Cycling: Germany’s Kittel takes lead in Oman
The six-stage race won by Mark Cavendish last week, culminates on Saturday at Matra Corniche.
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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 12th, 2013.
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 12th, 2013.