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

[yaco]

The problem was that the front group had so many kilometres to ride into a headwind after breaking up the peleton - The DSM sprint lead outs are a thing of beauty.

 

[Lequack]

Tomorrow's stage will finally provide some GC action

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Tomorrow's stage will finally provide some GC action

That's the profile from the men's race. 185 km would have been interesting though.

I know Gaia Realini was pretty lucky the Cavalli group was allowed to come back and that she probably didn't do many pulls during the long chase, but it was still surprise to see her do some turns at the front with about 12 km to go and still managing to hold on when Canyon SRAM upped the pace again.

 

[yaco]

It was an awesome ride by Nina Kessler who single-handledy got Baker and Faulkner back into the front group after it split in the crosswinds in the last 10km.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

So FDJ has ended up on the wrogn side of a split again today. You'd have thought they had learned something from yesterday's mistakes.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

And now it's Lippert's turn to be caught behind. There are still 21 km to the foot of Jebel Hafeet.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Just look

 

[Dk one]

Omg Movistar and FDJ, so many riders managed to be in the first group, including many who probably aren’t even tageting gc.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It looks pretty good for Longo Borghini now, unless Persico or Faulkner has better legs today.
I guess DSM is riding for Peperkamp, who looked quite good on Norefjell last year where she worked for Lippert.

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Empty mountain
Full gas?

 

[Red Rick]

Was gonna be interested in climbing times of Jebel Hafeet to get a somewhat clean comparison of mens climbing times to womens climbing times, but now with this echelon action I'm not so sure.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Liane Lippert ruuuuules. Never say die. Completely doomed to fail. But why not give it a go! The timing screens are appallingly unreliable.

 

[Salvarani]

Lippert riding like Contador on the Mortirolo stage.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Only Realini, ELB and Peperkamp left in front now.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

And then the leash is off.

Alright, now I need them to Vino/Kash this and Elisa to gift André the stage (which would actually settle the GC) for the CQ game and I am now super in favour of Realini at Trek.

Dani then talking about how good a job Realini will be able to do for Lizzie Deignan when she returns and now I hate the Realini to Trek signing.

 

[Salvarani]

Trek going 1-2

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Silvia Persico will bridge she has the grinta

 

[TourOfSardinia]

Peperkamp .... gone?

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Dani then talking about how good a job Realini will be able to do for Lizzie Deignan when she returns and now I hate the Realini to Trek signing.

Luckily for us Dani Rowe isn't a DS at Trek.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Wow, great to see Merino being back in good shape.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Good work by this Australian girl to pull for Persico who will come back

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Realini at the head of the race, and Merino now up there... this is definitely a day for the heavyweights.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

WTF! Do they not know how good that would have been for my CQ team?!

Meijering really not earning herself much love from Movistar there lol

 

[F_Cance]

that's not cool of ELB

 

[TourOfSardinia]

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