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[RedheadDane]

Hoe can they keep listing Baroncini as part of the break when he DNF'ed yesterday?

I don't get how hard such things can apparently be to get right...

"Baroncini"... "Brustenga"... same-same...

 

[tobydawq]

"Baroncini"... "Brustenga"... same-same...

It's even the race with the most visible bib numbers I have ever seen, so that can't be used as an excuse.

 

[Nick2413]

Is Caleb Ewan just not in shape?

 

[Sandisfan]

Peloton never let the break get breathing room. Now closing in on the break.

Down to a dozen seconds.

 

[RedheadDane]

It's even the race with the most visible bib numbers I have ever seen, so that can't be used as an excuse.

Some people just aren't strong with numbers...

 

[tobydawq]

Lol, Froome...

 

[tobydawq]

Some people just aren't strong with numbers...

Then they shouldn't be in charge of listing breakaway riders.

 

[Sandisfan]

Lefay attacks the break with the peloton closing.

Break caught but breakaway riders still on the front.

Peloton is back Yatesy is near the front with 26 K left.

 

[Sandisfan]

Schackman(sp) attacks pulls about a dozen with a gap to the peloton which has been partially reduced.
Cattano attacks this break easing out some.

Break is breaking up with peloton closing.

 

[Sandisfan]

3k left group finish it looks like.

Climbs on this stage just short of breaking up the peloton.

 

[Sandisfan]

Yates Attacks Vine gets on the wheel of Ben O'Conner(sp) who i following Yates.

1k left. It's flatter here. Yates kicks again with Vine and Ben keeping on his wheel.

Vine attacks and Yates passes him on the line.

Yates Wins stage Vine wins TDU.

 

[Cookster15]

Congrats Vine. Too strong and well deserved. Yates did all he could.

 

[Jumbo Visma Fan :)]

Yates stage win Vine GC

 

[armchairclimber]

Gotta feel for Vader. He was looking good for top ten GC until brought down.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I had hoped Bilbao could follow them, but he didn't have it. Well done by Vine and a quite good performance from Tiberi as well.

 

[yaco]

The stage needed one more lap - The prologue was the deciding factor and it's a pity it rained - Overall a good parcours which was raced aggressively by the peleton.

 

[claude cat]

The best TDU for quite some time. I was dubious when the parcours was announced, but it really worked out.

 

[StryderHells]

The best TDU for quite some time. I was dubious when the parcours was announced, but it really worked out.

I actually liked the parcours when announced as it was good to see the race do something different, happy to see it worked out for the race.

 

[movingtarget]

Nice win by Yates, and Vine for the overall. The race needed a change up as the Willunga finish was becoming a bit stale.

 

[KZD]

I am going to watch the final part of the stage later but great to see Vine winning this, it seems that UAE offers him the right environment to go from stage hunter to a GC stage racer.

I agree that the route was also a success, 4 GC relevant stages in 6 days is more than what could be hoped for.

 

[Salvarani]

The best TDU for quite some time. I was dubious when the parcours was announced, but it really worked out.

Stuart O´Grady, the mastermind.

Believe people were pretty disappointed with him a couple of months ago, if I am not mistaken.

 

[SafeBet]

Promising performance by Tiberi throughout the week, his best ever in a WT race.

 

[Roku]

The stage needed one more lap - The prologue was the deciding factor and it's a pity it rained - Overall a good parcours which was raced aggressively by the peleton.

The prologue definitely helped open-up the race and had a positive outcome on the race dynamics, it was a great addition in my view. I think saying it was the decisive factor might be misleading.

The two stronger riders were clearly S.Yates and Vine, and they were 1-2. Then you had a pool of Bilbao, O'Connor, Hindley, Schmid... which rotated on the different stages as best of the rest.

 

[Salvarani]

Promising performance by Tiberi throughout the week, his best ever in a WT race.

I think this route suited him perfectly as he has been good on similar courses in Tour de Hongrie and Coppi e Bartali.

He also started well last year in the Etoile de Bessenges, where he was caught out on the first two stages but ended the race really well there finishing 3rd and 8th on the last two stages. No GC-points that time though because of losing time on first two stages where there was echelons, if I am not mistaken.

It is difficult to value this performance right now. A confidence boost at least and something to build further on. For me, I want to see him climb a little better in the mountains but he seems good enough for hillier type of routes and races right now.

 

[Armchair cyclist]

The prologue definitely helped open-up the race and had a positive outcome on the race dynamics, it was a great addition in my view. I think saying it was the decisive factor might be misleading.

There were 12 seconds between Vine and Yates in the prologue, and 11 in the end: there was no other stage when there was time between them. It was very much decisive.