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

[Mayomaniac]

Brioche dropping Kuss?!

 

[Netserk]

Bilbao dropped. Plapp only right behind him!

I didn't think Bilbao would falter. He will probably lose his podium spot at this rate.

 

[Salvarani]

Remco digging deep here. Body swinging all over the bike.

 

[Netserk]

Bilbao must cross the line 51'' after Yates to stay on the podium.

 

[Netserk]

GC:

Evenepoel
Plapp
Yates
Bilbao

 

[Salvarani]

Yates and Plapp same time?!

 

[KZD]

Given the few extra kilos that Remco still has this was a great performance. Yates flying in this climb as usual.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Kuss for the first time in his life does some hard domestique work, leading Bouchard out to sprint to the line.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

Bilbao saves Plapp's second place while falling to fourth himself by the looks. Massive gaps for being Jebel Hafeet.

 

[search]

Yates may have thrown away 2nd in GC there by celebrating early. Not that it makes much of a difference, though

 

[Red Rick]

What's the direction of the finish? Cause the flags are waving hard.

 

[AlfaLum]

Bilbao saves Plapp's second place while falling to fourth himself by the looks. Massive gaps for being Jebel Hafeet.

Exactly what I was thinking haha. Plapp would have lost his second place to Yates without Bilbao’s sprint.

 

[Tim Cahill]

Plapp has a picture of Joao Almeida on the wall

 

[Netserk]

GC:

 

[Carrick-On-Seine]

Yates and Plapp same time?!

One second gap - if Yates had sprinted the line instead of showing the flag he'd have been second

 

[Netserk]

While the echelons sealed the deal, Yates would still have been 9'' behind Evenepoel in the GC if the front group had been caught in stage 1 (all else equal).

 

[RedheadDane]

Brioche dropping Kuss?!

?

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Tiberi decent.

 

[stonerider]

One second gap - if Yates had sprinted the line instead of showing the flag he'd have been second

Rookie move for sure!

 

[Netserk]

They write Adam Richard Yates, but only Wouter Poels instead of Wouter Lambertus Martinus Henricus Poels. Sad.

 

[Andy schleck]

Kudos for remco, another race win.
Neverthless, clearly, he is not yet at the same level of pogacar and vingegaard on the climbs.
Pogacar would win this UAE tour with some easiness.

 

[BR2]

?

Of course the answer is always Brioche and Kuss. Don't make me choose.

 

[KZD]

Kudos for remco, another race win.
Neverthless, clearly, he is not yet at the same level of pogacar and vingegaard on the climbs.
Pogacar would win this UAE tour with some easiness.

He would, but Pogačar's first main goal of the season is MSR and RVV. Remco's first main goal is the Giro and he still has more than two months to drop the 2-3 extra kilos that he has.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kudos for remco, another race win.
Neverthless, clearly, he is not yet at the same level of pogacar and vingegaard on the climbs.
Pogacar would win this UAE tour with some easiness.

2021 Pogacar 35 seconds ahead of Yates.
2022 Pogacar 22 seconds ahead of Yates.
2023 Evenepoel 60 seconds ahead of Yates.

 

[Extinction]

Kudos for remco, another race win.
Neverthless, clearly, he is not yet at the same level of pogacar and vingegaard on the climbs.
Pogacar would win this UAE tour with some easiness.

This does seem to be the case, but you have to wonder what Remco could do at 100%. Pogacar and Vingegaard are in better shape now, because they can rest and rebuild after the classics to have a second higher peak at the Tour. By contrast, since the Giro beckons, Remco can't be further along now, and thus must super peak then. We should see more of his stuff at Catalunya and Liege, now it's too soon. As for Yates, this is his entire season.