Final KM: Oman St2, Volta Algarve St1, Ruta del Sol St1

Three different races, in three different countries, with three different sprint finishes. Let’s get straight down to it.

Tour of Oman, Stage 2, Omantel Head Office to Quiryat, 162km

You wait years for a win and then two come along in the same week! Yes indeed, Edvald Boasson Hagen bossed the finish again. The Dimension Data rider was faster and stronger than both Vincenzo Nibali (Astana) and BMC’s Greg Van Avermaet on a nasty kicker of a steep finish. With overnight race leader Bob Jungels (Etixx-Quick Step) unable to stay with the lead group, Eddy takes the leader’s jersey with an advantage of 4secs over The Shark.

Thumbs up if your looking forward to my photo story of the @tourofoman on the @pelotonbrief Eddy's win today helped! pic.twitter.com/FG4goqkV25

— Nathan Haas (@NathanPeterHaas) February 17, 2016

#DaneWatch the red and white bunting festoons VeloVoices Towers again.

.@AlexanderKamp1 (@TeamStoelting) is the most aggressive rider scoring 6 points by winning both intermediate sprint pic.twitter.com/y1nDrNccBN

— Tour of Oman (@tourofoman) February 17, 2016

Final km

Boasson Hagen battled it out on a uphill sprint & proved to be the fastest. Watch the final kilometers! #TOO2016 https://t.co/jBl5V9WBpO

— Tour of Oman (@tourofoman) February 17, 2016

Volta ao Algarve em Bicicleta, Stage 1: Lagos to Albufeira, 163.6km

There’s apparently no stopping Marcel Kittel or Etixx-Quick Step either. In a crash marred finale, the ArgoSunGod cruised into the leader’s jersey with daylight to spare ahead of Andre Greipel (Lotto-Soudal) and Jesper Stuyven (Trek-Segafredo).

Answers on a postcard please…

Caption contest. What caused this look from @marcelkittel? #VAlgarve2016 pic.twitter.com/2FGYwJGaq4

— Mikkel Condé v2.0 (@mrconde) February 17, 2016

This tweet just made me smile …

Top 10 today, one minute I was bouncing around, next minute I was sitting with Kittel and Contador inside 1k to go like a duck out of water

— Alex Dowsett (@alexdowsett) February 17, 2016

Vuelta a Andalucia Ruta Ciclista del Sol, Stage 1, Almonaster La Real to Sevilla, 165.2km

Tinkoff worked hard to get Daniele Bennati into the perfect position on the tricky finish in Seville. The Italian exited the last roundabout with his leadout man Oscar ‘the cat’ Gatto, then powered his way past Bert Van Lerberghe (Topsport Vlaanderen-Baloise) on the run to the line, to take his first victory for the team. Movistar’s JJ Lobato claimed third, and Cofidis will be left wondering what derailed their sprint train on the run in.

Final km [3km to go at about 14min mark]