Cycling: Germany’s Kittel takes lead in Oman

The six-stage race won by Mark Cavendish last week, culminates on Saturday at Matra Corniche.

MUSCAT: German rider Marcel Kittel won stage one of the Tour of Oman yesterday after the Argos Shimano cyclist won a mass sprint at the end of a 162-km run from al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University. The rising Kittel – whose finest moment was winning the seventh stage on the 2011 Tour of Spain – will now wear the leader’s red jersey for stage 2 today, which features a 146-km jaunt from Fanja in Bidbid to Al Bustan. The six-stage race, which follows the Tour of Qatar, won by Mark Cavendish last week, culminates on Saturday at Matra Corniche.

Published in The Express Tribune, February 12^th, 2013.