Marcel Kittel (Etixx–Quick-Step) won the first stage to take the lead of the race.
Elia Viviani (
Team Sky) won the second stage and took over the race lead. The Hatta Dam stage was won by
Juan José Lobato (
Movistar Team), with
Giacomo Nizzolo (
Trek–Segafredo taking the overall lead of the race. Kittel won the final stage and, with the help of bonus seconds, took the overall victory. Nizzolo was second, with Lobato third.
Teams
Sixteen teams were invited to take part in the race. Ten of these were
UCI WorldTeams; there were also three
UCI Professional Continental teams and three
UCI Continental teams. There were a maximum of eight riders per team; since not every team brought their full quota of riders, 123 riders were entered in the startlist.[2]