Tour of Oman: Mauro Schmid climbs to stage 3 victory and into the race lead

Mauro Schmid (Jayco-AlUla) won stage 3 of the Tour of Oman, scoring his second victory of the season atop the summit finish of Eastern Mountain to take over the race lead.

The Swiss champion was among a select group of climbers at the head of the race on the closing climb, chasing down late attacker Nairo Quintana (Movistar) with 300 metres to go before striking out for the line.