipa Quick Step Floors, ale na ostatnich metrach najsprytniejszy był Bryan Coquard (Vital Concept) i Francuz mógł cieszyć się z pierwszego sukcesu w nowej ekipie. Drugie miejsce zajął Mark Cavendish (Dimension Data), a trzeci był Giacomo Nizzolo (Trek-Segafredo).
Wyniki pierwszego etapu:
| 1 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 3:58:41 | |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | ||
| 3 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 4 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 5 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | ||
| 6 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 7 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 8 | Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 9 | Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro team | ||
| 10 | Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 11 | Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 12 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 13 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 14 | Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 15 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 16 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 17 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 18 | Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 19 | Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 20 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 21 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 22 | Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 23 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 24 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 25 | Alberdi Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 26 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 27 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 28 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 29 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | ||
| 30 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 31 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 32 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 33 | Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 34 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | ||
| 35 | Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 36 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | ||
| 37 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 38 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 39 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 40 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 41 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 42 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 43 | Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 44 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 45 | Moreno Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro team | ||
| 46 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 47 | Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro team | ||
| 48 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 49 | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 50 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 51 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 52 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 53 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro team | ||
| 54 | Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 55 | Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 56 | Mcnally Mark (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 57 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 58 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | ||
| 59 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 60 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 61 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 62 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro team | ||
| 63 | Matarranz Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro team | ||
| 64 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 65 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 66 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 67 | Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 68 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 69 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 70 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 71 | Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 72 | Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 73 | Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 74 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 75 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 76 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 77 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 78 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 79 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 80 | Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 81 | Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 82 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 83 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 84 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 85 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 86 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 87 | Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 88 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 89 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 90 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 91 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 92 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 93 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 94 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 95 | Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 96 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 97 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 98 | Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 99 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 100 | Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 101 | Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 102 | Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 103 | Kristijan Ðurasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 104 | Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 105 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:14 | |
| 106 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:00:17 | |
| 107 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club | ||
| 108 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:21 | |
| 109 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | ||
| 110 | Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:23 | |
| 111 | Johannes Fröhlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:26 | |
| 112 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | ||
| 113 | Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:00:30 | |
| 114 | Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:00:37 | |
| 115 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:00:54 | |
| 116 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:00:57 | |
| 117 | Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club | ||
| 118 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:00:59 | |
| 119 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 120 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club | 0:01:05 | |
| 121 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:01:09 | |
| 122 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:01:31 | |
| 123 | Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:01:48 | |
| 124 | Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:01:55 | |
| 125 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro team | ||
| 126 | Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:03:04 |
Klasyfikacja generalna po pierwszym etapie:
| 1 | Bryan Coquard (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 3:58:31 | |
| 2 | Mark Cavendish (GBr) Dimension Data | 0:00:04 | |
| 3 | Pierre Luc Perichon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 4 | Giacomo Nizzolo (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | 0:00:06 | |
| 5 | Maxime Farazijn (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | 0:00:08 | |
| 6 | Brian Van Goethem (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 7 | Conor Dunne (Irl) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 8 | Nacer Bouhanni (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:00:10 | |
| 9 | Maximilian Richard Walscheid (Ger) Team Sunweb | ||
| 10 | Adam Blythe (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 11 | Alexander Kristoff (Nor) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 12 | Bram Welten (Ned) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 13 | Magnus Nielsen (Den) Astana Pro team | ||
| 14 | Boris Vallee (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 15 | Yannis Yssaad (Fra) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 16 | Viacheslav Kuznetsov (Rus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 17 | Baptiste Planckaert (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 18 | Floris Gerts (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 19 | Jean-Pierre Drucker (Lux) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 20 | Wouter Wippert (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 21 | Kevin Deltombe (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 22 | Eric Young (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 23 | Kenneth Van Rooy (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 24 | Nathan Haas (Aus) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 25 | Borut Bozic (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 26 | Amaury Capiot (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 27 | Fabio Jakobsen (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 28 | Shane Archbold (NZl) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 29 | Alberdi Ventoso (Spa) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 30 | Simone Antonini (Ita) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 31 | Vincenzo Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 32 | Luka Pibernik (Slo) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 33 | Scott Davies (GBr) Dimension Data | ||
| 34 | Davide Martinelli (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 35 | Andrew Fenn (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 36 | Rui Alberto Faria Da Costa (Por) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 37 | Alex Aranburu Deba (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 38 | Merhawi Kudus (Eri) Dimension Data | ||
| 39 | Justin Oien (USA) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 40 | Natnael Berhane (Eri) Dimension Data | ||
| 41 | Nils Politt (Ger) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 42 | Reto Hollenstein (Swi) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 43 | Elmar Reinders (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 44 | Odd Christian Eiking (Nor) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 45 | Dries Devenyns (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 46 | Nicholas Dlamini (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 47 | Brandon Mcnulty (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 48 | Kiel Reijnen (USA) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 49 | Moreno Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro team | ||
| 50 | Nicolas Roche (Irl) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 51 | Jan Hirt (Cze) Astana Pro team | ||
| 52 | Fabio Felline (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 53 | Fabien Doubey (Fra) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 54 | Sjoerd Van Ginneken (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 55 | Manuele Boaro (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 56 | Marco Marcato (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 57 | Tanel Kangert (Est) Astana Pro team | ||
| 58 | Sindre Skjøstad Lunke (Nor) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 59 | Jacques Willem Janse Van Rensburg (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 60 | Mcnally Mark (GBr) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 61 | Jesus Herrada (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 62 | Edward Theuns (Bel) Team Sunweb | ||
| 63 | Aime De Gendt (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 64 | Peter Stetina (USA) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 65 | Alexey Lutsenko (Kaz) Astana Pro team | ||
| 66 | Matarranz Fraile (Spa) Astana Pro team | ||
| 67 | Pim Ligthart (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 68 | Tim Declercq (Bel) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 69 | Wesley Kreder (Ned) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 70 | Danny Pate (USA) Rally Cycling | ||
| 71 | Gorka Izagirre Insausti (Spa) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 72 | Benjamin Declercq (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 73 | Julien Bernard (Fra) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 74 | Nicolas Dougall (RSA) Dimension Data | ||
| 75 | Steff Cras (Bel) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 76 | Jordi Warlop (Bel) Sport Vlaanderen-Baloise | ||
| 77 | Greg Van Avermaet (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 78 | Markel Irizar (Spa) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 79 | Bert Van Lerberghe (Bel) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 80 | Xandro Meurisse (Bel) Wanty-Groupe Gobert | ||
| 81 | Eros Capecchi (Ita) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 82 | Alberto Bettiol (Ita) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 83 | Rémi Cavagna (Fra) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 84 | Daniel Navarro (Spa) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 85 | Antonio Nibali (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 86 | Nathan Van Hooydonck (Bel) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 87 | Niki Terpstra (Ned) Quick-Step Floors | ||
| 88 | Pieter Weening (Ned) Roompot-Nederlandse Loterij | ||
| 89 | Nicolas Edet (Fra)Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 90 | Daniel Pearson (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 91 | Nicholas Schultz (Aus) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 92 | Giovanni Visconti (Ita) Bahrain-Merida | ||
| 93 | Michael Carbel Svendgaard (Den) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 94 | Przemyslaw Niemiec (Pol) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 95 | Arnaud Gerard (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 96 | Michael Schär (Swi) BMC Racing Team | ||
| 97 | Mark Christian (GBr) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 98 | Danilo Celano (Ita) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 99 | Maxime Daniel (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | ||
| 100 | Nicola Conci (Ita) Trek-Segafredo | ||
| 101 | Casper Pedersen (Den) Aqua Blue Sport | ||
| 102 | Jon Irisarri Rincon (Spa) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | ||
| 103 | Ian Boswell (USA) Katusha-Alpecin | ||
| 104 | Kristijan Ðurasek (Cro) UAE Team Emirates | ||
| 105 | Roberto Ferrari (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:24 | |
| 106 | Lorrenzo Manzin (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:00:27 | |
| 107 | Kris Boeckmans (Bel) Vital Concept Club | ||
| 108 | Roy Curvers (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:00:31 | |
| 109 | Søren Kragh Andersen (Den) Team Sunweb | ||
| 110 | Oliviero Troia (Ita) UAE Team Emirates | 0:00:33 | |
| 111 | Johannes Fröhlinger 9Ger) Team Sunweb | 0:00:36 | |
| 112 | Tom Stamsnijder (Ned) Team Sunweb | ||
| 113 | Kevin Reza (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:00:40 | |
| 114 | Tyler Magner (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:00:47 | |
| 115 | Florian Vachon (Fra) Fortuneo-Samsic | 0:01:04 | |
| 116 | Johan Le Bon (Fra) Vital Concept Club | 0:01:07 | |
| 117 | Julien Morice (Fra) Vital Concept Club | ||
| 118 | Loic Chetout (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | 0:01:09 | |
| 119 | Cyril Lemoine (Fra) Cofidis, Solutions Credit | ||
| 120 | Bert De Backer (Bel) Vital Concept Club | 0:01:15 | |
| 121 | Fabricio Ferrari Barcelo (Uru) Caja Rural-Seguros RGA | 0:01:19 | |
| 122 | Charles Bradley Huff (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:01:41 | |
| 123 | Adam De Vos (Can) Rally Cycling | 0:01:58 | |
| 124 | Artijn Tusveld (Ned) Team Sunweb | 0:02:05 | |
| 125 | Nikita Stalnov (Kaz) Astana Pro team | ||
| 126 | Robin Carpenter (USA) Rally Cycling | 0:03:14 |
