Liquigas's Vincenzo Nibali won the fifth stage of the Tour Of Oman today.
Stage five ended with a climb up the Green Mountain at the end of a 158km stage which started at the Royal Opera House in Muscat
Nibali went at the foot of the climb and just held off Peter Velits to win in a time of 4hr 43.47. However, it was not enough to the leaders race jersey and Veltis leads by a second going into the final stage.
British and Irish finishers: Ian Stannard was 21st, David Millar 25th, Lee Rogers 42nd, Mark Cavendish 76th, Luke Rowe 77th, Adam Blythe 89th, Jeremy Hunt 101st, David McCann 114th,