BOSHAR, OMAN - FEBRUARY 15: Chris Froome of Great Britain and SKY Procycling celebrates with team mate Richie Porte of Australia after winning stage five of the Tour of Oman from Al Alam Palace to the Ministry of Housing in Boshar on February 15, 2013 in Boshar, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) (via Cycling Photos | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Eurosport UK)
Peter Sagan of Slovakia rides with his Cannondale team on a training ride ahead of the 2013 Tour of Oman on February 10, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. The race will start tomorrow with a 162km stage from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University. (February 9, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Pictures - Zimbio)
A Radioshack Leopard soigneur waits in the feed zone with musettes for the riders during stage three of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Nakhal Fort to Wadi Dayqah Dam on February 13, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. (February 12, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Day Three - Pictures - Zimbio)
World Road Race Champion Philippe Gilbert of Belgium and the BMC Racing Team sits in his team’s pits prior to training for the 2013 Tour of Oman on February 10, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. The race will start tomorrow with a 162km stage from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University. (February 9, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Pictures - Zimbio)
Joe Dombrowski of the USA and SKY Procycling arrives for training for the 2013 Tour of Oman on February 10, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. The race will start tomorrow with a 162km stage from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University. (February 9, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Pictures - Zimbio)
Breakaway riders Kohei Uchima of Japan and Bobbie Traksel of the Netherlands and Champion System in action during stage one of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University on February 11, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. (February 10, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Day One - Pictures - Zimbio)
Cadel Evans of Australia and the BMC Racing Team chats to Alberto Contador of Spain and Team Saxo-Tinkoff during stage one of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University on February 11, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) (via Cycling Photos | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Eurosport UK)
Riders from the Omega Pharma-Quick Step Team prepare for stage one of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Al Musannah to Sultan Qaboos University on February 11, 2013 in Muscat, Oman. (February 10, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Day One - Pictures - Zimbio)
MATRAH, OMAN - FEBRUARY 16: (l to r) Alberto Contador (2nd) of Spain and Team Saxo-Tinkoff, Chris Froome (1st) of Great Britain and SKY Procycling and Cadel Evans (3rd) of Australia and the BMC Racing team stand on the podium after stage six of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Hawit Nagam Park to the Matrah Corniche on February 16, 2013 in Matrah, Oman. (Photo by Bryn Lennon/Getty Images) (via Cycling Photos | Photo Gallery - Yahoo! Eurosport UK)
Local people watch the riders getting ready for the start of two of the 2013 Tour of Oman from Fanja in Bidbid to Al Bustan on February 12, 2013 in Fanja in Bidbid, Oman. (February 11, 2013 - Source: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images Europe) (via Tour of Oman - Day Two - Pictures - Zimbio)