Is UAE Over the Top?

[pastronef]

Omloop.
Ever since ever.

oh ffs.
oh ffffffffffffffffsssssssss
wtf
stop it
dear me

 

[Unchained]

I personally don't give a *** about the results so far. Once the real season starts, I might care a little bit but not enough to stop me Tarantella dancing around Italy in May. This dance is said to cure tarantula bites which is what these little UAE victories are.

I think your opinion is shared by millions, kind of a romantic throwback, when guys had an off season, early races, were insignificant and guys sort of raced into shape, early stuff was seen as less serious.
UAE is not taking your line, the opposite, every race is an opportunity, every race is serious, every race team will be prepared and ready to win or contest the race seriously.
The level of professionalism and preparedness UAE shows is obviously different than most teams, no phoning it in, never lackluster or lazy.
Articles, interviews with riders, directors about races being faster throughout, no real warm up, never calm, full gas from the start, no easy anything, ect.
Racing has changed, it is changing, the season is long.
Maybe race organizations need to have " NS" as part of race announcement designating their race as Not Serious and maybe UAE will get the memo not to show up trying to win.
I absolutely love watching UAE destroy everyone no matter the race guys like Vine, Del Toro, Amedia, Brandon McNulty all showing up ready, hungry, prepared.

 

[Unchained]

Still can remember Jan Ullrich and others carrying extra kilos and setting up spring schedule to race themselves into shape for later races. Everyone sort of acknowledged that coming in overweight, out of shape was how it was done.

 

[ashhutch1997]

This is going to be a long season lads.

 

[jono]

Should Vine and Narvaez riding away really be all that surprising given the sad sack start list at TDU?

 

[ashhutch1997]

Should Vine and Narvaez riding away really be all that surprising given the sad sack start list at TDU?

Yeah tbf it's a pretty poor, it's just funny.

 

[AlpRaid]

Should Vine and Narvaez riding away really be all that surprising given the sad sack start list at TDU?

A Ben O’Connor who had targeted the race being dropped off the wheel easily on a climb by Narvaez…?

We are in for a very long season.

 

[Mayomaniac]

The satanic humiliation rituals have already begun for the year

The real humilation ritual is when their top riders get the "female influencer in Dubai" experience when they have to meet the team owners over there...

 

[AlpRaid]

View: https://youtube.com/shorts/UyLFaAnuA1o?si=JkK2hu5zJw_ev3D5


Interesting…

 

[red_flanders]

Still can remember Jan Ullrich and others carrying extra kilos and setting up spring schedule to race themselves into shape for later races. Everyone sort of acknowledged that coming in overweight, out of shape was how it was done.

Not sure one of the most extreme examples of arriving unfit is convincing if one seeks to make the case that the entire peloton acted a certain way. Ullrich was notable for how different (and frustrating) his approach was, not for being the standard bearer for how an entire era trained.

Hardly the behavior of "everyone".

 

[Abedfo]

I think your opinion is shared by millions, kind of a romantic throwback, when guys had an off season, early races, were insignificant and guys sort of raced into shape, early stuff was seen as less serious.
UAE is not taking your line, the opposite, every race is an opportunity, every race is serious, every race team will be prepared and ready to win or contest the race seriously.
The level of professionalism and preparedness UAE shows is obviously different than most teams, no phoning it in, never lackluster or lazy.
Articles, interviews with riders, directors about races being faster throughout, no real warm up, never calm, full gas from the start, no easy anything, ect.
Racing has changed, it is changing, the season is long.
Maybe race organizations need to have " NS" as part of race announcement designating their race as Not Serious and maybe UAE will get the memo not to show up trying to win.
I absolutely love watching UAE destroy everyone no matter the race guys like Vine, Del Toro, Amedia, Brandon McNulty all showing up ready, hungry, prepared.

As Lance said, Tyler Hamilton did EPO with Christmas dinner. Christmas dinners with UAE riders must be a wild ride.

Anything sporting event that happens in petro dollar states isn't real imho. It's all fake, a distraction.