UAE Tour 2020, February 23- February 29

[Lequack]

Commentator said Chris Froome is a veteran just like Alessandro Valverde.

 

[sir fly]

Shooting the breeze, sharing the load...

 

[Salvarani]

Froome dropped

 

[Laplaz]

Ewan too good

 

[Faserr]

Ewan timed it perfectly

 

[Lequack]

 

[Salvarani]

Back to back wins. The hill seems tailormade for him.

 

[repre]

Froome is dead at the finish. 4 min behind

 

[sir fly]

Congrats to Ewan.
Thought for a moment that Bennett got the upper hand taking the inner side of the corner, but just couldn't maintain the momentum.
The weight matters here.

Froomey meeting uphill road back to the competition... it's gonna take some work.
Vini Zabu - KTM presenting themselves nicely.

 

[repre]

Ewan timed it perfectly

Bennett did a great last turn and it was him, who timed it perfectly. Ewan is just better at this type of finish.

 

[Faserr]

Okay. Then you know it better then Ewan who said in the Interview that he timed it perfectly and that he knew how long he could go fullgas. Bennett ran out of gas. But still a very good sprint.

 

[Lequack]

The uphill sprint specialist Remco Evenepoel would have probably won here.

 

[yaco]

Bennett did the right thing in going early and trying to place Ewan under pressure - This finish is tailor made for Ewan.

 

[Lequack]

Sprint replay

https://twitter.com/x/status/1231923209269895169

View: https://twitter.com/Eurosport_UK/status/1231923209269895169?s=20

 

[MartinGT]

Just looking at last few KM. Dawg hanging off the back with 6km to go and struggling

 

[Lequack]

Just looking at last few KM. Dawg hanging off the back with 6km to go and struggling

Just saving energy for tomorrow's solo attack on the MTF.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Just looking at last few KM. Dawg hanging off the back with 6km to go and struggling

It was a bit weird, he was dropped, then chased back on, only to sit up and lose 4 minutes in the final 4k. The joys of a training ride.

 

[MartinGT]

It was a bit weird, he was dropped, then chased back on, only to sit up and lose 4 minutes in the final 4k. The joys of a training ride.

That's what I thought.

Good to see him back on his bike though. He didn't seem too bad coming over the line.

 

[rick james]

Lol, the posts saying froome was dropped, what were you expecting from him? He tells you he has in imbalance of power in his legs and hasn’t raced for months yet we have lost saying he was dropped, of course he was dropped

 

[Alexandre B.]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1231929129903312896

 

[Salvarani]

Maybe it was just a comment for those not following the race that might check this thread and how you come to that conlusion based on two words someone posted is amazing.

 

[Lequack]

Lol, the posts saying froome was dropped, what were you expecting from him? He tells you he has in imbalance of power in his legs and hasn’t raced for months yet we have lost saying he was dropped, of course he was dropped

I guess everyone was hoping he'd do a Quintana and start flying.

 

[Red Rick]

Lol, the posts saying froome was dropped, what were you expecting from him? He tells you he has in imbalance of power in his legs and hasn’t raced for months yet we have lost saying he was dropped, of course he was dropped

People merely paying attention to him, this isn't much about expecting results immediately.

If Bertie got dropped here, people would notice, poast about it, and we'd be talking about how phat he looked or didn't look

 

[RedheadDane]

If Bertie got dropped here, people would notice, poast about it, and we'd be talking about how phat he looked or didn't look

I'd mostly be surprised by the fact that he was even in the race...

 

[Alexandre B.]

People merely paying attention to him, this isn't much about expecting results immediately.

If Bertie got dropped here, people would notice, poast about it, and we'd be talking about how phat he looked or didn't look

It's Tinkov's fault.