UAE Tour 2024, February 19-25

[Didinho]

There goes the 68 teeth.

 

[ingsve]

Who will spoil the podium? I don't think anyone else will finish ahead of Yates, Vine & McNulty.

Hopefully Tobias Foss with his 68-tooth chainring.

 

[Samamba]

Looks like there's a bit more wind now. T1s are slower (headwind), but 2nd parts seems to be faster (tailwind).

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Hopefully Tobias Foss with his 68-tooth chainring.

Considering he mentioned Yates, i think he means in GC in a few days. And i very much doubt Foss is going to be the man tbh.

 

[search]

Decent second part form Armiral, so the TT bikes seem to be alright as well.

As he abandoned Provence as 2nd in GC, I guess he must have been pretty sick before this. So no idea what his shape is like currently.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Looks like there's a bit more wind now. T1s are slower (headwind), but 2nd parts seems to be faster (tailwind).

I already had this impression when i watched Bjerg. Him, Van Wilder, Vine all did faster T2.

 

[scribers]

As weird as the hotseat is, mcnulty sitting in it makes it much stranger

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Curious to see how much Foss can take back with a big gear and tailwind.

 

[Samamba]

Pretty good from Oconnor. Let's hope AG2R atleast tries to make it somewhat hard on Sunday from the bottom of the climb and Oconnor goes early.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Curious to see how much Foss can take back with a big gear and tailwind.

1 second, lol

 

[joseph89]

Foss is washed!

They hyped us up for this, smh.

 

[Lequack]

I was led to believe that the 68 tooth chainring would win this.

 

[tobydawq]

Excellent graphics they have here.

 

[Strawberry_Jams]

transfers i totally missed part 3: Remi Cavagna to movistar.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

I was led to believe that the 68 tooth chainring would win this.

One would almost start to think his 2022 WCC ITT was a fluke.

 

[skippo12]

Is there a greatest fluke of all time thread? Foss deserves one.

 

[DNP-Old]

Foss makes Vainsteins looks acceptable, yes.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Merlier is now going to do a 5km sprint and win by 40 seconds.

 

[tobydawq]

Foss makes Vainsteins looks acceptable, yes.

What? Vainsteins was quite good in 1999 and especially 2000. And in 2001 he had two monument podiums before he faded badly.

Astarloa, on the other hand....

 

[DNP-Old]

What? Vainsteins was quite good in 1999 and especially 2000. And in 2001 he had two monument podiums before he faded badly.

Astarloa, on the other hand....

They were both awful world champions, let's be real now. Trying to polish a turd.

 

[Nerlo]

Has Foss ever won another TT? I seriously think there must've been issues with the timer at the WC.

 

[scribers]

Jay vine is a standout ride to me

 

[DNP-Old]

Has Foss ever won another TT? I seriously think there must've been issues with the timer at the WC.

Yes mate, the Norwegian championships.

 

[Netserk]

They were both awful world champions, let's be real now. Trying to polish a turd.

Gilbert was worse than Vainsteins.

 

[tobydawq]

They were both awful world champions, let's be real now. Trying to polish a turd.

At the time of winning, I think Freire was a smaller name than Vainsteins, right? 1999 Freire, that is.

But yeah, you're probably right, I was too young to really have experienced it, it's just that Vainsteins' results actually don't seem that bad in those couple of seasons.

Brochard must also have been quite an underwhelming champion.