Germany's Lotto-Belisol rider Andre Griepel continued his great start to 2012 on Tuesday by winning the first stage on cycling s Tour of Oman. The winner of three stages of the Tour Down-Under in Australia last month, Greipel powered ahead of his rivals on the line to win a sprint finish and claim the leaders red jersey on the opening day of the six day race. In windy conditions, Danilo Wyss, Mikhail Ignatyev, Alexandre Lemair and Pengda Jiao powered into an early breakaway with Ignatyev staying clear of the peleton until just five kilometre to the finish. However he was hauled and in the end Greipel was too strong, winning from Denis Galimzyanov and American Tyler Farrar.
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