6th AlUla Tour 2026 (27-31 January)

[Samamba]

What on earth has happened to Vansevenant?

In general some riders just disappeared?

 

[Alexandre B.]

That would be due to the incompetence of Higuita and Vansevenant.

The incompetence of race jury, above all.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Satanism prevails again . Dark forces at large in the world right now.

 

[SafeBet]

That was a brilliant move by Christen.
Great to see Iacomoni and Lozano surviving and finishing in the top5!

 

[Cycling111]

The incompetence of race jury, above all.

You can't ride worse than Higuita having been the strongest on both climbs.

 

[search]

Lozano 4th from the breakaway. Really good ride by him.

 

[danielzu]

As far as I saw, Higuita took every pull. Vansevenant was pulling a bit, the third rider refused to pull. Higuita didn't throw this away, he is just to weak on the flat and hadn't enough help

 

[Squire]

That was a brilliant move by Christen.
Great to see Iacomoni and Lozano surviving and finishing in the top5!

Yeah, that was extremely impressive from the breakaway riders. Pretty fun stage finale.

 

[KZD]

Finally Christen raced smartly to take GC + stage and make half of this forum mad.

 

[yaco]

A miracle victory after stage one. It's like Christen performed magic to get back to the front group in stage one after he crashed with 14kms to go.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

A miracle victory after stage one. It's like Christen performed magic to get back to the front group in stage one after he crashed with 14kms to go.

Dark magic. Satanism. Ritiual sacrifice behind the scenes and occult worship.

 

[Red Rick]

Let's just gift more wins to the team that needs it.

Alternatively, patch cycling.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Moral victory for Munton.

 

[Squire]

That was a very provisional GC showing up on screen.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hincape needs to tell Munton to hold onto the car next time he crashes, he could've won GC

Christen was the most animating rider at least, it's worth taking the 20s like with Porte and Froome that time, I blame the jury.

Postal did their research with some of these riders, hopefully Leo can show something.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

GC (I thinks its final):

1	14	▲13	Christen Jan	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	250	150	13″	17:23:43
2	3	▲1	Higuita Sergio	XDS Astana Team	170	110	6″	0:15
3	7	▲4	Arrieta Igor	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	140	90	4″	0:21
4	11	▲7	de Bod Stefan	Modern Adventure Pro Cycling	120	80		0:25
5	2	▼3	Eulálio Afonso	Bahrain - Victorious	100	70	6″	0:29
6	1	▼5	Voisard Yannis	Tudor Pro Cycling Team	80	60	10″	0:34
7	6	▼1	Vinokurov Nicolas	XDS Astana Team	70	55		0:35
8	10	▲2	Castellon Jan	Caja Rural - Seguros RGA	60	50		0:37
9	4	▼5	Koerdt Bjorn	Team Picnic PostNL	50	45	1″	0:38
10	5	▼5	Vansevenant Mauri	Soudal Quick-Step	40	40	3″	0:39

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Hincape needs to tell Munton to hold onto the car next time he crashes, he could've won GC

Christen was the most animating rider at least, it's worth taking the 20s like with Porte and Froome that time, I blame the jury.

Higuita would have won the GC if he had just grabbed Christen and held onto him.

 

[ingsve]

The time gaps really came back together on the flat finish for the riders that struggled on the climb. Can't understand why they don't just set up the finish at the top like a normal race.

 

[James M]

Finally Christen raced smartly to take GC + stage and make half of this forum mad.

Whats wrong with Christen? Besides granted his race IQ dosnt match his legs at all so far in his career mostly but thats hardly the end of the world for someone 21. To many sheeps.

 

[Cycling111]

Higuita was the strongest in the race and he flushed it down the toilet.

 

[Cycling111]

Whats wrong with Christen? Besides granted his race IQ dosnt match his legs at all so far in his career mostly but thats hardly the end of the world for someone 21. To many sheeps.

He has a lot to learn, but other riders, specially Higuita seem more tactically inept.
This Alula Tour has been one disaster after another. Jayco wins the disaster award.

 

[Tim Cahill]

The stage is excellent as is and has been whenever they've done it, no need to change anything. Accentuates good legs but also timing and tactics, like a steep San Remo.

 

[James M]

He has a lot to learn, but other riders, specially Higuita seem more tactically inept.
This Alula Tour has been one disaster after another. Jayco wins the disaster award.

Ofc he has alot to learn hes 21 thats why I dont get the forced hate, hes mostly tactically super bad but again hes 21 and part of the learning process one would think, he might also end up beeing stupid and never learn time will tell.

I only watched last 30min of this stage so cant comment on the rest but theres alot of inept cyclist imo.

 

[search]

The time gaps really came back together on the flat finish for the riders that struggled on the climb. Can't understand why they don't just set up the finish at the top like a normal race.

I guess it's because the sole purpose of the race is to promote AlUla. So they finish at the Harrat Viewpoint, instead of at the climb, where is nothing at all.

I actually think it's a good finish for an otherwise not very selective race like this, though, and one where tactics as well as strength can be decisive.

 

[Squire]

Higuita was the strongest in the race and he flushed it down the toilet.

What's with the Higuita criticism? What should he have done differently? Make everyone stop on top of the climb for a few weeks so he could go to the gym and bulk up to be stronger on the flat? He took a lot of pulls in the groups where he needed to. If it was as easy as you insinuate to win a race like this on your own, cycling wouldn't be as interesting as it is.