OMAN. Vincenzo Nibali vince in salita

| 18/02/2012 | 14:23
Nella tappa decisiva, la più dura del Tour of Oman, Vincenzo Nibali è tornato a riassaporare il gusto della vittoria.
«E’ una sensazione bellissima che non vedevo l’ora di riprovare. Un anno senza vittoria non è stato semplice da digerire: ero consapevole di aver dato tutto e le prestazioni lo possono testimoniare, ma senza successi non potevo dirmi totalmente realizzato. Ora l’auspicio di riaprire una striscia importante di vittoria, magari come nel 2010…» ha affermato Nibali.
Il successo è arrivato nella 5° tappa della corsa del sultanato (Muscat-Jabal Al Akhdhar di 158 chilometri) caratterizzato dall’arrivo in salita sulla Green Mountain: 6 chilometri di ascesa con pendenze tra il 10% e il 13,5%. Nibali ha tagliato il traguardo in solitaria, precedendo Velits di 10” e Casar di 25”. «Ieri, nel finale, avevo “provato” la gamba con un’azione da finisseur – ha proseguito Vincenzo –. Oggi ho avuto conferma delle sensazioni positive. Sapevo di non essere l’unico con una buona condizione e di scalatori buoni qui ce ne sono. Era dunque importante agire seguendo una strategia, partendo da lontano per non dare chance a chi è più scattista di me. Il nostro DS Mariuzzo ci aveva dato le giuste direttive in questo senso: mi aveva pure detto che avevo tutto per vincere e sono felice di averlo accontentato. Un plauso ovviamente anche ai compagni che mi hanno assecondato in maniera esemplare».
Il Tour of Oman vivrà domani la sua ultima giornata di corsa con la sesta tappa (Al Khawd-Matrah Corniche, 130 km). Un percorso disegnato per i velocisti che per Nibali (ora secondo nella generale) rappresenta l’unica occasione per rosicchiare, grazie agli abbuoni, quel secondo che lo divide da Velits e conquistare così la classifica finale. «Sono venuto in Oman innanzitutto per preparare al meglio gli appuntamenti di marzo. La vittoria di oggi mi rende già molto felice: ovvio però che vedere la vetta della classifica così vicina ingolosisce. Bisognerà inventarsi qualcosa, ma su un tracciato così sarà molto dura…» ha concluso Nibali.

Ordine d’arrivo
1 21 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 04:43:47
2 58 Peter VELITS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:00:10
3 95 Sandy CASAR FDJ-BIGMAT 00:00:25
4 91 Arnold JEANNESSON FDJ-BIGMAT 00:00:30
5 15 * Tony GALLOPIN RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:00:37
6 101 * Tom Jelte SLAGTER RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:00:47
7 31 Joaquim RODRIGUEZ OLIVER KATUSHA TEAM 00:00:55
8 141 Thomas LEBAS BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:00:57
9 12 Fabian CANCELLARA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:01:01
10 66 * Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:01:02
11 33 Vladimir GUSEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:01:15
12 102 Laurens TEN DAM RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:01:20
13 145 Miyataka SHIMIZU BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:01:30
14 68 Johan VAN SUMMEREN GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:01:30
15 14 Jakob FUGLSANG RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:01:46
16 52 Sylvain CHAVANEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:01:50
17 74 Adam HANSEN LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:01:50
18 154 Jai CRAWFORD RTS RACING TEAM 00:01:50
19 86 Marco PINOTTI BMC RACING TEAM 00:02:01
20 87 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 00:02:01
21 7 * Ian STANNARD SKY PROCYCLING 00:02:16
22 136 Pengda JIAO CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:02:29
23 108 Maarten WYNANTS RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:02:40
24 127 Pier Paolo DE NEGRI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:02:40
25 65 David MILLAR GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:02:47
26 96 Matthieu LADAGNOUS FDJ-BIGMAT 00:02:47
27 131 * Christopher BUTLER CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:02:50
28 72 Lars BAK LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:03:01
29 62 Christian VANDEVELDE GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:03:13
30 81 Alessandro BALLAN BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:25
31 123 Luca ASCANI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:03:32
32 116 * Tobias LUDVIGSSON PROJECT 1T4I 00:03:32
33 42 Baden COOKE GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:03:50
34 11 Andy SCHLECK RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:04:22
35 28 Alessandro VANOTTI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:04:22
36 83 Martin KOHLER BMC RACING TEAM 00:04:37
37 88 Danilo WYSS BMC RACING TEAM 00:05:01
38 98 Dominique ROLLIN FDJ-BIGMAT 00:05:01
39 47 Stuart O'GRADY GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:05:01
40 5 Mathew HAYMAN SKY PROCYCLING 00:05:01
41 37 Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKI KATUSHA TEAM 00:05:21
42 158 Lee RODGERS RTS RACING TEAM 00:05:31
43 53 Bert GRABSCH OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:05:36
44 16 Yaroslav POPOVYCH RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:05:44
45 138 Gang XU CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:05:47
46 64 Robert HUNTER GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:06:06
47 13 Joost POSTHUMA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:06:06
48 56 * Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:06:06
49 114 Koen DE KORT PROJECT 1T4I 00:06:13
50 43 Allan DAVIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:06:15
51 44 Aidis KRUOPIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:06:17
52 147 * Hayato YOSHIDA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:06:17
53 117 * Ramon SINKELDAM PROJECT 1T4I 00:06:17
54 105 Maarten TJALLINGII RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:06:17
55 48 Svein TUFT GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:06:20
56 41 Matthew Harley GOSS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:06:22
57 57 Stijn VANDENBERGH OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:06:34
58 51 Tom BOONEN OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:06:34
59 27 * Peter SAGAN LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:06:34
60 55 Gert STEEGMANS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:06:34
61 25 * Daniel OSS LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:06:34
62 17 Gregory RAST RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:06:37
63 46 Jens MOURIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:07:10
64 26 Fabio SABATINI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:07:41
65 23 Mauro DA DALTO LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:07:41
66 18 Robert WAGNER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:07:57
67 104 Thomas LEEZER RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:08:08
68 84 * Klaas LODEWIJCK BMC RACING TEAM 00:08:08
69 76 Marcel SIEBERG LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:08:08
70 113 Roy CURVERS PROJECT 1T4I 00:08:08
71 22 Maciej BODNAR LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:08:08
72 73 * Jens DEBUSSCHERE LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:08:08
73 71 André GREIPEL LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:08:08
74 8 Christopher SUTTON SKY PROCYCLING 00:08:08
75 4 Bernhard EISEL SKY PROCYCLING 00:08:08
76 1 Mark CAVENDISH SKY PROCYCLING 00:08:08
77 3 * Luke ROWE SKY PROCYCLING 00:08:08
78 111 * Marcel KITTEL PROJECT 1T4I 00:08:08
79 63 Murilo Antoniobil FISCHER GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:08:08
80 134 Matthias FRIEDEMANN CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:08:08
81 126 Diego CACCIA FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:08:17
82 24 Alan MARANGONI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:08:18
83 144 * Ryota NISHIZONO BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:08:18
84 97 Gabriel RASCH FDJ-BIGMAT 00:08:30
85 67 Alex RASMUSSEN GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:08:30
86 142 Kazuo INOUE BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:09:07
87 106 * Dennis VAN WINDEN RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:09:07
88 85 * Taylor PHINNEY BMC RACING TEAM 00:09:10
89 82 * Adam BLYTHE BMC RACING TEAM 00:09:10
90 135 Gorik GARDEYN CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:09:13
91 153 Alex COUTTS RTS RACING TEAM 00:09:19
92 92 William BONNET FDJ-BIGMAT 00:09:32
93 125 * Thomas BERTOLINI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:09:47
94 132 * Clinton AVERY CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:09:47
95 45 Sebastian LANGEVELD GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:09:54
96 61 Tyler FARRAR GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:09:54
97 143 * Alexandre LEMAIR BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:09:59
98 75 Gregory HENDERSON LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:10:03
99 2 * Davide APPOLLONIO SKY PROCYCLING 00:10:07
100 54 Frantisek RABON OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:10:11
101 6 Jérémy HUNT SKY PROCYCLING 00:10:28
102 118 Albert TIMMER PROJECT 1T4I 00:10:55
103 133 William CLARKE CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:10:55
104 137 Mart OJAVEE CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:10:55
105 115 Dominic KLEMME PROJECT 1T4I 00:11:05
106 36 * Alexander KRISTOFF KATUSHA TEAM 00:11:10
107 124 Christian BENENATI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:11:16
108 94 * Nacer BOUHANNI FDJ-BIGMAT 00:11:16
109 32 * Denis GALIMZYANOV KATUSHA TEAM 00:11:16
110 38 * Rüdiger SELIG KATUSHA TEAM 00:11:16
111 122 * Andrea GUARDINI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:11:16
112 93 David BOUCHER FDJ-BIGMAT 00:11:16
113 35 Vladimir ISAYCHEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:11:40
114 151 David MCCANN RTS RACING TEAM 00:11:40
115 112 * Thomas BONNIN PROJECT 1T4I 00:11:48
116 121 Oscar GATTO FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:12:28
117 77 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:14:21
118 107 * Coen VERMELTFOORT RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:14:31
119 103 Graeme BROWN RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:14:33
120 34 Mikhail IGNATYEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:15:09
128 Kevin HULSMANS FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA Non Partant
146 Klaas SYS BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR Non Partant

Classifica generale
1 58 Peter VELITS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 18:20:58
2 21 Vincenzo NIBALI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:00:01
3 15 * Tony GALLOPIN RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:00:17
4 95 Sandy CASAR FDJ-BIGMAT 00:00:21
5 91 Arnold JEANNESSON FDJ-BIGMAT 00:00:30
6 101 * Tom Jelte SLAGTER RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:00:30
7 31 Joaquim RODRIGUEZ OLIVER KATUSHA TEAM 00:00:47
8 66 * Ramunas NAVARDAUSKAS GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:00:49
9 141 Thomas LEBAS BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:00:50
10 12 Fabian CANCELLARA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:00:52
11 33 Vladimir GUSEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:01:15
12 102 Laurens TEN DAM RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:01:20
13 145 Miyataka SHIMIZU BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:01:30
14 14 Jakob FUGLSANG RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:01:33
15 52 Sylvain CHAVANEL OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:01:54
16 87 Michael SCHÄR BMC RACING TEAM 00:02:01
17 68 Johan VAN SUMMEREN GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:02:19
18 86 Marco PINOTTI BMC RACING TEAM 00:02:23
19 154 Jai CRAWFORD RTS RACING TEAM 00:02:30
20 108 Maarten WYNANTS RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:02:44
21 72 Lars BAK LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:03:01
22 136 Pengda JIAO CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:03:21
23 127 Pier Paolo DE NEGRI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:03:24
24 42 Baden COOKE GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:03:31
25 81 Alessandro BALLAN BMC RACING TEAM 00:03:43
26 123 Luca ASCANI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:03:50
27 96 Matthieu LADAGNOUS FDJ-BIGMAT 00:03:51
28 7 * Ian STANNARD SKY PROCYCLING 00:03:57
29 62 Christian VANDEVELDE GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:04:05
30 74 Adam HANSEN LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:04:16
31 131 * Christopher BUTLER CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:04:18
32 11 Andy SCHLECK RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:04:59
33 47 Stuart O'GRADY GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:05:19
34 37 Aliaksandr KUCHYNSKI KATUSHA TEAM 00:05:28
35 83 Martin KOHLER BMC RACING TEAM 00:05:32
36 5 Mathew HAYMAN SKY PROCYCLING 00:05:51
37 27 * Peter SAGAN LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:06:02
38 65 David MILLAR GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:06:19
39 25 * Daniel OSS LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:06:40
40 114 Koen DE KORT PROJECT 1T4I 00:06:46
41 138 Gang XU CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:06:47
42 88 Danilo WYSS BMC RACING TEAM 00:06:49
43 147 * Hayato YOSHIDA BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:06:50
44 51 Tom BOONEN OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:06:56
45 105 Maarten TJALLINGII RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:07:07
46 71 André GREIPEL LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:07:30
47 16 Yaroslav POPOVYCH RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:07:50
48 8 Christopher SUTTON SKY PROCYCLING 00:07:52
49 117 * Ramon SINKELDAM PROJECT 1T4I 00:07:56
50 13 Joost POSTHUMA RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:08:05
51 53 Bert GRABSCH OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:08:35
52 43 Allan DAVIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:08:38
53 116 * Tobias LUDVIGSSON PROJECT 1T4I 00:08:38
54 57 Stijn VANDENBERGH OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:09:00
55 106 * Dennis VAN WINDEN RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:09:07
56 56 * Guillaume VAN KEIRSBULCK OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:09:16
57 64 Robert HUNTER GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:09:23
58 17 Gregory RAST RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:09:54
59 55 Gert STEEGMANS OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:09:55
60 153 Alex COUTTS RTS RACING TEAM 00:10:03
61 94 * Nacer BOUHANNI FDJ-BIGMAT 00:10:56
62 134 Matthias FRIEDEMANN CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:10:58
63 98 Dominique ROLLIN FDJ-BIGMAT 00:11:11
64 113 Roy CURVERS PROJECT 1T4I 00:11:18
65 76 Marcel SIEBERG LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:11:26
66 144 * Ryota NISHIZONO BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:11:47
67 104 Thomas LEEZER RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:11:50
68 85 * Taylor PHINNEY BMC RACING TEAM 00:11:52
69 63 Murilo Antoniobil FISCHER GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:11:52
70 28 Alessandro VANOTTI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:11:54
71 112 * Thomas BONNIN PROJECT 1T4I 00:12:22
72 75 Gregory HENDERSON LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:12:37
73 97 Gabriel RASCH FDJ-BIGMAT 00:12:42
74 142 Kazuo INOUE BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:12:45
75 44 Aidis KRUOPIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:12:50
76 92 William BONNET FDJ-BIGMAT 00:12:56
77 82 * Adam BLYTHE BMC RACING TEAM 00:13:09
78 36 * Alexander KRISTOFF KATUSHA TEAM 00:13:13
79 84 * Klaas LODEWIJCK BMC RACING TEAM 00:13:19
80 54 Frantisek RABON OMEGA PHARMA-QUICK STEP 00:13:34
81 2 * Davide APPOLLONIO SKY PROCYCLING 00:13:39
82 48 Svein TUFT GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:13:40
83 22 Maciej BODNAR LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:13:42
84 23 Mauro DA DALTO LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:13:56
85 26 Fabio SABATINI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:13:56
86 158 Lee RODGERS RTS RACING TEAM 00:14:02
87 118 Albert TIMMER PROJECT 1T4I 00:14:04
88 3 * Luke ROWE SKY PROCYCLING 00:14:07
89 111 * Marcel KITTEL PROJECT 1T4I 00:14:10
90 151 David MCCANN RTS RACING TEAM 00:14:11
91 41 Matthew Harley GOSS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:14:12
92 61 Tyler FARRAR GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:14:41
93 73 * Jens DEBUSSCHERE LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:14:46
94 93 David BOUCHER FDJ-BIGMAT 00:15:15
95 4 Bernhard EISEL SKY PROCYCLING 00:15:21
96 121 Oscar GATTO FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:15:32
97 1 Mark CAVENDISH SKY PROCYCLING 00:16:01
98 125 * Thomas BERTOLINI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:16:07
99 18 Robert WAGNER RADIOSHACK-NISSAN 00:17:01
100 126 Diego CACCIA FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:17:17
101 24 Alan MARANGONI LIQUIGAS-CANNONDALE 00:17:54
102 34 Mikhail IGNATYEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:17:55
103 38 * Rüdiger SELIG KATUSHA TEAM 00:18:04
104 46 Jens MOURIS GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:18:12
105 6 Jérémy HUNT SKY PROCYCLING 00:18:59
106 103 Graeme BROWN RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:19:56
107 35 Vladimir ISAYCHEV KATUSHA TEAM 00:21:41
108 143 * Alexandre LEMAIR BRIDGESTONE ANCHOR 00:21:57
109 135 Gorik GARDEYN CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:24:51
110 133 William CLARKE CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:24:52
111 67 Alex RASMUSSEN GARMIN - BARRACUDA 00:25:14
112 122 * Andrea GUARDINI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:25:38
113 32 * Denis GALIMZYANOV KATUSHA TEAM 00:26:48
114 124 Christian BENENATI FARNESE VINI-SELLE ITALIA 00:27:05
115 137 Mart OJAVEE CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:27:41
116 115 Dominic KLEMME PROJECT 1T4I 00:28:12
117 45 Sebastian LANGEVELD GREENEDGE CYCLING TEAM 00:28:29
118 77 Jonas VAN GENECHTEN LOTTO-BELISOL TEAM 00:33:13
119 107 * Coen VERMELTFOORT RABOBANK CYCLING TEAM 00:34:55
120 132 * Clinton AVERY CHAMPION SYSTEM 00:35:06