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Tour of Oman 2026 - Stage 2

Al Rustaq Fort > Yitti Hills, 191.4km

07.02-11.02

Baptiste Veistroffer (Lotto Intermarché) won stage 2 of the Tour of Oman to Yitti Hills after launching a late attack from the day’s early break, and he takes over the race lead. He held on up the final climb despite a headwind, finishing 17 seconds ahead of Henok Mulubrhan, with Thibaud Gruel third. Veistroffer now wears the leader’s jersey, but faces a tough test on Monday with the steep finish on Eastern Mountain.

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Results

Stage

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto-Intermarché 4:22:43
2 Henok Mulubrhan XDS Astana Team + 00.17
3 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ United + 00.17
4 Bryan Coquard Cofidis + 00.17
5 Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team + 00.17
6 Natnael Tesfazion Movistar Team + 00.17
7 Emilien Jeannière Team TotalEnergies + 00.17
8 Bart Lemmen Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 00.17
9 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
10 Roger Adrià Movistar Team + 00.17
11 Mikkel Honore EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
12 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 00.17
13 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
14 Stefano Oldani Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.17
15 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla + 00.17
16 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
17 Vincenzo Albanese EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
18 Alex Baudin EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
19 Simone Gualdi Lotto-Intermarché + 00.17
20 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team + 00.17
21 Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team + 00.17
22 Chris Harper Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
23 Rui Oliveira UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.17
24 Sergio Chumil Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.17
25 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ United + 00.17
26 Niels Driesen Lotto-Intermarché + 00.17
27 Valentin Paret-Peintre Soudal Quick-Step + 00.17
28 Jesus Herrada Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.17
29 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.17
30 Jensen Plowright Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.17
31 Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team + 00.17
32 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 00.17
33 Merhawi Kudus Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.17
34 Louis Rouland Cofidis + 00.17
35 Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step + 00.17
36 Cristian Rodriguez XDS Astana Team + 00.17
37 Damien Howson Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
38 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.17
39 David González Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
40 Alexander Cepeda EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
41 Vito Braet Lotto-Intermarché + 00.17
42 Lawrence Warbasse Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
43 Diego Pescador Movistar Team + 00.17
44 Paul Double Team Jayco-AlUla + 00.17
45 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 00.17
46 Pablo Torres UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.17
47 William Barta Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
48 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 00.17
49 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.17
50 Lennart Jasch Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
51 Eduard Prades Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.17
52 Harm Vanhoucke Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
53 Jan Castellon Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.17
54 Sergio Samitier Cofidis + 00.17
55 Pierre Thierry Team TotalEnergies + 00.17
56 Mario Aparicio Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.17
57 Geoffrey Bouchard Team TotalEnergies + 01.16
58 José Luis Faura Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.16
59 Simon Goossens Alpecin-Premier Tech + 01.40
60 Luke Plapp Team Jayco-AlUla + 01.49
61 Lorenzo Quartucci Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.51
62 Alex Diaz Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.51
63 Steffen De Schuyteneer Lotto-Intermarché + 02.09
64 Florian Dauphin Team TotalEnergies + 02.28
65 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility + 02.35
66 Matteo Badilatti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.35
67 Junior Lecerf Soudal Quick-Step + 02.35
68 Tim Marsman Alpecin-Premier Tech + 02.35
69 Patryk Goszczurny Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 02.35
70 Rudy Molard Groupama-FDJ United + 02.35
71 Baptiste Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 02.35
72 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 02.35
73 James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost + 02.57
74 Tijmen Graat Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 03.04
75 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.04
76 Jonas Hem Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 03.04
77 Martin López XDS Astana Team + 03.10
78 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.34
79 Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni Movistar Team + 03.38
80 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 04.32
81 Amaury Capiot Team Jayco-AlUla + 04.46
82 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ United + 04.46
83 Rodrigo Álvarez Burgos Burpellet BH + 04.46
84 Théo Lévêque Team TotalEnergies + 04.46
85 Nicolas Debeaumarché Cofidis + 04.46
86 Gerben Thijssen Alpecin-Premier Tech + 04.46
87 Cériel Desal Soudal Quick-Step + 04.46
88 Aldo Taillieu Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 04.46
89 Lindsay De Vylder Alpecin-Premier Tech + 04.46
90 Tobias Svarre Uno-X Mobility + 04.46
91 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 04.46
92 Rune Herregodts UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 05.07
93 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk Lotto-Intermarché + 05.07
94 Warre Vangheluwe Soudal Quick-Step + 08.08
95 Stan Van Tricht Soudal Quick-Step + 08.08
96 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 08.08
97 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 10.00
98 Josh Kench Groupama-FDJ United + 14.47
99 Sente Sentjens Alpecin-Premier Tech + 14.47
100 Sebastian Molano UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 14.59
101 Marcos Freire UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 14.59
102 Stanislaw Aniolkowski Cofidis + 14.59
103 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 14.59
104 Emmanuel Houcou Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 14.59
105 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 14.59
106 Alexander Kamp Uno-X Mobility + 14.59
107 Erlend Blikra Uno-X Mobility + 14.59
108 Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 14.59
109 Alberto Bettiol XDS Astana Team + 14.59
110 Jelte Krijnsen Team Jayco-AlUla + 14.59
111 Anders Foldager Team Jayco-AlUla + 14.59
112 Johan Price-Pejtersen Alpecin-Premier Tech + 14.59
113 Fernando Gaviria Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 14.59
114 Said Alrahbi Oman + 14.59
115 Mohammed Al-Wahibi Oman + 14.59
116 Asad Al Habsi Oman + 16.10
117 Abdulrahman Alyaqoobi Oman + 22.29
118 Mazin Al Riyami Oman + 22.29
119 Hazaa Al Habsi Oman + 24.28
- Einer Rubio Movistar Team DNS
- Brieuc Rolland Groupama-FDJ United DNS
- Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step DNF
- Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali UAE Team Emirates-XRG DNF

GC

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto-Intermarché 8:47:23
2 Henok Mulubrhan XDS Astana Team + 00.25
3 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ United + 00.27
4 Bryan Coquard Cofidis + 00.31
5 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
6 Stefano Oldani Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.31
7 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team + 00.31
8 Emilien Jeannière Team TotalEnergies + 00.31
9 Mikkel Honore EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
10 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
11 Natnael Tesfazion Movistar Team + 00.31
12 Chris Harper Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
13 Jensen Plowright Alpecin-Premier Tech + 00.31
14 Merhawi Kudus Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.31
15 Roger Adrià Movistar Team + 00.31
16 Alex Baudin EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
17 Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team + 00.31
18 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.31
19 Sergio Chumil Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.31
20 Valentin Paret-Peintre Soudal Quick-Step + 00.31
21 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
22 Simone Gualdi Lotto-Intermarché + 00.31
23 Alexander Cepeda EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
24 Lawrence Warbasse Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
25 Mauri Vansevenant Soudal Quick-Step + 00.31
26 Eduard Prades Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.31
27 William Barta Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
28 Nairo Quintana Movistar Team + 00.31
29 Damien Howson Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
30 Lennart Jasch Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
31 Jan Castellon Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.31
32 Rasmus Tiller Uno-X Mobility + 00.31
33 Bart Lemmen Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 00.31
34 Diego Pescador Movistar Team + 00.31
35 Niels Driesen Lotto-Intermarché + 00.31
36 David González Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
37 Fabien Doubey Team TotalEnergies + 00.31
38 Adam Yates UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.31
39 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 00.31
40 Pablo Torres UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.31
41 Vincenzo Albanese EF Education-EasyPost + 00.31
42 Christian Scaroni XDS Astana Team + 00.31
43 Jesus Herrada Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.31
44 Lorenzo Fortunato XDS Astana Team + 00.31
45 Paul Double Team Jayco-AlUla + 00.31
46 Harm Vanhoucke Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.31
47 Mauro Schmid Team Jayco-AlUla + 00.31
48 Rémy Rochas Groupama-FDJ United + 00.31
49 Cristian Rodriguez XDS Astana Team + 00.31
50 Vito Braet Lotto-Intermarché + 00.31
51 Rui Oliveira UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.31
52 Mario Aparicio Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.31
53 Sergio Samitier Cofidis + 00.31
54 Sebastian Berwick Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.31
55 Louis Rouland Cofidis + 00.31
56 Pierre Thierry Team TotalEnergies + 00.31
57 José Luis Faura Burgos Burpellet BH + 01.27
58 Geoffrey Bouchard Team TotalEnergies + 01.30
59 Simon Goossens Alpecin-Premier Tech + 01.54
60 Alex Diaz Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 02.02
61 Luke Plapp Team Jayco-AlUla + 02.03
62 Lorenzo Quartucci Burgos Burpellet BH + 02.05
63 Steffen De Schuyteneer Lotto-Intermarché + 02.23
64 Patryk Goszczurny Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 02.37
65 Florian Dauphin Team TotalEnergies + 02.42
66 Baptiste Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 02.49
67 Fredrik Dversnes Uno-X Mobility + 02.49
68 Thomas Bonnet Team TotalEnergies + 02.49
69 Junior Lecerf Soudal Quick-Step + 02.49
70 Rudy Molard Groupama-FDJ United + 02.49
71 Matteo Badilatti Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 02.49
72 Tim Marsman Alpecin-Premier Tech + 03.04
73 James Shaw EF Education-EasyPost + 03.11
74 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.18
75 Jonas Hem Hvideberg Uno-X Mobility + 03.18
76 Tijmen Graat Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 03.18
77 Martin López XDS Astana Team + 03.24
78 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.48
79 Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni Movistar Team + 03.52
80 Damien Touzé Cofidis + 04.46
81 Gerben Thijssen Alpecin-Premier Tech + 04.56
82 Amaury Capiot Team Jayco-AlUla + 05.00
83 Rodrigo Álvarez Burgos Burpellet BH + 05.00
84 Aldo Taillieu Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 05.00
85 Quentin Pacher Groupama-FDJ United + 05.00
86 Lindsay De Vylder Alpecin-Premier Tech + 05.00
87 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 05.00
88 Tobias Svarre Uno-X Mobility + 05.00
89 Théo Lévêque Team TotalEnergies + 05.00
90 Cériel Desal Soudal Quick-Step + 05.00
91 Rune Herregodts UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 05.21
92 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk Lotto-Intermarché + 05.43
93 Nicolas Debeaumarché Cofidis + 05.44
94 Warre Vangheluwe Soudal Quick-Step + 08.22
95 Stan Van Tricht Soudal Quick-Step + 08.22
96 Jacob Eriksson Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 08.22
97 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 10.14
98 Josh Kench Groupama-FDJ United + 15.01
99 Sebastian Molano UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 15.03
100 Fernando Gaviria Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 15.07
101 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 15.13
102 Erlend Blikra Uno-X Mobility + 15.13
103 Emmanuel Houcou Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 15.13
104 Stanislaw Aniolkowski Cofidis + 15.13
105 Jelte Krijnsen Team Jayco-AlUla + 15.13
106 Alberto Bettiol XDS Astana Team + 15.13
107 Sepp Kuss Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 15.13
108 Said Alrahbi Oman + 15.13
109 Anders Foldager Team Jayco-AlUla + 15.13
110 Mohammed Al-Wahibi Oman + 15.13
111 Marcos Freire UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 15.13
112 Sente Sentjens Alpecin-Premier Tech + 15.17
113 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 15.35
114 Alexander Kamp Uno-X Mobility + 15.57
115 Asad Al Habsi Oman + 16.24
116 Johan Price-Pejtersen Alpecin-Premier Tech + 18.03
117 Mazin Al Riyami Oman + 22.43
118 Abdulrahman Alyaqoobi Oman + 22.43
119 Hazaa Al Habsi Oman + 27.06
- Einer Rubio Movistar Team DNS
- Brieuc Rolland Groupama-FDJ United DNS
- Gil Gelders Soudal Quick-Step DNF
- Abdulla Jasim Al-Ali UAE Team Emirates-XRG DNF

Youth

PosRiderTeam Time
1 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ United 8:47:50
2 Marcel Camprubí Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.04
3 Alex Baudin EF Education-EasyPost + 00.04
4 Sam Maisonobe Cofidis + 00.04
5 Valentin Paret-Peintre Soudal Quick-Step + 00.04
6 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost + 00.04
7 Simone Gualdi Lotto-Intermarché + 00.04
8 Jan Castellon Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.04
9 Diego Pescador Movistar Team + 00.04
10 Niels Driesen Lotto-Intermarché + 00.04
11 Martin Tjøtta Uno-X Mobility + 00.04
12 Pablo Torres UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.04
13 Louis Rouland Cofidis + 00.04
14 Pierre Thierry Team TotalEnergies + 00.04
15 Alex Diaz Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 01.35
16 Steffen De Schuyteneer Lotto-Intermarché + 01.56
17 Patryk Goszczurny Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 02.10
18 Baptiste Grégoire Groupama-FDJ United + 02.22
19 Junior Lecerf Soudal Quick-Step + 02.22
20 Robin Donzé Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 02.51
21 Tijmen Graat Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 02.51
22 Fabian Weiss Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 03.21
23 Mattia Proietti Gagliardoni Movistar Team + 03.25
24 Aldo Taillieu Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 04.33
25 Gorka Corres Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 04.33
26 Tobias Svarre Uno-X Mobility + 04.33
27 Théo Lévêque Team TotalEnergies + 04.33
28 Roel van Sintmaartensdijk Lotto-Intermarché + 05.16
29 Warre Vangheluwe Soudal Quick-Step + 07.55
30 Finlay Pickering Team Jayco-AlUla + 09.47
31 Josh Kench Groupama-FDJ United + 14.34
32 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost + 14.46
33 Emmanuel Houcou Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 14.46
34 Jelte Krijnsen Team Jayco-AlUla + 14.46
35 Anders Foldager Team Jayco-AlUla + 14.46
36 Mohammed Al-Wahibi Oman + 14.46
37 Marcos Freire UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 14.46
38 Sente Sentjens Alpecin-Premier Tech + 14.50
39 Felix Ørn-Kristoff Lotto-Intermarché + 15.08
40 Asad Al Habsi Oman + 15.57
41 Hazaa Al Habsi Oman + 26.39

Points

PosRiderTeam Points
1 Baptiste Veistroffer Lotto-Intermarché 19
2 Sebastian Molano UAE Team Emirates-XRG 15
3 Patryk Goszczurny Team Visma | Lease a Bike 12
4 Henok Mulubrhan XDS Astana Team 12
5 Fernando Gaviria Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 12
6 Thibaud Gruel Groupama-FDJ United 9
7 Bryan Coquard Cofidis 9
8 Gerben Thijssen Alpecin-Premier Tech 9
9 Erlend Blikra Uno-X Mobility 7
10 Diego Ulissi XDS Astana Team 6
11 Amaury Capiot Team Jayco-AlUla 6
12 Rick Pluimers Tudor Pro Cycling Team 5
13 Natnael Tesfazion Movistar Team 5
14 Emilien Jeannière Team TotalEnergies 4
15 Madis Mihkels EF Education-EasyPost 4
16 Iván García Cortina Movistar Team 3
17 Bart Lemmen Team Visma | Lease a Bike 3
18 José Luis Faura Burgos Burpellet BH 3
19 Alex Diaz Caja Rural-Seguros RGA 3
20 Lukas Nerurkar EF Education-EasyPost 2
21 Roger Adrià Movistar Team 1
22 Steffen De Schuyteneer Lotto-Intermarché 1
23 Tim Marsman Alpecin-Premier Tech 1
24 Rui Oliveira UAE Team Emirates-XRG -4

Team

PosTeamTime
1 Lotto-Intermarché 26:23:25
2 Caja Rural-Seguros RGA + 00.17
3 Burgos Burpellet BH + 00.17
4 XDS Astana Team + 00.17
5 Cofidis + 00.17
6 Movistar Team + 00.17
7 EF Education-EasyPost + 00.17
8 Pinarello-Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
9 Tudor Pro Cycling Team + 00.17
10 UAE Team Emirates-XRG + 00.17
11 Team TotalEnergies + 00.17
12 Team Jayco-AlUla + 01.49
13 Groupama-FDJ United + 02.35
14 Soudal Quick-Step + 02.35
15 Uno-X Mobility + 02.35
16 Alpecin-Premier Tech + 03.58
17 Team Visma | Lease a Bike + 05.22
18 Oman + 45.34

Race profile

Race
Tour of Oman
Start date
07.02.2026
End date
11.02.2026
Total distance
191.4 km
Gen
Men
Cat
2.Pro
Country
Oman
Discipline
Road
First edition
2010

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