• The peloton passes through the town of Al Hamriyah during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Hamriyah, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The peloton passes through the town of Al Hamriyah during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Hamriyah, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • Daniel Oss of Italy and the BMC Racing Team sets the pace at the front of the peloton during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    Daniel Oss of Italy and the BMC Racing Team sets the pace at the front of the peloton during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • The peloton rides up the climb of Al Hamriyah during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Hamriyah, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The peloton rides up the climb of Al Hamriyah during stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Hamriyah, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The pelton ride along the highway on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • The riders descend the climb of Al Hamriyah on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
    The riders descend the climb of Al Hamriyah on stage one of the 2016 Tour of Oman, a 145km road stage from Oman Exhibition Centre to Al Bustan on February 16, 2016 in Al Bustan, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images)
  • (From R-L) French riders Sebastien Minard, Damien Gaudin, Romain Bardet and Alexis Gougeard ride during the first stage of the seventh cycling Tour of Oman between the Oman Exhibition Center and al- Bustan on February 16, 2016. Luxembourg’s champion Bob Jungels of Etixx-Quick Step team won the stage. / AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG
    (From R-L) French riders Sebastien Minard, Damien Gaudin, Romain Bardet and Alexis Gougeard ride during the first stage of the seventh cycling Tour of Oman between the Oman Exhibition Center and al- Bustan on February 16, 2016. Luxembourg’s champion Bob Jungels of Etixx-Quick Step team won the stage. / AFP / ERIC FEFERBERG
  • Luxembourg’s rider Bob Jungels of the Etixx-Quick Step team celebrates while crossing the finish line to win the first stage of the Tour of Oman 2016 cycling race over 145,5km from the Oman Exhibition Center in Muscat to Al Bustan, Oman, 16 February 2016. EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER
    Luxembourg’s rider Bob Jungels of the Etixx-Quick Step team celebrates while crossing the finish line to win the first stage of the Tour of Oman 2016 cycling race over 145,5km from the Oman Exhibition Center in Muscat to Al Bustan, Oman, 16 February 2016. EPA/SEBASTIEN NOGIER

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Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels wins first stage of Tour of Oman – in pictures

Jake Badger

February 17, 2016

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Luxembourg’s Bob Jungels, riding for the Etixx team, won the first stage of the Tour of Oman on Tuesday, a 145-kilometre run between the Oman Exhibition Center and Al Bustan.

Jungels clocked 3hr 37min 33sec to take the leader’s red jersey, 10sec ahead of Dimension Data’s Belgian rider Serge Pauwels, with France’s Romain Bardet of La Mondiale a further 4sec adrift in third.

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