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2012 Tour of Oman

Field	Value
name	2012 Tour of Oman
date	14–19 February
stages	6
distance	875
unit	km
time	21h 32' 02"
first	Peter Velits
first_nat	Slovakia
first_team
first_color	red
second	Vincenzo Nibali
second_nat	Italy
second_team
third	Tony Gallopin
third_nat	France
third_team
points	Peter Sagan
points_nat	Slovakia
points_team
points_color	green
youth	Tony Gallopin
youth_nat	France
youth_team
youth_color	white
team
previous	[2011](2011-tour-of-oman)
next	[2013](2013-tour-of-oman)

The 2012 Tour of Oman was the third edition of the Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.1 event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 14 to 19 February 2012, in Oman.

The race was won by Slovakia's Peter Velits, of the team, taking the race lead on the penultimate day and holding it to the finish. Velits' winning margin over runner-up Vincenzo Nibali () – winner of the race's queen stage to Jabal al Akhdar – was just one second, after Nibali tried to gain bonus seconds at one of the final day's intermediate sprints but could not gain time. The final place on the podium went to 's Tony Gallopin, sixteen seconds behind Nibali and 17 seconds down on Velits. In the race's other classifications, Peter Sagan of won the points classification on the final stage, Gallopin won the white jersey for the youth classification with his third place overall in the general classification, 's Klaas Lodewyck won the combative classification for the race's intermediate sprints, and finished at the head of the teams classification.

Teams

Sixteen teams competed in the 2012 Tour of Oman. These included eleven UCI ProTour teams, three UCI Professional Continental teams, and two Continental teams. The teams participating in the race were:

RTS Racing Team

Stages

Stage 1

;14 February 2012 – Al Alam Palace to Wadi Al Huwqayn, 159 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	André Greipel
2	Denis Galimzyanov
3	Tyler Farrar
4	Marcel Kittel
5	Peter Sagan
6	Nacer Bouhanni
7	Daniel Oss
8	Andrea Guardini
9	Tony Gallopin
10	Matthew Goss

|| |General Classification after Stage 1

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]][[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
2	Denis Galimzyanov [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
3	Tyler Farrar
4	Alexandre Lemair [[File:Jersey white dots on red.svg	20px	Polka dot jersey]]
5	Mikhail Ignatiev
6	Marcel Kittel
7	Peter Sagan
8	Nacer Bouhanni
9	Daniel Oss
10	Andrea Guardini

Stage 2

;15 February 2012 – Sur to Wadi Dhaiqah, 140.5 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Peter Sagan
2	Baden Cooke
3	Tom-Jelte Slagter
4	Tony Gallopin
5	Ramūnas Navardauskas
6	Nacer Bouhanni
7	Christopher Sutton
8	Jakob Fuglsang
9	Fabian Cancellara
10	André Greipel [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]]

|| |General Classification after Stage 2

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]][[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]][[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
2	André Greipel
3	Baden Cooke
4	Tom-Jelte Slagter
5	Nacer Bouhanni
6	Tony Gallopin
7	Christopher Sutton
8	Jakob Fuglsang
9	Ramūnas Navardauskas
10	Fabian Cancellara

Stage 3

;16 February 2012 – Al Awabi to BankMuscat, 144.5 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel
2	André Greipel
3	Nacer Bouhanni
4	Tyler Farrar
5	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]]
6	Tom Boonen
7	Andrea Guardini
8	Mark Cavendish
9	Graeme Brown
10	Ramūnas Navardauskas

|| |General Classification after Stage 3

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]][[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
2	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
3	Nacer Bouhanni
4	Baden Cooke
5	Tom-Jelte Slagter
6	Tony Gallopin
7	Christopher Sutton
8	Jakob Fuglsang
9	Ramūnas Navardauskas
10	Fabian Cancellara

Stage 4

;17 February 2012 – Bidbid to Al Wadi al Kabir, 142.5 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	André Greipel [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]]
2	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
3	Tony Gallopin
4	Nacer Bouhanni
5	Christopher Sutton
6	Martin Kohler
7	Pierpaolo De Negri
8	Sylvain Chavanel
9	Ramūnas Navardauskas
10	Baden Cooke

|| |General Classification after Stage 4

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	André Greipel [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]][[Image:Jersey green.svg	20px	Green jersey]]
2	Peter Sagan [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
3	Nacer Bouhanni
4	Tony Gallopin
5	Baden Cooke
6	Tom-Jelte Slagter
7	Christopher Sutton
8	Jakob Fuglsang
9	Ramūnas Navardauskas
10	Fabian Cancellara

Stage 5

;18 February 2012 – Royal Opera House Muscat to Jabal al Akhdar, 158 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Vincenzo Nibali
2	Peter Velits
3	Sandy Casar
4	Arnold Jeannesson
5	Tony Gallopin
6	Tom-Jelte Slagter
7	Joaquim Rodríguez
8	Thomas Lebas
9	Fabian Cancellara
10	Ramūnas Navardauskas

|| |General Classification after Stage 5

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Peter Velits [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]]
2	Vincenzo Nibali
3	Tony Gallopin [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
4	Sandy Casar
5	Arnold Jeannesson
6	Tom-Jelte Slagter
7	Joaquim Rodríguez
8	Ramūnas Navardauskas
9	Thomas Lebas
10	Fabian Cancellara

Stage 6

;19 February 2012 – Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche, 130.5 km

Rider	Team	Time
1	Marcel Kittel
2	Peter Sagan
3	Tyler Farrar
4	Denis Galimzyanov
5	Nacer Bouhanni
6	Daniel Oss
7	Alexander Kristoff
8	Tom Boonen
9	Andrea Guardini
10	Vladimir Gusev

|| |Final General Classification

Cyclist	Team	Time
1	Peter Velits [[Image:Jersey red.svg	20px	Red jersey]]
2	Vincenzo Nibali
3	Tony Gallopin [[Image:Jersey white.svg	20px	White jersey]]
4	Sandy Casar
5	Arnold Jeannesson
6	Tom-Jelte Slagter
7	Joaquim Rodríguez
8	Ramūnas Navardauskas
9	Thomas Lebas
10	Fabian Cancellara

Classification leadership

Stage	Winner	General Classification
[[Image:Jersey red.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Points Classification
[[Image:Jersey green.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Young Rider Classification
[[Image:Jersey white.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Combative Cyclist Classification
[[File:Jersey white dots on red.svg	25px	link=	alt=]]	Teams Classification	Final	Peter Velits	Peter Sagan	Tony Gallopin	Klaas Lodewyck
1	André Greipel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Denis Galimzyanov	Alexandre Lemair
2	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Peter Sagan	Klaas Lodewyck
3	Marcel Kittel	André Greipel	André Greipel	Alexandre Lemair
4	André Greipel	Klaas Lodewyck
5	Vincenzo Nibali	Peter Velits	Tony Gallopin
6	Marcel Kittel	Peter Sagan

References

(19 February 2012). "Velits claims Oman title". [[BSkyB]].
(19 February 2012). "Velits wraps up victory in Tour of Oman". [[TF1 Group]].
(19 February 2012). "Peter Velits wins 2012 Tour of Oman". Future Publishing Limited.
(24 January 2012). "16 teams named for Tour of Oman". Future Publishing Limited.
George, Sue. (13 February 2012). "Stage 1 Preview". Future Publishing Limited.
"Sur to Wadi Dayqah Dam". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].
George, Sue. (13 February 2012). "Stage 3 Preview". Future Publishing Limited.
"Bidbid (Nafa'a) to Al Wadi al Kabir". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].
George, Sue. (13 February 2012). "Stage 5 Preview". Future Publishing Limited.
"Al Khawd to Matrah Corniche". [[Amaury Sport Organisation]].

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