The 2013 Tour of Qatar was the twelfth edition of the Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated as a 2.HC event on the UCI Asia Tour, and was held between 3 and 8 February 2013, in Qatar.
The race was won by Britain's Mark Cavendish, of the team, winning the final four stages to take the victory. Cavendish's winning margin over runner-up Brent Bookwalter () – the winners of the team time trial stage – was 25 seconds, and Brookwalter's teammate Taylor Phinney completed the podium, one second behind Brookwalter and 26 seconds down on Cavendish. In the race's other classifications, Cavendish also won the points classification, Phinney won the white jersey for the youth classification, by placing third overall in the general classification, and finished at the head of the teams classification.
Teams Eighteen teams competed in the 2013 Tour of Qatar. These included twelve UCI ProTour teams, five UCI Professional Continental teams, and a national team representing Japan.
The teams that participated in the race were:
Japan (national team)
Race overview
StageDateCourseDistanceTypeWinner13 February Katara Cultural Village to Dukhan Beach Flat stage 24 February Al Rufaa Street Team time trial35 February Al Wakra to Mesaieed Flat stage 46 February Camel Race Track to Al Khor Corniche Flat stage 57 February Al Zubara Fort to Madinat ash Shamal Flat stage 68 February Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche Flat stage
Stages
Stage 1 3 February 2013 – Katara Cultural Village to Dukhan Beach,
Stage 1 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 1 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 4" 3 + 6" 4 + 6" 5 + 6" 6 + 8" 7 + 8" 8 + 10" 9 + 10" 10 + 10"
Stage 2 4 February 2013 – Al Rufaa Street, team time trial (TTT)
Stage 2 result TeamTime 1 2 + 5" 3 + 10" 4 + 11" 5 + 15" 6 + 17" 7 + 23" 8 + 23" 9 + 24" 10 + 26"General Classification after Stage 2 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 10" 4 + 10" 5 + 10" 6 + 11" 7 + 15" 8 + 15" 9 + 15" 10 + 15"
Stage 3 5 February 2013 – Al Wakra to Mesaieed,
Stage 3 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 3 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 6" 3 + 7" 4 + 8" 5 + 6" 6 + 10" 7 + 11" 8 + 12" 9 + 14" 10 + 15"
Stage 4 6 February 2013 – Camel Race Track to Madinat ash Shamal,
Stage 4 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 4 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 2" 3 + 8" 4 + 9" 5 + 12" 6 + 12" 7 + 13" 8 + 14" 9 + 16" 10 + 17"
Stage 5 7 February 2013 – Al Zubara Fort to Al Khor Corniche,
Stage 5 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.General Classification after Stage 5 RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 15" 3 + 20" 4 + 22" 5 + 24" 6 + 25" 7 + 25" 8 + 27" 9 + 29" 10 + 30"
Stage 6 8 February 2013 – Sealine Beach Resort to Doha Corniche,
Stage 6 result RiderTeamTime 1 2 s.t. 3 s.t. 4 s.t. 5 s.t. 6 s.t. 7 s.t. 8 s.t. 9 s.t. 10 s.t.Final General Classification RiderTeamTime 1 2 + 25" 3 + 26" 4 + 30" 5 + 32" 6 + 32" 7 + 35" 8 + 39" 9 + 40" 10 + 40"
Classification leadership
Stage WinnerGeneral ClassificationPoints ClassificationYoung Rider ClassificationTeams Classification 1 Brent Bookwalter Brent Bookwalter Brent Bookwalter Taylor Phinney 2 3 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 4 Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish 5 Mark Cavendish 6 Mark Cavendish Final Mark Cavendish Mark Cavendish Taylor Phinney
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