UAE Tour 2024, February 19-25

[Samamba]

Kepplinger 3rd at T1... Ok.

 

[DNP-Old]

Kepplinger > Osborne.

 

[search]

6:50 for both van Dijkes at the split. Who will end up in front in the end?

 

[Samamba]

Pretty bad from Van Wilder at T1.

He's stagnating a bit I feel.

 

[search]

Pretty bad from Van Wilder at T1.

He's stagnating a bit I feel.

he also said that he'd aim more for Catalunya and Romandie, though, as he didn't regard this as a race which suits him particularly well.

 

[Devil's Elbow]

I know a good joke.

The Intermarché GC riders' time-trialing.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Pretty bad from Van Wilder at T1.

He's stagnating a bit I feel.

Not a great split. Don't know about stagnating, he finished last year quite successful.

 

[Samamba]

Not a great split. Don't know about stagnating, he finished last year quite successful.

Agreed, but I'm talking more as a GC rider/climber. His punch seems really good tho. I expected more by now.

he also said that he'd aim more for Catalunya and Romandie, though, as he didn't regard this as a race which suits him particularly well.

I would think a GC decided by a TT and a MTF would suit him pretty good?

 

[Berniece]

Decent time for Van Wilder eventually

 

[Samamba]

Kepplinger insanely good.

Ok, really good 2nd part for Van Wilder.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Kepplinger insanely good.

Ok, really good 2nd part for Van Wilder.

Hah!



These short flat TT's were never his cup of tea though. I was more disappointed with his NC ITT.

 

[DNP-Old]

Go AJ.

 

[Samamba]

This race is so fking boring woth the UAE domination. We probably won't even get a super performance of Yates on Hafeet becaus of this.

 

[AngelOTM]

Yates domestique duties incoming

 

[Didinho]

McNulty always surprises me in a flat TT.

I’m gonna buy myself a colnago TT bike 😍

 

[Ilmaestro99]

The forum these days is just full of weird Belgians spending their days arguing over the development of their favoured random Flemish farmer's sons, and their strengths in short prologues vs medium distance hill cronos.

What happened to real cycling and real cycling fans? Hopefully we get more from Omlopp.

 

[Netserk]

UAE to do a Jumbo and sweep the podium.

 

[Lequack]

UAE to do a Jumbo and sweep the podium.

Well it's the UAE Tour.

 

[DNP-Old]

Markel wins the battle of the first years.

 

[Mayomaniac]

Kepplinger insanely good.

Ok, really good 2nd part for Van Wilder.

As a rower he was always know for being a light guy with a huge engine.
In 2022 he was already 2nd in the Austrian NC ITT, ahead of Brändle. They did the ITT together with the Slovenians and he'd have been 3rd also in Slovenia, ahead of Polanc, 35 sec behind Tratnik and less than 30sec behind Mohoric.

His engine is legit.

 

[ingsve]

UAE to do a Jumbo and sweep the podium.

I think there are 68 reasons why that won't happen.

 

[DNP-Old]

Very interested in seeing what sort of time Armirail can cook up. Judging by how well the Decathlon bike has been going thus far, he'll beat McNulty by about half a minute.

 

[Logic-is-your-friend]

Very interested in seeing what sort of time Armirail can cook up. Judging by how well the Decathlon bike has been going thus far, he'll beat McNulty by about half a minute.

Just to see Foss68 beat him by another 20 seconds, surely.

 

[joseph89]

Go AJ.

The new remco with a little more power seems to have a little less power than the og.

 

[Netserk]

I think there are 68 reasons why that won't happen.

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