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Olav Kooij claims the victory(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
The damage of the day: Abdulrahman Alyaqoobi (Oman Nationwide Workforce), Kongphob Thimachai (Roojai Insurance coverage), and Muhammad Mohd Shabri (Terengganu)(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Race chief David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) throughout the race(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Spectators watch degree 4 pass by means of(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)A common shot of the peloton on degree 4(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Kooij is going for the win on degree 4(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)Kooij wins degree 4(Symbol credit score: Getty Pictures)
Olav Kooij (Visma-Rent A Motorbike) sped to his 2d degree win of the week on the 2025 Excursion of Oman, beating Giacomo Nizzolo (Q36.5) to the end line on degree 4 on the Oman Conference and Exhibition Middle.
Erlend Blikra (Uno-X Mobility) introduced the dash at the uphill drag to the end line, nevertheless it used to be Kooij who used to be in top place at the Norwegian rider’s wheel. The Dutchman introduced out into the wind within the ultimate 200 metres and charged previous.
At the back of Kooij, Nizzolo used to be within the subsequent very best place to problem, however he didn’t have the time or the velocity to stand up to the 23-year-old, and so he needed to accept 2d position. Orluis Aular (Movistar) rounded out the rostrum forward of Blikra in fourth, whilst Max Kanter (XDS Astana) took 5th position.
“It was good for me. We could control the finish with the team, and they helped me very well,” Kooij mentioned after the degree.
“After coming from the iciness in Europe, it takes a while to get used to [racing], however the emotions are just right.”
“We knew the last kilometre would be important to get in a good position. I could then follow the right wheels to start my sprint at exactly the right moment.”
Stage 4 was a largely flat one with no classified climbs and 607 metres of elevation spread across its 181.5km. As a result, only three riders ventured out into the breakaway.
Abdulrahman Alyaqoobi (Oman National Team), Kongphob Thimachai (Roojai Insurance), and Muhammad Mohd Shabri (Terengganu) were the men in question, with the peloton happy to leave the trio to ride well up the road.
The break led the way across the day’s two intermediate sprints, at one point leading by a margin of over nine minutes, though at the second sprint in Ad Dasur, 64km from the finish, Alyaqoobi had already been displaced from the move and caught by the peloton.
At 45km to go, Mohd Shabri was back with the main group, leaving Thimachai out on his own two minutes up the road. Behind him, sprinter’s teams including Picnic-PostNL and Visma-Lease A Bike led the peloton ahead of the expected bunch finish.
Thimachai battled on alone into the final 20km of the stage, hanging on to an ever-decreasing gap before finally being brought back at 13km to go. From there, it was all up to the sprint squads.
Soudal-QuickStep and UAE Team Emirates-XRG joined the fray at the front, while Groupama-FDJ and Uno-X Mobility also had spells at the head of the race in the finalfive kilometres. It was Uno-X and Visma who led the way into the uphill final kilometre of the stage, however.
Uno-X controlled the run-in with Stian Fredheim leading out Blikra for the dash to the finish line, though it was Kooij who had the faster finish from Blikra’s wheel.
After taking the victory on Monday’s stage 3 up Eastern Mountain, David Gaudu (Groupama-FDJ) retains the overall race lead, six seconds up on Adam Yates (UAE Team Emirates-XRG). The Tour of Oman concludes with a 138.5km race-deciding stage to Green Mountain on Wednesday.
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