Sky Group wins earlier phases of Qatar Cruising.

Britain's Sky team was crowned champion of the first phase of the Qatar International Cruise ninth men's bicycle, which launched its competitors on Sunday and continue until the twelfth of February with the participation of 16 teams.
The Norwegian rider Iidvald Poisson Hagen Sky in the first place wearing the yellow jersey of the leader, after the pilot phase of a distance of 8.2 kilometers (five miles) in nine minutes and 21 seconds.
Gold Silver Shirt with Spaniard Juan Antonio Flecha fellow Hagen Sky team, and won the blue shirt for the fastest rider young colleague, the British Third Jiryant Thomas.
Resolution of the U.S. team Garmin in the second place, won the Danish Saxo Bank finished third while fourth place went to the American team second Colombia, came in fifth place team Quick Step, which includes among its ranks Belgian rider Tom Boonen champions last year's race.
Ahmed El-Hamidi EU member country of the bicycle to the start of this year, Cruise was a strong and exciting, despite the short distance, especially since there are a number of teams participating for the first time in this race and want to prove themselves and to book a place for itself in the competition since the first day.
He pointed out that the team won today the first phase that Sky will give the second round of more excitement and thrill that the rest of the teams will settle down a special level of Quick Step team, who won the last version, pointing out that the strong winds increased the power of competition and make the participants are making a greater effort, especially as The race was against time and requires tactics and superior skills and work all the difference in the spirit of the group and work as a team.
On the other hand through the Norwegian Iidvald Poisson Hagen first place winner was also extremely pleased with the title of the first round and crowned yellow jersey and get his team to the top of the tour, pointing out that this victory has been achieved was the result of teamwork between the team members, although a new Sky team training and participation for the first time in Qatar Cruising, but there are good elements and capable of achievement and has the resolve and determination to achieve an advanced in this circumambulation, which comes at the beginning of the season and is a strong, well-prepared to run the World Championships competition, which comes after it.
The Poisson is that today's race in a strong wind that affected the course of competition, adding that competition in the coming days will be intense and that the presence of strong teams and have already won this circumambulation involved motivated to maintain the title.
On the other hand competition will be held on Monday, the second phase of circling at a distance of 147 kilometers from the realm of the beginning and the end of racing at the Qatar Foundation for Education and Community Development with the participation of teams do not World Cup Racing and Servello and Katyusha wiki and gas and Omega Pharma Lotto and Quick Step and Soayzn, Colombia, Milram and Garmin and Saxo Bank, and Sky and Mercator Lev Strong and Fako Soleil, note that each team is composed of 8 players.
Continue to race on the third day (Tuesday) for a distance of 136.50 km starting from the smoke and ends in Mesaieed In the fourth day Wednesday Cruising men are contested at a distance of 146.50 kilometers from the town of Pearl Lagoon on the day before last (Thursday), the competition at a distance of 142 km from the Lucille to the city of the north and concludes with the Ninth International Cruise Qatar on Friday, a distance of 123.5 kilometers from the start and end in Al Wakra Doha Corniche.