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.