UAE Tour 2026, February 16-22

[Samu Cuenca]

Only the 26th placed team in the UCI standings has bothered to put riders in the break. These weak squads need the exposure, of course.

 

[Rob5091]

Flamingos!

 

[repre]

So how do we gauge a good, bad, middling Remco performance? A win? Good. A win by last meters sprint, middling? A win by more then 15 seconds really good? No win, bad?
Of course it's only February, but the pressure is all on him.

He won't win today, so don't bother

 

[Potomac]

For tomorrow, if I was UAE, I wouldn't set a high pace on the climb. You want to create chaos, give more riders from other teams the possibility to go for it. RBH doesn't have the team to control this, which means Evenepoel has to do it himself. Which makes room to make mistakes tactically, Paris-Nice 2024 is a great example of this.

Unless Evenepoel is much stronger and drops everyone himself with a high pace, but in that case tactics don't matter anyway.

I want that chaos!

 

[Rob5091]

He won't win today, so don't bother

I have a feeling he'll struggle but I think it'll depend on whether other guys work together or not.

 

[repre]

I have a feeling he'll struggle but I think it'll depend on whether other guys work together or not.

I guess you won't have to work with somebody on such slopes. It's 13+% for couple kms and 11.8 for nearly 7 km. Everybody will be for themselves today. It's just not the Remco's area, he has nightmares about such climbes from Giro.

 

[Cycling111]

 

[Jan the Man]

I guess you won't have to work with somebody on such slopes. It's 13+% for couple kms and 11.8 for nearly 7 km. Everybody will be for themselves today. It's just not the Remco's area, he has nightmares about such climbes from Giro.

Is there any evidence whatsoever to date that del Torro is a better climber than Remco?

Today is tough to call.

 

[dercuforever]

So many turns, why did they not put a straight road, are they dumb ? /s
What a beast of a climb, landscape is horrendous but seing all of it from the bottom is scary.

 

[Potomac]

Who is commentating with Jose Been?

 

[yaco]

Who is commentating with Jose Been?

Jon Mound who also moonlights as a DS for Unibet Rose Rockets.

 

[repre]

Is there any evidence whatsoever to date that del Torro is a better climber than Remco?

Today is tough to call.

Giro last year and Finestre showed that

 

[Jan the Man]

Giro last year and Finestre showed that

Not sure how the Giro Showed that del Torro was a better climber than Remco? Think Remco’s performance at Plateau de Beille numbers wise more impressive than Finestre.

Am not saying del Torro won’t turn out to be a better climber, i don’t know and he may prove it today, I am questioning the evidence that says he is at present.

 

[Izzyeviel]

is this on youtube?

 

[Netserk]

is this on youtube?

geo restricted

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DEne8BhCd4Y

 

[kingjr]

What will be the gap between Remco and Rondel today?

 

[TheKidsCallMeBoss]

Del Toro was slower on the Col de Finestre than Pablo Torres was in the Tour de l'Avenir

 

[Potomac]

They are trying some different graphics in this race:

A wind compass and a rider heat map.

I'm not sold on the heat map.

 

[Red Rick]

Ignore W/kg estimates. Del Toro lost in the high mountains to Carapaz and Yates over 3 weeks

 

[kingjr]

Given that he's only 22, I wouldn't be surprised to see big leaps from him, the question is how soon.

 

[Ilmaestro99]

Are we ready?

View: https://youtu.be/F2pBzHiTRLo?si=FdM3a94Orrg6CXwp

 

[Netserk]

milan is not going to win any stages here

 

[tobydawq]

Do Alpecin think there is a team points competition?

 

[Tim Cahill]

I've nothing but vibes to go off but as far as I'm concerned skinny tall-ish boys suit steep climbs (Wout Poels, Huge Carthy, Kuss)

Del Toro too heavy, Evenepoel too small, great climb for Markel Beloki

 

[Samamba]

They found a road that isn't a highway?