This race showed why cycling is not simply who climbs the fastest
Yates was the best climber, but not the best cyclist this week
Yates was the best climber, but not the best cyclist this week
- Sep 14, 2020
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I'm sure the doubters can come up with some faux explanation of how 2021/22 Yates was better than 22/23 Yates.
- Apr 30, 2011
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Given that Evenepoel was at 85-90 % here, at 100 % he would have won by at least 2'26'' down to Yates.
- Jul 18, 2020
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Not even vingegaard and pogacar are in top shape at moment. All of them including remco are not in peak shape.
- Feb 21, 2019
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I have never claimed they were but they should be closer to their peak, because they have important goals already in March unlike Remco.
- May 5, 2010
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- Jul 7, 2013
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As expected, Adam Yates was flying, as always on Hafeet. Congrats. The race was decided on that windy flat stage 1, it seems. Strong performance by Remco as well, especially considering that his fat amount is clearly above the target level. The shallow section at the end also helped him limit his loss to Adam.
Unless only 23 riders were trying all the way to the line.
I am sure he did a great ride, but it’s really hard to know or compare when you get down to 23rd. It’s like when people are surprised a little climber finishes 23rd in the final TT of a GT when fighting for a top ten on GC. How many riders are actually going all out in such a race? Not many.
- Mar 18, 2015
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Never been a fan of UAE tour. Remco though is a good bike rider. Not a climber though and I don't see him winning either a Giro nor a Tdf. Pog and WingGuard are not retiring any time soon.
And that's fine unless that is his taget within a few years. It's not doable imo especially with such a weak team in the mountains. Who is going to help him ? Yes exactly. Nobody.
Is he riding paris nice?
And that's fine unless that is his taget within a few years. It's not doable imo especially with such a weak team in the mountains. Who is going to help him ? Yes exactly. Nobody.
Is he riding paris nice?
- May 15, 2017
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- Jan 8, 2020
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Yea, but Remco is further behind, because he needs to be in tip top shape in 2 months, whereas Pog and Vingo can rev it up now (in this precise moment, that is) a bit more and then back it off come late April-early May (when Remco needs to be coming into his eflorensence), to then rev it back up maximally for the Tour in July. So they are on different tracts altogether.
Not a doubter but without the minute loss on a flat stage in the crosswinds the time gap would’ve been 9 seconds. I think it’s moot.
Outside of the 3 flat stages in a row this was actually a pretty entertaining race. The wind and open roads add an extra element including on the climbs.
the giro is not all about the climbs. There is something called the flat TT, which the giro has about 62km of.
A rider like Yates will lose 6-8 minutes over that. See what Remco did in the Vuelta
- Jan 8, 2020
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Can we please stop the imagninary *** measuring contest between Remco and other (at times imaginary) performances from other riders. Remco won the Vuelta, Worlds and L-B-L and has nothing left to proof to anyone. Of course he can win the Giro or the Tour against any competition and to know that you don't have to start to compare every piss ride he is doing with other performances of people like Pogi. It is getting stupid again.
Yates with his patented UAE Tour performance. This is really his cup of tea. The performance of Boucard was also really impressive. It's kind of an early season shape that we saw with other riders in the EMirates in the last years e.g. Hirt but I think he can be also a guy to watch for an impressive season. he's getting better and better. As is also Zwiehoff. Also a late starter as a Pro so he seems to have room to grow. His first Top 10 in GC WT. Maybe he is getting now more chances to gon on it's own as he was the better climber compared to Buchmann in Oman and UAE. For Buchmann this is the first top10 in WT outside of the GTs since 2019. Not a great results but his best one week race for a long time. rubio today back at a more normal level for him.
Yates with his patented UAE Tour performance. This is really his cup of tea. The performance of Boucard was also really impressive. It's kind of an early season shape that we saw with other riders in the EMirates in the last years e.g. Hirt but I think he can be also a guy to watch for an impressive season. he's getting better and better. As is also Zwiehoff. Also a late starter as a Pro so he seems to have room to grow. His first Top 10 in GC WT. Maybe he is getting now more chances to gon on it's own as he was the better climber compared to Buchmann in Oman and UAE. For Buchmann this is the first top10 in WT outside of the GTs since 2019. Not a great results but his best one week race for a long time. rubio today back at a more normal level for him.
- Jul 10, 2014
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Great action today, es expected on this climb. Yates really is the king of Jabel Hafeet
It also has 11 flat km before the wall. Yates would lose more than a minute on the flat km before the climb even starts
Adam Yates is definitely not riding the Giro this year and Simon Yates really isn't that bad of a TTer that he would lose a minute in 11km. He won the 9 km TT in the Giro last year and didn't lose anywhere near 1 min/km in the Vuelta TT. Not sure where the urge to make sh*t up comes from.
The one making sh*t up is you. See the TT from the Vuelta last year. The great Simon Yates lost nearly 2 minutes in 30 km. Him losing a minute over 11 km isn't entirely unreasonable
Furthermore, I was talking Adam Yates losing that kind of time in a TT
But keep making up sh*t, it's what you do
- Jul 18, 2020
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How yates would lose 6/8 min when you said that pogi Vingegaard could lose 6/8 min? Probably yates would lose 14/15 min.
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