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Qatar's Al Saadi clinches overall U-23 title at Tour of Salalah

Published: 18 Sep 2021 - 08:42 am | Last Updated: 27 Oct 2021 - 05:51 pm
The podium winners of the fourth and final stage of the Tour of Salalah with officials during the presentation ceremony.

The podium winners of the fourth and final stage of the Tour of Salalah with officials during the presentation ceremony.

The Peninsula

Qatar’s Bilal Al Saadi yesterday clinched the U-23 title of the Tour of Salalah following four days of exciting action in Salalah, Oman.

Overall winners of the Tour celebrate on the podium with officials at Al Saada Sports Complex in Salalah, Oman .

Al Saadi covered the 320km race in 08:30:14 and missed the overall title in the Elite class, won by Emirati cyclist Jaber Hussain Al Mansoori, by just 38 seconds. Saudi Arabia's Mustafa Al Rabi came in third place in the general classification.

Cyclists in action during the final stage of Tour of Salalah which ran from Taqah Fort to Al Saada Sports Complex, in Salalah, Oman, yesterday. 

Al Saadi’s team-mate Abdullah Afif won the second place in yesterday’s final stage in 02:50:29, just 44 seconds behind the stage winner Khaled Mayouf.

Afif finished 22nd in the overall standings after the fourth and final stage which covered a distance of 109km from Taqah Fort to Al Saada Sports Complex yesterday.