UAE Tour 2025, February 17-23

[Rob5091]

The all important UCI points - Tejada 60, Kajamini 12, Gate 2. 74 in total for Team Vino.

 

[Lequack]

A masterful although expected performance from Pog, not just the climb but in the wind before that. Deserved win in the end. And a good showdown for the podium in the end.

 

[Cookster15]

Final stage really delivered. And most of the week been good racing as well.

The last stage was one of the fastest stages in the race ever km/h wise, with a big climb at the end.

Wind did its things here. Shaking up the GC.

Great race and very good performances from many riders.

Been a very good edition to follow.

Agree. Strong headwind on Jebel Hafeet wrecked any chance of taking the climb record.

 

[Ricco']

Boonen and the HotSteppers rocking along the Qatarian echelons was more fun to watch than Pogi and the Pogiboys headlining UAE Tour.

 

[Unchained]

Boonen and the HotSteppers rocking along the Qatarian echelons was more fun to watch than Pogi and the Pogiboys headlining UAE Tour.

Plus Tommy boy would go to discos and do mountains of blow!!for training and to celebrate!!
Boonen was way more colorful than these guys drinking keytones and snorting CO2!!
What kind of party is that!! Shame that they don't have a reality show with Mario Cipollini, Oscar Ferre , Ulrich, Armstrong and Boonen..they go to a club with Pablo Escobar and last one on the dance floor wins..

 

[Coffeeplanter]

Agree. Strong headwind on Jebel Hafeet wrecked any chance of taking the climb record.

Yates produced the record whilst dealing with a head wind himself.

 

[Cookster15]

Yates produced the record whilst dealing with a head wind himself.

Am basing my comment on Strava times. But I doubt the headwind was as strong when Yates did it. Today there were echelons everywhere due to the wind. Anyway, its only worth mentioning as we expect Pogacar to demolish these kind of records in these races. Especially when we wins the stage with a 7km solo attack.

 

[Rule #9 apostle]

In terms of distances on the road it was also not so large as in Catalunya last year (for the closest comparison in terms of time of year) with 1.30 on valter 2000 and 45 sec on port aine. Those are more selective climbs, but it was also Landa chasing, not Ciccione and Bilbao. Cannot really say anything from a training ride up the hafeet in february, but since he's not climbing anything until june well have to milk it for what its worth...

 

[Monsi]

In terms of distances on the road it was also not so large as in Catalunya last year (for the closest comparison in terms of time of year) with 1.30 on valter 2000 and 45 sec on port aine. Those are more selective climbs, but it was also Landa chasing, not Ciccione and Bilbao. Cannot really say anything from a training ride up the hafeet in february, but since he's not climbing anything until june well have to milk it for what its worth...

Those Catalunya stages are also not unipuerto. Vallter 2000 also had rain where Pogi just performs much better relative to the other contenders. That was also closer to the Grand Tour season.

In today's stage, Pogi could've won by around 50 seconds to a minute if he went all out to the finish.

 

[Lequack]

UAE team backstage pass

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F_SKbDcqoWs