The 2014 Tour of Oman was the fifth edition of the
Tour of Oman cycling stage race. It was rated as a
2.HC event on the
UCI Asia Tour, and was held from 18 to 23 February 2014, in
Oman.
For the second year in a row,[1] the race was won by
Team Sky rider
Chris Froome – becoming its first repeat winner – after he won the queen stage of the race, to
Jebel Akhdar,[2] on the penultimate day and held the race leader's red jersey to the finish, the next day, at the
Matrah Corniche. Froome's winning margin over runner-up
Tejay van Garderen of the
BMC Racing Team was 26 seconds,[3] and
Omega Pharma–Quick-Step's
Rigoberto Urán completed the podium, 5 seconds down on van Garderen and 31 seconds in arrears of Froome.[4]
In the race's other classifications,
André Greipel won the points classification for
Lotto–Belisol, after winning three stages during the race,[5] while the young rider classification was won by
Romain Bardet (
Ag2r–La Mondiale), as he was the best placed rider under the age of 25, in thirteenth overall. The combative classification – to which points from mountains and sprints were awarded towards – was won by
Preben Van Hecke of the
Topsport Vlaanderen–Baloise team, while Team Sky won the teams classification,[6] after also placing
Sergio Henao inside the top ten overall, as well as Froome.