cycling. Tour of Oman – Finn Fisher-Black redoes the 2nd stage… under flood

After the first huge sprint to start these five days of racing, the Oman Tour

Gained some height this Sunday with the finish for Puncture in Kurayat, topping out at 2.6km at 7%. At the end of this 2nd stage of 170.4 km under a veritable flood in the final, it is the young New Zealander. Finn Fisher-Black Who raised his hand for the second time in two days, confirming his current superb form and rewarding his team’s hard work UAE Team Emirates ! Despite few images to follow the race on the final climb, the winner Muscat Classic A fragmented peloton seems to have settled into the race between the strongmen on Friday, easily ahead Luke Lamperty (Saudal Quick-Step) and his teammates Diego Ulisi.

Video – In form, Finn Fisher-Black makes a double hit on the 2nd stage

Climb a hill… under the flood!

Truly above the rest, Finn Fisher-Black This included two seconds ahead of the two men and the first break of seven riders Adam Yates (6th). Warren Barguil (Team dsm-firmenich PostNL) First French finished 12th, third, 6 seconds behind. Logically after a massive sprint the day before, Finn Fisher-Black Kill two birds with one stone and take the lead in general classification Caleb Evan (Team Jayco AlUla), 6 and 8 seconds off the podium for the day.

Before that, we saw a muscular start to the stage with several short climbs in the first 40 kilometers, part of the three riders who then managed to take off. Spanish Oscar Pellegri

(Burgos – BH), Japanese Nariyuki Masuda (JCL Team UKYO) and Mongolian Tegash-Bair Batsaikhan (Rujai Vimo) is a little more than 5 minutes ahead of the formation-led peloton UAE Team EmiratesWhich clearly shows his ambitions for the planned arrival at the top of the climb Kurayat (2.6 km at 7%) – where Jesus Herrada (Kofidis) won last year. As the weather deteriorates and a veritable deluge of runners descends, the leading trio have just 3 minutes to go with 40 miles to go.

As the end time approaches, the gap logically narrows, until the fugitives are finally swallowed up as they enter the last 10 km. In these critical weather conditions, it is difficult to follow the progress of the race, with no images being broadcast live. The final climb is carried out by the team at full throttle UAE Team Emirates, which continues its poor work. Efforts that will eventually be rewarded by victory Finn Fisher-Black

, who emerged in the rain in the final to achieve their second win in two straight days! Untouched in the final sprint, he leads by more than two seconds Luke Lamperty (Saudal Quick-Step) and his teammates Diego Ulisi.

Tour of Oman – Second Stage Classification

Tour of Oman – Provisional general classification after second stage