UAE Tour 2021, February 21 - February 27

[repre]

Btw why even bring Richeze and Gaviria. Crazy how little UAE have got out of Gaviria.
Won't be surprised if Richeze and Gaviria's time are over at Team UAE after this season.

The guy is injured or doing stupid things all the time. It's like UAE got very little FROM Gaviria, not otherwise.

 

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The guy is injured or doing stupid things all the time. It's like UAE got very little FROM Gaviria, not otherwise.

I do agree, but than again... His lead out wtf! Like today what kind of position is that to leave him, not even prime Cavendish could win from there.

 

[repre]

I do agree, but than again... His lead out wtf! Like today what kind of position is that to leave him, not even prime Cavendish could win from there.

I think he may also be overrated like any other ex-Quickstep sprinter, so maybe his level just is not that high like we thought.

 

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I think he may also be overrated like any other ex-Quickstep sprinter, so maybe his level just is not that high like we thought.

I feel the finish of stage 1 explain it pretty good. Absolute zero tactical understanding, but that speed he attack the peloton with to close Cattaneo.. wow!

 

[happytramp]

UAE Tour most be excited for the names there winning! Don't get bigger!

Stage 1: VAN DER POEL
Stage 2. GANNA
Stage 3: POGACAR
Stage 4: BENNETT

Kind of Crazy when you think about it. TdF levels. Arguably each the best in the world at their specializations.

 

[Lequack]

16 Big Photos from Stage 4 (descriptions to come) — rcs/corvos

2021 uae-tour photos stage-04

 

[Lequack]

Some extra pics.

Alpecin Fenix riders in Covid quarantine

 

[Poursuivant]

Adam Yates tomorrow for the win

 

[Lequack]

Tomorrow's climb is shallower so we might have a bigger group coming to the line. When Roglic won it 2 year ago there was a group of 10 riders that came in together and he just pipped Tom Dumoulin (then still at Sunweb) at the line. This was the result of that day:

So there should be minimal differences, it might be someone with a bigger punch that wins it. Someone like Almeida or Martinez can win it from a reduced group of favorites.

Tomorrow's profile:

Stage 5 » Fujairah Marine Club › Jebel Jais (170k)

 

[tobydawq]

I feel the finish of stage 1 explain it pretty good. Absolute zero tactical understanding, but that speed he attack the peloton with to close Cattaneo.. wow!

Yes, I agree, but I think (as I said the other day) that his primary mistake was to attack into a roundabout which killed all his momentum. Otherwise, he could have been hard to catch and he has made such a stunt successfully at least twice before (Paris-Tours 2016 and a stage at Tour du Limousin last year).

 

[tobydawq]

Florian Stork will smoke the opposition tomorrow.

Or maybe Pogacar or Higuita.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Tomorrow's climb is shallower so we might have a bigger group coming to the line. When Roglic won it 2 year ago there was a group of 10 riders that came in together and he just pipped Tom Dumoulin (then still at Sunweb) at the line. This was the result of that day:

So there should be minimal differences, it might be someone with a bigger punch that wins it. Someone like Almeida or Martinez can win it from a reduced group of favorites.

Also a bit of bad luck that, once again, the climb will be raced with a headwind. I mean, it's basically Montevergine with a quarter extra length and a marginally higher average gradient, but it would at least be nice if it were to be raced with decent conditions for once.

 

[Bye Bye Bicycle]

I agree, obvious Stork win is obvious.

 

[KZD]

I am being quite surprised by Dekker, I thought that he was more a classics guy with a good sprint rather than a pure sprinter.

 

[sir fly]

Overcast... that's new.

 

[Lequack]

When will we get more than a token breakaway of 2 guys in WT races again? All that tells me is that there is no chance the break will make it and that everyone knows it beforehand.

 

[sir fly]

When will we get more than a token breakaway of 2 guys in WT races again? All that tells me is that there is no chance the break will make it and that everyone knows it beforehand.

You were sayin'?

 

[Lequack]

I am still saying. They're obviously not letting more guys go.
I'd love to see someone like Valverde or Froome or Nibali in the breakaway.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Also a bit of bad luck that, once again, the climb will be raced with a headwind. I mean, it's basically Montevergine with a quarter extra length and a marginally higher average gradient, but it would at least be nice if it were to be raced with decent conditions for once.

Yates isn't dropping Pogi on those gradients either way, so maybe Ineos should actually do a little test with Ganna, just to see how long he can keep up with a strong field.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Fabio Sabatini's getting a nice view of Luis Léon Sánchez's butt. A rear window.

 

[Lequack]

So a token breakaway of two guys with no chance it is. It's going to be a long day.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

25 km/h, pretty brutal stuff. But we got the European champion in the break, that's kind of exciting.

And with that pace, at least Lappartient doesn't have to worry about anyone using motors.

 

[Lequack]

So we're down to one guy.

 

[BlueRoads]

What happened?

 

[Lequack]

What happened?

Went for the sprint points and then said Adios. Or so I though, but the sprint point is just coming up now. So I don't know why Nizzolo just dropped back. Maybe he didn't like the company.

Nizzolo: "Hey I'm going back to the peloton"
Frank: "But why?"
Nizzolo: "It's not you, its me..."