Tour of Oman 2022 (February 10-15)

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Hey guys, has the final climb today really had 6kms of 10% average gradient? Seems (too?) steep to me.

Hirt with 41,8 kms/h average, that is really fast, should these mentioned data for the final climb be true…

Good race from Brenner today, too…

 

[wheresmybrakes]

Man let's be honest. Today was very disappointing from Fausto. I don't know if he bonked, if the heat bothered him, if he had a bad legs day, or I just massively overestimated him on steep climbs and hes not that good. But he really suffered while schmid dropped him easy on the final ramp He lost 1 min to Gesbert and 2 min to Hirt when he should have won this race overall.

Fausto is an emotional guy, he will suffer a lot mentally after today's disappointing performance, feeling the guilt. I hope it doesn't affect his confidence because he is an entertaining rider when he feels good always attacking. But it's almost like he enjoys more the rolling hilly terrain, almost like Remco, and not these walls. He shouldn't be a gc leader but should have the freedom in the big races.

Don't take it too bad dude, there must be some legitimate reason for his failing today, he'll be back with a bang in his next race. There's always an excuse for the big riders if they don't win their races, he will have one too. (other than being $h1t on the day)

 

[IndianCyclist]

This race is blowing up everyday it seems

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Oh dear.

It was fun while it lasted

Fausto totally collapsed, guess i was wrong about him

I have Remco on the phone right now... Difficult to type while holding phone... one second.
Remco says not even Spilak would ride for Masnada after a failure like that.

Wait, he's saying something else... Hahaha. Oh Remco, i can't say that on the forum. Nevermind.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

I have Remco on the phone right now... Difficult to type while holding phone... one second.
Remco says not even Spilak would ride for Masnada after a failure like that.

Wait, he's saying something else... Hahaha. Oh Remco, i can't say that on the forum. Nevermind.

Lol. Fair play. I guess even Spilak would not have lost the lead like that today.

Funny enough the way Fausto has raced this Tour of Oman was exactly like Remco.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Think it's the first time he has been strong below 2000m altitude.

Nah, there's also the Mortirolo stage when he got outsprinted by Ciccone. Those 2 were in the breakaway, sprinted for kom points on every single climb and climbed the Mortirolo just a few seconds slower than Roglic and Mollema.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Lol. Fair play. I guess even Spilak would not have lost the lead like that today.

Funny enough the way Fausto has raced this Tour of Oman was exactly like Remco.

I noticed something: in the World Tour, they have more and more pairs; riders that are „equal“ in strength and profile.

There is Rog-Pog, Groenewegen-Jakobsen, Bennett-Ewan, Vlasov-Sivakov, Valverde-Nibali, VDP-WVA, Ganna-Affini, and some more.

And there is Masnada-Cattaneo-Ciccone: equally strong riders, all between very good and world-class…

 

[RedheadDane]

And there is Masnada-Cattaneo-Ciccone: equally strong riders, all between very good and world-class…

Even I know that that's not a "pairing"!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I noticed something: in the World Tour, they have more and more pairs; riders that are „equal“ in strength and profile.

There is Rog-Pog, Groenewegen-Jakobsen, Bennett-Ewan, Vlasov-Sivakov, Valverde-Nibali, VDP-WVA, Ganna-Affini, and some more.

And there is Masnada-Cattaneo-Ciccone: equally strong riders, all between very good and world-class…

In what universe is Affini Ganna's equal.

 

[tobydawq]

In what universe is Affini Ganna's equal.

Probably in Af fini-te number of them.

And no, that pun was neither laboured nor tortured.

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

In what universe is Affini Ganna's equal.

Ganna and Affini both are Italian bulldozers: you would not want to meet them unarmed in the dark… lol

 

[RedheadDane]

Ganna and Affini both are Italian bulldozers: you would not want to meet them unarmed in the dark… lol

Awww. They both look so nice!

 

[Skijumper Roglic fan]

Awww. They both look so nice!

Agree …

But Affini in this picture has this look, just like: „You probably haven‘t made acquaintance with my fist, yet!“ … lol

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Agree …

But Affini in this picture has this look, just like: „You probably haven‘t made acquaintance with my fist, yet!“ … lol

I, for one, am very scared of his huge neck in that picture!

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Awww. They both look so nice!

Both would be popular in jail but for different reasons.

 

[jaylew]

Oh dear.

It was fun while it lasted

Fausto totally collapsed, guess i was wrong about him

Quickest turn around in forum history

 

[Nirvana]

Awww. They both look so nice!

Both? Affini looks like a thug ready to smash all your bones...

 

[SHAD0W93]

I think Gaviria will win with Cav’s crash taking some out of him.

 

[SafeBet]

Vino in the break

 

[Roku]

I love how DSM always do their best to make a fool of themselves.

They have to be the most unlikable and poorly managed team in the WT.

 

[Wvv]

Gaviria wins, Richeze obviously boxed in Cavendish. Groves 2nd, Capiot 3rd.
Hirt GC winner, Intermarché is having a blast.

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

The dark arts of the lead out rider from Richeze there

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Lol! Richeze doing what he does best, being a jerk

 

[Netserk]

A quick reminder that Cavendish has never been DSQ'ed in his career, despite far more reckless riding than that of Richeze. Other than the wrong relegation in 2009 in the Tour, I can't recall any other time he has been relegated either. On the other hand, I can easily recall many crashes he has caused.

 

[BlueRoads]

Ganna and Affini both are Italian bulldozers: you would not want to meet them unarmed in the dark… lol

I would always want to meet Ganna unarmed in the dark...