00:00 Today is the only chance I think for the sprinters.
00:05 First chance, maybe only chance of the week.
00:08 You have to also be the fastest.
00:10 Whatever sprinters have come here, this is their only opportunity.
00:13 Big day, starting day of course of the Tour of Oman.
00:18 Oman across the Aegis Museum, jumping off point before one of the longest stages of this year's race.
00:25 182 kilometers, destination the coast.
00:28 Winds blowing, heat is up, time to go racing.
00:31 One for the fast men, the only one for the fast men of the five stages involved.
00:37 So it needed a breakaway to form, we got that.
00:39 Five brave souls went up the road, but it was a battle of attrition, constantly for them.
00:45 There was an intermediate sprint, two in fact out there, so a golden jersey up for grabs.
00:50 But really everyone was thinking about the final sprint of the day.
00:53 There are fast men here, but thin pickings mean that this is magnified in terms of importance.
00:59 And the pace was finally up as we headed towards the coast.
01:03 The breakaway fractured, their hearts broken.
01:06 13 kilometers from home, it was handshakes for them.
01:09 And then everybody else started to line up in color order in the run for home.
01:14 Well, 13 kilometers out, Kristof had a nightmare, needed a bike change.
01:20 Very, very slow that was, but his progress back to the pack was effective.
01:25 Finally the break wound in, Kristof in place, color order in the charge for the line.
01:31 Who would get there first? Big question. One man had the answer.
01:35 Caleb Ewan piling through, brilliantly delivered.
01:39 It's been a long time since he's won one. Well, he has now.
01:43 The man is back. Kocka just edged Kristof third.
01:46 You know, I haven't won for maybe eight months now, so it's a long time with no victory.
01:51 And yeah, you know, I just wanted to win to get my confidence back, to get the team's confidence.
01:57 You know, I think they took a bit of a risk signing me, knowing I've come off two pretty average seasons.
02:02 So I really want to repay them with some victories. And hopefully that starts today.
02:06 Ewan done. So the sprints really. Ewan leads this race by four seconds.
02:10 But the mountains are to come. Here are the Tour of Oman.
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