The 2014 Tour of Qatar began in the desert heat on Sunday. Here are our round ups of stage one and two.
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Wind is always a major factor in the early season races in the Middle East, and proved to be decisive yet again in both of the first stages of the 2014 Tour of Qatar. Stage 1 was a 135km race from Al Wakra to Dukhan Beach. Crosswinds caused a group to form right near the beginning of the race. With 30km to go a five man break had formed, and this small group managed to hold off to get the win. Omega Pharma Quick Step's Niki Terpstra managed to get himself into the gold jersey at the end of the stage.
Stage two was the longest of the race 160.5km from the camel race track to the Al Khor Corniche. At around 60km to go OPQS forced a split in the peloton, eventually bringing their man Tom Boonen over the line for the stage win.
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