UAE-Team Emirates thread

[Wyndbrook]

UAE have never been very good at many of the things that other teams would just call best practice.

 

[hayneplane]

Concerning from Adam Yates as in years past he has won this race with great ease but now looks to be well past being truly useful to the team. As others have said he doesn’t seem a good fit to be a Majka style climbing road captain.

Getting dropped frequently before doing any pacing in last years TDF was concerning enough but now he just doesn’t belong in the top squad as climbing support.

 

[YavorD]

The UAE team has been and still remains a one man team.
All these inflated victories against plumbers last year don't change that.
Now Yates can't even beat them on his favourite terrain.
Next week we'll see if del Toro has made a step up but my expectation is that Remco will mop the floor with him.

I don't agree. Last year they won a lot of big stage races with Almeida and Ayuso (who is out of the team).
Winning a GT nowadays is hard with Pogacar, Vingegaard and even Roglic being so good. Same goes to one say races where Lidl and Alpecin have a dedicated strong squads.
It is very ard for the other UAE riders to get a big win.
Heck, in San Remo, where they arguably have a bigger chance to win it if they play tactically, they will ride in full support of Pogacar.
They are okay.

 

[yaco]

You have nothing to worry about when you win 95 races and without a top notch sprinter.