Jan Hirt wins Stage 5 of Tour of Oman to take red jersey, Mark Cavendish remains in green jersey

Updated 14/02/2022 at 12:20 GMT

Having led solo during the final kilometre Czech rider Jan Hirt won stage five atop the Green Mountain comfortably, finishing 39 seconds ahead of Arkea-Samsic’s Kevin Vauquelin to take the red leader’s jersey. Hirt is now exactly one minute ahead of Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Fausto Masnada in the overall general ranking.

Jan Hirt closes in on the finish line

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Intermarche-Wanty-Gobert Materiaux’s Jan Hirt won Stage 5 of the Tour of Oman, opening up a gap between himself and Quick-Step Alpha Vinyl Team’s Fausto Masnada and taking the red leader’s jersey in the process.

Having led solo during the final kilometre, the Czech rider won atop the Green Mountain comfortably, finishing 39 seconds ahead of Arkea-Samsic’s Kevin Vauquelin.

Elie Gesbert, also of Arkea-Samsic, finished 49 seconds behind in third, while Kevin Colleoni of Team BikeExchange-Jayco was 57 seconds behind in fourth, narrowly ahead of Rui Costa of UAE Team Emirates in fifth.

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Hirt is now exactly one minute ahead of Masnada in the overall general ranking after the Italian struggled on the 5.7 km, 10.5 per cent climb, coming in at 11th after a difficult final kilometre.

Quick-Step sprinter Mark Cavendish remains in the green point jersey.

The Tour of Oman comes to an end on Tuesday with stage six, a relatively flat route of 132.5 kilometres from Al Mouj Muscat to the Matrah Corniche.

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