UAE Tour 2021, February 21 - February 27

[Armchair cyclist]

Lot of wind picking up in the second section

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

The second section? Have you seen the shape of the route?

 

[SafeBet]

Not that big of a gap for Ganna at the intermediate and Bissegger finished strong.

 

[TomLPC]

The second section? Have you seen the shape of the route?

Yes it does look like a child's drawing, I was going off what CN were reporting, to be fair I think the map makes it look a bit sillier than it is in reality

11:29:02 GMT

There is some wind out there and if that's picked up it could be why some of these riders have struggled in the second half of the TT. Could Ganna predicted win be in some doubt?

Looks like he will probably still win, -7 down

 

[TomLPC]

Nibali got stitched up there the poor bastard

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Ganna failing to catch Nibali, poor TT.

 

[johnymax]

"An accomplished time trialist Viviani"... Kirby talking about Nibali :facepalm:

 

[SafeBet]

Nibali not caught. First big goal of the season achieved.

 

[Climbing]

In the bag!

 

[johnymax]

Almeida looks a lot more comfortable on his TT bike than Pogačar.

 

[hayneplane]

Motivation on show for Nibali there. Would probably have been 1.15 slower than Ganna if not keen not to be overtaken on course.

 

[Red Rick]

They found a red suit for Dekker.

 

[Red Rick]

Almeida looks a lot more comfortable on his TT bike than Pogačar.

Poggers just showing off the mine worker ITT position

 

[johnymax]

Almeida looks a lot more comfortable on his TT bike than Pogačar.

But Pogi's got the watts.

 

[fat and frantic]

Makes a change to hear "leaders team forced to withdraw from race due to positive test" and not feel angry for once....

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Red & Dekker isn't a fast TT'er by the looks of it.
Good times from both Pogacar and Almeida.

 

[hayneplane]

At least we still have a GC contest ahead of the first mountain finish.

 

[sir fly]

Looks like Almeida started slightly reserved.

 

[will-10]

For all the doom & gloom about the race being over I think this'll still be a fun week to watch. Hopefully we will still have a who's who head-to-head sprint finish, a different dynamic to usual on the MTFs with guys out of GC, and as long as Almeida is close to Tadej you can be sure Quickstep will try everywhere to catch him out.

 

[Lequack]

If Yates goes thermonuclear again both Almeida and Pogacar will need that buffer.

 

[johnymax]

Of the GC guys from the front group of yesterday's stage Caruso was a big disappointment. Probably was feeling the crash from yesterday

 

[luckyboy]

Should be interesting to see if Almeida can hang on to second. Easy win for Pogacar now.

 

[HelloDolly]

If Yates goes thermonuclear again both Almeida and Pogacar will need that buffer.

We are talking here about Adam Yates not Simon

And he will need to get very nuclear to beat Pog

 

[johnymax]

We are talking here about Adam Yates not Simon

And he will need to get very nuclear to beat Pog

Adam Yates, yes.

UAE Tour 2020 Stage 3 results

Adam Yates is the winner of UAE Tour 2020 Stage 3, before Tadej PogaÄar and Alexey Lutsenko. Adam Yates was leader in GC.

www.procyclingstats.com

 

[Netserk]

We are talking here about Adam Yates not Simon

And he will need to get very nuclear to beat Pog

 

[Lequack]

Ganna: 55.6km/h
De Gendt: 53.4km/h
Brändle: 54.0km/h
Powless: 53.3km/h
Tanfield: 52.7km/h
Almeida: 53.0km/h