6th AlUla Tour 2026 (27-31 January)

[Cycling111]

There's no thread, so I'm venturing to create one for the first time.
The field for the GC is quite weak: Alan Hatherly, Jan Christen, Paul Double, Alfonso Eulalio, Eddie Dumbar.
Jonathan Milan is the clear favorite for the sprints. Other sprinters: Akcerman, Moschetti, Bauhaus, Jakobsen, Gaviria.

AlUla Tour 2026

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[Cycling111]

1st Stage

 

[Berniece]

A shame Merlier got injured and couldn't ride this. Now Milan should easily win 3 stages

 

[Cycling111]

@Cookster15 @Armchair Cyclist Can you put this in Sticky Threads?

 

[Rou]

Hincapie's team is here and Bobby Julich is in the car...
Legends from the dark era.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

A shame Merlier got injured and couldn't ride this. Now Milan should easily win 3 stages

De Kleijn missing out doesn't help either, of the sprinters on the provisional startlist he was perhaps the likeliest to cause an upset.

 

[Rou]

Christen down.. Echelons occurring

 

[Cycling111]

Jan Christen crashed.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Fabio Back-obsen looking razor sharp in the first echelon!!!

 

[Tim Cahill]

Having to chase Soderqvist and some random misc roulers from other teams in the flat desert with a team full of little climbers is not what you need at this point in the season.

 

[Salvarani]

Three Cofidis riders!!!

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Zero climbers in the front group, so unless the gap goes out the GC impact should be limited.

I guess there's Donovan, but half a minute is not enough for him.

 

[Cycling111]

They have an endless bike lane.

 

[Cycling111]

Jan Christen crashed again.

 

[Samamba]

Zero climbers in the front group, so unless the gap goes out the GC impact should be limited.

I guess there's Donovan, but half a minute is not enough for him.

It will be over a minute tho. Zamperini can also climb a bit.

 

[Rou]

Christen has crashed again. UAE are cursed this year...

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I thought having a MTB background was supposed to help with bike handling. If so, it's a good thing that Christen has one, because otherwise he would be a human bowling ball.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Donovan is backdooring GC, he will get dropped on Skyviews but they always muck about in the last part.

Things just going from bad to worse for UAE, they're going to be sending Marc Soler to San-Remo the way it's going at the moment.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

It will be over a minute tho. Zamperini can also climb a bit.

Milan actually lost less than 30 seconds on the Skyview stage when he did it 3 years ago. With bonifications he could actually be a legit threat to GC. I also think that Söderqvist might climb well enough to do a good GC as well. All depending on the final time gap of course.

 

[Cycling111]

I thought having a MTB background was supposed to help with bike handling. If so, it's a good thing that Christen has one, because otherwise he would be a human bowling ball.

Junior world champion in MTB and CX.
It's the kangaroo curse.

 

[Samamba]

Milan actually lost less than 30 seconds on the Skyview stage when he did it 3 years ago. With bonifications he could actually be a legit threat to GC. I also think that Söderqvist might climb well enough to do a good GC as well. All depending on the final time gap of course.

I agree Skyview doesn't give that big of difference most of the time, but maybe they actually go full full both on the climb and after cause they need to make up time this time. Last couple of years they often just *** around a bit after the climb

but looks like the gap isn't increasing anymore

 

[Hugo Koblet]

I agree Skyview doesn't give that big of difference most of the time, but maybe they actually go full full both on the climb and after cause they need to make up time this time. Last couple of years they often just *** around a bit after the climb

That's very true. I would expect that as well, the circumstances being very different this year.

 

[Samamba]

Front group might be throwing this away

Ah peloton going hard now, that explains it

 

[Netserk]

with this speed, christen will win the stage solo

 

[Hugo Koblet]

How the hell did Christen and his buddies close a minute to the peloton who's closing in on the front group?