Alexander Kristoff has said he is happy following his win on stage two of the Tour Of Oman.
Kristoff told the Katusha team's press office: - "Of course, all in the peloton looked at us, so we had to take control of the race from the beginning. We did it together with Dimension Data, because they protected Edvald (Boasson Hagen) and his race lead.
"Everything went ok, but with more or less 5 km to go, my last lead-out man Jacopo Guarnieri punctured. So we had to play the game a little bit smart. Marco (Haller) did a great job in front, and later he pulled out until the mark of 500 metres to go. Actually, he did a job for two. Later it was Michael (Mørkøv), who did the last lead-out until 200 metres to go.
" When I started my sprint, no one was able to pass me any more. I happy with this victory. From the one side we lost one important guy before the finish, from the other hand, we showed we could be very flexible in the final mix, and this is really great. It was a bit raining today, but I was ok with this weather.
"The only thing I was scared about was the slippery road in the final, but fortunately the road was dry,"