BMC Racing’s Greg van Avermaet won the 179.5km third stage of the Tour of Oman today.
The Belgian charged to victory up the Wadi Dayqah Dam to complete the race in 4:36:04. He beat UAE Team Emirates’ Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (Portugal) and Astana Pro’s Alexey Lutsenko (Kazakhstan) into second and third respectively.
Van Avermaet now moves up from second to take hold of the leader’s jersey. Lutsenko is currently second in the general classification, with Katusha-Alpecin’s Nathan Haas (Australia) in third.
BMC Racing’s Greg van Avermaet, pictured here, won the third stage of the Tour of Oman today. Photo: Tour of Oman
DiData’s Merhawi Kudus, who finished fifth yesterday, came 14th in stage three and is currently 10th overall.
View more results below.
Stage three
1. Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team, Belgium) 4:36:04
2. Rui Alberto Faria da Costa (UAE Team Emirates, Portugal) 4:36:07
3. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro, Kazakhstan)
4. Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida, Spain)
5. Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin, Australia)
6. Magnus Cort Nielsen (Astana Pro, Denmark)
7. Odd Christian Eiking (Wanty-Groupe Gobert, Norway)
8. Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors, Belgium)
9. Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro, Colombia)
10. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis, Spain)
General classification
1. Greg van Avermaet (BMC Racing Team, Belgium) 12:56:44
2. Alexey Lutsenko (Astana Pro, Kazakhstan) 12:56:55
3. Nathan Haas (Katusha-Alpecin, Australia) 12:56:57
4. Gorka Izagirre (Bahrain-Merida, Spain) 12:57:03
5. Dries Devenyns (Quick-Step Floors, Belgium) 12:57:09
6. Odd Christian Eiking (Wanty-Groupe Gobert, Norway)
7. Miguel Angel Lopez (Astana Pro, Colombia)
8. Jesus Herrada (Cofidis, Spain)
9. Daniel Navarro (Cofidis, Spain)
10. Merhawi Kudus (Dimension Data, Eritrea)
