4th Muscat Classic (6 February) - 15th Tour of Oman (7-11 February)

[Cycling111]

Coquard...

1	Blikra Erlend	Uno-X Mobility	25	30		3:09:02
2	Houcou Emmanuel	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team	15	18		,,
3	Molano Juan Sebastián	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	10	12		,,
4	Aniołkowski Stanisław	Cofidis	5	7		,,
5	Oldani Stefano	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	3	4		,,
6	Pluimers Rick	Tudor Pro Cycling Team		3		,,
7	Gaviria Fernando	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA		2		,,
8	Capiot Amaury	Team Jayco AlUla		1		,,
9	García Cortina Iván	Movistar Team				,,
10	Jeannière Emilien	TotalEnergies				,,
11	Mihkels Madis	EF Education - EasyPost				,,
12	Taillieu Aldo	Team Visma | Lease a Bike				,,
13	Coquard Bryan	Cofidis				,

 

[Cycling111]

Molano should have won that sprint but got blocked in until too late. he is sprinting much better than at the TDU.

The level of the rivals.
Molano's problem is that he always positions himself poorly against good sprinters.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I refuse to believe this guy is real, they’ve just invented a Norwegian, he’s spawned in like an NPC on Grand theft auto.

Someone's clearly not a tour of Langkawi enjoyer

 

[Tim Cahill]

Someone's clearly not a tour of Langkawi enjoyer

I could tell you a little bit probably about most wt, pct even conti riders, but I look at the UNO X roster and think I’ll just save learning these names for later. It’s like those long Russian novels where you spend the entire book not knowing who the main character is.

 

[yaco]

The level of the rivals.
Molano's problem is that he always positions himself poorly against good sprinters.

I was at the ground at the TDU and Molano's sprinted sucked. There were hardly top notch sprinters at the TDU.

 

[Squire]

I could tell you a little bit probably about most wt, pct even conti riders, but I look at the UNO X roster and think I’ll just save learning these names for later. It’s like those long Russian novels where you spend the entire book not knowing who the main character is.

Then I can tell you that Blikra's emergence in the last three to four years is among the more deserved success stories in cycling. He was a monster talent as a junior, but then hardly raced for many years due to recurring injury problems. Looked like a career that was finished before it began. So it's been really nice to see him deliver somewhat on his promise in the past few years. Never thought that would happen when he wasn't able to do anything for about four years.

 

[Cycling111]

I think Martin Tjøtta yesterday was more unexpected.

 

[Netserk]

I refuse to believe this guy is real, they’ve just invented a Norwegian, he’s spawned in like an NPC on Grand theft auto.

blikra was very good last year, not nearly flying under the radar to the same degree as fredheim

 

[Squire]

blikra was very good last year, not nearly flying under the radar to the same degree as fredheim

As a Norwegian I might not be on a level playing field when it comes to noticing Norwegian riders. But I've been hyping Fredheim for years, and his 2025 was just what his 2024 should have looked like if his progression didn't somehow go on vacation for one year. As with Blikra, he was also great as a junior and Fredheim also showed great promise in his first two years as a U23. Especially his De Panne performance the day before he turned 20 was very impressive.

 

[Tim Cahill]

See I know Fredheim, it’s the nomenclature, probably recognised because it’s like Fred.

 

[Cycling111]

Last Stage.

Paret-Peintre is 3 minutes behind in the GC. He only can compete for the stage.

1	1	-	Schmid Mauro	Team Jayco AlUla	10″	16:10:03
2	2	-	Scaroni Christian	XDS Astana Team	6″	0:04
3	3	-	Tjøtta Martin	Uno-X Mobility	4″	0:09
4	4	-	Berwick Sebastian	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA		0:13
5	5	-	Pescador Diego	Movistar Team		0:17
6	6	-	Harper Chris	Pinarello Q36.5 Pro Cycling Team		0:21
7	7	-	Rodríguez Cristián	XDS Astana Team		,,
8	8	-	Double Paul	Team Jayco AlUla		0:25
9	9	-	Ulissi Diego	XDS Astana Team		0:28
10	10	-	Quintana Nairo	Movistar Team		0:30
11	12	▲1	Yates Adam	UAE Team Emirates - XRG		0:32

Green Mountain.

Last Year

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889672449932787815

View: https://x.com/tourofoman/status/1889672449932787815?s=20

 

[ingsve]

See I know Fredheim, it’s the nomenclature, probably recognised because it’s like Fred.

Ya, I've noticed especially English speakers have problems with certain letter combinations if they don't appear regularly in English.

I had one guy who I frequently spoke to in a group MIRC chat who consistently called me Insgive because that made more sense in his mind than Ingsve even though he could clearly see my username all the time.

Then we have all the various ways that people on this forum used to spell Löfkvist. I remember I used to have a list with all the various spellings I found.

 

[Keldergoat]

How's that Cofidis rider not relegated seriously? If we're not going to penalize this kind of reckless sprinting it's going to be a painful season with loads of crashes.

 

[tobydawq]

Ya, I've noticed especially English speakers have problems with certain letter combinations if they don't appear regularly in English.

I had one guy who I frequently spoke to in a group MIRC chat who consistently called me Insgive because that made more sense in his mind than Ingsve even though he could clearly see my username all the time.

Then we have all the various ways that people on this forum used to spell Löfkvist. I remember I used to have a list with all the various spellings I found.

Initially, he was spelled Lövkvist by everyone. Then at some point, it was changed. Maybe it was a mistake like ASO's insistence on 'Izaguirre' but it was really hard to know for non-Swedes that the correct spelling should be with two f's.

 

[ingsve]

Initially, he was spelled Lövkvist by everyone. Then at some point, it was changed. Maybe it was a mistake like ASO's insistence on 'Izaguirre' but it was really hard to know for non-Swedes that the correct spelling should be with two f's.

No, I'm talking about all kinds of misspellings. Officially his name was first Lövkvist and then he changed it to Löfkvist since that was how his family traditionally spelled the name.

I had a list of something like 10 different misspellings of his name from this forum. I can't remember them but it was all over the place.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's a shame Hvideberg isn't called Grønberg.
(Or Green Mountain isn't called White Mountain.)

I had a list of something like 10 different misspellings of his name from this forum. I can't remember them but it was all over the place.

Louewquiest. Probably not... I hope.

 

[Potomac]

4 am here, this finish better be worth it

 

[ingsve]

Dversnes will make a go of it but I can't see him lasting in front for 4 more km.

 

[Squire]

Vintage Nairo February form!

 

[ingsve]

Dversnes doing a job to get Tjötta back in the front group.

 

[Squire]

Best rider in the World in trouble.

Lennart Jasch doing really well though.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

February galacticos battling it out!

 

[Cycling111]

Vintage Nairo February form!

Is Nairo? PCS puts Pescador.

Edit. Yes, it's the. PCS error.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

It's 100% nairo but he's dropping now.

 

[Squire]

Is Nairo? PCS puts Pescador

I suggest watching the race instead of PCS.