UAE Tour 2024, February 8-11 (women's)

[Lequack]

Notable riders: Kopecky, Wiebes, Persico, Georgi, Consoni, Ralini, Longho Borghini, Garcia
Last year it was Longho Borghini who won the first edition.

UAE Tour Women 2024

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Live video stream available on Eurosport/GCN (or whatever is the alternative now).

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Startlist for UAE Tour Women 2024

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[scribers]

It’s nice seeing the race profiles for each stage in the opening post

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Let's hope the winD can create some drama. With Kool being sick it looks like Wiebes will win 3 stages, unless she can suddenly climb, too, and it'll be 4 instead.

We obviously don't have a full start list yet, although I do think all the riders have arrived by now.
If ELB and Realini have the same levels as last year, they'll be hard to beat once again. However I'm not sure that is the case. And if Kopecky can climb like she did on Tourmalet, she has a chance as well. Especially if she can pick up bonus seconds along the way.

I hope we'll get a time trial and/or Hatta Dam in the next edition.

Looking at the route for the men's race, the finishing circuit they'll ride on stage 1 seems like something that might be better suited for this race.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

It’s nice seeing the race profiles for each stage in the opening post

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There you go

 

[Lequack]

Also Kopecky went skydiving

 

[RedheadDane]

Let's hope the win can create some drama.

I hope the drama is gonna come before the win.

 

[awavey]

full start list published

https://twitter.com/x/status/1755228661433749751

View: https://twitter.com/FirstCycling/status/1755228661433749751

 

[Monsi]

#FreeRealini

 

[Libertine Seguros]

Yea, last year's race was an absolute disgrace with the organisers telling Trek who to have win because they wanted a big name to be the inaugural champion. Justice for Gaia.

 

[Didinho]

Love the 5-6 rider teams here. Looks like a small peloton, also with the bigger roads.

Supporting for Consonni and Paternoster once again. Hope they can stay close to Wiebes in the sprints.

 

[Berniece]

When Kopecky does your leadout it looks easy, a bit like MVDP for Philipsen.

 

[Libertine Seguros]

When Kopecky does your leadout it looks easy, a bit like MVDP for Philipsen.

Kopecky riding for somebody else is a miracle in and of itself, which may have stunned the opposition into submission

 

[tobydawq]

Kopecky riding for somebody else is a miracle in and of itself, which may have stunned the opposition into submission

You should renew your material once and again.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

It's quite difficult to beat the best sprinter in the world when she has the best possible lead out, but as usual the other teams were not exactly making it difficult for them either. Barbieri did a good sprint, so it could have been interesting if she had led out Kool, although my CQ team don't mind that she's now getting the nod instead.

I hope the other teams will ride more aggressively tomorrow. Just because they have sprinters, they don't have to wait for and/or keep it together for a sprint.

 

[yaco]

Consonni and Baker did good sprints when you consider they were on the right hand side facing the wind - In saying that they would have not beated Wiebes. The sprinter I would have liked at the race is Woolaston but surprisingly AG Insurance chose not to ride this race, especially when they could have brough Gigante for GC.

 

[Lequack]

 

[Libertine Seguros]

You should renew your material once and again.

It'll take more than one measly leadout in a February nothing race, for another rider I have no love lost for, to erase all of her previous antics.

 

[tobydawq]

It'll take more than one measly leadout in a February nothing race, for another rider I have no love lost for, to erase all of her previous antics.

That was not my point.

 

[Didinho]

Sad for Chiara. A lot closer than yesterday. Wanna see her starting in Wiebes’ slipstream next sprint.

 

[Samu Cuenca]

The expected Wiebes win, but Consonni did come through like a rocket at the end. It looked closer from the front though, but still if Consonni had been ahead of Copponi it might have been a more exciting duel.

 

[yaco]

Still disappointed that AG Insurance did not attend this race - Baker of Liv Alula Jayco has been competitive with 2 fourths, yet, she was demolished by Woolaston in the TDU - And of course Jabel Hafeet should be a climb that suits Gigante. An opportunity missed.

 

[RedheadDane]

1		56	VERHULST-WILD Gladys
2		136	ZANETTI Linda
3		171	ERASO Idoia

Peloton at 5ish minutes

 

[Samu Cuenca]

I jinxed Gorka Sorarrain the last time I tried this, but that won't stop me. If Idoia Eraso wins this stage, I'll be singing her name to the tune of Imagination's "Just an Illusion" for the rest of the day.

 

[RedheadDane]

I jinxed Gorka Sorarrain the last time I tried this, but that won't stop me. If Idoia Eraso wins this stage, I'll be singing her name to the tune of Imagination's "Just an Illusion" for the rest of the day.

I'm expecting video documentation!

 

[yaco]

IT seems to be a Mexican standoff - Teams want SD Worx to work and so be it - The commentators have not picked up on this yet.