UAE Tour 2021, February 21 - February 27

[Lequack]

Yates now on the course. Strange to see him start so early.

 

[sir fly]

You're saying this is a cycle track?!
They build narrower motorways around here.

 

[johnymax]

What are those start times? They don't make any sense

 

[sir fly]

What are those start times? They don't make any sense

Depends where you are.

 

[Red Rick]

What are those start times? They don't make any sense

Starting times are in local time I guess?

The article says GST, which is GMT+4.

 

[Lequack]

Yates not bad 17 seconds behind at the half time.

 

[johnymax]

Depends where you are.

What do you mean? How can Yates and Cattaneo among others, start so early when they were in the front group yesterday?

Edit:
Just to clarify. I was talking about the starting order not the actual times. I should have specified, sorry.

 

[tobydawq]

Starting times are in local time I guess?

The article says GST, which is GMT+4.

Not the point. Why is it not the GC in reverse?

 

[SafeBet]

Yates not bad 17 seconds behind at the half time.

Faded in the second part though. Lost 44 seconds to Bissegger, 19 to Cattaneo.

Froome more than a minute down.

 

[Ricco']

Not the point. Why is it not the GC in reverse?

Could it be lack of support vehicles and staff from the teams?

Since 75% of the peloton rolled together to the finish yesterday, a lot of the teams finished together. Qhubeka has 4 riders in a row in GC, Intermarché 3, could be difficult logistically.

 

[Lequack]

Kirby explaining how good the roads of UAE are and that they hardly use any tar. I guess you learn something every day.

 

[Lequack]

 

[sir fly]

Kirby explaining how good the roads of UAE are and that they hardly use any tar. I guess you learn something every day.

Yes, yes... I know the routine.
Gravel path for the same price here.

 

[Netserk]

Bissegger almost as fast as Dennis in Utrecht. Ganna gonna set some kind of record here?

 

[TomLPC]

Daniel Martinez 2nd at the intermediate, super impressive

 

[Lequack]

Daniel Martinez 2nd at the intermediate, super impressive

He's breaking down the "Colombians are all bad at TT" stereotypes.

 

[tobydawq]

That's not how you want to cross the line.

 

[Hugo Koblet]

That's one of the weirder crashes...

 

[Lequack]

Horrible crash at the finish line.

 

[Pricey_sky]

Don’t see many crashes like that, very strange. Glad he’s ok.

 

[repre]

Early conclusions: Froome is dead, Tiberi with spectaclular finish.

 

[sir fly]

The frame couldn't hold the Watts, seems to be the consensus.

 

[Billie]

Nibali going to get overtaken by Pippo. They should have let some nobody be cannon fodder

 

[TomLPC]

Lot of wind picking up in the second section

Lets see what the big man from Britain, Philip Gannaway can do

 

[Red Rick]

Nibali going to get overtaken by Pippo. They should have let some nobody be cannon fodder

Ganna Catch 'em All