UAE Tour 2021, February 21 - February 27

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Must. Resist.

 

[RedheadDane]

Must. Resist.

Do. Not.

 

[Red Rick]

Of course neither of them were Sepp Kuss. You seriously think this climb was steep enough for Sepp to deign worth his effort?

Cycling is just a sport where 180 odd riders all ride toward a finish that is not steep enough for Sepp Kuss

 

[RedheadDane]

A little detail I find sort of amusing - because I always find little details sort of amusing - is that of the 23 riders who finished in the front group Sunday, exactly 10 remains who haven't been overtaken by riders who got caught behind.

UAE Tour 2021 Stage 5 results (procyclingstats.com)

 

[gregrowlerson]

Cycling is just a sport where 180 odd riders all ride toward a finish that is not steep enough for Sepp Kuss

Finally Zoncolan from the Sutrio side makes some sense:

The Giro doesn't want to encourage controlling climber Sepp Kuss to get himself mixed up in their May madness.

 

[Lequack]

Pre stage

 

[Netserk]

Would you be so kind as to use the spoiler tag when posting a wall of very large pictures?

 

[King Boonen]

Would you be so kind as to use the spoiler tag when posting a wall of very large pictures?

I'm going to have a word with the admins and see if there is any way we can limit how many things are displayed as default. It does make mobile browsing very frustrating.

 

[Netserk]

I'm going to have a word with the admins and see if there is any way we can limit how many things are displayed as default. It does make mobile browsing very frustrating.

Can you also increase the limit for the number of images in a post? For the Race Design Thread it can be useful to post 25 images in a post instead of 'only' 20.

 

[King Boonen]

Can you also increase the limit for the number of images in a post? For the Race Design Thread it can be useful to post 25 images in a post instead of 'only' 20.

I'll pass it on and see what they say.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Apparently this picture was taken after the stage yesterday

https://twitter.com/x/status/1364914359676399618

View: https://twitter.com/OutOfCycling/status/1364914359676399618

 

[Zinoviev Letter]

anyone know what the wind conditions are like today?

 

[Faserr]

It looks calm at the moment, but Stork crashed out of the race.

 

[Lequack]

anyone know what the wind conditions are like today?

From my post yesterday, copy/paste:

Tomorrow stage will be a lot more windy, but they will also be riding around Dubai proper, so there are a lot of buildings to shield from the wind. I doubt we will have any crosswinds action. Wind will be from the north-west. The main instigator for crosswinds action seems to always be Quickstep and they're now confident Bennet can win in a bunch sprint.

 

[Lequack]

Qucikstep is trying to make some crosswinds action happen.

 

[Lequack]

We have some stragglers in the back, looks like echelons soon.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1365248721483681795

View: https://twitter.com/ThibaudChmbr/status/1365248721483681795?s=20

 

[Faserr]

Splits now

 

[SafeBet]

It looks calm at the moment, but Stork crashed out of the race.

Moschetti too. Kid can't catch a break.

 

[Lequack]

Chasing group contains Ganna. Front group is pushed on by Ineoes and Qucisktep.

 

[tobydawq]

Nice, just in time for the ten minute start of broadcast pause.

 

[Lequack]

Second group seems to be catching up maybe.

 

[Lequack]

They copied the London eye it seems, but bigger!

Ain Dubai vs London Eye: Height, Location, Capacity & More - MyBayut

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Not to mention the Love Island

 

[tobydawq]

They copied the London eye it seems, but bigger!

Ain Dubai vs London Eye: Height, Location, Capacity & More - MyBayut

With Ain Dubai set to become the biggest observatory Ferris wheel in the world, people are comparing it to the London Eye - the largest Ferris wheel in Europe. This Ain Dubai vs London Eye comparison has all the numbers and details that make these landmarks truly unique.

www.bayut.com

The Dubeye.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Such a stupid route with that tunnel, it's just an unnecessary risk.

 

[Savant12]

Froome in the ISN sprint train.