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The barren, flat landscape of Qatar features some surprisingly interesting racing due to the wind
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News and Updates for Tour of Qatar 2016

February 13 update:
Qatar still king for classics prepvelonews

Stage 5 Post-Race Coverage



Full Official Stage 5 Results and Final General Classificationletour.fr
Cavendish seals overall victory, beaten by Kristoff on final stagecyclingnews
Cavendish: the gold jersey should be on the shoulders of Boasson Hagencyclingnews
Kristoff repeats hat-trick of stage wins at Tour of Qatarcyclingnews
Five talking points from the 2016 Tour of Qatarcyclingweekly
February 11 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 5 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 4 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 4 Results and General Classificationletour.fr
Kristoff takes second Tour of Qatar win on stage 4cyclingnews
Double puncture leaves Boasson Hagen deflated in Qatarvelonews
February 10 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 4 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 3 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 3 Results and General Classificationletour.fr
Boasson Hagen wins Tour of Qatar time trialcyclingnews
Back to the future for Boasson Hagen at Tour of Qatarcyclingnews
February 9 update:
Stage 3 ITT Start Order and Times (AST) — cyclingnews
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 3 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 2 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 2 Results and General Classificationletour.fr
Kristoff wins Tour of Qatar stage 2cyclingnews
Kermesse-style Doha worlds course favors tough sprintersvelonews
No hiding place on Doha 2016 Worlds course, says Cavendishcyclingnews
Mark Cavendish and Alexander Kristoff voice opinions on the Qatar World Championships circuit
February 8 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 2 profile, map and timetable.

Stage 1 Post-Race Coverage


Full Official Stage 1 Results and General Classificationletour.fr
Cavendish wins opening stage of Tour of Qatarcyclingnews
Alexander Kristoff: In the end, I was not strong enoughcyclingnews
Mark Cavendish secures first victory for Team Dimension Data for Qhubekaafricasteam
February 6 update:
See the race summary table (right) for the Stage 1 profile, map and timetable.

2016 Tour of Qatar Preview

The GC contenders did a pre-race press conference. Here is the full start list > https://t.co/Hnzk5VdRYa #TOQ2016 pic.twitter.com/AFgphTs0Rs

— Tour of Qatar (@tourofqatar_) February 7, 2016
February 7 update:
Preview: Tour of Qatar wide open in the absence of Etixx-QuickStepcyclingnews
Kristoff hopeful Katusha will not be prevented from starting Tour of Qatarcyclingnews
Qatar organizers block Etixx—Quick-Step from participatingvelonews
Etixx-Quick Step absent due to disciplinary issuescyclingtips
Tour of Qatar seeking WorldTour status in 2017cyclingnews



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February 6 update:
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Feburary 6 update: A work in progress for 2016 Tour of Qatar live and delayed coverage. Most live feeds will be country restricted, but unrestricted links will appear in bold. Check back at race time for more links. Feel free to send in additional sources for live video, tv coverage or text updates/tickers as they become known. — Steve

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