Tour of Oman - Muscat Classic 2023 , February 10-15

[RedheadDane]

Clearly not low enough considering it went over her head

I chose to ignore that terrible "joke".

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I chose to ignore that terrible "joke".

Please accept this apology cake, which may or may not contain honey.

 

[RedheadDane]

Please accept this apology cake, which may or may not contain honey.

It's not very nice to steal Persico's cake!

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's not very nice to steal Persico's cake!

I think it was meant to be shared with the rest of the team.

 

[Lequack]

Why did se get a cake?

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

Why did se get a cake?

Didn't you hear? "Cake for everyone"

 

[Sciatic]

Please accept this apology cake, which may or may not contain honey.

We need to add this to the Ridiculous course profiles thread!

 

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Final 10k coming up now, so about time to tune in.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T4oUFo-l5eY

 

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First pro win for Matteo Jorgenson. Mauri 2nd

 

[Ilmaestro99]

For a full kilometre before the steepest part of the climb I was convince that Jan Hirt was actually our Fausto , and finally we would see him fighting for the top positions again. Still a nice result for quickstep but reality hit me at 2km to go and Fausto was not there =(

Lagelotti strong

 

[Devil's Elbow]

What a horror show with the fences...

 

[Samamba]

What a horror show with the fences...

There's like 7 riders that lost 15 to 20 seconds because of it

 

[Samamba]

Lotto (Van Gils) a bit too confident there in the first part of the climb. There was a slight headwind so not the smartest move to put yourself in the wind way too early. Also not in Van Gils his best interest to make the climb as hard as possible.

Jorgensen really good tho. He was keen on performing well here and he's doing it. I honeslty think he can win the whole thing, even tho Green Mountain is harder than today and will suit the pure climbers better.

Uijtdebroeckx really good too. Mauri no surprise.

 

[Roku]

I expect Hirt to be stronger on Green Mountain, clearly suits him better. Don't think he will take the overall win, he is not at the same level as last year and Jorgenson looks quite strong. Bouchard is another rider to keep an eye for the last stage.

On the contrary, Mauri should be weaker on Green Mountain, as well as Herrada, Van Gils...

 

[Lequack]

Jorgensen is the next Sepp Kuss?

 

[Lequack]

What a horror show with the fences...

https://twitter.com/x/status/1625094243722076160

View: https://twitter.com/BenjiNaesen/status/1625094243722076160

 

[Lequack]

Can a strong sprinter win tomorrow?

 

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I expect Hirt to be stronger on Green Mountain, clearly suits him better. Don't think he will take the overall win, he is not at the same level as last year and Jorgenson looks quite strong.

he signed a two-year deal, so going by his career so far, I guess he is more likely to be stronger again in 2024. Personally he also said that his early season is all about getting in shape for the Giro.

 

[perico]

Movistar gonna get sick of all this #winning

 

[Samamba]

Times got adjusted because of the fence disaster. 16th till 25th place were put at 25 seconds instead of something in between 45 and 58.
While I agree this wasn't fair I feel like some of those riders got off really cheap. No way in hell 10 riders were immediately behind it, it was a group of 4 or 5 riders that were stuck behind immediately. Yes other lost time too but they would not have finished at 25 seconds at all.

 

[Kazistuta]

..and the pilot that caused the fences to move has been fired from the race.

 

[Lequack]

Stage is live! 90 km to go, with break having about 4 minutes.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOv5RmYE3N4

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1625418422023516160

View: https://twitter.com/tourofoman/status/1625418422023516160?s=20&t=YtUCjkzrkPV4DXntyKeWOA

 

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it was a group of 4 or 5 riders that were stuck behind immediately. Yes other lost time too but they would not have finished at 25 seconds at all.

yeah, Ries, Zwiehoff, Buchmann and Hänninen, as far as I could see. The group behind wasn't even in sight when it happened

 

[Samamba]

Looks like certain sprinters think they can make it. Zingle, Biermans, Gibbons, Kanter, ...