Tour of Oman - Muscat Classic 2025 , February 7-12

[tobydawq]

Pretty great race.

Svestad-Bårdseng breakthrough.

 

[tobydawq]

Valentin's Day!

Too bad it wasn't two days later.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Is Velntin a better climber than Remco?

Is Leqack a netter spellor than Ilmistro?

 

[Lequack]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889608999894491558

View: https://x.com/LosBrolin/status/1889608999894491558

Final GC

 

[pastronef]

2 French stage wins in the uphill finishes, plus 2nd and 3rd in GC.
and nice GC win for Yates

 

[Rob5091]

Gaudu is consistently an inconsistent racer ... chapeau PP for the win, Yates (A) gets the GC but Howson 4th ?! wow, Ivan will be pleased.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Forgot the stage finished at a different time even with the reminder on here and was pottering around the house doing some cleaning, missed the entire finale ffs

 

[pastronef]

Gaudu is consistently an inconsistent racer ... chapeau PP for the win, Yates (A) gets the GC but Howson 4th ?! wow, Ivan wil be pleased.

Q36.5 wins the team classification too, ahead of Tudor

 

[Lequack]

Forgot the stage finished at a different time even with the reminder on here and was pottering around the house doing some cleaning, missed the entire finale ffs

Just watch the replay here, you can scroll back

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H_Vn9JU2Vk

 

[Berniece]

Forgot the stage finished at a different time even with the reminder on here and was pottering around the house doing some cleaning, missed the entire finale ffs

It wasn't that interesting.

Spoiler: How it went

Beginning of the climb a high pace was set by UAE, which dropped riders one by one. When they were done there were only 5 riders left so Yates attacked and only Paret-Peintre could follow. Paret-Peintre then attacked and dropped Yates, but eventually Yates and Gaudu were able to come back. They stalled a bit and it seemed others were coming back on the part of the climb with lower gradients, but eventually Yates increased the pace again which dropped Gaudu. In the last hundred meters Paret-Peintre sprints for victory.

 

[Statze2]

Strong showing of VPP, wasn´t expecting that. Gaudu also with a decent finish but was not able to go so deep as last time. Yates and UAE showing again that not all riders at this team are superhumans. Diserved GC win but far off from super dominant.

Cian 51 seconds down in this kind of stage finish. I thought this type of stage will suit him better then the finish on monday, but he performed worse. Still a long way to go for him if he wants to be competitive in stage races again.

 

[Armchair Cyclist]

When the sprinters' classification is not weighted towards flat stages:

1	2	▲1	PARET-PEINTRE Valentin	Soudal Quick-Step	34
2	1	▼1	KOOIJ Olav	Team Visma | Lease a Bike	30
3	7	▲4	YATES Adam	UAE Team Emirates - XRG	27
4	3	▼1	GAUDU David	Groupama - FDJ	26
5	4	▼1	BITTNER Pavel	Team Picnic PostNL	19
6	5	▼1	BLIKRA Erlend	Uno-X Mobility	16

Probably fair to assume that VPP will not win many green jerseys in his career.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889621305655263739

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1889621305655263739?t=Do09MAEfgrR7K6BL4ktLiA&s=19

 

[tobydawq]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889621305655263739

View: https://x.com/ammattipyoraily/status/1889621305655263739?t=Do09MAEfgrR7K6BL4ktLiA&s=19

Apparently, Fuglsang has said that Froome's numbers are higher than ever.

Somehow I doubt that he would have finished before Gaudu today.

 

[Rockestar_33]

Valentin is seriously good. I reckon he's a bigger loss than BOC for AG2R

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Apparently, Fuglsang has said that Froome's numbers are higher than ever

This might be the most absurd statement I have read from a pro

 

[yaco]

That was a surprise from Howson when you consider his awful performance at the TDU which got him criticism for taking a spot of a younger rider in the Aussie National team.

 

[RedheadDane]

Apparently, Fuglsang has said that Froome's numbers are higher than ever.

Turns out the numbers Fuglsang was talking about were:
Age.
Weight.

 

[Peyroteo94]

What an exciting MTF. I liked it! Kudus for VPP

 

[Froome]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889631755386105903

View: https://x.com/WattsinCycling/status/1889631755386105903


Average rider doing 6.7 w/kg during 20 minutes, in January. Welcome to the new cycling.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1889631755386105903

View: https://x.com/WattsinCycling/status/1889631755386105903

 

[Bolder]

Valentin is seriously good. I reckon he's a bigger loss than BOC for AG2R

We'll see. VPP is such a climbing specific rider, though. BOC has podiumed or Top 5d in each GT. (Improbably, I'll admit)

 

[Berniece]

We'll see. VPP is such a climbing specific rider, though. BOC has podiumed or Top 5d in each GT. (Improbably, I'll admit)

Indeed, I can't see him finish top 5 in the Giro for example.

 

[Rockestar_33]

We'll see. VPP is such a climbing specific rider, though. BOC has podiumed or Top 5d in each GT. (Improbably, I'll admit)

Ben is an excellent rider but Valentin is younger with a lot more scope to improve. He'd be a French leader on a French team and for me their best (albeit tiny) chance at the next French TDF winner as it stands.

 

[theyoungest]

Cian 51 seconds down in this kind of stage finish. I thought this type of stage will suit him better then the finish on monday, but he performed worse. Still a long way to go for him if he wants to be competitive in stage races again.

Again? When has he done better? This seems to be Uijtdebroeks' level, he can keep grinding a decent pace but he can't follow accelerations and he has no sprint. His strength seems to be his endurance, but in the Tour of Oman that part isn't really tested.

 

[Andre]

Is Velntin a better climber than Remco?

no