UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Berniece]

And now Gee too, barely losing anything in second part

First part is with a bit of wind in front, second part with wind in the back

 

[Rou]

Did Remco do a mega positive first split or what? Too big gaps at first intermediate.

 

[Cycling111]

Since when is Del Toro better than Cavagna in such a TT?

It's not 2022. What's surprising now is that Cavagna finished second after four years of mediocre results.

 

[Salvarani]

That's a shocking time by Plapp whose ITT has gone down the drain so far in 2026.

Bit premature?

Didnt he have problems in the NC one?

Dont think this one suits him very well here. 12km flat.

Still beating guys like Bissegger, Van Wilder and Gee here so far.

 

[Berniece]

It's not 2022. What's surprising now is that Cavagna finished second after four years of mediocre results.

Bisseger very bad; he finished second last year.

It's almost as if I was right to say that Cavagna did a decent time here, and Del Toro will ride worse than him.

 

[Cycling111]

Did wind already change or what? Bad T1s and riders aren't that losing time in second part anymore. Van Wilder lost half of what he lost at first part in second part. Tejada only 1/3rd. Veistroffer now same.

Bisseger very bad; he finished second last year.
Perhaps Del Toro is benefiting from the wind. Did the teams miscalculate?

 

[KoopaCycling]

Tarling excitement from the commentator apprantly, was typing so did not see. i'm guessing he was faster than remco at intermediate?

 

[Samamba]

Wind is just harder than predicted already, you can see it at the flags, it was supposed to be almost no wind.

 

[Salvarani]

Yeah, I said Remco was still pretty good here

 

[Berniece]

Tarling 4s slower than Evenepoel at T1, big chance he can take the win here

 

[Joelsim]

Tarling excitement from the commentator apprantly, was typing so did not see. i'm guessing he was faster than remco at intermediate?

4 seconds down, but Remco didn't appear to be great on the second part judging by the finish times v the split.

 

[Rou]

Imagine the wind is better later and del Toro overperforms. Would be funny

 

[Samu Cuenca]

Not a great start from future Maglia Rosa wearer Gaffuri, but he might just be trying to give the others a false sense of security.

Did Cavagna have a rider and a car in front of him during the second half seeing as he didn't lose a lot more time to Remco? Logic would have been furious if that had brought him to victory.

 

[Cycling111]

Tarling's performance is worse than last year's. There definitely wind.

 

[Samamba]

Imagine the wind is better later and del Toro overperforms. Would be funny

UAE controlling the weather for their boys, smh

 

[KoopaCycling]

Wind is just harder than predicted already, you can see it at the flags, it was supposed to be almost no wind.

We'll hear after all is said and done about the wind situation. We will only know wether wind was better or worse for Del Toro when it's all done.

 

[Cycling111]

Castrillo is also worse than last year. All the riders from last year are doing worse time.

If the wind changes, Del Toro will be benefited .

 

[Samamba]

So Remco won

 

[KoopaCycling]

So Remco won

If the wind don't change the odds are high.

 

[Berniece]

Evenepoel 6s faster than Tarling at the finish. So that was the battle for stage win. Waiting for Del Toro to finish at 30-40s now.

 

[Berniece]

If the wind don't change the odds are high.

Forecast is that the wind will get worse, not better

 

[Rou]

This forum will be a fun read later after the beating that Isaac will receive.
Yesterday he was a mutant, today Remco will put him on his place.

 

[Samamba]

How does Van Eetvelt only get worse in TTing

 

[KoopaCycling]

The switch between Van eetvelt and hayter ain't helping. one looks smooth, other looks cramped.

 

[Cycling111]

Evenepoel 6s faster than Tarling at the finish. So that was the battle for stage win. Waiting for Del Toro to finish at 30-40s now.

Del Toro has a lot of power; I think he can do better than Castrillo, who lost 35 seconds.

It also depends on the wind. It's clear that this year have had worse conditions than last year. Everyone has lost time compared to last year.