UAE Tour 2023, February 20-26 (women's race February 9-12)

[Lequack]

These time diffierences are miniscule, probably not even worth teams bringing their TT bikes over.

 

[Salvarani]

JV really bad at T1

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Are EF actually going to pull this off?

 

[SafeBet]

Seems like UAE weren't as bad as we thought?

 

[Faserr]

I thought teams like Bora would loose a lot of time to UAE. Ineos looks really bad. Perhaps they can speed up.

Problem for Quick-Step is that Evenepoel offers no draft.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Problem for Quick-Step is that Evenepoel offers no draft.

They put a tall guy, one of their worst TT'ers present, right behind him. So we'll see how that tactic plays out.

 

[Salvarani]

Stage wont be very decisive for the overall GC at least.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Based on the time splits of the likes of Ineos and Jayco, looks like a stronger headwind on the first part and therefore a stronger tailwind on the way back compared to when EF were on the road.

 

[Faserr]

They put a tall guy, one of their worst TT'ers present, right behind him. So we'll see how that tactic plays out.

Serry. Poor guy.

 

[Berflamand]

Lol, every other first guy moves over right after the first turn, only Remco starts with a casual one minute turn.

 

[triley36]

Even if Soudal beats them, EF must have a phenomenal TT set up to do so well with the lineup they have here. Outside of De bod, they don’t really have any of their big engines here.

 

[SafeBet]

Stage wont be very decisive for the overall GC at least.

Covili is 100% out of it though.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Hilarious, understated save after cutting away from Ineos there

Plapp: 'I said boys get the f**k out of...'

Carlton: '.......passions running high'

 

[Salvarani]

Covili is 100% out of it though.

It is a shame, I expected more from Bardiani.

 

[BR2]

QS timetrialing looks cute with Evenepoel on the front and all those bigger guys behind. Kind of like the Daltons.

 

[BR2]

Who crossed the line first for EF?

 

[Devil's Elbow]

It is a shame, I expected more from Bardiani.

Fun fact: they almost lost as much time to both second-worst and the winning team as Novo Nordisk in the similar 2019 TTT. Bardiani are so incompetent they can barely beat those racing with a chronic illness.

 

[Salvarani]

Fun fact: they almost lost as much time to both second-worst and the winning team as Novo Nordisk in the similar 2019 TTT. Bardiani are so incompetent they can barely beat those racing with a chronic illness.

Maybe their chronic illness is that they are incompetent.

 

[Faserr]

Poor EF

 

[Tim Cahill]

I want a recount.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I want a recount.

Photofinish.

 

[Salvarani]

Wow, 1 second.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

GC: Evenepoel and Plapp in the same time, Bilbao 4 seconds down. This is basically a one-climb race between the three of them.

 

[KZD]

Quick Step wins but Bahrein defend themselves very well. Given that Bilbao is a better finisher than Remco he could have the advantage (I don't think Plapp is good enough to stay with these two).

 

[Red Rick]

Lefevere just has some kompromat on race officials no? Has to be