Tour Down Under 2026 (Men's, Jan. 20-25)

[Ilmaestro99]

V$ne was training at altitude at Andorra in November for these races (nationals, TDU, UAE tour). Just a different level of dominance you can have as a super team like UAE, where you can have all your riders peak and be flying for different races. No wonder Simon yates ragequit the sport.

 

[Netserk]

grande v$ne!!!!!!!!!!

feared they would hold him down as jonny sprinted across

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Great power demonstration from the UAE guys, Vine in particular looked sublime.

That's fair. Vine looked completely at ease and in control while Narvaez was huffing and puffing just to keep up with him. Had Vine not been tending to Narvaez on Corkscrew he would have done even better!

 

[Potomac]

my stream froze at the end of the race.

 

[perico]

Finally my first chance to watch a stage.

Ligget and McEwan commentating...I love it

People can say what they want about Phil, but if you pair with someone like Robbie, he can still be great to listen to.

 

[pastronef]

never seen Narvaez suffer this much. he held on to Vine's wheel by the skin of his teeth

 

[James M]

Utter domination. Narvaez so versatile, and when he can climb this well already with Vine at those watt, looking good for Narvaez this year. Vine is just money, he ended last year on a good note, which is a sign of what to come.

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

This is going to be the most boring year for cycling, ever.

 

[SafeBet]

This is going to be the most boring year for cycling, ever.

Until next year.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Tours over already that’s what I’ve heard.

 

[Netserk]

Until next year.

hallelujah

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Until next year.

Fair point

 

[ChewbaccaDefense]

Tours over already that’s what I’ve heard.

Barring a giant meteor. I'm rooting for the meteor for various reasons.

 

[Dazed and Confused]

Stage 3:

Will UAE even care to win this stage? Yates maybe.

 

[Tricycle Rider]

Van Eetvelt crashed apparently (of course when does he not), there were a lot of crashes i heard so could be that others were involved too. 4 of 7 Lotto riders went down today.

This comes as a surprise to me because besides a few nature breaks I was pretty much glued to the TV and no crashes were mentioned. But you're correct, both Van Eetvelt and Rutsch were involved in a crash. Rutsch is already out and Van Eetvelt's continued participation is up in the air.

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[Unchained]

Utter domination. Narvaez so versatile, and when he can climb this well already with Vine at those watt, looking good for Narvaez this year. Vine is just money, he ended last year on a good note, which is a sign of what to come.

UAE really divides races as good as any team, you could see that there was lots of confusion, yes you have to mark Narvaez but you can't ignore Vine and you can't ignore if Jay all the way is the play. As Trike points out, Narv looks to be laboring a bit, huffing and puffing a little. Vine's leg speed looked excellent.